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

1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Independent
Record	22–2–1
Head coach	George Keogan (13th season);
Captains	Martin Peters; John Ford;
Home arena	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1934–35 1936–37 →

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	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

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

[MGUIDE-1] "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.

[SR-3] "George Keogan coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

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