1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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rdf:langString The 1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Knute Rockne, the Irish compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 145 to 38, with four shutouts. The only contemporaneous rankings in 1929 were the Dickinson System, which rated Notre Dame No. 1 with 25.00 points, ahead of No. 2 Purdue (23.60), both from the State of Indiana. In later analyses, Notre Dame was also selected as the 1929 national champion by Billingsley Report, Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Jeff Sagarin's ELO-Chess system. Two Notre Dame player, quarterback Frank Carideo and guard Jack Cannon, were consensus first-team players on the 1929 All-America college football team. Coach Rockne was stricken with what was variously described as an infection or a blood clot in his right leg prior to the second game of the season against Navy. He was able to attend only two of the remaining game on the side lines. Assistant coach Tom Lieb served as the interim head coach. With the razing of Cartier Field, the team played no home games in South Bend, Indiana. Three "home" games were played at Soldier Field in Chicago. The new Notre Dame Stadium opened for the 1930 season.