Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1945, page 23

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  Irish Power, Passing Prowess Rolls Once II Gets Started ATLANTA, Oct. ga powerful Notre Dame eleven warded off an early Georgia Tech furry and then unleashed versatile attack to completely outclass the Jackets, 40–⁠7 today. A capacity crowd of $4,000 attended. Tech got away to a flying start, driving 50 yards to score in the first SIX minutes, only to have the Irish tie the count before the quarter ended and then sweep aside every thing the Jackets had to offer. The visitors spread the glory among a half dozen backs and five OF them scored touchdowns, two by Halfback Elmer Angman, who was Used sparingly. Notre Dame scored twice on long passes, twice on sizeable runs, and added two more on short plunges. Dancewicz passed 80 yards to Phil Colella near the Coal to start the Irish scoring and Stan Krivik, a muchly decorated ex-Air Force pilot, came in to tie the score with the first of four drop kicks. Then in the second period, Notre Dame drove 81 yards. mostly on short thrusts by Colella and Frank Ruggerio, capped off by a 19-yard scoring jaunt by Angsman. Just before the half, Joe Gasparella unleashed a 48-yard scoring pass to Bill Zehler. In the third, with a tired Tech team facing Irish substitutes, Terry Brennan spiked a Tech threat by tntercepting a pass at his 7 and Juggling it back 81 yards to set up another score. Angsman plunged yards to score and Kriviks pick made it 28–⁠7. A penalty put Tech on it’s / and Bobby Davis punt came out short to the Tech % from where John Anyone scored around end on the first play. With four minutes to play, Agnone, Joe Yonto and Emil Slovak combined to drive IS yards, the latter lunging over from the S.

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  Detroit evening times, Michigan, October 7, 1945, page 15

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  Irish Conquer Georgia Te(h ATLANTA. Ca, Oct. 6 CUP)- Notre Danes braSh backs, most of them “greenhorns’ bent and finally broke Georgia Techs strip ling line with a vicious siege of blocking and tackling today to ramble 10 a 40–⁠7 football victory before a capacity crowd of $4,000. Showing surprising strength for the second week in a row against team that had been rated its equal, the Irish reversed the procedure of their opening victory against Illinois In that game they scored in the first two minutes. Today Georgia Tech took the lead briefly in the first quarter, but after that the Notre Dame backs passed and ran up huge yardage. The score and the statistics tell the story. Notre Dame made IL first downs 10 Techs 10 and picked up 295 yards rushing TO the Engineers l65. The Irish COM pleted four passes for l0l yards while Techs nine competitions were good for onl y. Ignited fleetingly by the sling shot heaves of George Mathews and freshman Jack Peek, Tech scored in the first eight minutes, but under the constant pounding of the 200-pound Irish line folded in the final three quarters.

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Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.