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| name = John L. Marks
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| player_years1 = 1907–1909
| player_team1 = [[Dartmouth Big Green football|Dartmouth]]
| player_positions = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]], [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]]
| coach_years1 = 1910
| coach_team1 = [[St. Viator Irish football|St. Viator]]
| coach_years2 = 1911–1912
| coach_team2 = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| overall_record = 13–0–2 (Notre Dame only)
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'''John L. Marks''' was an [[American football]] coach.  He served as the head football coach at the [[University of Notre Dame]] from 1911 to 1912, compiling a record of 13–0–2.  Marks played [[college football]] at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Catholics Lose Shorty Longman—Sensational Gridiron Coach Resigns as Head of Notre Dame Eleven—Marks, Dartmouth, Signed—Former Eastern Half Back Will Direct Fortunes of Last Season's Champions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12990123/the_indianapolis_star/ |newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |location=[[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]] |date=August 6, 1911 |page=41 |access-date=August 10, 2017 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

On October 5, 1912, in one of the easiest victories in Notre Dame history, junior quarterback [[Gus Dorais]] led the Irish to a 116–7 rout of [[St. Viator College|St. Viator]] in the season-opener.<ref>{{cite web|title=October Calendar|url=http://www.irishlegends.com/pages/calendar/10.asp|work=On this date in Notre Dame Football History|publisher=Irish Legends|accessdate=October 19, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723161835/http://www.irishlegends.com/Pages/calendar/10.asp|archivedate=July 23, 2011|quote=}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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 | name      = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1911
 | endyear   = 1912
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1911 college football season|1911]]
 | name         = [[1911 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
 | overall      = 6–0–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1912 college football season|1912]]
 | name         = [[1912 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
 | overall      = 7–0
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 | name       = Notre Dame
 | overall    = 13–0–2
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 | overall  = 13–0–2
 | bowls    = no
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==References==
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