Jump to content

1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
CaptainBob Lehmann
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Memphis State     9 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh     9 1 0
No. 2 Navy     9 2 0
No. 12 Syracuse     8 2 0
Utah State     8 2 0
Oregon     8 3 0
No. 16 Penn State     7 3 0
Army     7 3 0
Air Force     7 4 0
Boston College     6 3 0
Buffalo     5 3 1
Southern Miss     5 3 1
Idaho     5 4 0
Villanova     5 4 0
Oregon State     5 5 0
San Jose State     5 5 0
Xavier     5 4 1
West Texas State     4 4 1
Florida State     4 5 1
Colgate     3 4 1
New Mexico State     3 6 1
Colorado State     3 7 0
Miami (FL)     3 7 0
Texas Western     3 7 0
Detroit     2 6 1
Holy Cross     2 6 1
Notre Dame     2 7 0
Pacific (CA)     2 8 0
Houston     2 8 0
Boston University     1 6 1
Dayton     1 7 2
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Hugh Devore, who had helmed the team in 1945, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 2–7.

Schedule

[edit]
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28No. 6 WisconsinL 9–1456,806
October 5at PurdueL 6–751,723
October 12No. 7 USC
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 17–1459,135
October 19UCLA
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 27–1242,948
October 26at StanfordNo. 7L 14–2455,000
November 2No. 4 Navy
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 14–3559,362
November 9No. 8 Pittsburgh
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 7–2741,306[1]
November 16at No. 4 Michigan StateL 7–1270,128
November 23at Iowa
November 28vs. SyracuseL 7–1456,972
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Personnel

[edit]
1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
HB John Atamian Jr
G Jim Carroll Jr
QB John Huarte Jr
HB Jack Snow Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

[edit]
Player Position Round NFL club
Jim Kelly TE 2 Pittsburgh Steelers
Paul Costa TE 4 Green Bay Packers
Frank Budka DB 4 Chicago Bears
Jim Snowden Tackle 5 Washington Redskins
George Bednar Guard 8 St. Louis Cardinals
Tom MacDonald Back 13 Washington Redskins
Dave Humenik Tackle 17 New York Giants

[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Devore loses temper, Irish bow to Panthers". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. November 10, 1963. p. 34.
  2. ^ "1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
  3. ^ "1964 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com.