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Leahy was born in O'Neill, Nebraska and graduated from Winner High School in Winner, South Dakota where he was a football standout. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played football as a tackle on Knute Rockne's last three teams (1928–1930) and was part of the 1929 and 1930 National champion teams.
The following is a list of Notre Dame's all-time season records. [3] Year Coach Overall ... Frank Leahy (Independent) (1946–1953) 1946: Frank Leahy 8–0–1: 1 1947:
Notre Dame defeated Northwestern, 26 to 19, a margin of seven points: Michigan beat the 'Cats 49 to 21, for a 28-point advantage. Notre Dame dropped USC, 36 to 7, in what Coach Frank Leahy termed his team's 'greatest game of the year,' while Michigan slaughtered the same Trojans, 49 to 0. Against those three common opponents the Irish scored ...
Led by Frank Leahy in his 11th and final season as head coach, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 9–0–1. John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy although he did not even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring. [1] Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979.
The departure of Frank Leahy ushered in a downward slope in Notre Dame's performance, referred to in various circles as a period of de-emphasis. [ 141 ] 25-year old assistant coach Terry Brennan was hired as Frank Leahy's successor as the Notre Dame head coach in 1954 and would stay until 1958. [ 142 ]
The 1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Frank Leahy , the team compiled a 7–2–2 record, outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 99, and was ranked No. 6 in the ...
Notre Dame football coach Frank Leahy, left, and Johnny Lujack, right, are shown in the locker room after the Fighting Irish's 20-0 victory over Army in New York, on Nov. 6, 1943. (Harry Harris ...
The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship. [1] The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy.