1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	7–2
Head coach	Elmer Layden (7th season)
Captain	Milt Piepul
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons

Template:1940 college football independents records The 1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1940 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
October 5	Pacific (CA)		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 25–7	22,670
October 12	Georgia Tech		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 26–20	32,492
October 19	[[{{{school}}}|Carnegie Tech]]	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 61–0	29,515
October 26	at Illinois	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 26–0	68,578
November 2	vs. Army	No. 2	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 7–0	75,474
November 9	vs. Navy	No. 7	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 13–7	61,579
November 16	Iowa	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 0–7	45,960
November 23	at No. 10 Northwestern	No. 14	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 0–20	46,273
December 7	at USC		Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 10–6	85,808
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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