1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 2
Record	9–0–1
Head coach	Frank Leahy (6th season)
Offensive scheme	T formation
Captain	Bill Fischer
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1948 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan Tech			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Notre Dame			–					9	–	0	–	1
Bowling Green			–					8	–	0	–	1
Washington University			–					9	–	1	–	0
John Carroll			–					7	–	1	–	2
Ball State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Michigan State			–					6	–	2	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	2
Detroit			–					6	–	3	–	0
Indiana State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	4	–	0
Wayne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Valparaiso			–					4	–	5	–	0
Toledo			–					5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	5	–	0
Xavier			–					4	–	6	–	0
Central Michigan			–					3	–	6	–	0
Marquette			–					2	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1948 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Purdue		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 28–27	59,343
October 2	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 40–0	64,000
October 9	Michigan State	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 26–7	58,126
October 16	Nebraska	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 44–13	38,000
October 23	at Iowa	No. 2	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 27–12	53,000
October 30	vs. Navy	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 41–7	63,314
November 6	at Indiana	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 42–6	34,000
November 13	No. 8 Northwestern	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 12–7	59,305
November 27	Washington	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 46–0	50,609
December 4	at USC	No. 2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	T 14–14	100,571
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1948 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	1 (50)	2 (34)	2 (23)	2 (19)	1 (56)	2 (80)	2 (27)	2 (38)	2 (97)