Notre Dame at Northwestern

Saturday, November 20, 1920

Notre Dame beat Northwestern 33–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayNotre Dame9–⁠0 in 1920
33
HomeNorthwestern3–⁠4 in 1920
7

FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: NOtre Dame Overwheims Northwestern by 81 to Z

    New-York tribune, New York, November 21, 1920, page 19

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    NOtre Dame Overwheims Northwestern by 81 to Z EVANSTON, Ill, Nov. 2O.-After Northwestern University’s football team held the Notre Dame eleven scoreless for the first quarter. the visit ors threw in the first string men and later added Gipp, the sensational half back, to th- lineup, whipping the western Conferences aggregation 33 to 7. 1t was the third victory this season for Notre Dame ovet a Conference team. Purdue and Indiana being the

  • The The New York herald's story: Results of Big Football Games

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 21, 1920, page 1 (results column)

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    Results of Big Football Games EAST. Harvard, 9; Yale, O.. Pennsylvania, 27; Columbia, T.. Syracuse, IA; Colgate, 0. Dartmouth, IA; Brown, 6. Stevens, 81; N. Y. u, Ia. Boston College, 10; Marietta, 3. Lafayette, 27; Lehigh, z. Fordham, 13; Muhlenburg, O. WEST. Ohio, z; Illinois, 0. Wisconsin, 3; Chicago, O. Michigan, 3; Minnesota, 0. Notre Dame, 33; Northwestern,7 SOUTH. Centre, %; Virginia Poly, 0. West Virginia, 20; Bethany, O. Washington & Lee, 16; George town, z.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Notre Dame 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Notre Dame 31, Northwestern 21
2014Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40
1995Northwestern 17, Notre Dame 15
1994Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 15
1993Notre Dame 27, Northwestern 12
1992Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 7

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