1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926 college football season, led by ninth-year head coach Knute Rockne. The Irish won all but one of their ten games, upset by Carnegie Tech in late November. The team was ranked No. 3 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.^[1]

1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–1
Head coach	Knute Rockne (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
Base defense	7–2–2
Captains	Red Edwards Tom Hearden
Home stadium	Cartier Field
Seasons ← 1925 1927 →

1926 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Haskell			–					12	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Notre Dame			–					9	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal			–					7	–	1	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					6	–	1	–	0
Muncie Normal			–					5	–	1	–	1
Northern Illinois State			–					5	–	1	–	1
Marquette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Lombard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Loyola (IL)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan			–					3	–	4	–	1
Michigan State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Detroit			–					3	–	6	–	1
Butler			–					3	–	6	–	0
Saint Louis			–					3	–	6	–	0
John Carroll			–					2	–	5	–	1
Kent State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Valparaiso			–					1	–	4	–	1
Michigan Mines			–					0	–	2	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The Irish are confirmed to have worn green uniforms this season, in the game against Penn State.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Beloit	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 77–0	8,000
October 9	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 20–7	48,648
October 16	Penn State	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 28–0	18,000
October 23	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 6–0	41,000
October 30	Georgia Tech	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 12–0	11,000	[3]
November 6	Indiana	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 26–0	20,000
November 13	vs. Army	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 7–0	63,029
November 20	Drake	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 21–0	15,000	[4][5]
November 27	at Carnegie Tech	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–19	45,000	[6]
December 4	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 13–12	74,378

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