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1956-57 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-8 (Independent)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Jordan

PS/G: 84.4 (6th of 176)

PA/G: 75.0 (120th of 176)

SRS: 10.39 (16th of 167)

SOS: 2.20 (44th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (89-77) versus Miami (OH)
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (85-83) versus Michigan State
Won Mideast Regional Third Place (86-85) versus Pittsburgh

AP Poll Summary

1956-57 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 8, 1956	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	-2.10	W	75	55		1	0	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
2	Mon, Dec 10, 1956	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.10	L	60	75		1	1	L 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
3	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	8.49	L	72	85		1	2	L 2	Lambert Fieldhouse
4	Mon, Dec 17, 1956	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-7.13	W	86	74		2	2	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
5	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	REG	@	Louisville (6)	Ind	15.87	L	75	85		2	3	L 1	Freedom Hall
6	Wed, Dec 26, 1956	REG	@	New York University	Metro NY	-2.36	W	72	71		3	3	W 1	Alumni Gymnasium
7	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	REG	N	Brigham Young	MSAC	2.99	W	91	66		4	3	W 2
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	REG	@	Manhattan	Metro NY	3.55	L	79	86		4	4	L 1	Alumni Gym
9	Sat, Jan 5, 1957	REG		Butler	Ind	1.42	L	84	86		4	5	L 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
10	Mon, Jan 7, 1957	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.10	W	82	61		5	5	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
11	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-6.69	W	90	76		6	5	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12	Tue, Jan 15, 1957	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.65	W	86	76		7	5	W 3	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
13	Sat, Jan 26, 1957	REG	N	Illinois (9)	Big Ten	12.27	L	81	99		7	6	L 1
14	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	8.90	W	94	82		8	6	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
15	Sat, Feb 2, 1957	REG	@	Canisius (12)	WNY3	8.52	L	89	94		8	7	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16	Mon, Feb 4, 1957	REG	@	Holy Cross	Ind	-4.47	W	99	82		9	7	W 1	Worcester Auditorium
17	Thu, Feb 7, 1957	REG		Portland	Ind	-0.65	W	78	64		10	7	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
18	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	REG	N	Loyola (IL)	Ind	-6.69	W	96	64		11	7	W 3
19	Wed, Feb 13, 1957	REG	@	Butler	Ind	1.42	W	70	65		12	7	W 4	Hinkle Fieldhouse
20	Wed, Feb 20, 1957	REG		Detroit Mercy	MVC	-0.39	W	99	88		13	7	W 5	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
21	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	REG		DePaul	Ind	0.75	W	95	80		14	7	W 6	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
22	Tue, Feb 26, 1957	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	-2.14	W	76	56		15	7	W 7	Milwaukee Arena
23	Sat, Mar 2, 1957	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	0.75	W	85	73		16	7	W 8	Alumni Hall
24	Wed, Mar 6, 1957	REG		Marquette	Ind	-2.14	W	94	55		17	7	W 9	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Tue, Mar 12, 1957	NCAA	N	Miami (OH)	MAC	1.70	W	89	77		18	7	W 10	St. John Arena
26	Fri, Mar 15, 1957	NCAA	N	Michigan State (11)	Big Ten	11.65	L	83	85		18	8	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
27	Sat, Mar 16, 1957	NCAA	N	Pittsburgh	Ind	2.14	W	86	85		19	8	W 1	Memorial Coliseum