The Frank LeahyThe Frank Leahy Years
11 seasons: 87-11-9 (.855)
1941
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Paul Lillis Record: 8-0-1
Sept 27 W Arizona 38-7 H 19,567
Oct 4 W Indiana (R) 19-6 H 34,713
Oct 11 W Georgia Tech 20-0 A c28,986
Oct 18 W (8) Carnegie Tech (R) 16-0 A 17,208
Oct 25 W (7) Illinois 49-14 H 34,896
Nov 1 T (6) Army (Yankee Stad) 0-0 N c75,226
Nov 8 W (7) Navy (6) (at Balt) 20-13 N c62,074
Nov 15 W (5) Northwestern (8) 7-6 A c46,211
Nov 22 W (4) USC 20-18 H c54,967
Total Pts/Attendance 189-64 373,848
1942
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: George Murphy Record: 7-2-2
Sept 26 T Wisconsin 7-7 A 23,243
Oct 3 L Georgia Tech (U) 6-13 H 20,545
Oct 10 W Stanford 27-0 H 22,374
Oct 17 W Iowa Pre-Flight (U) 28-0 H 26,800
Oct 24 W (8) Illinois (5) 21-14 A 43,476
Oct 31 W (4) Navy (at Cleveland) 9-0 N 66,699
Nov 7 W (4) Army (Yankee Stad) 13-0 N c74,946
Nov 14 L (4) Michigan (6) 20-32 H c54,379
Nov 21 W (8) Northwestern 27-20 H 26,098
Nov 28 W (8) USC (14) 13-0 A 94,519
Dec 5 T Gt Lakes (Soldier Fld) 13-13 N 19,225
Total Pts/Attendance 184-99 472,304
1943
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Pat Filley Record: 9-1-0
Sept 25 W Pittsburgh 41-0 A 43,437
Oct 2 W Georgia Tech 55-13 H 26,497
Oct 9 W (1) Michigan (2) 35-12 A c86,408
Oct 16 W (1) Wisconsin 50-0 A 16,235
Oct 23 W (1) Illinois (R) 47-0 H 24,676
Oct 30 W (1) Navy (3) (Clevelnd) 33-6 N c77,900
Nov 6 W (1) Army (3) (Ynke Stad)26-0 N c75,121
Nov 13 W (1) Northwestern (8) 25-6 A c49,124
Nov 20 W (1) Iowa Pre-Flight (2) 14-13 H 39,446
Nov 27 L (1) Great Lakes (0:33) 14-19 A c23,000
Total Pts/Attendance 340-69 461,844
1944
Coach: Ed McKeever Captain: Pat Filley Record: 8-2-0
Sept 30 W Pittsburgh 58-0 A 46,069
Oct 7 W Tulane 26-0 H 32,909
Oct 14 W (1) Dartmouth (Fenway) 64-0 N c38,167
Oct 21 W (1) Wisconsin 28-13 H 36,086
Oct 28 W (1) Illinois (14) 13-7 A 57,122
Nov 4 L (2) Navy (6) (Baltimore)13-32 N c60,938
Nov 11 L (5) Army (1) (Ynke Stad) 0-59 N c75,142
Nov 18 W (11) Northwestern 21-0 H 39,701
Nov 25 W (18) Georgia Tech (10) 21-0 A 28,662
Dec 2 W (9) Great Lakes (12) 28-7 H 36,900
Total Pts/Attendance 272-118 451,696
1945
Coach: Hugh Devore Captain: Frank Dancewicz Record: 7-2-1
Sept 29 W Illinois 7-0 H 41,569
Oct 6 W Georgia Tech 40-7 A 30,157
Oct 13 W (3) Dartmouth 34-0 H 34,645
Oct 20 W (3) Pittsburgh 39-9 A c57,542
Oct 27 W (2) Iowa 56-0 H 42,841
Nov 3 T (2) Navy (3) (Cleveland) 6-6 N c82,020
Nov 10 L (2) Army (1) (Yankee Sta)0-48 N c74,621
Nov 17 W (7) Northwestern 34-7 A c46,294
Nov 24 W (5) Tulane 32-6 A 51,368
Dec 1 L (5) Great Lakes 7-39 A c23,000
Total Pts/Attendance 255-122 484,057
1946
Coach: Frank Leahy Game Captains Record: 8-0-1
Sept 28 W Illinois 26-6 A c75,119
Oct 5 W Pittsburgh 33-0 H 50,350
Oct 12 W (3) Purdue 49-6 H c55,452
Oct 26 W (2) Iowa (17) 41-6 A 52,311
Nov 2 W (2) Navy (at Baltimore) 28-0 N c63,909
Nov 9 T (2) Army (Yankee Stad) 0-0 N c74,121
Nov 16 W (2) Northwestern (R) 27-0 H c56,000
Nov 23 W (2) Tulane 41-0 A 65,841
Nov 30 W (2) USC (16) 26-6 H c55,298
Total Pts/Attendance 271-24 548,401
1947
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: George Connor Record: 9-0-0
Oct 4 W Pittsburgh 40-6 A c64,333
Oct 11 W (1) Purdue 22-7 A 42,000
Oct 18 W (2) Nebraska 31-0 H c56,000
Oct 25 W (2) Iowa 21-0 H c56,000
Nov 1 W (1) Navy (at Cleveland) 27-0 N c84,070
Nov 8 W (1) Army (9) 27-7 H c59,171
Nov 15 W (1) Northwestern (R) 26-19 A c48,000
Nov 22 W (2) Tulane 59-6 H c57,000
Dec 6 W (1) USC (3) 38-7 A c104,953
Total Pts/Attendance 291-52 571,527
1948
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Bill Fischer Record: 9-0-1
Sept 25 W Purdue 28-27 H c59,343
Oct 2 W Pittsburgh 40-0 A c64,000
Oct 9 W (1) Michigan State 26-7 H c58,126
Oct 16 W (2) Nebraska 44-13 A c38,000
Oct 23 W (2) Iowa 27-12 A c53,000
Oct 30 W (2) Navy (at Baltimore) 41-7 N c63,314
Nov 6 W (1) Indiana (R) 42-6 A c34,000
Nov 13 W (2) Northwestern (8) 12-7 H c59,305
Nov 27 W (2) Washington 46-0 H 50,609
Dec 4 T (2) USC (0:35-ND) 14-14 A c100,571
Total Pts/Attendance 320-93 580,268
1949
Coach: Frank Leahy Co-Captains: Leon Hart and Jim Martin Record: 10-0-0
Sept 24 W Indiana 49-6 H 53,844
Oct 1 W Washington 27-7 A c41,500
Oct 8 W (2) Purdue 35-12 A c52,000
Oct 15 W (1) Tulane (4) 46-7 H c58,196
Oct 29 W (1) Navy (at Baltimore) 40-0 N c62,000
Nov 5 W (1) Michigan State (10) 34-21 A c51,277
Nov 12 W (1) UNC (Yankee Stad) 42-6 N c67,000
Nov 19 W (1) Iowa 28-7 H c56,790
Nov 26 W (1) USC (17) 32-0 H c57,214
Dec 3 W (1) SMU 27-20 A 75,457
Total Pts/Attendance 360-86 575,278
1950
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Jerry Groom Record: 4-4-1
Sept 30 W (1) UNC (2:40) 14-7 H c56,430
Oct 7 L (1) Purdue (U)(R) 14-28 H c56,746
Oct 14 W (10) Tulane 13-9 A 73,159
Oct 21 L (11) Indiana (U) 7-20 A c34,000
Oct 28 L Michigan State (15) 33-36 H c57,866
Nov 4 W Navy (R-S) (Cleveland) 19-10 N 71,074
Nov 11 W Pittsburgh 18-7 H c56,966
Nov 18 T Iowa 14-14 A c52,863
Dec 2 L USC 7-9 A 70,177
Total Pts/Attendance 139-140 529,281
1951
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Jim Mutscheller Record: 7-2-1
Sept 29 W (14) Indiana 48-6 H 55,790
Oct 5 W (5) Detroit 40-6 N 52,331
Oct 13 L (5) SMU (U) 20-27 H c58,240
Oct 20 W Pittsburgh 33-0 A c60,127
Oct 27 W (15) Purdue 30-9 H c57,890
Nov 3 W (13) Navy (Baltimore) 19-0 N 44,237
Nov 10 L (11) Michigan State (5) 0-35 A c51,296
Nov 17 W *North Carolina 12-7 A c44,500
Nov 24 T Iowa (0:55-ND) 20-20 H 40,685
Dec 1 W USC (R) (20) 19-12 A 55,783
Total Pts/Attendance 241-122 520,879
*Notre Dame's 400th victory
1952
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Jack Alessandrini Record: 7-2-1
Sept 27 T (10) Pennsylvania (12) 7-7 A c74,518
Oct 4 W (19) Texas (U) (5) 14-3 A c67,666
Oct 11 L (8) Pittsburgh (U) 19-22 H 45,507
Oct 18 W Purdue (9) 26-14 A 49,000
Oct 25 W (16) North Carolina 34-14 H 54,338
Nov 1 W (13) Navy (Cleveland) 17-6 N 61,927
Nov 8 W (10) Oklahoma (U) (4) 27-21 H c57,446
Nov 15 L (6) Michigan State (1) 3-21 A c52,472
Nov 22 W (9) Iowa 27-0 A 46,600
Nov 29 W (7) USC (U) (2) 9-0 H c58,394
Total Pts/Attendance 183-108 567,868
1953
Coach: Frank Leahy Captain: Don Penza Record: 9-0-1
Sept 26 W (1) Oklahoma (6) 28-21 A c59,500
Oct 3 W (1) Purdue 37-7 A 49,135
Oct 17 W (1) Pittsburgh (15) 23-14 H c57,998
Oct 24 W (1) Georgia Tech (4) 27-14 H c58,254
Oct 31 W (1) Navy (20) 38-7 H c58,154
Nov 7 W (1) Pennsylvania 28-20 A c74,711
Nov 14 W (1) North Carolina 34-14 A c43,000
Nov 21 T (1) Iowa (0:06-ND) (20) 14-14 H c56,478
Nov 28 W (2) USC (20) 48-14 A 97,952
Dec 5 W (2) SMU 40-14 H 55,522
Total Pts/Attendance 317-139 610,704
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