This week is the fifth week in my series on Notre Dame Fighting Irish national title winning seasons, and this week I’m going to highlight the 1946 season and the November 23rd match-up against the Tulane Green Wave. The 1946 Irish squad, coached by Frank Leahy, finished their season with eight wins and one tie (against Army at Yankee Stadium, coined one of college football’s “games of the century”), winning the national title. The 1946 team became the fifth Irish squad to win a national championship, and Leahy’s second. This 1946 team is the first team in what is considered to be the Notre Dame football dynasty, which consisted of a stretch of games in which Notre Dame went 236-0-2, won three national championships, and two Heisman Trophies, during the years 1946-1949.
Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Tulane Green Wave, 1946
