1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 13
1939 record	7–2
Head coach	Elmer Layden (6th season)
Captain	Johnny Kelly
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons

Template:1939 college football independents records The 1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1939 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	Purdue		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 3–0	31,341
October 7	Georgia Tech		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 17–14	17,322
October 14	SMU		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 20–19	29,730
October 21	vs. Navy	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	W 14–7	78,257
October 28	at [[{{{school}}}|Carnegie Tech]]	No. 2	Pittsburgh, PA	W 7–6	61,420
November 4	vs. Army	No. 4	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 14–0	75,632
November 16	at Iowa	No. 3	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 6–7	42,380
November 18	Northwestern	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 7–0	49,204
November 25	No. 4 USC	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 12–20	54,799
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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