Notre Dame vs. Army

Saturday, November 10, 1945

No. 1 Army beat No. 2 Notre Dame 48–⁠0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 22–⁠7–⁠3.

Neutral site2Notre Dame7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1945
0
Neutral site1Army9–⁠0 in 1945
48

Finallow 47°F, 0.18 in. of rainAttendance 74,621

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Irish Helpless In First Loss Blanchard, Davis Score Five Times BY BOB CONsIDINE

    Detroit evening times, Michigan, November 11, 1945, page 15

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    Irish Helpless In First Loss Blanchard, Davis Score Five Times BY BOB CONsIDINE NEW YORK, Nov. 10-UNS)-- Army’s tremendous football forces, in power and speed, forcibly elected Notre Dame from the nations unbeaten grid ranks today by giving the Irish a pun ishing 48–⁠0 beating. The appalling power of the Cadets stunned a mob of 1918 in the Yankee Stadium and produced West Points 18th consecutive victory during the two great est seasons of its football history. Today’s margin of vic tory raised 10 107 the number of points Army has scored against the Irish in the past two games-and this was the first time in the Cadet Irish rivalry which began in 1913 that Army has won twice in a row. Notre Dame, tied by Navy but otherwise unblemished. was help less today in the face Of furnishing early blows by Army’s incredible Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard and the later clouts by Army subs good enough TO be stars on other teams.

  • The The daily monitor leader's story: Army Goes After 18th Straight Grid Victory

    The daily monitor leader, Michigan, November 16, 1945, page 16

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    Army Goes After 18th Straight Grid Victory NEW YORK, Nov. l6-(R)- Army’s terrific football team. unbeaten and united since the Navy game Of l943, goes after its 18th straight victory tomorrow against once-Deaten Penn sylvania in the top game Of the day. A sellout crowd Of 10000, in cluding many hopeful of see. ing Penn spring an upset, bui fearful of the worst, will sit in on the proceedings at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Fresh from their 48–⁠0 rout ol Notre Dame last week, the Wes! Point cadets, spaked by All. Americans Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard, have been installed 30-point favorites. However army coach Earl Blaik declared several days ago that Penn, de- .feated Only by Navy, is “the toughest assignment Army has had TO face in two years” The Cadets won last year, 62–⁠7.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 12, 1945, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ! SCORES The following are final scores OF leading football games played over the weekend: (WeSD Oregon State Z; Washington 6. Washington State 20; oregon ID use. IA; California 0. Farragut Navy IA; Idaho 6, (MidlueSt) Indiana 49; Minnesota O. Northwestern %; Wisconsin ID. Illinois 48; Iowa T. Ohio State IA; Pittsburgh 0. Great Lakes 81; Michigan State 7. Marquette 26; Kansas 0. Oklahoma IA; Iowa State z. Nebraska “a; Kansas State O. Purdue 81; Miami 90 Z. Drake So; Iowa Teachers 6. (EaSD Army 48; Notre Dame 0. Navy SO; Michigan Z. Penn 80; Columbia Z. Penn State 81; Temple O. Dartmouth 10; Princeton 10. Cornell 20; Colgate 6. Harvard %; Kings PIT 2. Brown %; Yale Z. (South Georgia Teachers Al; Tulane 7. George “a; Florida 0. Tennessee “a; Mississippi 0. Auburn SO; S. w. Louisiana 0. Chattanooga 10; Vanderbilt g. Kentucky 10; West Virginia 6. Maryland 10; “ M. l., 0. Mississippi State 81; Louisiana State 20. North Carolina 6; william and Mary 0. Duke 26; North Carolina State 10. (Southtoest) Oklahoma Ann II; Tulsa 6. Texas Ann 8; S. NJ. u, o. Texas 81; Baylor IA. Rice &c. Arkansas 7. Texas Teachers IL; T. C. u, 0. Rocky Mountain Utah 81; New Mexico 20. Denver &c. Colorado Ann IL. Colorado IA; Utah State 7. Colorado College Al; Colorado State Is.

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)

Army 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 49, Army 14
2016Notre Dame 44, Army 6
2010Notre Dame 27, Army 3
2006Notre Dame 41, Army 9
1998Notre Dame 20, Army 17
1995Notre Dame 28, Army 27

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