1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
American college football season
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The 1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1959 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Kuharich, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 5–5.
ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 17
Record5–5
| 1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 18 |
| AP | No. 17 |
| Record | 5–5 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Ken Adamson |
| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Notre Dame | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | North Carolina | W 28–8 | 56,746 | [1] | ||
| October 3 | at Purdue | No. 8 | L 7–28 | 50,362 | ||
| October 10 | at California | W 28–6 | 68,500 | |||
| October 17 | at Michigan State | L 0–19 | 73,480 | |||
| October 24 | No. 2 Northwestern |
| L 24–30 | 59,078 | ||
| October 31 | Navy |
| W 25–22 | 58,652 | [2] | |
| November 7 | No. 19 Georgia Tech |
| L 10–14 | 58,575 | [3] | |
| November 14 | at Pittsburgh | L 13–28 | 52,337 | [4] | ||
| November 21 | at No. 16 Iowa | W 20–19 | 58,500 | [5] | ||
| November 28 | No. 7 USC |
| W 16–6 | 48,684 | [6] | |
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