1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 9
Record	8–2
Head coach	Edward McKeever (1st season)
Captain	Pat Filley
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1944 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH)			–					8	–	1	–	0
Michigan State			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame			–					8	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wichita			–					5	–	2	–	1
Bowling Green			–					5	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan			–					4	–	3	–	0
Wayne			–					1	–	1	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					1	–	8	–	1
Marquette			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1944 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 58–0	46,069
October 7	Tulane		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 26–0	32,909	[1]
October 14	vs. Dartmouth	No. 1	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 64–0	38,167	[2]
October 21	Wisconsin	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 28–13	36,086
October 28	at No. 14 Illinois	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 13–7	57,122
November 4	vs. No. 6 Navy	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 13–32	60,938
November 11	vs. No. 1 Army	No. 5	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 0–59	74,437	[3]
November 18	Northwestern	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 21–0	39,701
November 25	at No. 10 Georgia Tech	No. 18	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 21–0	28,662	[4]
December 2	No. 12 Great Lakes Navy	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 28–7	36,900
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1944 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 (34)	1 (59.67)	1 (40)	2 (15)	5	11	18	9	9

References

1. "Powerful Notre Dame eleven triumphs over Tulane, 26–0". The Palladium-Item. October 8, 1944. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
3. "Army Outclasses Notre Dame, 59 To 0: 74,437 See Irish Meet Worst Gridiron Defeat". New York Daily News. November 12, 1944. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Irish outclass Georgia Tech Jackets, 21–0". The Birmingham News. November 26, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".