Navy vs. Notre Dame

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  The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., October 23, 1939, page 1

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  Notre Dame Defeats Navy CLEVELAND Hotrs pams’s football team added their fourth straight victory today. when they pounded q big Navy line for . il.7 victory before . capacity crowd of 7s.7so people. HAYWARD CRUSHED CAMBRIDGE. Msss. - Psnnsylvsnis’s football team broke iooss with q terrific scoring burst In the last period today and defeated Hsryard 72–⁠7. DUKE s.Ars SYRACUSE DURHAM, N. q. - Dukes Blue Devils bounced back from last defeat by Pittsburgh and Syracuse. $50. In an IN football game today. PENN srATiE swAMrED AGA, N. “ Scoring In every period, corneIis powerful .,ndsfeated football team swept To \ H-0 victory over Penn State today. ARMY “A DrFixArED NEW HAvEk-Yals matched . last period rally by army with one II its own today and scored 20–⁠15 victory over the Cadets IN the Ysle bowl.

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  Evening star, October 22, 1939, page 28 (results column)

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  Tennessee Joins Top Ranks as Pitt, Carnegie Slip Volunteers Performance Against Major Engagement Notre Dame, after winning three close ones, stopped Navy handily before a crowd of 81 900 in Cleveland. winning 14–⁠7 on touchdowns by Ben Sheridan and Milt Piepul. Michigan gave an other awesome demonstration of scoring power in an $50 rout of hapless Chicago. Ohio State knocked off Minnesota, 1920. and became the first Big Ten team to whip the Gophers at Minneapolis since 1882. Charles Maag’s field goal furnished the margin of victory. Texas A. & NJ, power house of the Southwest, spotted Texas Christian touchdown but came on to win easily, 20–⁠6. In New Orleans, two unbeaten Southern outfits, Tulane and North Carolina, fought to 14-l4 draw as Jim LaLanne’ S passes for North Carolina overcame a touchdown deficit. Kentucky mopped up Georgia, 1876, and Georgia Tech halted Wander bilt, 1916, in Southeastern Conference games. Duke rolled up a 1876 count on Syracuse. Washington and Lee checked West Virginia. 80. and Richmond trounced Gettysburg,

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Officially, Notre Dame leads 82–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 84–⁠13–⁠1 in 98 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.