Tulane at Notre Dame

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 23, 1947, page 1

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  Smother Tulane, 59–⁠6; Trojans Lick UCLA By 60 SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. % |-P-Notre Danes rampaging football team, abandoned by head coach Frank Leahy who went to scout Southern California stamped to a SO to 6 triumph over Tulane before $1,000 fans today, never exp ri e 6 the slightest difficulty. The Irish struck with lightning rapidity in the first period to run up 81 points while holding the southerners scoreless. From there on they coasted downhill, but couldn’t help piling up q more point in the final half. Speedy Terry Brennan set up the first Notre Dame tally when he intercepted Cliff Van Meters pass on the Tulane Al and ran to the five. Less than a minute later, the second counter game. Ed Price ignored the Irish kickoff and Jim Martin recovered if for Notre Dame on the Tulane 81. Johnny Lujack passed to Sitko and that was it. Notre Dame was content then for four minutes. Then the Irish started a march from their 81 and Lujack passed to Brennan for 10 yards. Sitko romped q yards and Brennan sped IS for the touchdown. Seventeen seconds later they scored again. Leon Hart recovered the kick off on the Tulane 81 and on the next play Gompers ran for a touchdown.

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