1929 Notre Dame

9–⁠0, coached by Knute Rockne.

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1929, game by game: won at Indiana 14–0; won at Navy 14–7; won vs. Wisconsin 19–0; won at Carnegie Mellon 7–0; won at Georgia Tech 26–6; won vs. Drake 19–7; won vs. USC 13–12; won at Northwestern 26–6; won at Army 7–0+20Won 14–0 at Indiana+14IndianaWon 14–7 at Navy+7NavyWon 19–0 vs. Wisconsin+19WisconsinWon 7–0 at Carnegie Mellon+7Carnegie MellonWon 26–6 at Georgia Tech+20Georgia TechWon 19–7 vs. Drake+12DrakeWon 13–12 vs. USC+1USCWon 26–6 at Northwestern+20NorthwesternWon 7–0 at Army+7Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5atIndianaW 14–⁠063%
Oct 12atNavyW 14–⁠744%
Oct 19vsWisconsinW 19–⁠064%
Oct 26atCarnegie MellonW 7–⁠050%
Nov 2atGeorgia TechW 26–⁠645%
Nov 9vsDrakeW 19–⁠774%
Nov 16vsUSCW 13–⁠1259%
Nov 23atNorthwesternW 26–⁠662%
Nov 30atArmyW 7–⁠063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Army 7–⁠0.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1929.

National championsa title the school claims

2 consensus All-AmericansJack Cannon, OG; Frank Carideo, QB

Record
9–⁠0
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
145–⁠38
Coach
Knute Rockne
Elo
1735 +173 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
21.1 No. 6 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
John B. Law
Offense
Notre Dame Box
Defense
7–⁠2–⁠2