Notre Dame at Northwestern

Saturday, November 15, 1941

No. 5 Notre Dame beat No. 8 Northwestern 7–⁠6. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 15–⁠3–⁠2.

Away5Notre Dame8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1941
7
Home8Northwestern5–⁠3 in 1941
6

FinalAttendance 48,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 16, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Swinging methodically toward their sixth Big Ten title in eigh; years and their second successive Western Conference and national collegiate football championships, the University of Minnesota $ Golden Cophers defeated Iowa today by a score of “a TO Il. Regardless of whether they win or lose in their seasons finale against the University of Wisconsin next Saturday. the Gophers are now assured of at least a tie for the Big Ten crown. Some $1,000 saw Notre Dame and Northwestern engage in their traditional battle, with the decision finally going tot he fighting Irish from South Bend by 7 to 6 score. Coach Harry Stuhldreher’s Uni. versity of Wisconsin Badgers went through the process OF warming up for their climactic battle with Minnesota next Saturday by turn ing back the Purdue BoilermakerS 13 to o. The University OF Illinois threw a scare into the Ohio State Buck eyes at Columbus, but Coach Pau

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 SHADES N'WESTERN, 7-6Outplayed by the Wildcats, the Fighting Irish keep their unbeaten slate clean by a one-point margin. Juzwik's kick decides the gameUniversal Newsreel, November 17, 1941. Catalog record at the National Archives

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Notre Dame 31, Northwestern 21
2014Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40
1995Northwestern 17, Notre Dame 15
1994Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 15
1993Notre Dame 27, Northwestern 12
1992Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 7

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