1959 season

62nd season of men's interhall football, 13th season of the Napolitanic Era

Season Summary

League Director: Mike Morando (appointed by Dominic Napolitano)

Duration of season: October 10 ~ Early December

Total teams: 13

Games scheduled: 37

Interhall champion: Dillon (4-0?)

Unknown games: 14, 1C

Season schedule

1959 season

Interhall championship

Dillon paces race for interhall crown

The John May paced Dillon Hall eleven repeated as title winners with a 20-0 victory over Breen-Phillips.

Unknown author, 1960 Dome Yearbook

Talking points

Preseason

  • 400+ men participated, with Farley holding the largest team.

  • Re-assessment of interhall basics. Games set to take place every Sunday between 1 and 5 p.m. on the two fields behind the varsity tennis courts. Each game is 48 minutes long, with twelve-minute quarters and one timeout per half. Free substitution is allowed, and the clock is running. The coaches and head referee cannot be students.

Season

  • Jim D. Ausum wrote a short play about the Fisher Hall football team's proposed games against the Indiana State Prison team.

  • The story of Pat Heenan is celebrated in the Scholastic. He becomes the first interhall football player to earn a starting role with the Fighting Irish in the post-war era. He played for Zahm, Stanford, and Dillon Hall during his interhall career. He made a title appearance in his freshman year before winning back-to-back interhall championships. As a senior, Heenan started for the Irish as a cornerback. After graduating, Heenan played a single season in the NFL for the Washington Redskins.

Postseason

  • Dillon defeats Breen-Phillips 20–0 to earn their fourth interhall championship in the past five seasons.

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