1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainDominic Vairo
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1934 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan State – 8–1–0
Wayne – 7–1–0
Western State Teachers (MI) – 7–1–0
Michigan State Normal – 5–2–0
Notre Dame – 6–3–0
Central State (MI) – 5–3–0
Detroit – 5–3–1
DePaul – 4–3–0
Saint Louis – 3–3–2
Marquette – 4–5–0
Michigan Tech – 1–2–1
Haskell – 3–6–1
Missouri Mines – 2–6–0
Wittenberg – 2–7–0

The 1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1934 college football season. Following a losing season in 1933, Notre Dame in January 1934 hired Elmer Layden as its head football coach. In its first season under Layden, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 108 to 56. The team lost to Texas, Pittsburgh, and Navy, and ended the season with three consecutive victories over rivals Northwestern, Army, and USC.[1]

Notre Dame center Jack Robinson was a consensus pick on the 1934 All-America college football team.[2] Right end Dominic Vairo was the team captain.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6TexasL 6–720,353–33,000[3]
October 13Purdue
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 18–734,263
October 20Carnegie Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 13–011,242
October 27Wisconsin
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 19–025,354
November 3at PittsburghL 0–1956,556–64,000[4]
November 10vs. NavyL 6–1054,571
November 17at NorthwesternW 20–738,413–45,000[5]
November 24vs. ArmyW 12–678,757
December 8at USCW 14–045,568

Personnel

Players

Coaching staff

References

  1. 1 2 "1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Texas seizes breaks to win over Irish, 7–6". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 7, 1934. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Harry Keck (November 4, 1934). "64,000 See Pitt Crush Notre Dame". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Edward Burns (November 18, 1934). "Notre Dame Wins: Irish Score Three Times in 2d Half; Beat N.U., 20-7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.