Newsreel stories
Universal Newsreel’s football stories, 1929-1967, matched to our games: the story’s title and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them, the release date and number, and the link to the release’s record at the National Archives (or the Internet Archive’s copy, ia_url). A story names a game when two teams it names met within ten days before the release, or one team and the game’s score, or the bowl by name. Facts and links only: the films are marked possibly under copyright and are never copied.
784 rows. Source: Universal Newsreel (National Archives Catalog) (catalog descriptions: US government work; films not copied). On the site: Game pages.
784 rows, page 1 of 16. Click a column to sort.
| game | ord | release date | release no | story title | description | url | source | has video | ia url | how |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16441 | 1 | 1929-10-16 | 1–83 | ROCKNE’S TEAM SINKS NAVY GRID STARS 14 - 7 | Notre Dame defeats middies for third successive year before tremendous crowd. 80,000 were there. Navy kicks off. Notre Dame wins | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271444 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 16581 | 1 | 1929-10-30 | 1–87 | BOOTH IS HERO AS YALE CRUSHES ARMY 21–13 | 80,000 see slender youth plunge through West Point giants and score three touchdowns. Yale kicks off. The great Cagle scores for the Army. B… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271448 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 16637 | 1 | 1929-11-06 | 1–89 | YALE BEATS DARTMOUTH 16–12 IN FIERCE STRUGGLE | 80,000 see Blue hoodoo pursue the Green — Losers put up hard fight. Booth’s field goal gives first score to the Bulldog. Austen makes touchd… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271450 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 16758 | 1 | 1929-11-27 | 1–95 | 60,000 SEE HARVARD TRIUMPHS OVER YALE, 10–6 | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271456 | nara | 0 | pair | ||
| 16775 | 1 | 1929-11-27 | 1–95 | BUILD BIGGEST BONFIRE ON EVE OF GRID CLASH | Stanford “U” freshmen erect huge pile as defy to California rivals. Somebody’s screen door is taken for a ride. Up she goes | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271456 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 16920 | 1 | 1930-09-29 | 2–79 | BOOTH STARS FOR ELI IN SEASON’S OPENER AS MAINE LOSES, 38–0 | Yale’s blue meteor inaugurates the gridiron wars by spilling stein yodelers all over the big bowl with a 30-yard gallop to a touchdown in th… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271544 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17068 | 1 | 1930-10-20 | 2–85 | HERB SCORES LONE ARMY TOUCHDOWN TO BEAT HARVARD, 6–0 | Boston-born, Manila-bred cadet cakewalks across Crimson goal line on clever fake play, while the entire University team pursues decoy. West … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271550 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17128 | 1 | 1930-10-27 | 2–87 | BOOTH INJURED IN 7–7 TIE BATTLE BETWEEN YALE-ARMY GRIDDERS | West Point heavy guns attack Eli’s 145-pound star and mainspring of big Blue team in mass fire, resulting in his being rendered hours du com… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271552 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17273 | 1 | 1930-11-10 | 2–91 | NOTRE DAME SINKS PENNSYLVANIA IN 60–20 PIGSKIN ROUT | While 80,000 look on, Rockne’s South Bend terrors run wild over Quakers at Franklin Field, inflicting the most humiliating defeat Red and Bl… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271556 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17380 | 1 | 1930-11-24 | 2–95 | NOTRE DAME DEFEATS NORTHWESTERN, 14–0, IN GRILLING GRID DUEL | Rockne’s robust ramblers conquer in last stages of terrific battle, probably their toughest engagement of the year, but for three periods pu… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271560 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17441 | 1 | 1930-12-08 | 2–99 | TROJANS LOSE TO FIGHTING IRISH, 27–0, IN GRIDIRON UPSET | Record throng of 90,000 sees Notre Dame super-team run wild over great University of Southern California eleven, regarded as finest in West,… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271564 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17445 | 1 | 1930-12-15 | 2-101 | ARMY SINKS NAVY, 6–0; STIRRING GAME NETS $600,000 FOR CHARITY | Crowd exceeding 62,000, on pay-as-you-enter basis for everything from peanuts to parking, sees service academy eleven in thrilling grid batt… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271566 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17716 | 1 | 1931-10-19 | 3–85 | NOTRE DAME BLASTS DRAKE IN PIGSKIN THRILLER — SCORE 63–0 | Ossie Solem’s Bulldogs are unable to stem the tide of the Irish, determined to string out their successive victories and the visitors are se… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271654 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17754 | 1 | 1931-10-26 | 3–87 | YALE’S 88-YARD RUN TIES CADETS, 6–6 IN THRILLING GRID TILT | One of the season’s most colorful football pageants ends in a dead-lock after 60 minutes of spectacular pigskin toting by the Bulldog and Ar… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271656 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 17912 | 1 | 1931-11-09 | 3–91 | RECORD CROWD SEES TROJAN CINCH TITLE BY STANFORD DEFEAT | Howard Jones’ University of Southern California stars led by Orvil Mohler administer a crushing 19–0 beating to Pop Warner’s Stanford team a… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271660 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18030 | 1 | 1931-11-23 | 3–95 | FAIR HARVARD BOWS TO ELI, 3–0, IN GOLDEN JUBILEE GRID DUEL | Little Albie Booth, Yale’s mighty atom, after a three-year struggle connects in his last appearance against the ancient rival and boots a fi… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271664 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18052 | 1 | 1931-11-30 | 3–97 | 80,000 SEE ARMY SINK IRISH, 12–0, IN SEASON’S BIGGEST GRID UPSET | A fast-charging Cadet line and the elusive hip swinging slices of Ray Stecker, soldier halfback, accounts for the defeat of the Notre Dame h… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271666 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18090 | 1 | 1931-12-14 | 3-101 | CADETS SINK NAVY IN HARD-FOUGHT PIGSKIN BATTLE BY 17–7 SCORE | The gridiron’s most colorful spectacle returns $400,000 for charity, and victory to the West Point cohorts in the 32nd meeting of the servic… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271670 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18097 | 1 | 1932-01-04 | 4–3 | TULANE SUBDUED BY TROJAN GRIDDERS IN CLASSIC STRUGGLE | The football season is climaxed by the thrilling battle between the Southern champions and the Far Western leaders in the annual Tournament … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271676 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18279 | 1 | 1932-10-10 | 4–83 | WOLVERINES DEFEAT WILDCATS IN SEASON’S FIRST BIG GRID TILT | The brilliant football battle between Michigan and Northwestern, ushering in the Big Ten schedule, is filled with thrills for the 60,000 spe… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271756 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18393 | 1 | 1932-10-24 | 4–87 | CADET STEAMROLLER RIDES HEAVILY OVER ELI’S GRID HOPES, 20–0 | The West Point football team stages a sensational come-back and administers a sound drubbing to the Yale eleven before a colorful crowd of 4… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271760 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18563 | 1 | 1932-11-10 | 4–92 | COLLEGIATE HORDES RAID COUNTRYSIDE TO FUEL MONSTER BLAZE | Freshmen of Oregon State College build the biggest bonfire on record as a feature of a football rally on the eve of the annual game with the… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271765 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18630 | 1 | 1932-11-14 | 4–93 | FRENZIED GRID FANS CHEER IRISH VICTORY OVER WILDCATS, 21 TO 0 | Notre Dame football machine, in “high” again, rides roughshod over Northwestern, its historic rival. Ramblers ring up a touchdown in the fir… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271766 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18653 | 1 | 1932-11-14 | 4–93 | BULLDOG AND TIGER BATTLE TO 7 - 7 TIE | Ancient gridiron foes fight to a draw before 45,000 noisy rooters. For three periods, battle is on even terms, and then Bob Lassiter of Yale… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271766 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18741 | 1 | 1932-12-05 | 4–99 | 79,000 WATCH ARMY GRIDIRON BATTALION SCUTTLE NAVY, 20–0 | Football’s supreme and most glittering pageant, the West Point-Annapolis game, provides alternate thrills and color for frenzied spectators … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271772 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 18758 | 1 | 1933-01-05 | 5-108 | SOUTHERN CAL. TRIMS PITT BY 35–0 SCORE IN ROSE BOWL CLASSIC | The great East-West football battle is filled with thrills as the Pacific Coast “Trojans” ride rough-shod over the Pittsburgh “Panthers” in … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271781 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19028 | 1 | 1933-10-23 | 5-191 | ALABAMA ELEVEN WINS 12–6 VICTORY IN GRIDIRON FIGHT WITH TENNESSEE | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271863 | nara | 0 | pair | ||
| 19035 | 1 | 1933-10-23 | 5-191 | CARNEGIE TECH BEATS NOTRE DAME ELEVEN, 7–0, IN THRILL-PACKED GAME | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271863 | nara | 0 | pair | ||
| 19052 | 1 | 1933-10-23 | 5-191 | MICHIGAN BEATS OHIO STATE, 13–0 | Thrilling scenes as the Big Ten’s championship eleven crashes through the Buckeye line in the second and fourth period to win the game by tw… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271863 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19095 | 1 | 1933-10-30 | 5-193 | ARMY RIDES ROUGHSHOD OVER YALE ELEVEN, 21–0 | Thrilling scenes in the Bowl where 50,000 see the Cadet team, fresh from a surprising victory over Illinois, subdue the growling Bulldog by … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271865 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19111 | 1 | 1933-10-30 | 5-193 | ALABAMA AND FORDHAM CLASH IN GRID GAME AT POLO GROUNDS | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271865 | nara | 0 | pair | ||
| 19202 | 1 | 1933-11-06 | 5-195 | ST. MARY’S ELEVEN BEATS FORDHAM IN EXCITING GAME | Thrilling scenes as the Galloping Gaels from the West Coast overpower the heretofore undefeated and untied Rams, by smashing their way to vi… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271867 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19236 | 1 | 1933-11-13 | 5-197 | COLUMBIA SCUTTLES NAVY, 14–7 | Thrilling scenes at Baker Field as the Lions, aided by their sterling back, Cliff Montgomery, send the Midshipmen down to defeat in one of t… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271869 | nara | 1 | pair | |
| 19243 | 1 | 1933-11-13 | 5-197 | GEORGIA DEFEATS YALE CAMPAIGN FOR NATL. GRID TITLE | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271869 | nara | 1 | pair | ||
| 19244 | 1 | 1933-11-13 | 5-197 | GEORGIA TECH ROUTS FLORIDA GAITORS, 19–7, IN FAST GRID CONTEST | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271869 | nara | 1 | pair | ||
| 19334 | 1 | 1933-11-20 | 5-199 | NASSAU’S ELEVEN BEATS NAVY | Thrilling scenes in Palmer Stadium as the Tiger, one of the few undefeated monarchs of the collegiate football jungle, tramples over the Mid… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271871 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19359 | 1 | 1933-11-27 | 5-201 | ARMY DEFEATS NAVY, 12–7 | Exciting views of the thirty-fourth contest between the service teams, in which the valiant Middies go down to defeat with colors flying in … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271873 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19426 | 1 | 1933-12-04 | 5-203 | GEORGIA TECH BEATS DUKE IN FAST GAME BEFORE HUGE CROWD | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271875 | nara | 0 | pair | ||
| 19433 | 1 | 1933-12-04 | 5-203 | NOTRE DAME UPSETS ARMY | Thrilling views of a classic football battle in which the Cadets, heretofore undefeated, desperately fight to check the Fighting Irish in a … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271875 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19444 | 1 | 1934-01-08 | 6-213 | COLUMBIA TEAM WELCOMED | Headed by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of the University, crowds of students and alumni, hail the Lion … | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271885 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19578 | 1 | 1934-10-08 | 6-291 | COLUMBIA LIONS DOWN YALE AS OLD GRID FEUD RESUMES | Lou Little’s football “Brain Trust” out-maneuvers the Bulldog to win, 12–6. Al Barabas eludes the whole dark Blue team, dashing 75 yards for… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271963 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19681 | 1 | 1934-10-15 | 6-293 | PITT GRIDMEN BEAT TROJANS IN INTERSECTIONAL BATTLE | Revenging two Rose Bowl defeats, the University of Pittsburgh Panthers crush the University of Southern California, 20–6, before fifty thous… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271965 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19756 | 1 | 1934-10-22 | 6-295 | FORDHAM LOSES TO ST. MARY’S IN BRILLIANT GRID CONTEST | The “Galloping Gaels” from the Pacific Coast triumph 14–9 over a fighting Ram eleven. A well-directed forward pass decides the game before 6… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271967 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19781 | 1 | 1934-10-29 | 6-297 | ALABAMA VS. GEORGIA | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271969 | nara | 0 | pair | ||
| 19784 | 1 | 1934-10-29 | 6-297 | ARMY GRIDMEN DEFEAT YALE IN ANNUAL BATTLE IN BOWL | Smashing through a valiant Eli eleven in the Military Academy’s first major contest of the season, the Cadets triumph, 20 to 12, before 45,0… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271969 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19914 | 1 | 1934-11-12 | 6-301 | GRID SEASON REACHES PEAK | Georgia conquers Yale, 14–7, in a clash between the two “Bulldogs.” Stanford bids for the Rose Bowl in a 24–0 defeat of Washington. Californ… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271973 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19926 | 1 | 1934-11-12 | 6-301 | GRID SEASON REACHES PEAK | Georgia conquers Yale, 14–7, in a clash between the two “Bulldogs.” Stanford bids for the Rose Bowl in a 24–0 defeat of Washington. Californ… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271973 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 19955 | 1 | 1934-11-12 | 6-301 | GRID SEASON REACHES PEAK | Georgia conquers Yale, 14–7, in a clash between the two “Bulldogs.” Stanford bids for the Rose Bowl in a 24–0 defeat of Washington. Californ… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271973 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 20010 | 1 | 1934-11-19 | 6-303 | UPSETS MARK GRID BATTLES | Playing inspired football, eleven determined Yale men snatch a 7–0 victory from the Tiger. At Annapolis, MD, Pittsburgh smothers the Navy, N… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271975 | nara | 0 | pair | |
| 20013 | 1 | 1934-11-19 | 6-303 | UPSETS MARK GRID BATTLES | Playing inspired football, eleven determined Yale men snatch a 7–0 victory from the Tiger. At Annapolis, MD, Pittsburgh smothers the Navy, N… | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/234271975 | nara | 0 | pair |
The CSV and JSON hold the rows these filters find, up to 50,000, with the ids that link them to other datasets; the JSON also describes each column.
Columns (11, what each one holds)
| Column | Type | What it holds | |
|---|---|---|---|
game_id | whole number | The game’s id (CollegeFootballData.com’s); links to its game page | |
ord | whole number | by release date | |
release_date | text | ISO date of the release, as catalogued | |
release_no | text | “21-197”: Universal Newsreel volume and release | |
story_title | text | as the release sheet gives it: “ALABAMA UPSETS GEORGIA TECH” | |
description | text | the story’s words on the sheet | |
url | text | the catalog record (catalog.archives.gov/id/...) or archive.org item | |
source | text | nara | ia | |
has_video | whole number | 1 when the record carries a digitized reel | |
ia_url | text | the Internet Archive’s copy of the same release | |
how | text | pair (both teams named) | score | bowl |
How to cite
"Newsreel stories." CollegeFootballDigest, from Universal Newsreel (National Archives Catalog) (catalog descriptions: US government work; films not copied). https://collegefootballdigest.com/data/newsreels. Retrieved October 19, 2026.
Name the original source, Universal Newsreel (National Archives Catalog), and its license (catalog descriptions: US government work; films not copied).