Notre Dame at Army
Saturday, November 24, 1934 Share
Notre Dame beat Army 12–6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 15–5–1.
Finallow 42°F, 0.26 in. of rainAttendance 78,757
In the newspapers

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 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 California
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.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Army gameNotre Dame leads 40–8–4 in 52 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.
| 2024 | Notre Dame 49, Army 14 | |
| 2016 | Notre Dame 44, Army 6 | |
| 2010 | Notre Dame 27, Army 3 | |
| 2006 | Notre Dame 41, Army 9 | |
| 1998 | Notre Dame 20, Army 17 | |
| 1995 | Notre Dame 28, Army 27 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat USCDec. 8, 1934
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1934
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. NavyDec. 1, 1934
- SeasonArmy in 1934
- ProgramArmy history and records

