Northwestern at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 9, 1935 Share
Northwestern beat Notre Dame 14–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 10–2–2.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 42°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 34,430
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 11, 1935, page 7
Read the text
NORTHWESTERN PUTS IT OVER ON N0TRE DAME Fighting Irish Defeated by Score of Fourteen to Seven SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 11.--No- ire Danes new wonder team, perch ed on the highest peak since the days of Knute Rockne, fell to ruins last Saturday afternoon by the all most unbe.isvab,e IA to ‘ defeat at the hands of Northwestern which has not been able to win more than one Big Ten game this season and which has not boasted triumph ever tiae Fighting Irish in 34 long years The stunning upset was adminis- tered during a heavy rain just al tdilight before 35,O00 spectators. Northwestern tied the count all in the second period and put over the winning touchdown in the fourth period With the defeat went Notre Danes chance to represent the East in the Rose Bowl in the West <
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
- ETHIOPS EAGER FOR COMBATTension rises as additional batches of tribesmen enter the capital demanding an opportunity to join battle with the Italians. After witnessing a wild demonstration, the Emperor leads departing troops from the city. 2/3.
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 85% to win. Northwestern pulled the upset.
The series
Every Northwestern–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 37–9–2 in 48 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. WisconsinNov. 16, 1935
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1935
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. ArmyNov. 16, 1935
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1935
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records