1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
1954 record	9–1
Head coach	Terry Brennan (1st season)
Captain	Paul Matz
Captain	Dan Shannon
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1954 NCAA independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Notre Dame			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1954 college football season.

Rivalries

• Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
• Notre Dame lost to Purdue in the battle for the Shillelagh Trophy.
• Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	No. 4 Texas	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 21–0	57,594
October 2	No. 19 Purdue	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 14–27	58,250
October 9	at Pittsburgh	No. 8	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 33–0	60,114
October 16	Michigan State	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	W 20–19	57,238
October 30	vs. No. 15 Navy	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 6–0	60,000
November 6	at Penn	No. 5	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 42–7	61,189
November 13	North Carolina	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 42–13	55,410
November 20	at No. 19 Iowa	No. 4	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 34–18	56,576
November 27	No. 17 USC	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 23–17	56,438
December 4	at SMU	No. 4	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 26–14	75,501
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player

Position

Round

Pick

Franchise

References

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