Notre Dame at Northwestern
Saturday, November 12, 1932 Share
Notre Dame beat Northwestern 21–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 8–1–2.
FinalAttendance 31,853
In the newspapers

The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 14, 1932, page 1
Read the text
NOTRE DAME IRISH TRIM NORTHWESTERN BY q TOO ALL Hass broke through for long gain to the Wisconsin 26-yard line where Lund elected to pass to Tenner. Mcclure knocked the pass down but it was ruled interference and Min nesota took the ball on the 7-yard line. Manders was called into the game despite bruised ankle and he plunged three yards. L,lnd then skirt ed end for touchdown but Manders failed to get the extra point During the remainder of the third period and for most of the fourth quarter both teams waited for the break that would mean victory. The Badgers got it when Lund received bad pass from center on fourth down and was tackled before he could punt. Wisconsin took the ball on Mime sofas 43-yard line. Linfor passed to Schneider for % yards. Then Mcclure shot a left handed pass to Linfor for 10 more yards. Linfor heaved to MCGUIRE who caught the ball near the sideline and struggled over from the 3-yard line with a tackler hanging on. Linfor’s kick which gained the extra point ended the scoring.
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
- FRENZIED GRID FANS CHEER IRISH VICTORY OVER WILDCATS, 21 TO 0Notre Dame football machine, in “high” again, rides roughshod over Northwestern, its historic rival.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Northwestern gameNotre Dame leads 37–9–2 in 48 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 19, 1932
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1932
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. IowaNov. 19, 1932
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1932
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

