1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926 college football season, led by ninth-year head coach Knute Rockne. The Irish won all but one of their ten games, upset by Carnegie Tech in late November. The team was ranked No. 3 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.

1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
Captains
  • Red Edwards
  • Tom Hearden
Home stadiumCartier Field
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Haskell    12 0 1
No. 3 Notre Dame    9 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)    7 1 0
Michigan State Normal    6 1 0
Muncie Normal    5 1 1
Northern Illinois State    5 1 1
Marquette    6 3 0
Lombard    5 3 0
Loyola (IL)    4 3 0
Central Michigan    3 4 1
Michigan State    3 4 1
Detroit    3 6 1
Butler    3 6 0
Saint Louis    3 6 0
John Carroll    2 5 1
Kent State    2 6 0
Valparaiso    1 4 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The Irish are confirmed to have won green uniforms this season, in the game against Penn State.

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