1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #18
AP #17
1959 record 5–5
Head coach Joe Kuharich (1st year)
Captain Ken Adamson
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1959 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 North Carolina Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN W 28–8   56,746
October 3 at Purdue #8 Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 7–28   50,362
October 10 at California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA W 28–6   68,500
October 17 at Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) L 0– 19   73,480
October 24 #2 Northwestern Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Rivalry) L 24–30   59,078
October 31 Navy Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Rivalry) W 25– 22   58,652
November 7 #19 Georgia Tech Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN L 10–14   58,575
November 14 at Pittsburgh Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA L 13–28   52,337
November 21 at #16 Iowa Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA W 20–19   58,500
November 28 #7 USC Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) W 16–6   48,684
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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