1940 Notre Dame
7–2, coached by Elmer Layden. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Carnegie Mellon 61–0Oct 19
By 61 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vsPacific | W 25–7 | 92% |
| Oct 12 | vs Georgia Tech | W 26–20 | 61% |
| Oct 19 | vsCarnegie Mellon | W 61–0 | 75% |
| Oct 26 | at Illinois | W 26–0 | 67% |
| Nov 2 | vs Army | W 7–0 | 80% |
| Nov 9 | at Navy | W 13–7 | 61% |
| Nov 16 | vs Iowa | L 0–7 | 84% |
| Nov 23 | at 10Northwestern | L 0–20 | 50% |
| Dec 7 | at USC | W 10–6 | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat USC 10–6; unranked in the final AP poll.
In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 6
- Wk 2: 2
- Wk 3: 2
- Wk 4: 7
- Wk 5: 7
- Wk 6: 14
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 1940.
- Record
- 7–2
- Conference
- —
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 2
- Points
- 168–67
- Coach
- Elmer Layden
- Elo
- 1637 +27 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 10.8 No. 21 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Milt Piepul