Notre Dame at Northwestern
Saturday, November 20, 1920 Share
Notre Dame beat Northwestern 33–7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 2–1–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Northwestern gameNotre Dame leads 37–9–2 in 48 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat Michigan StateNov. 25, 1920
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1920
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. BeloitSept. 24, 1921
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1920
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

