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1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
CaptainBill Fischer
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan Tech     7 0 0
No. 2 Notre Dame     9 0 1
Bowling Green     8 0 1
Washington University     9 1 0
John Carroll     7 1 2
Ball State     6 2 0
Michigan State     6 2 2
Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 2
Detroit     6 3 0
Indiana State     4 4 0
Wabash     4 4 0
Wayne     4 4 0
Valparaiso     4 5 0
Toledo     5 6 0
Michigan State Normal     3 5 0
Xavier     4 6 0
Central Michigan     3 6 0
Marquette     2 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1948 college football season.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25PurdueW 28–2759,343
October 2at PittsburghW 40–064,000
October 9Michigan StateNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 26–758,126
October 16NebraskaNo. 2W 44–1338,000
October 23at IowaNo. 2W 27–1253,000
October 30vs. NavyNo. 2W 41–763,314
November 6at IndianaNo. 1W 42–634,000
November 13No. 8 NorthwesternNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 12–759,305
November 27WashingtonNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 46–050,609
December 4at USCNo. 2T 14–14100,571
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP1 (50)2 (34)2 (23)2 (19)1 (56)2 (80)2 (27)2 (38)2 (97)

References

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  1. ^ "1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".