Indiana at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 6, 1926

Notre Dame beat Indiana 26–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 9–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayIndiana3–⁠5 in 1926
0
HomeNotre Dame9–⁠1 in 1926
26

FinalHigh 60°F, low 43°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: FINALLY WALKS OFF WITH LOCAL CLASSIC Scarlet Line Does the Work-Notre Dame Speeds Over Indiana-Purdue Loses to Powerful Purple.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 8, 1926, page 1

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    FINALLY WALKS OFF WITH LOCAL CLASSIC Scarlet Line Does the Work-Notre Dame Speeds Over Indiana-Purdue Loses to Powerful Purple. Is to 0. The Irvington outfit~wa not nearly good enough for the Scarlet although on two occasions the locals threatened to score with determined drives down the field. The superiority Of the Wabash line was marked. and it was largely this that determined the result. Poor punting by Butler also aided in its downfall. The entire Wabash line was strong with Painter, McCorkle and Loer standing out. Parr was best in the back field. Northam in the backfeld. Geisert and Bugg played we’ll for Butler Many n. ID. Players Notre Dame found Indiana “U” easy and ran up twenty-six points, with most everybody getting chance. There was no scoring in the first period, but Flanagan, who had just entered the game, galloped twenty yards for a touchdown at the start of the second quarter. Flanagan made another in the same period. Wynne aided in getting the ball within scoring distance. Dab man accounted for the other two touchdowns, one in the third on forward pass, and another in the fourth period on a line plunge. Coach ROckne was i’m the East watching the Army. the team the Irish” play next Saturday, and Notre Dame was in charge Of AS sistant Coach Anderson. De Paw seems to be having a hard time reaching a decision in its games and played another to tie, this time with Illinois Wesleyan. The Suckers succeeded in smothering Sturtridge on his end runs Baptists TrOunce QuaI1ers Franklin played good ball to defeat Earlham, 20 to 7. The Quakers found out early that they could do with the strong Baptist line and filled the air with passes. 1t was n barrage that had the Frank lin backfeld dizzy and kept every one in suspense as a number of the losses were completed. Chaplin of the winners was the big ground gamer. Hanover, which has been playing much better game lately, defeated the Indiana Central team of Uni versity Heights at Hanover, IA to 0. In other contests State Normal defeated Eastern Kentucky, 10 to Z, Danville Normal downed Man chester, % to 0. Valparaiso and Adrian tied at 19all. Muncie defeated Oakland City, “a to Z. and State Normal freshmen beat Vincen. mes T.. 35 to 0.

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story: NOTRE DAME DEFEATS INDIANA 2G TO o

    Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, November 7, 1926, page 7

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    NOTRE DAME DEFEATS INDIANA 2G TO o SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. lP- Notre Danes undefeatsc 1876 foot ball team added another victory to its string today by downing Indiana university, 26 10 O., Knute Roolne’s eleven was not forced to extend It self although Indiana fought until the final gun. Notre Dame with the difficult Army game only a week off, kept It’s stars on the field only long enough 20 put over the winning scores. Flanagan and Dahman, Notre Dame tackfield men, who have been con aistent ground gamers throughout the season were in form today. Each points after touchdowns. contributed two touchdowns and DAN man made two crop kicks for extra downs.

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 24–⁠4–⁠1 in 29 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17CFP First Round
1991Notre Dame 49, Indiana 27
1958Notre Dame 18, Indiana 0
1957Notre Dame 26, Indiana 0
1956Notre Dame 20, Indiana 6
1955Notre Dame 19, Indiana 0

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