1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1934 college football season.

1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Elmer Layden (1st season)
Captain	Dom Vairo
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1933 1935 →

1934 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan State			–					8	–	1	–	0
Wayne			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western State Teachers (MI)			–					7	–	1	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					5	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	3	–	0
Central State (MI)			–					5	–	3	–	0
Detroit			–					5	–	3	–	1
DePaul			–					4	–	3	–	0
Saint Louis			–					3	–	3	–	2
Marquette			–					4	–	5	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					1	–	2	–	1
Haskell			–					3	–	6	–	1
Missouri Mines			–					2	–	6	–	0
Wittenberg			–					2	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	Texas	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 6–7	20,353–33,000	[1]
October 13	Purdue	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 18–7	34,263
October 20	Carnegie Tech	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 13–0	11,242
October 27	Wisconsin	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 19–0	25,354
November 3	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–19	56,556–64,000	[2]
November 10	vs. Navy	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	L 6–10	54,571
November 17	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 20–7	38,413–45,000	[3]
November 24	vs. Army	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 12–6	78,757
December 8	at USC	Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 14–0	45,568

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