Notre Dame at Tulane

Saturday, November 24, 1945

No. 5 Notre Dame beat Tulane 32–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 2–⁠0.

Away5Notre Dame7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1945
32
HomeTulane2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1945
6

FinalHigh 58°F, low 41°FAttendance 63,000

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 26, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ! SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend: EAST Harvard, 60; Boston U, 0. Yale, 20; Princeton, IA. Pittsburgh, T; Penn State, o. Columbia, 21 Dartmouth, 0. Pennsylvania, 59; Cornell, G. Colgate, G. Brown. 6. (Tie). SOUTH Tennessee, IA; Kentucky. 0. Maryland, 19; Virginia, IS. Duke, IA; North Carolina, 2. Clemson, 2l Georgia Tech, ‘. Alabama, 55; Pensacola Navy, 6 Auburn, 29; Louisiana Tech, 0. Mississippi U, T; Mississippi State Notre Dame, 32; Tulane, 6. MIDWEST Northwestern, IS, Illinois, ‘. Indiana, 26 Purdue, 0. Michigan, 2; Ohio State, 3. Wisconsin, 26; Minnesota, l2. Missouri, 33; Kansas, l2. Nebraska, IS; Iowa, 6. Oklahoma A & M, AT: Oklahoma 0. SOUTHWEST Texas Christian, IA; Rice, l3. Southern Methodist, 34, Baylor o. FAR WEST e.. Colorado A & M, T: Colorado College, T. (Tie). California, 6; UCLA, 0. Washington State, 2; Washing. ton, 0. Texas Tech, 6; New Mexico 6 (Tie). SUNDAY Holy Cross, 46, Boston College, 0

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

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Notre Dame 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1971Notre Dame 21, Tulane 7
1969Notre Dame 37, Tulane 0
1950Notre Dame 13, Tulane 9
1949Notre Dame 46, Tulane 7
1947Notre Dame 59, Tulane 6
1946Notre Dame 41, Tulane 0

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