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1929 – 1930
1929: Nine games, nine wins — and all nine played away from home, while the new stadium was under construction on the campus ground. The Dickinson System, the era's deciding rating, ranked Notre Dame first, and the team also took the Albert Russel Erskine Trophy, awarded on a national vote of sportswriters.
1930: Ten games, ten wins, opponents outscored 265 to 74, behind the backfield of Frank Carideo, Marchy Schwartz, Marty Brill and Joe Savoldi. Dickinson ranked them first again. Three Dickinson titles — 1924, 1929 and 1930 — retired the system's Rissman Trophy to Notre Dame permanently, and the Erskine Trophy followed for a second year.
His greatest, in the record's own attributions: The university's accounts report that Rockne called the 1930 team his greatest. An earlier university account calls the 1924 team his "favorite team." Both attributions stand here as they stand in the sources; they are not the same claim, and this section does not merge them.
The titles as counted: 1924, 1929 and 1930 are three of the eleven consensus championships enumerated, with their selectors and their contested neighbors, in the apparatus at the end of this section.
Sources:
- Dickinson System record — the annual ratings: Notre Dame first in 1924 (rated retroactively in 1925), 1929 and 1930; the Rissman Trophy's retirement on the third title.
- College football championship histories — the Erskine Trophy to Notre Dame in 1929 and 1930; the 1930 team's scoring margin and backfield.
- University accounts of Rockne — the "greatest team" and "favorite team" attributions, carried distinctly.