Army at Notre Dame

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 9, 1947, page 1

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  Army, Irish End Series With Green Coping, TT SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. g. Danes undefeated Fighting Irish babe a boisterous farewell to Army in their his toric series with a crushing 27–⁠7 victory and a shamrock-named lad, Terry Grennan, personally humbled the outclassed Cadets before a shivering record crowd of SO, I’ll at Notre Dame stadium today. The courageous Cadets were stunned by Brennan’s 95-yard touchdown run with the opening kickoff never regained their poise against the inspired Irish. Notre Dame opened the finale OF this famed “a year rivalry apparently set on gaining full measure of revenge for. the war time SO to 0 annd 48 to 0 plaster lngs by the Army, but they ran slightly out of gas against the stubborn Cadets. Despite a spanking new often sive attack which piled up 361 yards by rushing to Army’s 1853, the Irish shot their real wad in the first period with two touch downs, both counted by Brennan and then pecked away for the other two touchdowns in the last two periods. The Cadets suffering their 23rd defeat against seven VIC tories and four ties in the mem orable series which started in 1913, gained some small measure of consolation in scoring their only touchdown against a Frank Leahy-coached team in five meet ings. That came in the final period when fullback Elwyn Rowan, a gallant worker this frost bitten afternoon, bulled over from the one yard line to cap a Sc yard Cadet march. The Irish threw everything but the goal posts at the Cadets in a march to their sixth straight victory. Brilliant quarterback Johnny Lujack Tipped surprising new laterals and sent such Irish speedsters as Bob Livingnstone and Larry Coutre, who scored the other two touchdowns, and Emil Sitko and Mike Swistowicz hammering through the Cadets for big chunks of yard age. But the real big noise in the thunder the Irish shook down from their football skies was Terry Brennan, 19-year-old 173pound phantom from Milwaukee, Wis. His explosive game-opening touchdown run was a work of gridiron art. Fielding Jack Mack mull’s opening kickoff on his own five, Brennan swerved toward the south sideline, threaded his way into the clear by the time he reached Notre Danes IS, and then swooped down the sidelines the rest of his 95-yard touchdown sprint. The Irish, who now have North western, Tulane and Southern California remaining to hurdle in a charge to their second straight national crown, were in complete charge after Brennan followed his brilliant long run with a three-yard slash for his second touchdown to cap an 8C-yard Notre Dame scoring march. The Cadets, never quitting and always clawing with a knitting ground attack battled the Irish scoreless in the second period, topping one Notre Dame drive on their own II. Army–No. Dame First downs - 10 % Net yds gained rushing les 1861 Forward passes attempted IA 10 Forward passes completed 5 4 Yards forward passing - 40 % Forwards intercepted by 0 3 Yds gained run-back inter 0 Z Punting average ------- IS 35

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 12, 1947, page 3

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  N0TRE DAME GRID SQUAD RATED HIGH NEW YORK, Nov 12.-tR Un- beaten Notre Dame, having finally cast off the blankets which cloak ed its offensive power B. A, (Be- fore Army was beng hailed from all sides today as one of the great est football teams in Irish history as well as the No. college eleven in the nation. Everyone knew Notre Dame had a very good football team evsn be- fore Frank Leahy’s Fighting Irish nearly annihilated Army 27–⁠7 Sat- urday. They had seen the South Bend University roll up five victories in rather easy fashion although it had been outrushed by Purdue and had to resort to pass es to whip the Boilermakers. Neither was the one-sided victory unexpected over the Cadets in the final game of the most famous of all football rivalries which began in 1913. In fact, the score bore out the price-makers’ pre-game predictions almost perfectly. Notre Dame had been picked to win by l9 points. Rates Around Tops Bt it was the manner in which Notre Dame won that convinced many that this years Irish array rates the around the top among the host of great teams the fa- nous University has produced through the years. From the op- ening kickoff when Terry Bren- nan scampered 95 yards for a Notre Dame touchdown until the final gun there was never any doubt about the outcome. The Irish are not alone in the all-conquering class. They are joined by Michigan, generally re- garGed as the No. 2 team of the ntion, Southern Methodists, Penn sylvania, Georgia Tech, Penn State and Utah among the major colleges. All have perfect slates. Then there’s use and Kansas, who have teen tied but not beat en. And right up there alongside are such strong once-beaten eley- ems as Texas, California, Wiscon- sin, Mississippi State, William and Mary, Rutgers and Maryland. The victorious list may get a pruning this week as in addition to the Michigan -Wiscosin and Metre me-Northwestern games, Penn engaged still-to-be-reckoned with Army. Penn State tangles with dangerous Navy, Georgia Tech takes on resurgent Alabama and SMU tackles Arkansas.

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Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.