Northwestern at Notre Dame

Saturday, October 10, 1931

Northwestern and Notre Dame tied 0–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 7–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayNorthwestern7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1931
0
HomeNotre Dame6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1931
0

FinalHigh 63°F, low 47°F, 1 in. of rainAttendance 65,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune's story: FOOTBALL 6Q2S

    The Bismarck tribune, October 12, 1931, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL 6Q2S Big Ten Stanford. 13: Minnesota. o. Vanderbilt, &c; Ohio State, q. Michigan, 13; Chicago, z. Notre Dame. 0; Northwestern, 0. Purdue, Z; Illinois, 0. Wisconsin, Z: Alabama Poly, 7. Texas A. and NJ, %; Iowa, 0. West Carleton, 81; Hamline, 0. Corcordia, 18; Manchester, 0. St. Mary’s, l3: st. Norberts. 6. Moorhead. 81: Jamestown, 0. Hibbing, IL: Duluth. 2. Defiance, z; Findlay, 0. Ohio u, 33: Dennison, 0. s. d. State. 20: Morningside. 0. Mount Morris, 20; Wheaton, 2. Nebraska, 13; Oklahoma, 0. Wahpeton, 0; Valley City, 0. Grinnel, 6; Cornell College, O.. Rio Grande, 18; Urbana, Z. Hillsdale, 20; Oberlin, 7. Kansas Aggies, 10; Missouri, Z. Akron, IL; Kent, 6. Alma, IL; Olivet, 2. North Dakota, So; South Dakota g. New River, 33: Dakota Wes., 0. Kansas, 30; James Milliken, 0. Knox, Z: Normal, 0. Valparaiso, so; Aurora, 0. Luther, Ct: Dubuque. 0. Illinois College, 19; Monmouth, 19. Lake Forest, 0; Corrall, 0. East Harvard. 80; New Hampshire, 0. Hampton, 20; st. Paul, o. Johns Hopkins, 20; Lehigh. IL. N. Y. Aggies, 13; Hartwick, o. Susouehanna, Is; Haverford, 0. Union, Z; Amherst, 6. Ursinus, Z; Dickinson, 6. Columbus, 81; Wesleyan, o. Georgia, 26; Yale, Z. Williams, 25; BoWdoin, Q. Army, 20; Michigan State, Z. Dartmouth, IA; Holy Cross, 7. Colgate, 16; Lafayette, Q. Brown, 10; Princeton. z. Rutgers, 26; Springfield. o. Syracuse. %; Ohio Wesleyan, Tufts, 81; Colby. 6. George Wash, IA: Boston, o. Swarthmore, 20; Washington, 0. Penn, IA; Franklyn Marshall. y. Pittsburgh, “a; w. Virginia, 0. Rochester, 13; Hamilton, 6. Lewisburg, %; Albright, Z. Gettysburg, 6; Mt. st. Mary, 5. Drexel, 13; Juniata, Z. Depauw, Z; Cincinnati, 6. Clarkson, 13; Renneselaer, Z. l.. u, Z; c. c. N. Y, 9. Maryland, 6; Navy, 0. Mass. Aggies, 80; Middleburg, 3. w. and J., 10; Marshall. 0. Worcester. 13; Trinity. Z. Cornell, q: Richmond, 0. Bucknell, %; Albright, 7. Heidelberg, 7; Otterbein, 0. John Carroll, 19; Case. 0. Delaware, O; st. Joseph, o. Baldwin. 20; Hiram, O. Carnegie Tech, 13; Georgia lech’ Allegheny, 80; Westminster, Z. Penn M. c., 25; Upsala. Z. Providence, q; Vermont, Is. Montclair. q: Wagner. 8. Western Maryland, So; st. johns, Bates, 81; Norwich, o. Brown, SO; “a Inf. 0. Far West Oregon, 49,; Washington, 0. u. S. c., 80; Wash. State. 6. Colorado u. q; Colorado Mines Wyoming. l3; Colo. Teachers, 6. Colo. Aggies, 80; Colo. College, 3. Utah Apgies. 38: Western ST., 20. Idaho, q; Montana. l9. Pac. Stockton, Z; Whitman, o. South v.P. l., 18; Davidson, 6. Earlham, 13; Macomb. l3. Gewanee, 3: Virginia, 0. Virginia State, II; st. Augustine, Morgan, II; Greensboro, 0. Tennessee, 38; Miss. Q. Lowell, 26; Arnold. O. Miami. 81; Wabash, 0. Chattanooga, IA; Howard, 0. Birmingham. 20; Stetson. 0. Alabama. So; Miss. A. a. NJ, 0. Tulane, 40; Spring Hill, 0. Duke, 18; Villa Nova, 0. Clark, 81; Claflin, 0. Shaw, 81: Vir. Seminary, 0. Tenn. Tech, 10: Murray, Z. Tuskegee, 10; Wiley, o.

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 72% to win.

Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Notre Dame 31, Northwestern 21
2014Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40
1995Northwestern 17, Notre Dame 15
1994Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 15
1993Notre Dame 27, Northwestern 12
1992Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 7

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