| 1957Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| Record | 7–3 |
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| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium |
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| No. 10Notre Dame | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | – | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented theUniversity of Notre Dame as an independent during the1957 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coachTerry Brennan, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–3. Notre Dame's 7–0 victory overOklahoma snapped the Sooners' NCAA record 47-game winning streak.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | atPurdue | W 12–0 | 52,108 | |||
| October 5 | Indiana | No. 16 | W 26–0 | 54,026 | ||
| October 12 | vs. No. 10Army | No. 12 | W 23–21 | 95,000 | [1][2] | |
| October 26 | Pittsburgh | No. 7 |
| W 13–7 | 58,775 | [3] |
| November 2 | No. 16Navy | No. 5 |
| L 6–20 | 58,922 | |
| November 9 | at No. 4Michigan State | No. 15 | L 6–34 | 75,391 | [4] | |
| November 16 | at No. 2Oklahoma | W 7–0 | 63,170 | |||
| November 23 | No. 8Iowa | No. 9 |
| L 13–21 | 58,734 | |
| November 30 | USC | No. 12 |
| W 40–12 | 54,793 | |
| December 7 | atSMU | No. 12 | W 54–21 | 51,000 | [5] | |
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The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
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