1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference Independent
1935–36 record 22–2–1
Head coach George Keogan (13th year)
Captain Martin Peters
Captain John Ford
Home arena Notre Dame Fieldhouse

The 1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his 13th season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 22–2–1 record[1] (their only tie in program history)[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[2][3] Players John Moir and Paul Nowak were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season as well.

Schedule and results

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season

11/30/1935*
Albion W 62–26  1–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

12/4/1935*
Saint Mary's (MN) W 45–22  2–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

12/4/1935*
Kalamazoo W 65–17  3–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

12/7/1935*
Millikin W 58–30  4–0
Studebaker Gymnasium 
South Bend, IN

12/7/1935*
Saint Joseph's (IN) W 71–22  5–0
Studebaker Gymnasium 
South Bend, IN

12/11/1935*
at Washington University W 35–27  6–0
Francis Gymnasium 
St. Louis, MO

12/16/1935*
Northwestern W 40–29  7–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

12/23/1935*
at Purdue L 40–54  7–1
Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium 
West Lafayette, IN

12/31/1935*
at Northwestern T 20–20  7–1–1
Old Patten Gymnasium 
Evanston, IL

1/4/1936*
at Minnesota W 29–27  8–1–1
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN

1/10/1936*
at Pittsburgh W 43–35  9–1–1
Pitt Pavilion 
Pittsburgh, PA

1/14/1936*
Marquette W 37–22  10–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

1/18/1936*
at Penn W 37–27  11–1–1
Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA

1/20/1936*
at Syracuse W 46–43  12–1–1
Archbold Gymnasium 
Syracuse, NY

1/25/1936*
Butler W 35–27  13–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

2/1/1936*
Saint Benedict W 53–17  14–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

2/5/1936*
Illinois W 33–23  15–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

2/10/1936*
Kentucky W 41–20  16–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

2/14/1936*
vs. NYU W 38–27  17–1–1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY

2/22/1936*
Pittsburgh W 43–27  18–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

2/25/1936*
Minnesota W 37–15  19–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

2/29/1936*
at Butler W 34–30  20–1–1
Butler Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN

3/4/1936*
Ohio State L 23–28  20–2–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN

3/7/1936*
at Marquette W 37–34  21–2–1
Old Gym 
Milwaukee, WI

3/10/1936*
at Detroit W 51–28  22–2–1
 
Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly Results (p. 146). University of Notre Dame. 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  3. "George Keogan coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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