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The 1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Frank Leahy, the Irish compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by a total of 140 to 139. Though the 1949 team won the national championship, and the 1950 team was ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP poll the Irish dropped from the poll after losing three of their first five games.[1]

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Record4–4–1
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1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJerry Groom
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
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1950 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Valparaiso – 9–1–0
No. 8 Michigan State – 8–1–0
Xavier – 8–1–0
John Carroll – 8–2–0
Baldwin–Wallace – 5–2–1
Michigan Tech – 4–2–1
Marquette – 5–3–1
Wabash – 4–2–3
Butler – 4–4–1
Notre Dame – 4–4–1
Toledo – 4–5–0
Bowling Green – 3–4–2
Dayton – 4–6–0
Youngstown – 3–5–0
Ball State – 2–4–1
Washington University – 2–7–0
Wayne – 2–7–0
Indiana State – 1–7–1
Rose Poly – 0–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Center and team captain Jerry Groom was a consensus first-team pick on the 1950 All-America college football team.[2] In addition, quarterback Bob Williams received first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press, United Press, and Football Writers Association of America. Williams was also the second overall pick in the 1951 NFL draft with Groom following as the sixth overall pick.[3]

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30No. 20 North CarolinaNo. 1W 14–756,430[4]
October 7PurdueNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2856,746
October 14at TulaneNo. 10W 13–973,159[5]
October 21at IndianaNo. 11L 7–2034,100
October 28No. 15 Michigan State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 33–3657,866[6]
November 4vs. NavyW 19–1071,074[7]
November 11Pittsburgh
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 18–756,966[8]
November 18at IowaT 14–1452,863
December 2at USCL 7–970,177
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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