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1953-54 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-3 (Independent)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Jordan

PS/G: 75.8 (31st of 173)

PA/G: 62.9 (31st of 173)

SRS: 16.87 (5th of 160)

SOS: 4.13 (28th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (80-70) versus Loyola (LA)
Won East Regional Semifinal (65-64) versus Indiana
Lost East Regional Final (71-63) versus Penn State

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AP Poll Summary

1953-54 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	3/8	Final
Notre Dame	-	16	19	-	-	-	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6

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	Tue, Dec 8, 1953	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	8.17	W	75	66		1	0	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2	Thu, Dec 10, 1953	REG		Detroit Mercy	MVC	-3.21	W	72	45		2	0	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
3	Mon, Dec 14, 1953	REG	@	Indiana (1)	Big Ten	17.47	L	55	66		2	1	L 1	Field House
4	Thu, Dec 17, 1953	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-4.90	W	81	65		3	1	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
5	Wed, Dec 23, 1953	REG	@	Bradley	Ind	9.04	L	72	74		3	2	L 1	Robertson Memorial Field House
6	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	8.17	W	52	50		4	2	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
7	Wed, Jan 6, 1954	REG		Louisville	Ind	8.85	W	72	53		5	2	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
8	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG		New York University	Metro NY	-3.28	W	99	64		6	2	W 3	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
9	Fri, Jan 15, 1954	REG	@	Holy Cross (6)	Ind	15.66	W	83	61		7	2	W 4	Worcester Auditorium
10	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	REG	@	Canisius	WNY3	-3.92	W	78	59		8	2	W 5	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
11	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	3.23	W	95	74		9	2	W 6	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	REG		Butler	Ind	-2.91	W	95	58		10	2	W 7	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
13	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	REG	N	DePaul	Ind	4.39	W	59	53		11	2	W 8
14	Tue, Feb 9, 1954	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	10.24	W	74	71		12	2	W 9	Jenison Field House
15	Mon, Feb 15, 1954	REG		DePaul	Ind	4.39	W	86	71		13	2	W 10	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
16	Wed, Feb 17, 1954	REG	@	Butler	Ind	-2.91	W	81	56		14	2	W 11	Hinkle Fieldhouse
17	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG	@	Navy (20)	Ind	5.01	W	84	72		15	2	W 12	Dahlgren Hall
18	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5.09	W	62	47		16	2	W 13	The Palestra
19	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	REG		Marquette	Ind	-0.80	W	79	66		17	2	W 14	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
20	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	REG	N	Loyola (IL)	Ind	-4.90	W	71	65		18	2	W 15
21	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	-0.80	W	79	68		19	2	W 16	Milwaukee Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	NCAA	N	Loyola (LA)	Ind		W	80	70		20	2	W 17	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
23	Fri, Mar 12, 1954	NCAA	N	Indiana (2)	Big Ten	17.47	W	65	64		21	2	W 18	Iowa Field House
24	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	NCAA	N	Penn State	Ind	5.48	L	63	71		21	3	L 1	Iowa Field House