Notre Dame at Army

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 12, 1928, page 13

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  LONG PASS .UPSETS ARMY AND NOTRE DAME WINS ROcknes Crew Surprises Nation by Great Comeback Butler Goes Down Fighting Against Big Ten Foe through their star tackle and cap tain, Sprague, for many gains in the second quarter. Collins fumbled just before he went over the goal line. That was disheartening. After Army scored, Notre Dame started a goal line march which appeared stopped when Army repulSed three plays inside the 1-yard line. Chevigny, however, finally plunged over. Then it came time for crafty Rockne to get into the fray. He withdrew his great forward pass receiver, Colerick, and inserted into the lineup in his place, John O’Brien. This young man went jogging down the side line, prob ably as he had been told to do, and as the perfect forty five-yard heave by Niemiec came taward him he reached out, juggled the oval, and fell over the line. His next romp was to the side line where Rochne held the blanket for him as he gave him the warm handshake. Most of the state fans interested Il football saw the Butler Illinois game which dedicated the new But Ter bowl. The Bulldogs played great football to hold the Illini. The Butler linemen, especially Puett and Mccarthy, fought for every inch After a great drive the Illinois team sent Robinson over the line in tbs second quarter. The third quarter was scoreless. Illinois again made a long scoring march in the fourth period. Persistent defensive work BY Butler kept them from another just as the game ended. Hoosier fans who had expected Purdue to defeat Northwestern were really dis appointed because the Boilerbmakers at least didn’t get tie verdict. Holmer. with one OF his favorite quick punts, that a Northwestern player killed on the Purdue vineyard line. WEIGH was unable to get away a good kick and Northwestern teen-yard line. Holmer did most OF the plunging from there and scored He added a place kick point that ultimately meant victory. Hutton. got bad break when wildcat pass A rejuvenated Purdue team in the second half forward passed Northwestern to near defeat Welch heaved them to Caraway, Harmeson and Hutton. After an eighty-yerd march way, was good. Caraway missed the kick for point With II filtered Purdue chances for tie. Northwestern began intercept

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 12, 1928, page 6

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  ROAMING RIDERS OF FIGHTING IRISH TURN IN l2–⁠6 VICTORY OVER CADETS BEATS PURDUE TEAM Evanston, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-(AP)- With Pest WEIGH, the nemesis Of many a good football team, playing the role of both the hero and the goat, Northwestern defeated Purdue Saturday, Z to 6. A Dads day crowd of nearly 10000 shivering fans peer ing through the mist and lowering darkness, watched the two elevens battle on even terms on a rain soaked field. It was Welch’s poor punt from behind the goal line for the first period that paved the way for Northwest ern’s touchdown and it was the redoubtable Texans startling passes and off tackle dashes that put Purdue in position to tie the score in the third period. Harmeson’s kick for the extra point, however, was wild and Purdue went down to it’s second conference defeat as North western chalked up its second consecutive victory. The break for Northwestern came early in the opening period. On an exchange of punts between Captain Walter Holmer and WEIGH. North western gained As yards. Welch’s IL yard kick from behind his goal post gave Northwestern the ball on the Is yard line. Driving off tackle and through ! center, Holmer carried the ball across in three plays and then added the extra point from place ment.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 12, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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  GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are the scores of the principal football games played in various parts of the country last Saturday afternoon: California 6; Washington O. Stanford 31; Santa Clara 0. S. California 78; Arizona z. Pennsylvania [; Harvard 0. Pittsburgh 25; Washington and Jefferson o. Washington State 3s; California at Los Angeles 0. Wisconsin 25; Chicago 0. Nebraska A, Oklahoma 6. Notre Dame 12; Army 6. Carnegie Tech 13; Georgetown Michigan 6; Navy 6. Minnesota 21; Indiana 12. Northwestern ‘; Purdue G. Marquette ‘; Kansas O. Georgia Tech 19: Vanderbilt ‘. Montana State IA; Wyoming ‘. North Dakota 6; South Dakota O. South Dakota State 27; North Dakota State 6. Knox IA: Cornell ‘. Illinois If; Butler 0. Center [: Louisville o. Drake 20; Washington Ja.ver sity o. Florida 26: Georgia 6. North Carolina 0; South Caro lima 0. Detroit 39, Michigan State 0.

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Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.