Notre Dame at Navy
Saturday, November 5, 1938 Share
No. 4 Notre Dame beat Navy 15–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 9–3 as played.
FinalHigh 70°F, 0.18 in. of rainAttendance 58,271
On the newsreel
- GRID THRILLS OF THE WEEKNotre Dame’s “Fighting Irish,” unbeaten and powerful, defeat a gallant Navy “eleven” to win a spectacular contest, 15-0
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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Navy gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 82–13–1; as played, 84–13–1 in 98 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.
| 2025 | Notre Dame 49, Navy 10 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 51, Navy 14 | |
| 2023 | Notre Dame 42, Navy 3 | |
| 2022 | Notre Dame 35, Navy 32 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 34, Navy 6 | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame 52, Navy 20 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. MinnesotaNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1938
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Navy
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonNavy in 1938
- ProgramNavy history and records