1889 Notre Dame football team

The 1889 Notre Dame football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1889 college football season. The team had no coach and played only one game during the fall of 1889, a 9–0 victory over Northwestern at Evanston, Illinois, on November 14, 1889. The victory over Northwestern University was the first over another collegiate football team for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. It was also Notre Dame's first win against a future FBS football program. It would not be until 1897, with a 34–5 win against Michigan Agricultural (known today as Michigan State), that this accomplishment would be replicated.

1889 Notre Dame football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEdward Prudhomme
Seasons
 1888
1892 
1889 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Miami (OH)  400
Butler  200
Washington University  200
Iowa College  100
Lake Forest  100
Notre Dame  100
South Dakota  101
Minnesota  310
Purdue  210
South Dakota Agricultural  001
Northwestern  220
Cincinnati  110
Wabash  110
Michigan  120
Indiana  011
Iowa  010
Wisconsin  020

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 14at Northwestern
W 9–0[1]
November 30AlbionNotre Dame, INCancelled [2]

References

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  1. "A Game of Football". Sterling Daily Gazette. November 15, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. "Local Items" (PDF). The Scholastic. November 30, 1889. p. 204.