1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team information
American college football season
1929Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Dickinson, Helms, et al.)
Conference
Independent
Record
9–0
Head coach
Knute Rockne (12th season)
Offensive scheme
Notre Dame Box
Base defense
7–2–2
Captain
John B. Law
Home stadium
Soldier Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Midwestern college football independents records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 1 Notre Dame
–
9
–
0
–
0
Detroit
–
7
–
1
–
1
Haskell
–
8
–
2
–
0
Loyola (IL)
–
5
–
2
–
1
Michigan State
–
5
–
3
–
0
John Carroll
–
5
–
3
–
1
Marquette
–
4
–
3
–
1
Butler
–
4
–
4
–
0
Wabash
–
4
–
5
–
0
Saint Louis
–
3
–
4
–
1
DePaul
–
2
–
7
–
0
Kent State
–
1
–
7
–
0
Valparaiso
–
1
–
7
–
0
Ball State
–
0
–
7
–
0
Rankings from Dickinson System
The 1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Knute Rockne, the Irish compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 145 to 38, with four shutouts.[1]
The Dickinson System rated Notre Dame No. 1 with 25.00 points, ahead of No. 2 Purdue (23.60), both from the State of Indiana.[2] In later analyses, Notre Dame was also selected as the 1929 national champion by Billingsley Report, Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Jeff Sagarin's ELO-Chess system.[3]
Two Notre Dame player, quarterback Frank Carideo and guard Jack Cannon, were consensus first-team players on the 1929 All-America college football team.[4]
Coach Rockne was stricken with what was variously described as an infection or a blood clot in his right leg prior to the second game of the season against Navy. He was able to attend only two of the remaining game on the side lines. Assistant coach Tom Lieb served as the interim head coach.[5][6]
With the razing of Cartier Field, the team played no home games in South Bend, Indiana. Three "home" games were played at Soldier Field in Chicago. The new Notre Dame Stadium opened for the 1930 season.
^"1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
^"National Trophy to Notre Dame". The Miami Herald. December 2, 1929. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records(PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
^"Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^"Rockne's double keeps Ramblers in front". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. November 25, 1929. p. 14.
^"To Direct Team From a Wheelchair, Maybe". The Oshkosh Northwestern. November 12, 1929. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
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