1914 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1914 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainKeith K. "Deak" Jones
Home stadiumCartier Field
1914 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Western State Normal (MI) – 6–0–0
Northern Illinois State – 7–0–1
Notre Dame – 6–2–0
Michigan Agricultural – 5–2–0
Butler – 4–2–0
South Dakota – 5–2–1
Michigan – 6–3–0
North Dakota Agricultural – 5–3–0
Haskell – 5–4–0
Michigan State Normal – 3–2–1
Heidelberg – 4–3–1
Akron – 4–4–1
Doane – 3–3–2
Saint Louis – 4–4–0
St. Mary's (OH) – 2–2–0
Wabash – 2–2–2
Detroit – 2–3–2
Lake Forest – 3–5–0
Iowa State Teachers – 2–5–1
Lincoln (MO) – 1–3–0
Marquette – 2–7–0
Rose Poly – 0–7–0

The 1914 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jesse Harper, the Irish compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 288 to 61. After opening the season with routs of Alma (56–0) and Rose Polytechnic (103–0), the team lost road games to Yale (0–28) and national champion Army (7–20). The team then closed its season with intersectional victories over Pop Warner's Carlisle Indians (48–6) at Comiskey Park in Chicago and on the road against Syracuse (20–0).[1]

Knute Rockne, who helped the Irish to perfect seasons in 1912 and 1913, returned in 1914 as an assistant coach. Key players on the 1914 team included tackle and captain Keith K. "Deak" Jones, fullback Ray Eichenlaub, halfback Bill Kelleher, and guard Charlie Bachman.

The team played its home games at Cartier Field in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Alma
W 56–0[2]
October 10Rose Polytechnic
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 103–0[3]
October 17at Yale
L 0–28[4]
October 24vs. South DakotaSioux Falls, SDW 33–04,000[5]
October 31Haskell
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 21–7[6]
November 7at Army
L 7–206,000[7][8]
November 14vs. Carlisle
W 48–6[9]
November 26at Syracuse
W 20–0[10]

[1]

Personnel

Players

[11]

Coaching staff

References

  1. 1 2 "1914 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Notre Dame Whips Alma in Easy Manner, 6 to 0". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 4, 1914. p. 4 (section III) – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame Swamps Rose Poly Machine: Quarter Back Coffal Leads Catholics in Scoring Victory". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. October 11, 1914. p. 3 (sports) – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Yale Wades Through Notre Dame: Notre Dame Squelched by Yale". The Hartford Courant. October 18, 1914. p. 2 (part 4) – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "South Dakota Overwhelmed by Notre Dame: Coyotes Humbled by Indiana Eleven by Score of 33 to 0". The Sioux Falls Daily Press. November 25, 1914. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Held Notre Dame Down: Haskell Lost Game by Score of 21 to 7; Haskell First Outside Team in Eight Years to Score on Notre Dame Grounds". The Daily Gazette. Lawrence, Kansas. November 2, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Notre Dame Crumbles Before Army Eleven: Cadets Reverse Result of Last Year, Winning by Score of 20 to 7". New York Tribune. November 8, 1914. p. II-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Notre Dame Downed Again on Eastern Gridiron, 20-7". Minneapolis Star Tribune. November 8, 1914. p. 28.
  9. ↑ Walter Eckersall (November 15, 1914). "Notre Dame Scoring Machine Crushes Weary Indians, 48 to 6: Carlisle Suffers Worst Defeat in Years in Clash at Sox Park; Quarterback Welsch Badly Injured". Chicago Tribune. p. 1 (sporting) – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Notre Dame Shows too Much Speed for Syracuse: Notre Dame Is Jubilant Over Syracuse Score". The South Bend News-Times. November 27, 1914. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "The Football Men of '14" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. Christmas 1914. pp. 218–221.
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