1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Consensus national champion

Conference| Independent
Ranking
AP| No. 1
Record| 9–1
Head coach|

* Frank Leahy (3rd season)

Offensive scheme| T formation
Captain| Pat Filley
Home stadium| Notre Dame Stadium

Seasons

<- 1942

1944 ->

1943 Midwestern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Michigan State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
DePauw |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1
No. 1 Notre Dame |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Miami (OH) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Western Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bowling Green |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Marquette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Central Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Ohio Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Xavier |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Wayne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship.[1] The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy. Led by Notre Dame's first Heisman Trophy winner, Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road.[2] Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes, Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press.[3]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 25| at Pittsburgh| |

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| W 41–0| 43,437|
October 2| Georgia Tech| |

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)

| W 55–13| 26,497–30,000| [4]
October 9| at No. 2 Michigan| No. 1|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)

| W 35–12| 86,408|
October 16| at Wisconsin| No. 1|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 51–0| 16,235|
October 23| Illinois| No. 1|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 47–0| 24,676|
October 30| vs. No. 3 Navy| No. 1|

* Cleveland Stadium
* Cleveland, OH (rivalry)

| W 33–6| 77,900|
November 6| vs. No. 3 Army| No. 1|

* Yankee Stadium
* Bronx, NY (rivalry)

| W 26–0| 75,121|
November 13| at No. 8 Northwestern| No. 1|

* Dyche Stadium
* Evanston, IL (rivalry)

| W 25–6| 49,124|
November 20| No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight| No. 1|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 14–13| 39,446|
November 27| at Great Lakes Navy| No. 1|

* Ross Field
* Great Lakes, IL

| L 14–19| 23,000|

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Rankings

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See also: 1943 NCAA football rankings

Notre Dame was the wire-to-wire No. 1 in the season's AP poll and won the Dr. Henry L. Williams Trophy.

Ranking movements
Legend: ( ) = First-place votes| Week

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Poll| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| Final
AP| 1 (53)| 1 (86)| 1 (98)| 1 (97)| 1 (97)| 1 (91)| 1 (87)| 1 (97)| 1 (86)

## Awards and honors

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* Angelo Bertelli: Heisman Trophy[5]

### All-Americans

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Name | AP | UP | INS | COL | AA | SN | L

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Angelo Bertelli, QB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
Creighton Miller, HB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |
John Yonakor, E |  | 1 | 1 |  | 1 | 1 |
† Jim White, T | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2
Pat Filley, G | 2 | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Herb Coleman, C |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
†denotes consensus selection Source:[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175)". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
2. ^ "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: 2007 Supplement (page 163)". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
3. ^ "Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A)". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
4. ^ "Bertelli dazzles Tech for Irish, 53 to 13". The Chattanooga Times. October 3, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Heisman Voting". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

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1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—AP national champions

* John Adams
* Elmer Angsman
* Pete Berezney
* Angelo Bertelli
* Herb Coleman
* Zygmont Czarobski
* Frank Dancewicz
* Pat Filley
* Gerard Ford
* Bob Kelly
* Ray Kuffel
* Vic Kulbitski
* Johnny Lujack
* Chick Maggioli
* Jim Mello
* Ed Mieszkowski
* Creighton Miller
* Steve Nemeth
* John Perko
* Jules Rykovich
* Joe Signaigo
* Art Statuto
* George Sullivan
* Frank Szymanski
* George Terlep
* Mike Todorovich
* Gasper Urban
* Jim White
* John Yonakor
* Jack Zilly

* Head coach: Frank Leahy

* Assistant coaches: Hugh Devore
* Moose Krause
* Edward McKeever

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues|

* Brownson Hall field (1892?–1899)
* Cartier Field (1899–1928)
* Soldier Field (1929)
* Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls and rivalries|

* 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
* 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

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College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949|

* 1936: Minnesota (AP)
* 1937: Pittsburgh
* 1938: TCU
* 1939: Texas A&M
* 1940: Minnesota
* 1941: Minnesota
* 1942: Ohio State
* 1943: Notre Dame
* 1944: Army
* 1945: Army (AP) / Oklahoma A&M (Coaches)
* 1946: Notre Dame
* 1947: Notre Dame
* 1948: Michigan
* 1949: Notre Dame

1950s|

* 1950: Oklahoma (AP, Coaches)
* 1951: Tennessee
* 1952: Michigan State
* 1953: Maryland
* 1954: Ohio State (AP) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches)
* 1955: Oklahoma
* 1956: Oklahoma
* 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA)
* 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA)
* 1959: Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)

1960s|

* 1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA)
* 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA)
* 1962: USC
* 1963: Texas
* 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF)
* 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
* 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF)
* 1967: USC
* 1968: Ohio State
* 1969: Texas

1970s|

* 1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF)
* 1971: Nebraska
* 1972: USC
* 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches)
* 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches)
* 1975: Oklahoma
* 1976: Pittsburgh
* 1977: Notre Dame
* 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches)
* 1979: Alabama

1980–1991|

* 1980: Georgia
* 1981: Clemson
* 1982: Penn State
* 1983: Miami (FL)
* 1984: BYU
* 1985: Oklahoma
* 1986: Penn State
* 1987: Miami (FL)
* 1988: Notre Dame
* 1989: Miami (FL)
* 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches)
* 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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