Notre Dame at Northwestern

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 23, 1924, page 5

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  NOTRE DAME IS BARE WINNER, l3–⁠6 Ralph Baker Big Factor In Northwestern Defense CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Entering the game an overwhelming favorite, the Notre Dame. university football team met a worthy foe in Northwestern uni versity’s eleven, and after using thelr full strength and pounding Northwest ern’s line they won 13 to 6. Coach ROckne’s famous backfield did not have things their own way and were stopped or held to small gains by a line that fought with dogged determination. Ralph Baker, like Horatus at the bridge stopped the visitors attack al most singlehanded. His punts outdis- tanced those kicked by Layden of Notre Dame by fully twenty yards and he threaded his way through the pposinG line for substantial gains that averaged 15 to 20 yards. Stuhldreher and Layden scored Notre Danes two touchdowns, both of which resulted from forward pass plays. Lay den made sensational dash for the goal line in the third quarter when he intercepted d pass on the 40-yard line and Stuhldreher plunged off tackle from the five-yard line where Crowley had put the ball after catching a long pass from Stuhldreher. It was Baker who scored all of Northwestern tallieS. The ball was barely started before he booted the ball between the goal posts from the 35-yard line. Again in the first period he di- rected beautiful three point counter from very difficult angle on the thir- ty-yard line

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Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.