1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Independent
1935–36 record	22–2–1
Head coach	George Keogan (13th year)
Captain	Martin Peters
Captain	John Ford
Home arena	Notre Dame Fieldhouse

The 1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his 13th season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 22–2–1 record^[1] (their only tie in program history)^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]^[3] Players John Moir and Paul Nowak were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season as well.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
11/30/1935*	Albion	W 62–26	1–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12/4/1935*	Saint Mary's (MN)	W 45–22	2–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12/4/1935*	Kalamazoo	W 65–17	3–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12/7/1935*	Millikin	W 58–30	4–0	Studebaker Gymnasium
12/7/1935*	Saint Joseph's (IN)	W 71–22	5–0	Studebaker Gymnasium
12/11/1935*	at Washington University	W 35–27	6–0	Francis Gymnasium
12/16/1935*	Northwestern	W 40–29	7–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12/23/1935*	at Purdue	L 40–54	7–1	Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium
12/31/1935*	at Northwestern	T 20–20	7–1–1	Old Patten Gymnasium
1/4/1936*	at Minnesota	W 29–27	8–1–1	Williams Arena
1/10/1936*	at Pittsburgh	W 43–35	9–1–1	Pitt Pavilion
1/14/1936*	Marquette	W 37–22	10–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
1/18/1936*	at Penn	W 37–27	11–1–1	Palestra
1/20/1936*	at Syracuse	W 46–43	12–1–1	Archbold Gymnasium
1/25/1936*	Butler	W 35–27	13–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2/1/1936*	Saint Benedict	W 53–17	14–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2/5/1936*	Illinois	W 33–23	15–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2/10/1936*	Kentucky	W 41–20	16–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2/14/1936*	vs. NYU	W 38–27	17–1–1	Madison Square Garden
2/22/1936*	Pittsburgh	W 43–27	18–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2/25/1936*	Minnesota	W 37–15	19–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2/29/1936*	at Butler	W 34–30	20–1–1	Butler Fieldhouse
3/4/1936*	Ohio State	L 23–28	20–2–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
3/7/1936*	at Marquette	W 37–34	21–2–1	Old Gym
3/10/1936*	at Detroit	W 51–28	22–2–1
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly Results (p. 146). University of Notre Dame. 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ "George Keogan coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

Venues	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (1898–1968) Joyce Center (1968–present)

Rivalries	UCLA

Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Accomplishments

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics