Drake at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 9, 1929

Notre Dame beat Drake 19–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayDrake5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1929
7
HomeNotre Dame9–⁠0 in 1929
19

FinalHigh 54°F, low 27°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: Notre Dame Pounds Drake to 1877 Win

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 10, 1929, page 1

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    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.

Notre Dame leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1937Notre Dame 21, Drake 0
1932Notre Dame 62, Drake 0
1931Notre Dame 63, Drake 0
1930Notre Dame 28, Drake 7
1929Notre Dame 19, Drake 7
1928Notre Dame 32, Drake 6

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