Notre Dame at Navy

Saturday, October 12, 1929

Notre Dame beat Navy 14–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 3–⁠0 as played.

AwayNotre Dame9–⁠0 in 1929
14
HomeNavy6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1929
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 43°FAttendance 64,681

In the newspapers

  • The The midland journal's story: TOWN AND COUNTY Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of Interest to Our Readers LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

    The midland journal, Rising Sun, Md., October 18, 1929, page 1

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    TOWN AND COUNTY Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of Interest to Our Readers LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED Zion M. e. church is undergoing improvement to the interior of the building. The cinder block walls of the Nor ris Reynolds bungalow, on Cherry street, are being erected. Revival services will begin at Pleasant Grove M. E. Church ON Sunday evening, October 20. Evangelistic services will be held in Rising Sun M. E. church Sunday evening. DR.. Thompson w. McKinney, of Philadelphia, will preach. The Port Deposit Auxiliary of Elk ton Hospital has selected October % and 23 as donation days for the Hospital. The one hundred and forty-sixth anniversary of Hart’s M. K. Sunday school was held at Hart’s M. f. church, Cecil county, on Sunday. A number of our base ball fans witnessed some of the World Series games in Philada., but larger number by far enjoyed the games by radio. The report of the treasurer OF the North East Fire Co. shows the gross receipts of the recent carnival were $4,000, and TIE amunt cleared $3,815. Plans are being made for holding a Halloween parade in the town OF North East. Cash and merchandise prizes will be awarded for fancy and grotesque costumes, etc. Downie Bros. Circus, which is now in the South, will return to winter quarters at Havre de Grace on Movember A. The show opened the season in Havre de Grace April 20. Edward p. Lieske, of Hartford county, has instituted divorces proeeadings- against his. wife, Ida May Lieske, ON the charge Of nnfaithfuness. The Navy–Notre Dame foot ball game at the Stadium, in Baltimore, on Saturday afternoon, was attended by number from our town and vicinity. The boys from South Bend, Ind, defeated the Navy by 14–⁠7. r. Ct.oulo, VIZ EoroouS of Harford county, has been appointed census supervisor for the district comprising Baltimore, Hartford and Cecil counties. Dr.. Famous Will maintain headquarters at Bel Air. Mrs. Augusa H. Weiss has been appointed to fill the vacancy at the North East High School caused by the resignation of H. e. Fullmer, science teacher. Miss Weiss is a graduate of the University ofPennsylvania. Five copies of DR.. Andrews His tory of Maryland, Province and State” have been presented schools in the lower section of Cecil county by U. S. Senator Thomas Francis Bayard, of Delaware, who has a summer home at Bohemia Manor. Cecil county Red Men will attend tie meeting of the Great Council which will be held in. Wilmington, Oct. 23 and “a. Albert Stetzner, now Great Senior Sagmore OF the Great Council of Delaware, will be advanced to the Office of Great Sach- EN- at the council. The new home of the Abingdon, Hartford county, Fire Co. will be dedicated with appropriate exercises in charge of the Havre de Grace Fire Company, on Wednesday. Oct %. The dedicatory address will be made by V. A. Small, president OF the Maryland State Firemen’s Association. Mrs. r. C. Shippers, OF Leslie, has been elected president of the w. Z. Il, U. Oh NOrtu GdSI AOA SA-0 Aoteenth consecutive year. Other OF fcers elected are: Mrs. Sylvester Preston, vice-president; Mrs. w. X. Blake, recording secretary; Miss Mary X, Mearns, corresponding Sec retary; Mrs. Walter Hall, treasurer Grady M. Madrone, Of Cecil county. was arrested, and Joseph Lam ders, of Hartford county, cited, for manufature and possession in a raid near Van Bibber, Hartford county, last week. An 1900 gallon still 1000 .allons of mash. and 90 gal sgons of liquor were seized by the officers. A chicken supper will be held at Colora school house on Friday eveming, October 18, from $3.50 to sou O’Clock. The price of the supper, including ice cream and cake, viii be fifty cents. Proceeds for the purchase Of maps and library books.

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.

On the newsreel

  • ROCKNE’S TEAM SINKS NAVY GRID STARS 14 - 7Notre Dame defeats middies for third successive year before tremendous crowd. 80,000 were there. Navy kicks off. Notre Dame winsUniversal Newsreel, October 16, 1929. Catalog record at the National Archives

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Navy 56% to win. Notre Dame won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 82–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 84–⁠13–⁠1 in 98 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Notre Dame 49, Navy 10
2024Notre Dame 51, Navy 14
2023Notre Dame 42, Navy 3
2022Notre Dame 35, Navy 32
2021Notre Dame 34, Navy 6
2019Notre Dame 52, Navy 20

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