Notre Dame at Northwestern

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 14, 1943, page 8

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  SOUTH BEND BOYS WIN OVER N. W. VERY EASILY, Is 6 Johnny Lujack Packs His Usual Load OF Dyna- mite For Irish EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. Is LII The Fighting Irish undefeated ant united, roared to a 25–⁠6 victory oVel Northwestern today, not only TO lie 1 football eleven, but to further es tablish rank with the greatest Sotre Dame teams in history. A record smashing crowd of 40, l24 largest to ever fill Dyche stadium, watched the South Bend supermen register their eighth straight triumph. However, Northwestern held Notre Dame to the lowest number of points of any team this season. Notre Dame, held to a so margin at the half. gained momentum in the remaining two periods. With its great running left halfback, Creighton Miller, and Is year old Johnny Lujack in command of the T for nation, setting off the dynamite. The Irish scored first in the remanning two minutes of the second period, reserve Bob Kelly smashing over from the two to cap an 81 yard parade which featured Miller running and LuJack’s % yard pass to his towering battery mate, John Yonakor, right end. Miller Who accounted for III yards his teams total of 302 by rush ing, again led a drive at the start of bn lid ial, i,ofl 80 yards and ended when he drilled over from the one. Before the final period concluded, Ziggy CzarobsH recovered Joe Scri. ba’s tumble on the Wildcat “a to give the Irish a running start for their third touchdown at the outset of the final period. Lujack speared to Yopakor for is yards and Julie Rykovich churned into the end zone to score on the next play. Lujacks attempted place-kick wa. blocked, but with quick think ing he scopped up the ball and ran it lo’oss to give the Irisl- their only after-touchdown point of the game After the ensuing kickoff, the Irish capitalized on another tumble, Otto Graham bobbling a bad pass from center. Paul Limont fell on the ball on the Northwestern 20 and seven plays later Lujack spot a five yard pass to Kelly at the corner of the field for the final mar ker. Northwestern finally counted on 4 freak play late in the quarter when Jack Harker, a sub wildcat | end, intercepted a shovel pass by FRANK Dancewicz, quarterback re- Continued on Page 8; Col. 81

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  Evening star, November 14, 1943, page 27 (results column)

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  Results Of Football Games Basic T. c., IA: Wake Forest, 0. Arkansas Ags, 10: Keesler Field, 7. Midwest. Bunker Hill Navy, Sc; Fort Sheri- Gan, 0. Illinois Wesleyan, o; Indiana State, Ohio State, %; Illinois, 26. Notre Dame, 25; Northwestern, 6. Michigan, q; Wisconsin, 0. Minnesota, 35; Iowa, IA. Oklahoma, 20; Missouri, 13. Great Lakes, 2l; Indiana, 7. Iowa Preflight, %; Camp Grant, 13. Iowa State, 20; Drake, 0. Miami (Ohio, 40; Baldwin Wal lace, 6. Xavier, SO; Wayne, o. Missouri Mines, q; Camp Robinson Ark, IA. Fort Riley, IA; Fort Warren, Z. Kansas, 13; Warrensburg Teachers, IL. Ohio Wesleyan, 80; Bowling Green, 20. Oberlin, p; Wooster, 0. Wilberforce, Is; w. Virginia State, 2 Kenyon, 10; Kenyon College Army Training Unit, 6. Illinois Normal, 13; Southeastern Missouri Teachers, 0. Northern Illinois Teachers, 20; Elm hurst, 7. Southwest. Texas, As; Texas Christian, 7. Arkansas, Ia; Southern Methodist 10. North Texas Aggies, “a; Texas Tech IA. Texas A. &, NJ, 20; Rice, 0. | Far West. California, 13; UCLA, 6. March Field, IS; Southern Califor. MIA, 0. New Mexico, 80; Denver, .13. ! Colorado College, “a; Utah, o. 4

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Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.