Notre Dame at Northwestern
Saturday, November 19, 1938 Share
No. 1 Notre Dame beat No. 16 Northwestern 9–7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 13–2–2.
FinalAttendance 46,348
On the newsreel
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEKNotre Dame's "Fighting Irish", with eight victories behind them, come from behind to beat a stubborn Northwestern team, 9-7, before 48,500 grid fans
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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Northwestern gameNotre Dame leads 37–9–2 in 48 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat USCDec. 3, 1938
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1938
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. OklahomaOct. 7, 1939
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1938
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records