1935 Notre Dame

7–⁠1–⁠1, coached by Elmer Layden.

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1935, game by game: won vs. Kansas 28–7; won at Carnegie Mellon 14–3; won at Wisconsin 27–0; won vs. Pittsburgh 9–6; won at Navy 14–0; won at Ohio State 18–13; lost vs. Northwestern 7–14; tied vs. Army 6–6; won vs. USC 20–13+27−7Won 28–7 vs. Kansas+21KansasWon 14–3 at Carnegie Mellon+11Carnegie MellonWon 27–0 at Wisconsin+27WisconsinWon 9–6 vs. Pittsburgh+3PittsburghWon 14–0 at Navy+14NavyWon 18–13 at Ohio State+5Ohio StateLost 7–14 vs. Northwestern-7NorthwesternTied 6–6 vs. Army0ArmyWon 20–13 vs. USC+7USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsKansasW 28–⁠771%
Oct 5atCarnegie MellonW 14–⁠360%
Oct 12atWisconsinW 27–⁠073%
Oct 19vsPittsburghW 9–⁠651%
Oct 26atNavyW 14–⁠052%
Nov 2atOhio StateW 18–⁠1343%
Nov 9vsNorthwesternL 7–⁠1485%
Nov 16vsArmyT 6–⁠670%
Nov 23vsUSCW 20–⁠1379%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 20–⁠13.

In program history: The 67th-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 1935.

Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
143–⁠62
Coach
Elmer Layden
Elo
1673 +75 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
15.0 No. 16 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Joe Sullivan

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 1Bill Shakespeare RBPittsburgh Pirates
Rd 3Andy Pilney BDetroit Lions
Rd 7Marty Peters EPittsburgh Pirates
Rd 7Wally Fromhart BGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).