Drake at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 2, 1937 Share
Notre Dame beat Drake 21–0. It was their eighth meeting; Notre Dame leads the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 51°FAttendance 41,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 4, 1937, page 14 (results column)
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Stars Saturday Jack Mccarthy, Notre Dame-Ran S5 yards for one touchdown against Drake, passed for another and intercepted pass to set UP third in 21–0 victory. Brud Holland. Cornell-Scored three times on end-sround plays in 4O-7 rout of Colgate. Paul Shu Virginia Militsry-Scored two touchdovns and two extra points and passed to Bob Kovar for other tally In 20–9 triumph over william and Mary. Jay Graphical Oreson-Ran % yards after taking Bob Smiths pass for touchdown that beat Stanford IS. Henry Sullivan, Army–Blocked punt recovered ball and ran 20 yards to score against Clemson. Erwin Cheney. Colorado--Made both touchdowns in 1916 upset victory over Missouri. Charley Brock, Nebraska–Played fine game at center and recovered tumble to pave way for frst touchdown against Minnesota. Clint Frank. Yale-Tallied once and tossed two scoring passes in $50 VIC tory over Maine. Red Harp. Tennessee–Made runs of – and “a yards in victory over virsinia Tech. Jack Robbins Jim Benton and Ray Hamilton, Arkansas--Their forward lateral play. ending with Hamilton’s 55-yard run. gained rs yards for score that tied Texas Christian, -.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 4, 1937, page 4 (results column)
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SCORES OF GRID GAMES The following are final scores O principal football games played las Saturday afternoon: Oregon State 6; California 24 Washington T: Southern Califor. mia O. Stanford 6; Oregon T. Idaho 0: Washington State 13. Texas IA; Manhattan ‘. Pittsburgh 20; West Virginia 0. Yale p; Maine 0. Georgia 13 South Carolina T. Michigan State 19; Michigan A. Northwestern 33; Iowa State 0. Illinois o; DePaul 0, tie. Colorado IA; Missouri State 6. Minnesota g; Nebraska IA. Springfield 0; Harvard 54 Amherst T; Dartmouth 31. Purdue o; Ohio State 13. Maryland 21; Pennsylvania 28. Drake 0; Notre Dame 21 Virginia O; Princeton r3. Colgate ‘; Cornell 20 SUNDAY GAME Gonzaga 0; St Mary’s O. 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.
On the newsreel
- BIG GRID TEAMS OPEN SEASONNotre Dame takes on little Drake and hands out a 21 to 0 thrashing as the Irish open their 1937 grid schedule
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 8–0 in eight meetings.
| 1937 | Notre Dame 21, Drake 0 | |
| 1932 | Notre Dame 62, Drake 0 | |
| 1931 | Notre Dame 63, Drake 0 | |
| 1930 | Notre Dame 28, Drake 7 | |
| 1929 | Notre Dame 19, Drake 7 | |
| 1928 | Notre Dame 32, Drake 6 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gamevs. WashburnOct. 9, 1937
- SeasonDrake in 1937
- ProgramDrake history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 9, 1937
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1937
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

