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1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Assistant coach
  
Tom Lieb

Base defense
  
7–2–2

1929 record
  
9–0

Offensive scheme
  
Notre Dame Box

Head coach
  
Knute Rockne (12th year)

The 1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1929 college football season. When coach Knute Rockne fell ill, Tom Lieb became de facto head coach. The team was 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.

Awards/honors

  • QB Frank Carideo (unanimous All-American)
  • G Jack Cannon (All-American)
  • T Ted Twommey (All-American)

    • References

    1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Wikipedia
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