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    Ehsan Danish

    1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
    ConferenceIndependent
    Ranking
    CoachesNo. 9
    APNo. 10
    Record7–3
    Head coach
    Captains
    • Dick Prendergast
    • Ed Sullivan
    Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
    Seasons
    ← 1956
    1958 →
    1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
    Conf. Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No. 5 Navy   –   9 – 1 – 1
    No. 10 Notre Dame   –   7 – 3 – 0
    No. 18 Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
    Drake   –   7 – 2 – 0
    Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
    Detroit   –   6 – 3 – 0
    Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
    Oklahoma State   –   6 – 3 – 1
    Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
    Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1
    Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
    Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 3 – 2
    Miami (FL)   –   5 – 4 – 1
    Xavier   –   5 – 5 – 0
    Florida State   –   4 – 6 – 0
    Pittsburgh   –   4 – 6 – 0
    Air Force   –   3 – 6 – 1
    Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
    Villanova   –   3 – 6 – 0
    San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
    Texas Tech   –   2 – 8 – 0
    Marquette   –   0 – 10 – 0
    Rankings from AP Poll

    The 1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1957 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Terry Brennan, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–3. Notre Dame's 7–0 victory over Oklahoma snapped the Sooners' NCAA record 47-game winning streak.

    Schedule

    DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 28at Purdue
    		W 12–052,108
    October 5IndianaNo. 16
    		W 26–054,026
    October 12vs. No. 10 ArmyNo. 12
    		W 23–2195,000[1][2]
    October 26PittsburghNo. 7
    • Notre Dame Stadium
    • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
    		W 13–758,775
    November 2No. 16 NavyNo. 5
    • Notre Dame Stadium
    • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
    		L 6–2058,922
    November 9at No. 4 Michigan StateNo. 15
    		L 6–3475,391[3]
    November 16at No. 2 Oklahoma
    		W 7–063,170
    November 23No. 8 IowaNo. 9
    • Notre Dame Stadium
    • Notre Dame, IN
    		L 13–2158,734
    November 30USCNo. 12
    • Notre Dame Stadium
    • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
    		W 40–1254,793
    December 7at SMUNo. 12
    		W 54–2151,000[4]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Team players drafted into the NFL

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

    Player Position Round Pick Franchise

    [5]

    References

    1. ^ "Notre Dame's field goal upsets Army, 23 to 21". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. October 13, 1957. p. 1, section 4.
    2. ^ "Notre Dame trips army on field goal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 13, 1957. p. 2B.
    3. ^ George S. Alderton (November 10, 1957). "Spartans Jolt Irish, 34-6". Lansing State Journal. pp. 59, 62 – via Newspapers.com.
    4. ^ "Notre Dame smears SMU in 54–21 rout". San Angelo Standard-Times. December 8, 1957. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    5. ^ "1957 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team

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