1917 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1917 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1917 college football season, led by fifth-year head coach Jesse Harper. The Irish won six of their eight games, with a loss at Nebraska,^[1] and a tie at Wisconsin.^[2]

1917 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–1
Head coach	Jesse Harper (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	James Phelan
Home stadium	Cartier Field
Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

1917 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marquette			–					8	–	0	–	1
Detroit			–					8	–	1	–	0
Morningside			–					5	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg			–					5	–	1	–	1
St. Mary's (OH)			–					7	–	2	–	0
St. Xavier			–					4	–	1	–	2
North Dakota Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	0
Akron			–					5	–	3	–	0
Haskell			–					6	–	5	–	0
Western State Normal			–					4	–	3	–	0
Saint Louis			–					4	–	3	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	4	–	0
Iowa State Teachers			–					2	–	3	–	0
South Dakota			–					2	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					2	–	5	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	6	–	1
Toledo			–					0	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					0	–	9	–	0

This was the final season for Harper, who stepped away from coaching and returned to his native Kansas to ranch. Fourth-year assistant (and former Irish player) Knute Rockne was promoted to head coach for the 1918 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Kalamazoo	Cartier Field Notre Dame,, IN	W 55–0	[3][4]
October 13		at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 0–0	[2]
October 20		at Nebraska	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 0–7	[1]
October 27		South Dakota	Cartier Field Notre Dame,, IN	W 40–0
November 3		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY (rivalry)	W 7–2	[5]
November 10		at Morningside	Bass Field Sioux City, IA	W 13–0
November 17		Michigan Agricultural	Cartier Field South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 23–0
November 24		at Washington & Jefferson	Cameron Stadium Washington, PA	W 3–0

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