Notre Dame at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 11, 1941 Share
Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech 20–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 11–1.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 45°FAttendance 31,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1941, page 37
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FIasy Backs Gain Almost Will Navy Ce Lafayette 472 Clash Sharp Notre Dame Cuts Down Battling, but Far OutcIossed, Georgia Tech GHdders, 200 Bill Farley, Notre Dame quarterback, returned a Tech punt 10 his 80, and from there Juzwik wheeled around left end with a roaring 68-yard touchdown run. The big Chicago wingback made good on his place ment to make it 40. BoSch’s tumble in the third period gave Notre Dame its third break. and the harvester moved over the goal line for final score. Starting on Techs 80, whence the Engineers had been pushed on a roughing penalty plus a l0-yard loss on the tumble, Notre Dame scored in seven plays. Juzwik piled over from the 4 to round out the score. His try for the extra point failed. The yard stick told the tale in the statistics charts. Notre Dame rolled up 1913 yards rushing and 90 on passes for IL first downs against 83 yards on the ground and just 8 yards by air for Tech The Engineers were able to gain only six first downs. 1echS Line Puts l p Battle. Techs determined line gave Notre Dame all the Irish had bargained for. despite the shutout. Thirteen times during the game the Engineers swarmed through to down opposing ball carriers behind the line Of scrimmage, with losses ranging from l to Is yards. Notre Dame returned the favor six times. Thrice in the first half Tech drove into Notre Dame territory, once reaching the Irish 33, and each time an intercepted pass stopped the threat. In the third period, Georgia Tech got to the Irish %. Later it got the ball to first down on the %, but Bosch’s attempted pass was was intercepted by Farley on the 8. Pos Nntre Dana toOD Ca Tech t0l,

The Daily Alaska empire, October 13, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL @ {A{5SW{5 IFS Mn The following are final scores of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Texas Christian 20; Indiana IA. Nebraska 32; Kansas o. Fordham 27; North Carolina IA. Minnesota 34; Illinois G. Notre Dame 20; Georgia Tech 0. Clemson 26; Boston College 13. Tennessee 26; Dayton O. Vanderbilt 39; Kentucky IS. Michigan 40; Pittsburgh 0. Northwestern 4l; Wisconsin IA. Dartmout IS; Colgate 6. Columbia 21; Princeton 0. Penn 28; Yale 13. Michigan State 13; Marquette ‘. Army 27; Virginia Military 20. Texas Aggies 49; New York Unl- versity ‘. Syracuse 6; Holy Cross 0. Navy 41; Lafayette 2. West Virginia 20; West Virginia Wesleyan 0. Cornell 2; Harvard 0. Brown IA; Rhode Island State ‘. Duke 50: Maryland 0. Penn State 27; Bucknell 13. Stanford 0; Oregon State 10. University of Washington 23: Washington State 13. Santa Clara 13; California o. Oregon 20; University of South ern California 6.
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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Georgia Tech gameNotre Dame leads 31–6–1 in 38 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat Carnegie MellonOct. 18, 1941
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1941
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat VanderbiltOct. 18, 1941
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1941
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

