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1959 Notre Dame

5–⁠5, coached by Joe Kuharich, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1959, game by game: won vs. North Carolina 28–8; lost at Purdue 7–28; won at California 28–6; lost at Michigan State 0–19; lost vs. No. 2 Northwestern 24–30; won vs. Navy 25–22; lost vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech 10–14; lost at Pittsburgh 13–28; won at No. 16 Iowa 20–19; won vs. No. 7 USC 16–6+22−21Won 28–8 vs. North Carolina+20North CarolinaLost 7–28 at Purdue-21PurdueWon 28–6 at California+22CaliforniaLost 0–19 at Michigan State-19Michigan StateLost 24–30 vs. No. 2 Northwestern-6No. 2 NorthwesternWon 25–22 vs. Navy+3NavyLost 10–14 vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech-4No. 19 Georgia TechLost 13–28 at Pittsburgh-15PittsburghWon 20–19 at No. 16 Iowa+1No. 16 IowaWon 16–6 vs. No. 7 USC+10No. 7 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsNorth CarolinaW 28–⁠864%
Oct 3atPurdueL 7–⁠2841%
Oct 10atCaliforniaW 28–⁠654%
Oct 17atMichigan StateL 0–⁠1953%
Oct 24vs2NorthwesternL 24–⁠3054%
Oct 31vsNavyW 25–⁠2259%
Nov 7vs19Georgia TechL 10–⁠1455%
Nov 14atPittsburghL 13–⁠2845%
Nov 21at16IowaW 20–⁠1924%
Nov 28vs7USCW 16–⁠644%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 16–⁠6; No. 17 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 3: 8
  3. Wk 12: 19
  4. Final: 17

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 1959.

Consensus All-AmericanMonty Stickles, E

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
No. 17 peak No. 8
Points
171–⁠180
Coach
Joe Kuharich
Elo
1558 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.8 No. 29 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ken Adamson

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 1George Izo QBChicago Cardinals
Rd 1Monty Stickles ESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Bob Scholtz CDetroit Lions