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1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results

Record: 5-5 (59th of 112) (Schedule & Results)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP poll

Conference: Ind

Coach: Joe Kuharich (5-5)

Points For: 171

Points/G: 17.1 (43rd of 112)

Points Against: 180

Opp Pts/G: 18.0 (86th of 112)

SRS: 9.65 (24th of 112)

SOS: 9.95 (8th of 112)

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
Pre	9/21	9/28	10/5	10/12	10/19	10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	11/30	Final
16		8									19	17

10 Games Table
G	Date	Day	School		Opponent	Conf		Pts	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Sep 26, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame		North Carolina	ACC	W	28	8	1	0	W 1
2	Oct 3, 1959	Sat	(8) Notre Dame	@	Purdue	Big Ten	L	7	28	1	1	L 1
3	Oct 10, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame	@	California	AAWU	W	28	6	2	1	W 1
4	Oct 17, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	L	0	19	2	2	L 1
5	Oct 24, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame		(2) Northwestern	Big Ten	L	24	30	2	3	L 2
6	Oct 31, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame		Navy	Ind	W	25	22	3	3	W 1
7	Nov 7, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame		(19) Georgia Tech	SEC	L	10	14	3	4	L 1
8	Nov 14, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame	@	Pitt	Ind	L	13	28	3	5	L 2
9	Nov 21, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame	@	(16) Iowa	Big Ten	W	20	19	4	5	W 1
10	Nov 28, 1959	Sat	Notre Dame		(7) USC	AAWU	W	16	6	5	5	W 2