1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Elmer Layden, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 168 to 67. The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainMilt Piepul
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wayne   –  4 –1 –3
Detroit   –  7 –2 –0
Notre Dame   –  7 –2 –0
Xavier   –  7 –3 –0
Ohio   –  5 –2 –2
Dayton   –  6 –3 –0
Cincinnati   –  5 –3 –1
Wichita   –  6 –4 –0
Central Michigan   –  4 –3 –1
Marquette   –  4 –4 –0
Michigan State   –  3 –4 –1
Ohio Wesleyan   –  2 –4 –3
Akron   –  2 –5 –2
Western State Teachers (MI)   –  2 –5 –0
Michigan State Normal   –  1 –5 –1
Miami (OH)   –  0 –7 –1

Back Milt Piepul was the team captain. Other notable players included Steve Juzwik, Bob Saggau, Fred Evans, Steve Bagarus, and Bernie Crimmins. Saggau led the team with 650 yards of total offense, and Juzzwik led in rushing with 407 yards and in scoring with 43 points.[1]

Notre Dame was ranked at No. 20 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Pacific (CA)
W 25–722,670
October 12Georgia Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 26–2032,492
October 19Carnegie TechNo. 6
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 61–029,515
October 26at IllinoisNo. 2
W 26–063,186[3]
November 2vs. ArmyNo. 2
W 7–075,474
November 9vs. NavyNo. 7
W 13–761,579
November 16IowaNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
L 0–745,960
November 23at No. 10 NorthwesternNo. 14
L 0–2048,000[4]
December 7at USC
W 10–685,808
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[5]

References
  1. "Harmon Leads in Three Grid roles; Shares Six Others". The South Bend Tribune. December 20, 1940. p. Sports 3.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Howard Barry (October 27, 1940). "Notre Dame Routs Illini: Irish Running, Passing Roll Up 26-0 Score". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1, II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Wilfrid Smith (November 24, 1940). "N.U. 20, Notre Dame 0: Clawson Leads Wildcats With 2 Touchdowns". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".


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