Notre Dame at Army

Saturday, November 24, 1934

Notre Dame beat Army 12–⁠6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 15–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayNotre Dame6–⁠3 in 1934
12
HomeArmy7–⁠3 in 1934
6

Finallow 42°F, 0.26 in. of rainAttendance 78,757

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: HAYDEN IS TOAST OF FANS; IRISH BEAT ARMY, 12-6

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 26, 1934, page 5

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    HAYDEN IS TOAST OF FANS; IRISH BEAT ARMY, 12–⁠6 NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-”Here’s to Elmer” That’s the toast that your Notre Dame University football fan is making everywhere today. And FL mer Layden, one-time member of the famous -four -horsemen” when Knuts Rockne was coach of the Irish, is meant. For Layden, in his first year as Notre Danes grid mentor, has done wonders. Last Saturday, he climaxed a highly successful sea- son by leading his men into a thrilling 12–⁠6 victory over the hith- erto unbeaten Army team from West Point. 81 0O0 wached the Cadets go down to defeat here, the result of two sensational passes, both made five minutes before the final gun. THANKSGIVING DANCE MOOSE HALL, NOVEMBER 29 DOOR PRIZES. -adv

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Dainty Schedules Hurt Grid Competitive Poise Army Should Realize It After Seeing Notre Dame Win Under Fire; Yale Finds Salvation in Suicide Card.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 27, 1934, page 1

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    Dainty Schedules Hurt Grid Competitive Poise Army Should Realize It After Seeing Notre Dame Win Under Fire; Yale Finds Salvation in Suicide Card. NEW all equal guile will beat football energetic alert Columbia team Demon neither energetic hardened competition will beat opponent milk schedule proved that Physically mechanically there much to choose between game the biggest football

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

  • FOOTBALL SEASON NEARS ENDThe Notre Dame Ramblers upset the Army in a hotly-contested game. At Madison, WI, Minnesota clinches the “Big Ten” title with a victory over Wisconsin. At Berkeley, CA, Stanford defeats CaliforniaUniversal Newsreel, November 26, 1934. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

Army 69% to win. Notre Dame pulled the upset.

Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 49, Army 14
2016Notre Dame 44, Army 6
2010Notre Dame 27, Army 3
2006Notre Dame 41, Army 9
1998Notre Dame 20, Army 17
1995Notre Dame 28, Army 27

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