1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1953 college football season. 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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National Champion (Billingsley, Boand, Devold, Dunkel, Helms, Litkenhous, NCF, Poling, Sagarin, Williamson)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
1953 record9–0–1
Head coachFrank Leahy (11th season)
CaptainDon Penza
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1953 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –1
Cincinnati   –    9 –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
Wayne   –    3 –4 –1
Dayton   –    3 –5 –1
Xavier   –    2 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26at No. 6 OklahomaNo. 1
W 28–2159,500
October 3at PurdueNo. 1
W 37–749,135
October 17No. 15 PittsburghNo. 1
W 23–1457,998
October 24No. 4 Georgia TechNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, Indiana
W 27–1458,254
October 31No. 20 NavyNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, Indiana (rivalry)
W 38–758,154
November 7at PennNo. 1
W 28–2074,711
November 14at North CarolinaNo. 1
W 34–1443,000
November 21No. 20 IowaNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, Indiana
T 14–1456,478
November 28at No. 20 USCNo. 2
W 48–1497,952
December 5SMUNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, Indiana
W 40–1455,522
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
  • QB Ralph Gugliemi
  • HB Johnny Lattner

Game summaries

Oklahoma
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 7140 28
Oklahoma 7 707 21
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Game attendance: 59,500
  • Game weather: Sunny • 94°F

Don Penza blocked and recovered a kick to set up one touchdown and recovered a fumble that led to another Notre Dame score.[2]

Team players drafted into the NFL

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

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise

[3]

Awards and honors
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2008-08-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Fighting Irish Roar Back to 28-21 Victory." Palm Beach Post. 1953 September 27 Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1953/draft.htm?redir
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