1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1953 record	9–0–1
Head coach	Frank Leahy (8th year of 2nd stint; 11th overall year)
Captain	Don Penza
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 NCAA independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Notre Dame			–					9	–	0	–	1
Southern Miss			–					9	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 7 14 0 28 Oklahoma 7 7 0 7 21 Date: September 26 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 59,500 Game weather: Sunny • 94°F

The 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1953 college football season. John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy although he did not even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring. Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979.

Don Penza blocked and recovered a kick to set up one touchdown and recovered a fumble that led to another Notre Dame score.

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

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