1909 Notre Dame

2–⁠0, coached by Frank Longman. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠0–⁠1, over eight games to the two on file here.

Notre Dame, 1909
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1909, game by game: won at Pittsburgh 6–0; won at Michigan 11–3+8Won 6–0 at Pittsburgh+6PittsburghWon 11–3 at Michigan+8Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 30atPittsburghW 6–⁠033%
Nov 6atMichiganW 11–⁠335%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan 11–⁠3.

In program history: The tied 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists six games of Notre Dame’s 1909 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 9vsOlivetW 58–⁠0Notre Dame’s article
Oct 16vsRose HulmanW 60–⁠11Notre Dame’s article
Oct 23vsMichigan StateW 17–⁠0Notre Dame’s article
Nov 13vsMiami (OH)W 46–⁠0Notre Dame’s article
Nov 20vsWabashW 38–⁠0Notre Dame’s article
Nov 25atMarquetteT 0–⁠0Notre Dame’s article
Record
2–⁠0
Conference
—
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
17–⁠3
Coach
Frank Longman
Elo
1563 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Howard Edwards