Notre Dame at Navy
Saturday, November 14, 1931 Share
Notre Dame beat Navy 20–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–0 as played.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 42°FAttendance 56,861
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 16, 1931, page 10
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wv S4CdV UdCkS. Chapman ana PIDeT. CARRYING the brunt of the attack, snapped With eli c the scoring IN the lrst half as captain of the Chester team, covered a world OF ground on defense and offense Piper slipped through Valpo for a fifty missed his first extra-point kick Of the season. He made up for this by accurate ~ passing nifty yards to Piper for the sec ono touchdown and adding the extra point the victory margin. valpo fought back gamely, and the great back field, of which Kowalski and Gautier with two touchdown drives. but failed on extra point tries. Coach Burt’s CheSters fought a game defensive battle in the sec Chicago critics say Northwestern was lucky to gain that one-point, 70 edge oyer oyer Indiana; Jesse. Babb, diminutiye Wayne S ha eaC Yards 5r0 throug6 NorthWestern’s defense just as the first period ended, and Bob Jones. husky sophomore full back, plunged through the Wild three tries. Vic .Dauers place kick for bounced back Stan Salusk who was star on both offense and defense, paved the way for the Purple marker when he fumbled a punt on Indiana’s .21-yard line in the 1Oul III QUARTER. WIN rep Russell, Pug Rentner and Engebretsen, a guard, smash ing the line, the Wildcats went over, Rus sell making the final drive and Engebretsen booting the valuable extra point. In them, and previously had checked the Wildcats deep in scoring territory. Schwartz ran wild for Notre Dame as the Irish crashed the MiddieS 20 to 0. with q second quarter attack Coach Hunk Anderson’s first second and third string teams held Navy without a first down while the BOOSTERS turned in fourteen But the Middies, coached by Rip Miller. former Notre Dame star, played stubborn defenslye ball. Schwartz ran Is yards for to pave the way for the second, alternating with Banas in Carrying the oval the rest OF the way. Koken passed to Murphy Tor the final counter. and Anderson evidently decided to let the Irish save the rest OF their power for Southern California next Saturday. ,Purduess high-powered running attack. which averaged more than yards for the a1ternoon. oldn begin to function against iowa until the second quarter but when it olo. the homecoming fans saw a smooth running steam roller pile up yards galore ana outcIass the Hawkeyes, % to 0. Four Teen BollermakerS played their final games, AZ RoSs-Ande stadium including Jack White, who limped on to the field to try for an extra point and receive his final cheer Yunevlch,, Purvis and Risk, other mem also played their final home games. Practically al of the action was in Iowa t tterrltory. Hecker took a long pass to put tne Dali IN scoring range. PUrvis plunpina over. Yunevich and Purvis starred in the second drive, Hecker scoring. Paul Par consecutive extra point kicks. Yunevich scored the final touchdown and Moss oIocKeo an Iowa punt that rolled out of the end zone for a safety. Ball State took an early lead over fLahkln Love css ending a long drive by Pplunglng over. the goal line. DowIley tied t tlf.S count at So as the half ended. In the thlrd period. Meyers passed to H. johnson for another Ball touchdown. but Bud Sur lace lace tied It again with 45-yard dash, and Ronra6augh and Martin skirted the TANKS Tor other Franklin markers as the game ended. 26 to II, for the Grizzlies. Butler battled gamely against superior Marquette eleven and successfully checked tne Hllitoppers’ running attack. But the Ava!anche took TO- the air for three touch Gowns. Captain Kenny Booz was the head man OF the Bulldog performance, punting well. carrying the bail for good gains in all afternoon. Elliott. Meagher and Ages TIM caught passes for Marquette’s touch Gowns; two coming in the second half. me Bulldog line turned in great pertormance and should be in equal form for next saturdays game with George Wash ngton at washington. D. c. De Paw engaged in track meet in humping Hanover, 81 to o. Wheato tailed three times. but the Tiger reserves. paced by Ave, sophomore, had the battle well in hand. Ave also scored three, and Mccullough. Copeland. Grain and Rice tailed during the afternoon. While De Paw was coasting in prep aration for Saturdays game with Wabash. the Scarlet was taking a lacing at Ohio Wesleyan. so to 0. The Bishops scored two touchdowns in every quarter except the second, when they got three. Swartouts passing. kicking and running was about all the cheer Wabash could get out of the game. Earlham’s Quakers wrote happy fnis on their season with a 32-to-0 rout of In diana Central at Richmond. Earlham showed unexpected power. Bowers tailed twice, and Moore, Cross and Kastetter once. On defense. the Ouakers held Cen trail to an unearned first down.
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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Navy gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 82–13–1; as played, 84–13–1 in 98 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.
| 2025 | Notre Dame 49, Navy 10 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 51, Navy 14 | |
| 2023 | Notre Dame 42, Navy 3 | |
| 2022 | Notre Dame 35, Navy 32 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 34, Navy 6 | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame 52, Navy 20 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. USCNov. 21, 1931
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1931
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Navy
- Next gameat SMUNov. 21, 1931
- SeasonNavy in 1931
- ProgramNavy history and records

