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1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 17
1959 record5–5
Head coachJoe Kuharich (1st season)
CaptainKen Adamson
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
(c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 NCAA University Division independents football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 1 Syracuse         11 0 0
No. 12 Penn State         9 2 0
Oregon         8 2 0
Rutgers         6 3 0
Detroit         6 4 0
Holy Cross         6 4 0
Memphis State         6 4 0
Miami (FL)         6 4 0
Oklahoma State         6 4 0
No. 20 Pittsburgh         6 4 0
Washington State         6 4 0
Boston College         5 4 0
Pacific (CA)         5 4 0
Air Force         5 4 1
Navy         5 4 1
Army         4 4 1
No. 17 Notre Dame         5 5 0
Florida State         4 6 0
San Jose State         4 6 0
Texas Tech         4 6 0
Xavier         4 6 0
Dayton         3 7 0
Marquette         3 7 0
Oregon State         3 7 0
Colgate         2 7 0
Idaho         1 9 0
Villanova         1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26North CarolinaW 28–856,746
October 3at PurdueNo. 8L 7–2850,362
October 10at CaliforniaW 28–668,500
October 17at Michigan StateL 0–1973,480
October 24No. 2 Northwestern
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
L 24–3059,078
October 31Navy
W 25–2258,652
November 7No. 19 Georgia Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
L 10–1458,575
November 14at PittsburghL 13–2852,337
November 21at No. 16 IowaW 20–1958,500
November 28No. 7 USC
W 16–648,684
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. "Notre Dame edges Navy on late kick". Spokesman-Review. Chicago Tribune ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 3, sports. November 1, 1959. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9WwpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3460%2C540210.
  2. "Irish upset Iowa, 20-19 on George Izo's passing". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 3, sports. November 22, 1959. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c2NWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-PEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2081%2C2172701.
  3. "Notre Dame mauls Trojans, 16-6". Spokesman-Review. Chicago Tribune ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 1, sports. November 29, 1959. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=emNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-PEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3109%2C4741792.

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