1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#4
AP	#4
1954 record	9–1
Head coach	Terry Brennan (1st year)
Captain	Paul Matz
Captain	Dan Shannon
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1954 college football season.

Rivalries

Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
Notre Dame lost to Purdue in the battle for the Shillelagh Trophy.
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	#4 Texas	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 21–0	57,594
October 2	#19 Purdue	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	L 14–27	58,250
October 9	at Pittsburgh	#8	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 33–0	60,114
October 16	Michigan State	#8	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	W 20–19	57,238
October 30	vs. #15 Navy	#6	Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, MD (Rivalry)	W 6–0	60,000
November 6	at Penn	#5	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 42–7	61,189
November 13	North Carolina	#5	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 42–13	55,410
November 20	at #19 Iowa	#4	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 34–18	56,576
November 27	#17 USC	#4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 23–17	56,438
December 4	at SMU	#4	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 26–14	75,501
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise

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References

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Michigan Michigan State (Megaphone Trophy) Navy (Rip Miller Trophy) Northwestern (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973) Purdue (Shillelagh Trophy) Stanford (Legends Trophy) USC (Jeweled Shillelagh)

Culture and lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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