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1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Indiana state champion[1]
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainHarvey Brown
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette     8 0 0
Michigan Mines     2 0 0
Notre Dame     9 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)     6 1 1
Haskell     11 2 1
Butler     7 2 0
Central Michigan     5 1 2
Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 1
Cincinnati     6 3 0
Loyola (IL)     6 3 0
Saint Louis     5 3 1
Detroit     4 3 2
Wabash     4 3 2
John Carroll     4 4 1
Valparaiso     2 2 1
Dayton     4 5 0
Michigan Agricultural     3 5 0
Fairmount     2 4 2
Kent State     0 5 0

The 1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1923 college football season.

Key players included quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, halfback Don Miller, fullback Elmer Layden, center Adam Walsh, tackle Joe Bach, and guard Harvey Brown.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29KalamazooW 74–010,000[2]
October 7Lombard
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 14–08,000[3]
October 13vs. ArmyW 13–030,000[4]
October 20at PrincetonW 25–230,000[5]
October 27Georgia Tech
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 35–720,000[6][7]
November 3Purdue
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 34–720,000[8]
November 10at NebraskaL 7–1430,000[9]
November 17Butler
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 34–710,000[10]
November 24at Carnegie Tech
W 26–030,000[11]
November 29at Saint LouisW 13–09,333[12][13][14]

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References

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  1. ^ "IRISH RUN WILD: BEAT BUTLER 34-7". The Star Press. November 18, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kalamazoo Routed, 74 to 0, by Notre Dame's Fast Team". The Indianapolis Star. September 30, 1923. p. 18. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Miller Stars". The Huntington Press. October 7, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "ARMY FALLS BEFORE NOTRE DAME, 13 TO 0". The Indianapolis Star. October 14, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "FAST, RUGGED IRISH GALLOP ROUGHSHOD OVER TIGER ELEVEN". The Indianapolis Star. October 21, 1923. p. 37. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Tech defeated by long runs of Notre Dame". The Chattanooga Daily Times. October 28, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "IRISH BACKS SWEEP TO 35-TO-7 VICTORY OVER GEORGIA TECH". The Indianapolis Star. October 28, 1923. p. 37. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  8. ^ "BOILER MAKERS ARE POWERLESS AS IRISH SCORE TOUCHDOWNS". The Indianapolis Star. November 4, 1923. p. 35. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  9. ^ "HUSKERS HUMBLE NOTRE DAME, 14-7". The Star Press. November 11, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "IRISH RUN WILD: BEAT BUTLER 34-7". The Star Press. November 18, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "IRISH SPEED DEMONS TRIM CARNEGIE TECH". The Indianapolis Star. November 25, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Rockne Crew Scores Only Twice on Grid Almost Under Water". The St. Louis Star and Times. November 30, 1923. p. 19. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "Billikens' Great Defense Holds Notre Dame's Wonder Eleven to Two Touchdowns on Muddy Field". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 30, 1923. p. 43. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "ROCKMEN DASH TO EASY TRIUMPH ON WET, MUDDY FIELD". The Indianapolis Star. November 30, 1923. p. 14. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  15. ^ "1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.