Drake at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 9, 1929 Share
Notre Dame beat Drake 19–7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 27°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 10, 1929, page 1
Read the text
Notre Dame Pounds Drake to 1877 Win SOLDIER FIELD. Chicago. Nov. 9.-P-After pounding its smaller opponents defense TO shreds during the first three periods today, Notre Danes big mob scored two touch downs In the final session 10 defeat the courageous Drake Bulldogs 10 TO z, at Soldier Field Stadium. Sheer numerical superiority play ed a big part in the victory Of the Ramblers, who after trailing by one point for three periods, found il easy 70 rush over two touchdowns IN the closing minutes play. After the shock troops had softened ID the Bulldogs. and incidentally had been scored upon in so doing, Coach Tom Lieb acting for his injured chief, Knute X. Rock, sent IN the regulars and made 1t the same old story.
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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 8–0 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1937 | Notre Dame 21, Drake 0 | |
| 1932 | Notre Dame 62, Drake 0 | |
| 1931 | Notre Dame 63, Drake 0 | |
| 1930 | Notre Dame 28, Drake 7 | |
| 1929 | Notre Dame 19, Drake 7 | |
| 1928 | Notre Dame 32, Drake 6 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gameat Iowa StateNov. 16, 1929
- SeasonDrake in 1929
- ProgramDrake history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. USCNov. 16, 1929
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1929
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

