Stanford at Notre Dame

Saturday, October 10, 1942

Notre Dame beat Stanford 27–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 2–⁠0 as played.

AwayStanford6–⁠4 in 1942
0
HomeNotre Dame7–⁠2–⁠2 in 1942
27

FinalHigh 64°F, low 43°FAttendance 22,374

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BerteI|i Pitches Notre Dame To 20 Win Over Stanford Finds Himself With Vengeance to Toss Four Aeriols Good for Touchdowns

    Evening star, October 11, 1942, page 35

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    BerteI|i Pitches Notre Dame To 20 Win Over Stanford Finds Himself With Vengeance to Toss Four Aeriols Good for Touchdowns SOUTH BEND Ind Oct. 10-Notre Dame pucked its first victory of the today amazing Angelo Bees touchdown passes which Stanford wildered and defeated 27 to 0. Berteli definitely found himself” screaming spectators today after comparatively poor showing ss tie with and by3-

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Stanford Is Trounted By .NoiYe Dame

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 12, 1942, page 5

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    Stanford Is Trounted By .NoiYe Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 12. - Notre Dame plucked the first vic- tory Of the season out of the air last Saturday afternoon by defeat ing Stanford 27 to 0. Angelo Ber- telli passed four times for touch downs.

  • The The daily monitor leader's story: Saturdays Grid Stars

    The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 12, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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    Saturdays Grid Stars tumble for winning marker. Bob Odell, Penn halfbackpassed to one touchdown, set up two others with fine runs and led Quackers to 1915 triumph over Yale, coached by his broth er, HOWE. Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame quarterback-passed to all four Irish touchdowns and kicked three extra points to lead way to 27–⁠0 shutout of Stanford, completing Ia of 20 passes, nine in a row, for 233 yards. Mike Micka, Colgate fullback scored two touchdowns in 81 10 victory over Dartmouth, set ting up one of them with pass interrogation and 23-yard run. Hank Margarita, Brown half back-covered ola yards in rs attempts and scored two touch downs in 1921 victory over Co. lumbia. frankie Sinkwich. Georgia Observation-Disclosures his 22nd birthday by scoring three touch downs in 48–⁠13 rout of Mississippi. Elroy Hirsch, Wisconsin half back-scored both touchdowns in leading his team to 17–⁠0 win over Missouri. Joe Muha, v. I. I. fullbackscored three touchdowns, pass ed to two others and kicked two extra points in 1918 rout of Virginia. Bob Perina, Princeton half back-ran and passed Tigers to 100 victory ever Navy, setting up both Princeton scores. Paul Sarringhaus, Ohio State halfback – tossed touch touch down passes and set up a third in 1912 victory over Southern California. Hank Mazur, Army halfback his running and passing car ried Army to 28–⁠8 victory over Cornell. AL Santucci, Santa Clara CEN ter-boosted extra point which gave Broncos 7–⁠6 victory over California. Rudolph Mobley, Hardin-Simmons halfback-scored touch down which beat Southern Methodist, 7–⁠6, and gained 104 yards in 81 tries.

  • The Detroit evening times's story

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 12, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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    Michig a n, Northwestern and Minnesota. the big three of Mid western football. all took ii on the chin Saturday, proving once more that football selecting is almost as hazardous as picking race horses. You might have guessed that Michigan’s lack of reserves would beat them against so powerful a foe as the Iowa Preflight Cadets but few wagered their nickels on Illinois over Minnesota or Purdue over Northwestern. But that’s the way it happened. The weekend roundup in brief: AMONG THE NATIONS BEST TEAMS-Ohio State, loser only once last year, trounced powerful Southern California eleven. 28–⁠12. Illinois. rallying under its new coach, Ray Eliot, turned back Min nesota. 20–⁠13. the first college team to beat the Golden Gophers of the North in several years. Wis consin. getting a littl defensive strength TO help its powerful attack, whipped a YER good Missouri, eleven, 17–⁠9. Santa Clara added California TO its list by winning, 7–⁠6. WOLVERINES STOPPED FIRST DEFEATS-Michigan by Iowa Preflight Cadets, 26–⁠14; Missouri, by Wisconsin; Texas A. and M. by Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, 1871 FIRST VICTORY-Notre Dame with Angelo Bertelli in fine form trounced Stanford. 27–⁠0. BIGGEST CROWD – International football game between Eng land and Scotland drew $4,000 at Wembley Stadium, London. 1t was a scoreless draw. SCORING BEES-M | h 6 n State 46, Wayne 6; Georgia as, Mississippi 13; u. c. L. A. 30, Oregon State, 1912 Rose Bowl champions, z; Pennsylvania 35, Yale 6: Miami So. Kent State Z; Army %. Cornell 8; Brown %,

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 25–⁠14; as played, 26–⁠14 in 40 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Notre Dame 58, Stanford 7
2025Notre Dame 49, Stanford 20
2024Notre Dame 49, Stanford 7
2023Notre Dame 56, Stanford 23
2022Stanford 16, Notre Dame 14
2021Notre Dame 45, Stanford 14

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