The 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an

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team that represented the

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as an

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during the

1930 college football season The 1930 college football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as claim the No. 1 position from each of the other three contemporary major selectors, (the Boand, Dunkel, and Houlgate Systems). The ...

. In their 13th and final season under head coach

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, the Fighting Irish compiled a perfect 10–0 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 256 to 74 with three shutouts. There was no

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in 1930. The one contemporaneous selector at the time was the

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which ranked Notre Dame No. 1 with 25.13 points, ahead of No. 2

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(20.44) and No. 3

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(20.18). Later analyses also rated Notre Dame as the 1940 national champion, including

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Dunkel System The Dunkel System, also known as the Dunkel College Football Index, is a college football rating system developed in 1929 by Richard C. "Dick" Dunkel, Sr. (1906–1975), to determine a national champion. Dunkel rated college football teams from 192 ...

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, Parke H. Davis, and

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. The new

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made its debut on October 4; it was dedicated the The closest game was a one-point win in late November over previously undefeated

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; the Irish won the annual

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, 7–6, at

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with over 100,000 in attendance. A week later in

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, Notre Dame shut out once-beaten

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, 27–0, for their 19th consecutive victory. Two Notre Dame players, quarterback

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and halfback

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, were consensus first-team players on the 1930 All-America college football team. Other Notre Dame players receiving 1930 All-America honors included guard

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(first-team selection by the Associated Press and United Press); halfback Marty Brill (first-team selection by the All-America Board); end Tom Conley (second-team selection by the Associated Press, United Press, and Newspaper Enterprise Association); fullback

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(second-team selection by the Associated Press); and tackle Al Culver (second-team selection by the United Press). Four months after the season ended, on March 31, 1931, Rockne and seven others were killed when a Transcontinental and Western Airline plane crashed in Kansas as Rockne traveled from Kansas City to California.

Schedule

Personnel

Players

The following players participated on the 1930 Notre Dame football team. * Roy Bailie, left end * Marty Brill, right halfback, All-AmericanFootball Review, p. 23. * Frank Butler, center *

, quarterback, All-American and

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* Norbert Christman, quarterback * Tom Conley, captain and right endFootball Review, p. 22. *

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, quarterback, College Football Hall of FameFootball Review, p. 37. * Al Culver, left tackle * Dick Donoghue, right tackle * Norman Greeney, left guard * Dan Hanley, fullbackFootball Review, p. 30. * James Harriss, left guardFootball Review, p. 32. * Frank Hoffman, left tackleFootball Review, p. 34. * Paul Host, left end * Al Howard, fullbackFootball Review, p. 35. * Charles Jaskwhich, quarterback * Clarence Kaplan, right halfback * Thomas Kassis, left guardFootball Review, p. 25. * Frank Kerjes, right guardFootball Review, p. 39. *

Mike Koken Michael Richard Koken (April 5, 1909 – April 15, 1962) was an American football player and coach. He played at the quarterback and halfback positions for Notre Dame from 1929 to 1932 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Ca ...

, left halfback * Ed Kosky, left endFootball Review, p. 27. *

Joe Kurth Joe Kurth (January 23, 1907 – January 16, 1987, in Richardson, Texas) was a tackle for the Green Bay Packers. He was listed as 6'1" tall and weighed 202 pounds during his playing days. He was born in Springfield, Wisconsin. He went to Notre Da ...

, right tackleFootball Review, p. 28. *

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, left halfback *

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, left tackle, College Football Hall of Fame * Richard Mahoney, right end * Arthur McManmon, right tackle * Regis McNamara, left tackle *

, right guard, All-American and College Football Hall of Fame *

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, fullbackFootball Review, p. 24. * Emmett Murphy, quarterback * John O'Brien, left endFootball Review, p. 31. * Paul O'Connor, right halfbackFootball Review, p. 29. * Bill Pierce, right guardFootball Review, p. 38. * John Rogers, centerFootball Review, p. 36. *

, fullbackFootball Review, p. 26. *

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, left halfback, All-American and College Football Hall of Fame * Joseph Sheeketski, right halfback * Fred Staab, fullback * Robert Terlaak, right guardFootball Review, p. 33. * George Vlk, right end * Thomas Yarr, center

Staff

, head coach and director of athletics, College Football Hall of Fame *

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, assistant coach,Football Review, pp. 17, 19. College Football Hall of Fame *

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, assistant coach * John T. "Ike" Voedisch, assistant coach * Tim Moynihan, assistant coach * William B. Jones, freshman coach * H. Manfred Vezie, freshman coach * Rev. Michael A. Mulcaire, Chairman Athletic Board of Control1930 Football Review, p. 11.

References

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