1932 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1932 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainPaul Host
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1932 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Western State Teachers – 6–0–1
Michigan State – 7–1–0
Western Reserve – 7–1–0
Detroit – 8–2–0
Michigan Tech – 4–1–0
No. 7 Notre Dame – 7–2–0
DePaul – 5–1–2
Michigan State Normal – 5–2–0
Saint Louis – 5–2–0
Marquette – 4–3–1
Bowling Green – 3–3–1
Central State (MI) – 3–4–1
Haskell – 2–5–1
Detroit City – 1–6–0

The 1932 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In their second season under head coach Hunk Anderson, the Fighting Irish compiled a 7–2 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 255 to 31. In games against major opponents, they defeated Kansas, Northwestern, Navy, and Army, but lost to Pittsburgh and USC.[1]

Tackle Joe Kurth was a consensus first-team pick on the 1932 All-America college football team.[2] In addition, fullback George Melinkovich received first-team All-America honors from Liberty magazine and Parke H. Davis.[3][4] Paul Host was the team captain.

The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8Haskell
W 73–08,369[5]
October 15Drake
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 62–06,663[6]
October 22Carnegie Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 42–016,015–30,000[7]
October 29at Pittsburgh
L 0–1255,616–60,000[8]
November 5at Kansas
W 24–617,818–18,062[9]
November 12Northwestern
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 21–031,853–42,000[10]
November 19vs. Navy
W 12–061,122[11]
November 26vs. Army
W 21–078,115–80,000[12]
December 10at USC
L 0–1393,924–100,000[13]

Personnel

Players

Paul Host
Heartly "Hunk" Anderson
  • Benjamin Franklin Alexander, center
  • Steve Banas, fullback
  • Frederick Adolph Bardstow, right tackle
  • Raymond Brancheau, right halfback
  • Frank Sturla Canale, left end
  • Albert Thomas Costello, right halfback
  • Hugh Devore, right end
  • John James Flynn, right guard
  • Tom Gorman, center
  • Norm Greeney, right guard
  • James Harris, left guard
  • Paul Anthony Host, captain and right end
  • Chuck Jaskwhich, quarterback and placekicker
  • Mike Koken, left halfback
  • Edwin Kosky, left end
  • Moose Krause, left tackle
  • Joe Kurth, tackle
  • Frank LaBorne, left halfback
  • Michael John Leding, left tackle
  • Jim Leonard, fullback
  • Nick Lukats, left halfback
  • Albert Luke McGuff, left halfback
  • George Melinkovich, fullback
  • Emmett Murphy, quarterback
  • Richard Joseph Pfefferle, right tackle
  • Bill Pierce, right guard
  • Joseph John Pivarnick, right guard
  • Norbert Herman Rascher, right end
  • Thomas Gerard Roach, right tackle
  • Jack Robinson, center
  • Rocco Victor Schiralli, left guard
  • Joe Sheeketski, right halfback
  • John Edward Tobin, right halfback
  • Dominic Vairo, left end
  • Laurie Vejar, quarterback
  • Bernie Witucki
  • Harry Wunsch, left guard

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Coaching and staff

  • Head coach: Heartly "Hunk" Anderson
  • Assistant coaches: John "Ike" Voedisch, Thomas Yarr, Marchmont Schwartz, F. Nordoff Hoffman
  • Freshman coach: Arthur "Jake" Kline
  • Assistant freshman coaches: Regis McNamara, Norbert Christman, George Kozac
  • Athletic director: Jesse Harper

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References

  1. ↑ "1932 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1164. ISBN 1401337031.
  4. ↑ "Parke Davis Picks All-American Team". The Hartford Courant. November 26, 1932.
  5. ↑ Jack Ledden (October 9, 1932). "N.D. Wins First Game, 73 to 0: Haskell Fails To Halt Race Over Goal Line". The South Bend Tribune. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Jack Ledden (October 16, 1932). "Notre Dame Crushes Drake, 62-0". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Jack Ledden (October 23, 1932). "Notre Dame Crushes Carnegie, 42-0". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Chester L. Smith (October 30, 1932). "Pitt Eleven Upsets Notre Dame, 12 To 0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Charles A. Grumich (November 6, 1932). "Kansas Routed By Notre Dame, 24-6". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Harvey Woodruff (November 13, 1932). "Notre Dame Crushes Northwestern, 21-0". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ James L. Renick (November 20, 1932). "Notre Dame Sinks Navy Crew, 12-0". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Francis Wallace (November 27, 1932). "Nomads Capture Army, 21-0!". New York Daily News. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Braven Dyer (December 11, 1932). "Troy Grids Trim Irish; Notre Dame Loses 13-to-0 Game; Crowd of 100,000 Spectators Sees Trojan Eleven Score Impressive Victory". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-1, VIa-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. 1 2 "Notre Dame Official Football Review 1932" (PDF) – via Notre Dame Archives.


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