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1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 6
Record	7–2–2
Head coach	Frank Leahy (2nd season);
Captain	George Murphy
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

The 1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Frank Leahy, the team compiled a 7–2–2 record, outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 99, and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP poll.

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The team ranked eighth nationally with 1,039 passing yards. Angelo Bertelli was responsible for all of the team's passing yardage and ranked seventh nationally in individual passing yards.

End Bob Dove was a consensus pick on the 1942 All-America college football team.^[1] Angelo Bertelli was selected as a first-team All-American by Look magazine.

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"Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

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Wilfrid Smith (December 6, 1942). "Notre Dame Rally Ties Great Lakes, 13 to 13". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–1, 2–3 – via Newspapers.com.

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"1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 7–7	23,243
October 3	Georgia Tech		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 6–13	20,545
October 10	Stanford		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 27–0	22,374
October 17	Iowa Pre-Flight		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 28–0	26,800
October 24	at No. 5 Illinois	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 21–14	43,476
October 31	vs. Navy	No. 4	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	W 9–0	66,699
November 7	vs. No. 19 Army	No. 4	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 13–0	74,946
November 14	No. 6 Michigan	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 20–32	54,379
November 21	Northwestern	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 27–20	26,098
November 28	at No. 14 USC	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 13–0	94,519
December 5	at Great Lakes Navy	No. 6	Soldier Field Chicago, IL	T 13–13	19,225–35,000	^[2]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	—	8 (3)	4 (3)	4 (1)	4 (1)	8	8	6

v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Central Michigan		–		6	–	0	–	0
Western Michigan		–		5	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	2	–	0
Dayton		–		8	–	2	–	0
Marquette		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	2
Bowling Green		–		6	–	2	–	1
Ohio		–		5	–	3	–	0
Detroit		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wichita		–		5	–	4	–	0
Michigan State		–		4	–	3	–	2
Michigan State Normal		–		3	–	3	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan		–		4	–	4	–	0
Xavier		–		4	–	5	–	0
Carthage		–		3	–	4	–	0
Miami (OH)		–		3	–	6	–	0
Wayne		–		1	–	6	–	1
Akron		–		0	–	7	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll

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