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1951 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1951Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Frank Leahy (9th season)
Captain	Jim Mutscheller
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State		–		9	–	0	–	0
Xavier		–		9	–	0	–	1
Wabash		–		7	–	0	–	1
No. 13 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Dayton		–		7	–	3	–	0
Michigan Tech		–		4	–	2	–	1
Toledo		–		6	–	4	–	0
Washington University		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wayne		–		5	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green		–		4	–	4	–	1
Marquette		–		4	–	6	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace		–		3	–	5	–	0
John Carroll		–		3	–	6	–	0
Rose Poly		–		2	–	5	–	0
Youngstown		–		2	–	6	–	1

Rankings fromAP Poll

The1951 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented theUniversity of Notre Dame as an independent during the1951 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coachFrank Leahy, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Indiana	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 48–6	55,790
October 5	atDetroit	No. 5	Briggs Stadium Detroit, MI	W 40–6	52,331	^[1]
October 13	SMU	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 20–27	58,240	^[2]
October 20	atPittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 33–0	60,127	^[3]
October 27	Purdue	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 30–9	57,890
November 3	vs.Navy	No. 13	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 19–0	44,237
November 10	at No. 5Michigan State	No. 11	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 0–35	51,296	^[4]
November 17	atNorth Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 12–7	44,000–45,500	^[5]
November 24	Iowa		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	T 20–20	40,685
December 1	at No. 20USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 19–12	55,783
Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

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The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Bob Toneff	Tackle	2	22	San Francisco 49ers
John Petitbon	Halfback	7	74	New York Yanks
Chet Ostrowski	Defensive End	10	115	Washington Redskins
Jim Mutscheller	Defensive End	12	134	New York Yanks
Dave Flood	Defensive Back	13	150	Pittsburgh Steelers
Paul Burns	Guard	16	191	New York Giants
Billy Barrett	Halfback	28	327	Green Bay Packers

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References

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^Dick Peters (October 6, 1951)."52,371 See Irish Sweep Past U-D, 40-6".Detroit Free Press. pp. 14, 18 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Pass-happy Mustangs defeat Irish".The Indianapolis Star. October 14, 1951. RetrievedMarch 18, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Jack Henry (October 21, 1951)."60,000 See Notre Dame Crush Panthers, 33–0".Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 1. RetrievedJuly 28, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^George S. Alderton (November 11, 1951)."Rout of Notre Dame Bolsters M.S.C. Bid for National Title: Near-Record Crowd Sees Stunned Irish Humbled by State".Lansing State Journal. pp. 1, IV-1 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Notre Dame edges Tar Heels".Asheville Citizen-Times. November 18, 1951. RetrievedDecember 28, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived fromthe original on December 10, 2010. RetrievedMarch 30, 2018.

v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Venues	Brownson Hall field (1892?–1899) Cartier Field (1899–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls andrivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC
Culture and lore	History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 30 for 30 film 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Death of Lizzy Seeberg 2020 ACC Championship Game The Spirit of Notre Dame Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders Team captains
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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