Minnesota at Notre Dame

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1938, page 22

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  Speedy Notre Dame Charges Overcome Minnesota, 1910 Zontini’s 84-Yord Run, Soegou’s Two Passes Get Irish Victory SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 12.- Notre Danes football forces moved q scale higher in their march toward the national championship today by overwhelming Minnesota, 10 to 0, before $4,000 astonished spectators who filled the Irish” bowl The fighting “1rish,” superb in open-field running, passing and blocking, opened the flood-gates of their scoring power in three quick thrusts to achieve their seventh straight victory of the season. The first was an 84-yard gallop by Lou Zontini, fleet Notre Dame halfback, within six minutes after the open ing kickoff. The other two were touchdown passes hurled through the autumn air by Bob Saggau, SEN sational 18-year-old sophomore halfback of Denison, Iowa. To offset these lightning charges, Minnesota could not get past Notre Danes 25-yard line, 50 stanch was the Irish” defense. The Gophers tried twice to score with goals from the field in the first period, failing in both instances. Triple Lateral Gains 50. The most spectacular high spot in their attack came as the Sec onds ticked OF the second period, when they exploded a tricky triple lateral pass, Christensen to Buhler to Faust, who struggled to Notre Danes 28-yard line before he was brought down. The play covered 80 yards and was the only time the Gophers had a chance to get a runner into the clear. Notre Dame tacklers, how ever, swarmed all over Faust, and Minnesota never was dangerous after that. The Gopher backs appeared to be altogether too sluggish for their speedier and higher spirited foes. Strangely enough, the Irish” were able to chalk up only two first downs, one on a double o1side pen atty, the other on a pass. The Gophers, meanwhile, rolled up six first downs, mainly due to the efforts Of Larry Buhler and HALF back Wilbur Moore. Notre Dame tried only five passes, with saggau tossing three of them, two for touch downs, and the other for II yards. The issue in the game never seemed in doubt after Zontini broke (See NOTRE DAME. Pare B-8.)

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Notre Dame leads 4–⁠0–⁠1 in five meetings.