Notre Dame vs. Army
Saturday, November 2, 1940 Share
No. 2 Notre Dame beat Army 7–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 20–5–2.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 45°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 75,474
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5
Read the text
Arn,YGives Notre Dame Tough Game Cadets Lose But 0utrush, 0uipass Irish Through out Gridiron Contest NEW YORK, Nov. An great stand. the Army made all yardage from scrimmage but lost the 2Itn annual football game played last Saturday afternoon to Notre Dame by the close score of ‘ to 0. Halfback Steve Juzwik sprinted 8l yards with an intercepted pass in the first quarter to make the score and Keep the Irish unbeaten and united so far th.s season. 4 crowd of T6,000 saw the Cadets cutlush and outpaS5 the winners.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME TOPS ARMY, 7-076,000 football fans at the Yankee Stadium see the "Fighting Irish" nearly get beaten by a determined "Cadet" team. Notre Dame wins on a pass interception!
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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Army gameNotre Dame leads 40–8–4 in 52 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.
| 2024 | Notre Dame 49, Army 14 | |
| 2016 | Notre Dame 44, Army 6 | |
| 2010 | Notre Dame 27, Army 3 | |
| 2006 | Notre Dame 41, Army 9 | |
| 1998 | Notre Dame 20, Army 17 | |
| 1995 | Notre Dame 28, Army 27 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat NavyNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1940
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonArmy in 1940
- ProgramArmy history and records