American college football season
The1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Notre Dame as anindependent during the1930 college football season . In their 13th and final season under head coachKnute Rockne , the Fighting Irish compiled a perfect 10–0 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 256 to 74 with three shutouts.[ 1]
TheDickinson System ranked Notre Dame No. 1 with 25.13 points, ahead of No. 2Washington State (20.44) and No. 3Alabama (20.18).[ 2] national champion , includingBillingsley Report ,Boand System ,Dunkel System ,Helms Athletic Foundation ,Houlgate System ,National Championship Foundation ,Parke H. Davis , andPoling System .[ 3]
The newNotre Dame Stadium made its debut on October 4;[ 4] next week.[ 5] The closest game was a one-point win in late November over previously undefeatedArmy ; the Irish won the annualrivalry game , 7–6, atSoldier Field inChicago with over 100,000 in attendance.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Los Angeles , Notre Dame shut out once-beatenUSC , 27–0, for their 19th consecutive victory.[ 9] [ 10]
Two Notre Dame players, quarterbackFrank Carideo and halfbackMarchy Schwartz , were consensus first-team players on the1930 All-America college football team .[ 11] Bert Metzger (first-team selection by the Associated Press and United Press);[ 12] [ 13] Marty Brill (first-team selection by the All-America Board);[ 14] Tom Conley (second-team selection by the Associated Press, United Press, and Newspaper Enterprise Association);[ 15] Joe Savoldi (second-team selection by the Associated Press); and tackleAl Culver (second-team selection by the United Press).[ 16]
Four months after the season ended, on March 31, 1931, Rockne and seven others were killed when aTranscontinental and Western Airline plane crashed in Kansas as Rockne traveled from Kansas City to California.[ 17]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 4 SMU W 20–1414,751 [ 4] October 11 Navy Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry ) W 26–240,593 [ 18] [ 5] October 18 Carnegie Tech Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 21–630,009 [ 19] October 25 atPittsburgh W 35–1966,586–74,233 [ 20] [ 21] November 1 Indiana Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 27–015,000 [ 22] November 8 atPenn W 60–2075,657 [ 23] November 15 Drake Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 28–710,106 [ 24] November 22 atNorthwestern W 14–044,648 [ 25] November 29 vs.Army W 7–6110,000 [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] December 6 atUSC W 27–073,967 [ 9] [ 10]
The following players participated on the 1930 Notre Dame football team.[ 27]
Roy Bailie, left end Marty Brill , right halfback, All-American[ 28] Frank Butler, center[ 29] Frank Carideo , quarterback, All-American andCollege Football Hall of Fame [ 30] Norbert Christman, quarterback Tom Conley , captain and right end[ 30] Carl Cronin , quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame[ 31] Al Culver , left tackle[ 32] Dick Donoghue, right tackle[ 33] Norman Greeney, left guard[ 34] Dan Hanley, fullback[ 35] James Harriss, left guard[ 36] Frank Hoffman, left tackle[ 37] Paul Host, left end[ 38] Al Howard, fullback[ 38] Charles Jaskwhich, quarterback[ 39] Clarence Kaplan, right halfback[ 35] Thomas Kassis, left guard[ 40] Frank Kerjes, right guard[ 34] Mike Koken , left halfback[ 41] Ed Kosky, left end[ 33] Joe Kurth , right tackle[ 41] Bernie Leahy , left halfback[ 37] Frank Leahy , left tackle, College Football Hall of Fame[ 42] Richard Mahoney, right end[ 31] Arthur McManmon, right tackle[ 43] Regis McNamara, left tackle[ 44] Bert Metzger , right guard, All-American and College Football Hall of Fame[ 45] Larry Mullins , fullback[ 45] Emmett Murphy, quarterback John O'Brien, left end[ 29] Paul O'Connor, right halfback[ 42] Bill Pierce , right guard[ 44] John Rogers , center[ 43] Joe Savoldi , fullback[ 32] Marchmont Schwartz , left halfback, All-American and College Football Hall of Fame[ 28] Joseph Sheeketski, right halfback Fred Staab, fullback Robert Terlaak, right guard[ 39] George Vlk, right end[ 36] Tommy Yarr , center[ 40] Knute Rockne , head coach and director of athletics,[ 46] Hunk Anderson , assistant coach,[ 47] Jack Chevigny , assistant coach[ 47] John T. "Ike" Voedisch, assistant coach[ 47] Tim Moynihan , assistant coach[ 47] William B. Jones, freshman coach[ 27] H. Manfred Vezie, freshman coach[ 27] Rev. Michael A. Mulcaire, Chairman Athletic Board of Control[ 48] ^ "1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results" .SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedApril 6, 2022 .^ "Notre Dame Wins National Title by Dickinson System" .Messenger-Inquirer . December 7, 1930. p. 13 – viaNewspapers.com .^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 113. RetrievedDecember 11, 2018 .^a b "Notre Dame pushed to win" .Reading Eagle . Pennsylvania. Associated Press. October 5, 1930. p. 15.^a b Mickelson, Paul (October 12, 1930)."Notre Dame swamps Navy" .Reading Eagle . Pennsylvania. Associated Press. p. 13. ^a b Dunkley, Charles W. (November 29, 1930)."Notre Dame beats Army, 7 to 6" .Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press. p. 1. ^a b "Rockne's men defeat Army, score 7 to 6" .Spokane Daily Chronicle . Washington. Associated Press. November 29, 1930. p. 1.^a b McIntyre, Ronald (November 30, 1930)."Notre Dame conquers Army, 7 to 6" .Milwaukee Sentinel . p. 1C. ^a b "Notre Dame triumphs, 27 to 0" .Milwaukee Sentinel . December 7, 1930. p. 1A.^a b "Notre Dame outplays U.S.C." Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 7, 1930. p. 1, part 2.^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. RetrievedOctober 21, 2017 .^ Alan Gould (December 6, 1930). "MIDDLE WEST HOLDS EDGE IN SELECTION OF 1930 ALL-AMERICAN GRID TEAMS: POLL BY ASSOCIATED PRESS SELECTS STARS FOR MYTHICAL ELEVEN".Evening Independent . ^ Cameron, L. S. (December 8, 1930)."United Press Has All-America Grid Team of the Year: Milo Lubratovich of the University of Wisconsin Team is Placed on the First Team" .Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Oshkosh, Wisconsin . p. 15. RetrievedMay 18, 2016 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Christy Walsh (December 11, 1932). "ALL-AMERICA BOARD HONORS CAPT. BOB SMITH OF COLGATE".Syracuse Herald . ^ L.S. "Larry" MacPhail (December 13, 1930). "NEA Service's All-America Teams".Olean Times . ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia . ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1162.ISBN 1401337031 ^ "Rockne Killed In Air Crash: Eight Die in Kansas As Plane Falls in Flames; Local Coach on Business Trip to Coast" .The South Bend Tribune . March 31, 1931. p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com .^ John W. Stahr (October 12, 1930)."N.D. Wins; Dedicates Stadium" .The South Bend Tribune . p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ John W. Stahr (October 19, 1930)."Irish Beat Carnegie, 21 to 6" .The South Bend Tribune . p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "74,233 at Irish Game Here Saturday" .The Pittsburgh Press . October 27, 1930. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.^ Jess Carver."Notre Dame Trounces Pitt, 35-19: 70,000 See Irish Romp To Victory" .Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph . pp. I-1, II-1 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ John W. Starr (November 2, 1930)."Irish Conquer Indiana, 27 to 0" .The South Bend Tribune . p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "80,000 See Penn Deluged, 60-20, By Notre Dame: Largest Crowd in Phila. Football History Turns Out to See Game; Traffic Tied in Knot" .The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 9, 1930. pp. 1, 6 – viaNewspapers.com .^ John W. Stahr (November 16, 1930)."Drake Loses To Irish, 28 to 7: Three Sprints by Dan Hanley Enliven Game" .The South Bend Tribune . pp. 1, 10 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Harvey Woodruff (November 23, 1930)."Notre Dame Beats Northwestern, 14-0" .Chicago Tribune . pp. 1, 2 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results" .^a b c "Official Football Review Notre Dame University 1930" (PDF) . Notre Dame University. pp. 17,20– 21. 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