1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his 13th season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 22–2–1 record (their only tie in program history) and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Players John Moir and Paul Nowak were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season as well.

1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Independent
Record	22–2–1
Head coach	George Keogan (13th season)
Captains	Martin Peters John Ford
Home arena	Notre Dame Fieldhouse

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/30/1935*		Albion	W 62–26	1–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
12/4/1935*		Saint Mary's (MN)	W 45–22	2–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
12/4/1935*		Kalamazoo	W 65–17	3–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
12/7/1935*		Millikin	W 58–30	4–0	Studebaker Gymnasium  South Bend, IN
12/7/1935*		Saint Joseph's (IN)	W 71–22	5–0	Studebaker Gymnasium  South Bend, IN
12/11/1935*		at Washington University	W 35–27	6–0	Francis Gymnasium  St. Louis, MO
12/16/1935*		Northwestern	W 40–29	7–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
12/23/1935*		at Purdue	L 40–54	7–1	Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
12/31/1935*		at Northwestern	T 20–20	7–1–1	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
1/4/1936*		at Minnesota	W 29–27	8–1–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
1/10/1936*		at Pittsburgh	W 43–35	9–1–1	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
1/14/1936*		Marquette	W 37–22	10–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
1/18/1936*		at Penn	W 37–27	11–1–1	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
1/20/1936*		at Syracuse	W 46–43	12–1–1	Archbold Gymnasium  Syracuse, NY
1/25/1936*		Butler	W 35–27	13–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/1/1936*		Saint Benedict	W 53–17	14–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/5/1936*		Illinois	W 33–23	15–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/10/1936*		Kentucky	W 41–20	16–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/14/1936*		vs. NYU	W 38–27	17–1–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
2/22/1936*		Pittsburgh	W 43–27	18–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/25/1936*		Minnesota	W 37–15	19–1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/29/1936*		at Butler	W 34–30	20–1–1	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
3/4/1936*		Ohio State	L 23–28	20–2–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
3/7/1936*		at Marquette	W 37–34	21–2–1	Old Gym  Milwaukee, WI
3/10/1936*		at Detroit	W 51–28	22–2–1	Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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