1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team information
American college football season
1953Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (various selectors)
Conference
Independent
Ranking
Coaches
No. 2
AP
No. 2
Record
9–0–1
Head coach
Frank Leahy (11th season)
Captain
Don Penza
Home stadium
Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Midwestern college football independents records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 Notre Dame
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9
–
0
–
1
Cincinnati
–
9
–
1
–
0
Carthage
–
8
–
1
–
0
Youngstown
–
7
–
1
–
0
John Carroll
–
7
–
2
–
0
Washington University
–
7
–
2
–
0
Rose Poly
–
6
–
2
–
0
Wabash
–
6
–
2
–
1
Marquette
–
6
–
3
–
1
Baldwin–Wallace
–
4
–
4
–
0
Drake
–
4
–
4
–
0
Wayne
–
3
–
4
–
1
Dayton
–
3
–
5
–
1
Xavier
–
2
–
7
–
1
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1953 college football season. Led by Frank Leahy in his 11th and final season as head coach, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 9–0–1. John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy although he did not even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring.[1] Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979.
^"1953 - 19th Award". Heisman Trophy. Archived from the original on July 1, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
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