Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

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  Imperial Valley press, October 10, 1938, page 4 (results column)

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  UPSETS AGAIN MARK NATIONS GRID PROGRAM NEW YORK, Oct. 10. CUP – Football grabbed the sports stage today. thanks to the Yankees, and the diehards whove been lavishing their affection on baseball can give undivided attention to a grid season already we’ll under way. Although forced to share the week end spotlight with the World Series, seven big favorites were knocked over and several of the greats had to go “all OUT to remain undefeated. While Army, Ohio State, Nebraska, University of Washington, In diana and Arkansas were defeated, powerhouse elevens like Alabama, Notre Dame, Minnesota and Santa Clara were having close calls. Prob ably as big a surprise as any was the failure of any of the big three Yale. Princeton and Harvard-to score a point. Ohio State, conqueror of Indiana, was upset 14–⁠7 by Southern Cali fornia; Nebraska was edged 81 by Iowa State; Washington was blank ed 1870 by UCLA, and Indiana bow ed 1872 to an inspired Illinois. Pittsburgh was the only one of the grid giants to win as expected -27-0 over Duquesne. California, the big powerhouse of the Pacific coast, failed to get a contest in a doubleheader. The Golden Bears walloped California Aggies and College of the Pacific by identical scores, 48–⁠0. Alabama, southern candidate for national honors, was able to make but two touchdowns for a 40 VIC tory over a much weaker North Carolina State eleven; Notre Dame, considered 30 points better than Georgia Tech, won 14–⁠6; Minnesota was held to one touchdown in beat ing Purdue TO; and Santa Clara nosed Texas A and M, TO.

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Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.