Notre Dame at Army

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  San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 18, 1925, page 53

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  ROCKNE MEN No MATCH F Or BIG CADETS South Bend Grid Dynasty Ends With Decisive 27–⁠0 Defeat. ANtNs “eNNANts NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-What is to be will be. Back in Bagdld, or old Port Said, or somewhere east of Suez. the philosophical Arab spreads his philosophers al sands and mouths the above quota tion when something happens that is destiny itself. Something Happened to Notre Dame football before record crowd of TO- 600 at the Yankee Stadium Saturday afternoon. and it was not in the least Il pleasant sight to those who had watched the great South Bend team smash through all opposition year after year. This. however. was far from Il great team. and it suffered the inevitable penalty Of n 27-to-0 defeat at the hands of the Army, a defeat so thorough that it had no parallel for Notre Dame since 1914, when Yale rolled up IS points. 1t also was Notre Danes first defeat since 1923. Last years team finished the season with out n reverse and the present outfit lasted through the 1925 campaign I’M til Saturday without taking one on the chin. R0CKNE IS RIGHT. But all things, exclusive of Tennysons well-known brook, must end some time, and Notre Danes dynasty over collegiate football ended Saturday afternoon, starting promptly at the second period. and ending only with the music of the referees final whistle. Rockne predicted defeat – and he certainly was right. On defense. the Rockne line was torn to tatters by Hewitt, Wilson and Buell.. On attack. not a single ball runner Rocknc could uncover madr. the slightest lasting impression on fss. Army wall. Only two first downs wer, - le on rushing. n state of affairs = forced the Irish into the opor i,h an over-, head game. 1t was lo5 the S3nle ut their forefathers. y wasn’t Ulch of anything. in fact. ThcrcwaS no Gimp playing for Notre Dame. Roger Kilcy and Chef Wynn were elsewhere. Dorias was only memory. Rockne could only glover from the side lines and the great ! -Four HOrScmcn” were afoot some where in private life. WEAKEST ON RECORD. Tn brief. it probably was the most inept Notre Dame team the East has seen. and il took its defeat accord ingly-two first downs from the rush ing. four from forward passes and another rs Il result of Il penalty. The four passes completed lost Immediate caste when II was remembered that - -sv,v,1,r aha ROD | through and either forced n bad pass or throw the passes for losses up n | Is yards. mostly the latter. Only once in tho game did Notrc Dame have | possession of the ball in mid-field. and then O’Boyle and McNally quickly took it back. Ear back, toward the Nutrc Dame goal. The Middle WesternerS contrlveyl 10 hold the Army scoreless throug’ the first period. although on the defensivc throughout. In the second period. however. Id wards poor punt staked the Army to the ball on its own 40-yard line, and il marched right down 10 the goal, dash of 10 yards off tackle BY Hewitt being an abiding factor. Notre Dame rallied on the goal-line, and the Army needed three yards ON the fourth down but Wilson smashed through McManmon for the score. SCORE ON PASS. The second touchdown resulted from a sustained march of 63 yards, and came on a forward pass to Baxter over the goal line, while Hewitt was | taking n plunge. Baxter. by the way, played great football throughout. As a matter Of | fact. not to emphasize Notre Danes inofficicncy too heavily, il was great Army team altogether. IL probably wasn’t great enough 20 play fast and loose with the 1924 Notre Dame team as it did with Saturdays outfit. but it seemed entirely capable Of more than holding its own with anytbnl seen in these parts during recent \ years. The final ,wo touchdowns came IN the fourth period, and mGttered hardly az all, Hewitt crashing off tackle after blocked kick for the third

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 20, 1925, page 16

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  ARM Y HAS VISIONS !. AHEAD West Point, Since Triumphing Over Notre Dame, Looks for Grid Title for Grid Title By DAVIS ]. WALSH 5ssss. international News Service aas. WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. 20 TO him who would have visions, only the high places beckon. 81 They walk about today, these men in army grey, and as they took into the distances, as men who inhabit the heights will and do, they see the past but live in the present. - Out there IN the mist of the low lands on the opposite shore, Pritchard again is, throwing q forward pass to Merrilat. Just above a dis. tant grove Of trees, old Charley DAILY is driving his team through the last five yards. Over by the tennis courts, Oliphant has jusr cut outside of tackle, reversed his field and is straight-arming the defensive . euIlback. Visions Turk in every nook and byWay on the plains, high above tho Hudson. Visions Of q great past that may become a greater present. - For today OIfphant is Harry – Wilson, second year man and an a1l-AmeFican nominee while at Penn State. Captain Baxter IS the MeriIIat of the day and the once .Tubby Hewitt is far greater than 8 prototype Of other days. He is himself. Before the Notre Dame affair, they thought they had the greatest football team here since the war. After beating the Irish, 81 to 0, they. knew it. Every man at the post, from Jack McEwan, head coach, down to and including the gentle man who sweeps out the barracks 14or the exercise being scion Of a fine old family from the Boweryknow It thoroughly. - I’m proud Of Them” Captain Nc EVAN announced without preamble. The writer suggested that, perhaps. the captain might not wish to have this sentiment reach the squad. He didn’t hear. Proud OF them, he repeated. It was his story and the writer saw that he meant to stick with it. - And there was nothing blame worthy about the captains attitude. Between seasons he had lost Wood, . fine punter, passer, runner and what not; also the best center trio In the East, Gar bisch, Farwick and EIIinger, 10 say nothing Of q tackle and sew erai ends. The Army’s reply was to produce good, fast, intelligent football team for 1925, in many respects the superior Of the 1924 outfit. Last year, 1t had two adolescent qdarterbacks in Yeomans and Hard ing. This year 1t has two veterans. Who are they? Yeomans and Harding. = The ends, Baxter and Born, rank with the best in this section. They were only coming on to their best in the navy game last year. Saunders Ia more or less of veteran tackle but Sprague was untouched by big game fire when they tossed him in against Notre Dame. He played more sensational football than did Saunders. Schmidt, 190 FOUNDER, looked like one of the best guards in the east in this game. Seeman, his mate, seemed to be above the average. So did DAILY at center, the latter being a reform ed backfleld man. Was the line as good as last years? No, said Captain McEwan. Was the team better2 Yes, quoth the captain. The answer is found i’m q splendidIy cO-ordinating line and q vastly. improved bacEffeId, In Guiding Wilson, TrapnelL, Hewitt, YeOmans, Harding and Buell.. did you see that man BUELL.” The writer assured the captain that he still was able to avoid a steam roller at twenty PAGES. Bueli, IL seemed, was one of the captains favorite foster children. Nothing in front Of Us now but the Yale and Navy games” he added THE Navy, of course. al ways Is tough. AS for the other; can’t say what will happen. Yale has a. great team. We have a great team. What’s the answerH z didn’t know. Obviously, the captain didn’t, either.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 19, 1925, page 2

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  Army Wins Over NOtre Dame, 27-O Yankee Stadium, New YORK ,s NJ, 17-(AP)-Notre Dame today luia,as Knute Rockne’s pessimistic preds, /. ton in a precipitate plunge IRON y !. lofty gridiron throne before q eoM ,, full throng of $4,000 at Yankee esu UNI. Battered into submission by pVs n. erful Army football machins, -, Hoosier team went down TO i’s “a defeat since the Nebraska salas ~ \, 1923 before a fleet set of cadet p !. i, which shattered the winning ~ sss streak of the Indiana eleven s AZ broke the spell OF Rockne w’l’‘~ with four touchdewns, “a TO Y.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1925, page 79

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  ARMY BEATS NOTRE DAME. GETTING 27-TO.O REVENGE EW YORK. October Notre Dame today fulfilled Knue Roknes pessirac prediction precptate plunge from its lfy grid before cooru throng of 5000 Yankee Stadium Battered submission powerful Army bali machine the Hoosier down its first defeat the Nebraska which streak of the Indiana and broke the spell Rockn wizardy with four touchdowns, II years ball Notre Dame Snnfh Rendc coach

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Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.