Notre Dame is credited with 13 national championships. The years were 1924, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1966, 1973, 1977, and 1988.
==actually, in division 1A, the NCAA does not award a championship. The reference made to thirteen championships here are "POLL" championships. The early ones especially have to be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Notre Dame has not won any NCAA Football National Championships. The NCAA does not award a national football title in Division 1A football because there is not a sanctioned NCAA playoff system in place as there is in most other NCAA sports. The football Division 1A National Football title is a "mythical" title being decided by as many as several dozen different polling groups over the past 150 odd years. There have been as many as five national champions voted in a single year in the past. The current BCS National Title is not recognized by the NCAA either.
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some people say 12 because in 1953 there are people that say the the Irish were champs that year when Maryland terps were but notre dame claims 11 even though that year the Irish went 10-0-1 and the terps were 9-1 i think that they got snubbed but hey the prob felt sorry for Maryland since that was there first ever and the Irish already had 7 of 'em
1924- 10-0 Knute Rockne
1929- 9-0 Knute Rockne
1930- 10-0 Knute Rockne
1943- 9-1 Frank Leahy
1946- 8-0-1 Frank Leahy
1947- 9-0 Frank Leahy
1949- 10-0 Frank Leahy
1966- 9-0-1 Ara Parseghian
1973- 11-0 Ara Parseghian
1977- 11-1 Dan Devine
1988- 12-0 Lou Holtz
Officially, there is no such thing as an "NCAA title" in FBS College Football. Champions are chosen by third-party organizations who often disagree.
Having said that, the university claims eleven national championships: 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988.
The University of Notre Dame has a storied football program. During its existence the school has won 11 national football championships.
11 consensus championships, in:
1924, '29, '30, '43, '46, '47, '49, '66, '73, '77, '88.