Notre Dame at Navy

Saturday, November 4, 1933

Navy beat Notre Dame 7–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 6–⁠1 as played.

AwayNotre Dame3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1933
0
HomeNavy5–⁠4 in 1933
7

FinalHigh 60°F, low 45°FAttendance 34,579

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 6, 1933, page 1

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    seven points. Those who have been stringing along with Notre Dame waiting for the offenSe the Ramblers were believed to possess are about ready to jump off the band wagon. 1. U. Weak at Ohio State The latest set back for the Irish came from Navy Saturday, 7 to 0, and it was their third consecutive defeat of the season. Against Navy they were inside the 30-yard line no less than a half dozen times, but always lacked the punch characteristic of Irish teams. Indiana never had much of a chance against Ohio State, and now it appears the advance stories sent out of Columbus last week regarding coach Sam Willaman abolishing the double wing back offense might have been aimed at offSetting In dianas defensive preparations. At any rate they had new set OF spinners and chap named Heekin who was good for two of the three touchdowns scored in the first half. The final count was 81 to o. De PAW breezed through Frank lin, 26 to 0, and Valparaiso downed battling Butler eleven. 20 to 7. Wabash was aggressor all the way but only edged out Manchester 6 to 2, while Indiana State made the last few minutes count in eking out a to win over Ball State. Oakland City also put on speed at the close to distance Evansville % to 7, and Earlham trounced Rose Poly, 46 to 10. De Paw played its last home engagement and will take to the road for the two windup games with a record of five victories, no defeats and their goal line uncrossed this year. Tiger Receivers tumble At no time was the outcome Of the Franklin game Saturday in doubt. From the kickoff the Tigers clicked off five first downs and Bob Bradley plunged over Bradley came right back with another one soon after, and Ave plunged two yards for the extra point. Before the first half was over Fribley tailed the third marker and also plunged the extra point. Schroeder, Tiger guard, pounced on the ball in the end zone late in the game for touchdown. Ave had fumbled just before reaching the line. De Paw goes to Evans vile this week and closes at Wa bash next. Saturday against Manchester Wa bash took the ball from midfield with line bucks, and Messe passed to Berns and then to Luzar, which the latter carried five yards to score. Before the half ended Man chester scored an automatic safety. The Butler Bulldogs were about to score a real upset in Hoosier football when the vaunted VAL paraiso eleven suddenly took charge of the situation and won, 20 to 7. The Bulldogs took the kickoff and marched down field. j. Stewart scored and also place kicked the extra point. But the upstaters suddenly I’M leashed an attack of off-tackle smashes, spinners and end runs that produced three touchdowns by Bauer, Smatlak and Kowalski and Smatlak place kicked two extra points. Evansville DOwned Ball State, which had already defeated Central Normal this fall, APP peared headed for the normal school title of the state as they reached the last four minutes of their game with Indiana State at Terre Haute Saturday leading to 2. Bush led late State offense for touchdown needed to win. Oakland City unleashed an ariel attack that had Evansville dizzy in the last half and came from 7 to 0 behind at halftime to score a % to Z victory. Late in the first half johnson blocked Hollen’s attempted punt and carried the ball over for a touchdown. Graham added the extra point, Evansville leading too at halftime. Earlham went on a touchdown touchdown spree against Rose Poly and ran rough shod over the Engineers to score seven touchdowns. Steinbrink, as sub quarter back, was the high point man for the Quakers with three touchdowns, while Moore,

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Navy Team Grabs Initial Victory Over Notre Dame Desperate Heave Into Air and Perfect Sweep Around End Enough

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 6, 1933, page 6

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    Navy Team Grabs Initial Victory Over Notre Dame Desperate Heave Into Air and Perfect Sweep Around End Enough Baltimore, Nov. 6.--(P,-One desperate heaye into the biting air, one perfect sweep around an end. and Saturday there flashed the word to Americas fighting ships and seanen everywhere that six-year humiliaton had been avenged, the Navy’s honor satisfied. Notre Dame finally mad been beaten on a Navy football field. From Crabtown to ships at Tim buctoo. IN the words of the Midshipmems marching song, cracked the tale Navy Z; Notre Dame O.” message Of the Sailors greatest gridiron triumph since Army last was beaten in 1921. One thrust in the third quarter that came back a second then third and final time after twice being beaten off, provided the climaxing thrill to q game that left 10000 in the huge municipal stadium gasping and final y sent them rushing on to the field the regiment OF lnidshipnen in the lead, to tear down the goal posts, Fred Borrles played the particular hero’s role, scoring the winning touch down on three-yard sweep around bis own left end after Red Walkun had tossed him . 34-yard pass that, nut the ball on Notre Danes door step. These two won the headlines, but only the magnificent blocking, the brilliant charge Of q line that came up and In with the life of a steam Jack, could have completed the record o. Illustration and futility that was l1otre Danes. ~ The defeat was the third on successive Saturdays for Hunk Andersons green-shirted men. without . point being scored in that time. record South Bend history never before knew.

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 5, 1933, page 49 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS Local Teams. Tennessee, 13; George Washington, 0, Virginia. g. Maryland, O. Boston College, SO; Georgetown, O.. East. St Mary’s 49, Fordham, 6. Princeton. 80: Brown, o. Army, “a; Coe. 0. Tulane :: Colgate. o. Navy, 7: Notre Dame. 0. Yale. IA; Dartmouth, 13. Western Maryland, IA; Bucknell. IS. DuQuesne, 2l, Washington and Jefferson 6. Temple, 20; Drake, IA. Syracuse. u: Penn State, 6. Pittsburgh. 81; Centre, 0. Pennsylvania, Is, Lafayette, Z. Harvard. 27; Lehigh. o. Villanova, 81; Albright, 0. Columbia. g. Cornell. 6. St. Lawrence, 12 Alfred. 6. Amherst. IA: Massachusetts, State, O. Bloomsbury Teachers, 9; Stroudsburg Teachers. T. Bates, 7; Bowdoin. I. CTie) Maine, 10; Colby. 7. Coast Guard, 0; Connecticut State, 0. (Tie) Dickinson, 10: Moravian, 0. Drexel, 6: Delaware, o. Davis and ElklnS, 28, Geneva, 8. Gettysburg. l3: Ursinus. -. Susquehanna. 81: Hartwick, O. ST. Thomas 13; LaSalle. o. Muhlenberg, IA; Franklin and Mar shall, 3. Tufts, 6; New Hampshire, 8. Vermont. l9; Norwich, 0. Penn Military. 81: St Joseph, 6. Rutgers. 81; Springfield, 0. St Anselms. 12: Lowell Textile. 0. Thiel. %; Edinboro Teachers, o. Trinity. IA; Wesleyan. g. Marquette, 13; West Virginia, ID. (Tiel. Grove City, 12 Westminster, 0. Williams. l3: Union. 0. Rhode Island, 20: Worcester Tech, T. Alumni. II: Boston University, T. CiarksOn. 81: Ithaca College. 0. Arnold, 0; Cortland. 0. (Tie). Brooklyn College, “a: Upsala o. Manhattan, “a; City College (New York;, O. Montclair Normal, 10; Panzer, 0. Trenton Normal, SO; New York Aggies. g. Hamilton. 90: Rensselaer,. 6. Emory and Henry, II: Marshall. o. Mount st. Mary, 19: Washington Col lege. 6. Waynesburg. 25; Juniata, 12. West Liberty. l3; Morris Harvey, IL. Pomfret School, l3; Milton Academy 8. St. Michaels, o; Middlebury. @. (Te) . West Virginia Wesleyan, “a; Beth any. o. SusQuehanna, 81; Hartwick, O. Alabama. 20; Kentucky, 0. Vanderbilt, 9; Georgia Tech, 6. Duke. l3; Auburn. Z. Clemson, 13; Wake Forest, o. Georgia. IA Florida, O. Texas A. and l., 81; Daniel Baker, Z. washington and Lee. Z; Virginia Tech, z. (Tie). Texas, TO- Southern Methodist, O, Oklahoma Aggies, 7; Tulsa, 0. Louisiana State. 80; South Caros+Sta North Carolina. g; North Carolina William and Mary, “A; Virginia Mill tary, 0. Presbyterian, 7; Citadel, 6. F’urman, 80; Wofford, o. Randolph Macon, 43; BridgeWater, 0. Elon, As; Western Carolina Teach ers, 6. Baylor, z; Texas Christian, o. Centenary. 20; Texas A. & NJ, O. Sewanee, l3; Tennessee Tech, 0. Mississippi, IL; Birmingham South ern, o. Millsaps, 8; Louisiana Tech, o. Murray, 81; Louisville, 6. Richmond, 10; Roanoke. 0. McMurry, 7; St. Edwards. g. Staunton Military Academy. IS: Woodberry, 4 Pennsylvania, 8, Eastern Kentucky, 0, Texas Mines, 9; New Mexico, Ag- Appalachian State, 12; Concord State, O.. Virginia Union, 20; Virginia State. O.. Mississippi Teachers, 0; Spring Hill, o. (Tie) East Tennessee Teachers, 80; Mary Vile College, 49, Tennessee Freshmen, 7; Kentucky Freshmen, 0. Morris Brown. -; Wiley College, T.. Fisk. 26: Knoxville T. Kentucky State Industrial College, 20: Lincoln, 0. Spartanburg, 25; Miami, 21. Vinton High. 13; jefferson High, T. Tusculum College, 9; King, o. Union University, 6: Delta State, 0. John Tarleton, O; Schreiner, 0. (Tie.) Langston, %; Texas College, 6. Middle West Purdue, II; Carnegie Tech, 7. Michigan. 7; Illinois, 6. Ohio State, 81; Indiana, o. Iowa. 27; Iowa State. 7. Michigan State, 0; Kansas State, 0. (Tie) Minnesota, o.; Northwestern, o. (Tie.) Nebraska, 20. Missouri, 0. Detroit, “a; Holy Cross, 0. Chicago, 0: Wisconsin, 0. (Tie)

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 55% to win. Navy won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 82–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 84–⁠13–⁠1 in 98 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Notre Dame 49, Navy 10
2024Notre Dame 51, Navy 14
2023Notre Dame 42, Navy 3
2022Notre Dame 35, Navy 32
2021Notre Dame 34, Navy 6
2019Notre Dame 52, Navy 20

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