1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
Captains
Home stadiumCartier Field
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Haskell    12 0 1
No. 3 Notre Dame    9 1 0
Western State Normal    7 1 0
Michigan State Normal    6 1 0
Muncie Normal    5 1 1
Northern Illinois State    5 1 1
Marquette    6 3 0
Lombard    5 3 0
Loyola (IL)    4 3 0
Central Michigan    3 4 1
Michigan State    3 4 1
Detroit    3 6 1
Butler    3 6 0
Saint Louis    3 6 0
John Carroll    2 5 1
Kent State    2 6 0
Valparaiso    1 4 1
Michigan Mines    0 2 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926 college football season, led by ninth-year head coach Knute Rockne. The Irish won all but one of their ten games, upset by Carnegie Tech in late November. The team was ranked No. 3 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.

The Irish are confirmed to have worn green uniforms this season, in the game against Penn State.