Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons

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This is a list of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season records. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The team competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level.

Notre Dame has the most consensus national championships and has produced more All-Americans than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school. Additionally, seven Fighting Irish football players have won the Heisman Trophy.

Notre Dame is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Boston College, and one of a handful of programs independent of a football conference. The team plays its home games on Notre Dame's campus at Notre Dame Stadium, also known as the "House that Rockne Built," which has a capacity of 80,795. The current head coach is Charlie Weis.

Notre Dame claims national championships in an additional three seasons, for a total of 11 consensus national championships. Notre Dame, however, is often credited with 13 national championships in total. The 1938 and 1953 seasons are the reason for the discrepancy. In 1938, 8-1 Notre Dame was awarded the national championship by the Dickinson System, while Texas Christian (which finished 11-0) was awarded the championship by the Associated Press. In the 1953 season, an undefeated Notre Dame team (9-0-1) was named national champion by every major selector except the AP and UPI (Coaches) polls, where the Irish finished second in both to 10-1 Maryland. As Notre Dame has a policy of only recognizing AP and Coaches Poll national championships post-1936, the school does not officially recognize the 1953 national championship.[1][2]

[edit] Yearly Totals

NCAA national champions
(11)		 Bowl Championship Series Berth
(2)
Year Coach Win Loss Tie Bowl Game[3]
2007 Charlie Weis 3 9 0
2006 Charlie Weis 10 3 0 Sugar Bowl
2005 Charlie Weis 9 3 0 Fiesta Bowl
2004 Tyrone Willingham

Kent Baer

 6 6 0 Insight Bowl
2003 Tyrone Willingham 5 7 0
2002 Tyrone Willingham 10 3 0 Gator Bowl
2001 Bob Davie 5 6 0
2000 Bob Davie 9 3 0 Fiesta Bowl
1999 Bob Davie 5 7 0
1998 Bob Davie 9 3 0 Gator Bowl
1997 Bob Davie 7 6 0 Independence Bowl
1996 Lou Holtz 8 3 0 Refused bowl bid
1995 Lou Holtz 9 3 0 Orange Bowl
1994 Lou Holtz 6 5 1 Fiesta Bowl
1993 Lou Holtz 11 1 0 Cotton Bowl
1992 Lou Holtz 10 1 1 Cotton Bowl
1991 Lou Holtz 10 3 0 Sugar Bowl
1990 Lou Holtz 9 3 0 Orange Bowl
1989 Lou Holtz 12 1 0 Orange Bowl
1988[4] Lou Holtz 12 0 0 Fiesta Bowl
1987 Lou Holtz 8 4 0 Cotton Bowl
1986 Lou Holtz 5 6 0
1985 Gerry Faust 5 6 0
1984 Gerry Faust 7 5 0 Aloha Bowl
1983 Gerry Faust 7 5 0 Liberty Bowl
1982 Gerry Faust 6 4 1
1981 Gerry Faust 5 6 0
1980 Dan Devine 9 2 1 Sugar Bowl
1979 Dan Devine 7 4 0
1978 Dan Devine 9 3 0 Cotton Bowl
1977[4] Dan Devine 11 1 0 Cotton Bowl
1976 Dan Devine 9 3 0 Gator Bowl
1975 Dan Devine 8 3 0
1974 Ara Parseghian 10 2 0 Orange Bowl
1973[4] Ara Parseghian 11 0 0 Sugar Bowl
1972 Ara Parseghian 8 3 0 Orange Bowl
1971 Ara Parseghian 8 2 0
1970 Ara Parseghian 10 1 0 Cotton Bowl
1969 Ara Parseghian 8 2 1 Cotton Bowl
1968 Ara Parseghian 7 2 1
1967 Ara Parseghian 8 2 0
1966 Ara Parseghian 9 0 1
1965 Ara Parseghian 7 2 1
1964 Ara Parseghian 9 1 0
1963 Hugh Devore 2 7 0
1962 Joe Kuharich 5 5 0
1961 Joe Kuharich 5 5 0
1960 Joe Kuharich 2 8 0
1959 Joe Kuharich 5 5 0
1958 Terence Brennan 6 4 0
1957 Terence Brennan 7 3 0
1956 Terence Brennan 2 8 0
1955[4] Terence Brennan 8 2 0
1954 Terence Brennan 9 1 0
1953 Frank Leahy 9 0 1
1952 Frank Leahy 7 2 1
1951 Frank Leahy 7 2 1
1950 Frank Leahy 4 4 1
1949[4] Frank Leahy 10 0 0
1948 Frank Leahy 9 0 1
1947[4] Frank Leahy 9 0 0
1946[4] Frank Leahy 8 0 1
1945 Hugh Devore 7 2 1
1944 Ed McKeever 8 2 0
1943[4] Frank Leahy 9 1 0
1942 Frank Leahy 7 2 2
1941 Frank Leahy 8 0 1
1940 Elmer Layden 7 2 0
1939 Elmer Layden 7 2 0
1938 Elmer Layden 8 1 0
1937 Elmer Layden 6 2 1
1936 Elmer Layden 6 2 1
1935 Elmer Layden 7 1 1
1934 Elmer Layden 6 3 0
1933 Heartley W. "Hunk" Anderson 3 5 1
1932 Heartley W. "Hunk" Anderson 7 2 0
1931 Heartley W. "Hunk" Anderson 6 2 1
1930[4] Knute Rockne 10 0 0
1929[4] Knute Rockne 9 0 0
1928 Knute Rockne 5 4 0
1927 Knute Rockne 7 1 1
1926 Knute Rockne 9 1 0
1925 Knute Rockne 7 2 1
1924[4] Knute Rockne 10 0 0 Rose Bowl
1923 Knute Rockne 9 1 0
1922 Knute Rockne 8 1 1
1921 Knute Rockne 10 1 0
1920 Knute Rockne 9 0 0
1919 Knute Rockne 9 0 0
1918 Knute Rockne 3 1 2
1917 Jesse C. Harper 6 1 1
1916 Jesse C. Harper 8 1 0
1915 Jesse C. Harper 7 1 0
1914 Jesse C. Harper 6 2 0
1913 Jesse C. Harper 7 0 0
1912 John L. "Jack" Marks 7 0 0
1911 John L. "Jack" Marks 6 0 2
1910 Frank C. "Shorty" Longman 4 1 1
1909 Frank C. "Shorty" Longman 7 0 1
1908 Victor M. Place 8 1 0
1907 Thomas A. Barry 6 0 1
1906 Thomas A. Barry 6 1 0
1905 Henry J. McGlew 5 4 0
1904 Louis J. "Red" Salmon 5 3 0
1903 James Farragher 8 0 1
1902 James Farragher 6 2 1
1901 Pat O'Dea 8 1 1
1900 Pat O'Dea 6 3 1
1899 James McWeeney 6 3 1
1898 Frank E. Hering 4 2 0
1897 Frank E. Hering 4 1 1
1896 Frank E. Hering 4 3 0
1895 H.G. Hadden 3 1 0
1894 James L. Morison 3 1 1
1893 No Coach 4 1 0
1892 No Coach 1 1 0
1889 No Coach 1 0 0
1888 No Coach 1 0 0
1887 No Coach 0 3 0
  1. ^ Notre Dame Records. graphics.fansonly.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  2. ^ CFB Data Warehouse Notre Dame Recognized National Champions. cfbdatawarehouse.com". Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  3. ^ After attending its first bowl in 1925, the University of Notre Dame declined to participate in any postseason game until 1969.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k National champions

[edit] Records of head coaches

Years Coach Record
1894 James L. Morrison 3–1–1
1895 H. G. Hadden 3–1–0
1896–1897 Frank E. Hering 8–4–1
1899 James McWeeney 6–3–1
1900–1901 Pat O'Dea 14–4–2
1902–1903 James F. Farragher 14–2–2
1904 Louis "Red" Salmon 5–3–0
1905 Henry J. McGlew 5–4–0
1906–1907 Thomas A. Barry 12–1–1
1908 Victor M. Place 8–1–0
1909–1910 Frank C. Longman 11–1–2
1911–1912 John L. Marks 13–0–2
1913–1917 Jesse Harper 34–5–1
Years Coach Record
1918–1930 Knute Rockne 105–12–5
1931–1933 Hunk Anderson 16–9–2
1934–1940 Elmer Layden 47–13–3
1941–1953 Frank Leahy 87–11–9
1954–1958 Terry Brennan 32–18–0
1959–1962 Joe Kuharich 17–23
1964–1974 Ara Parseghian 95–17–4
1975–1980 Dan Devine 53–16–1
1981–1985 Gerry Faust 30–26–1
1986–1996 Lou Holtz 100–30–2
1997–2001 Bob Davie 35–25
2002–2004 Tyrone Willingham 21–15
2005– Charlie Weis 22–15