1949_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team

1949 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1949 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Consensus national champion
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 1
Record	10–0
Head coach	Frank Leahy (7th season);
Offensive scheme	T formation
Captains	Leon Hart; Jim Martin;
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

The 1949 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1949 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 10 wins and no losses, winning the national championship.^[1] The 1949 team became the seventh Irish team to win the national title and the third in four years. Led by Heisman winner Leon Hart, the Irish outscored their opponents 360–86.^[1] The 1949 team is the last team in what is considered to be the Notre Dame Football dynasty, a stretch of games in which Notre Dame went 46–0–2 and won three national championships and two Heisman Trophies. The Irish squad was cited by Sports Illustrated as the part of the second-best sports dynasty (professional or collegiate) of the 20th century^[2] and second greatest college football dynasty.^[3]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Indiana		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 49–6	53,844
October 1	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 27–7	41,500
October 8	at Purdue	No. 2	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 35–12	52,000
October 15	No. 4 Tulane	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 46–7	58,196	^[4]
October 29	vs. Navy	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 40–0	62,000
November 5	at No. 10 Michigan State	No. 1	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	W 34–21	51,277
November 12	vs. North Carolina	No. 1	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 42–6	67,000	^[5]
November 19	Iowa	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 28–7	56,790
November 26	No. 17 USC	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 32–0	57,214
December 3	at SMU	No. 1	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 27–20	75,457	^[6]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	2 (15)	1 (67)	1 (146)	1 (120)	1 (133)	1 (137)	1 (140)	1 (113)	1 (172)

POS	Name	Name	Name	Name
QB	Bob Williams	John Mazur	Bill Whiteside
LHB	Frank Spaniel	Ernie Zalejski	Bill Gay	Leo McKillip
RHB	Larry Coutre	Billy Barrett	Dick Cotter
FB	Emil Sitko	Jack Landry	Del Gander
LE	Bill Wightkin	Jim Mutscheller	Doug Waybright
LT	Jim Martin	Al Zmijewski	John Zancha
LG	Frank Johnson	Paul Burns	Art Perry
C	Walt Grothaus	Jim Hamby
RG	Bob Lally	Fred Wallner	Bill Higgins
RT	Ralph McGehee	Gus Cifelli	John Nusskern
RE	Leon Hart	Ray Espenan	Chet Ostrowski

Name	AP	UP	NEA	INS	COL	AA	SN	L
† Emil Sitko, FB	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
† Leon Hart, E	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bob Williams, QB	2	1				1	1	1
Jim Martin, T	1	2	1	1			2	2
†denotes unanimous selection Source:^[1]

Name	Position	Year Inducted
Jerry Groom	Center	1994
Leon Hart	End	1973
Frank Leahy	Coach	1970
Jim Martin	End/Tackle	1995
Emil "Red" Sitko	Halfback/Fullback	1984
Bob Williams	Quarterback	1988

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1949 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		10	–	0	–	0
Ball State		–		8	–	0	–	0
Xavier		–		10	–	1	–	0
Valparaiso		–		8	–	1	–	1
Washington University		–		7	–	2	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		6	–	2	–	0
Wabash		–		5	–	2	–	1
Dayton		–		6	–	3	–	0
John Carroll		–		6	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Michigan State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Toledo		–		6	–	4	–	0
Youngstown		–		4	–	3	–	1
Bowling Green		–		4	–	5	–	0
Marquette		–		4	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan		–		3	–	4	–	0
Wayne		–		3	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		1	–	9	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Leon Hart	End	1	1	Detroit Lions
Jim Martin	Guard	2	26	Cleveland Browns
Larry Coutre	Halfback	4	43	Green Bay Packers
Mike Swistowicz	Halfback	5	55	New York Yanks
Frank Spaniel	Halfback	5	58	Washington Redskins
Ernie Zalejski	Defensive Back	5	62	Chicago Bears