en 1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 8
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Elmer Layden (3rd season);
Captains	Bill Smith; John Lautar;
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

The 1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1936 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Carnegie Tech		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 21–7	15,673
October 10	Washington University		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 14–6	9,879
October 17	Wisconsin		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 27–0	16,423
October 24	at No. 9 Pittsburgh	No. 7	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–26	66,622–70,244	^[1]
October 31	Ohio State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 7–2	50,017	^[2]
November 7	vs. Navy	No. 13	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–3	51,126
November 14	vs. Army		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 20–6	74,423
November 21	No. 1 Northwestern	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 26–6	52,131
December 5	at USC	No. 9	Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	T 13–13	71,201
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Jack Ledden (October 25, 1936). "Irish Suffer Worst Defeat in 11 Years". The South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved June 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Inspired Irish batter O.S.U." Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1936. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.

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