Notre Dame at Navy
Saturday, October 30, 1948 Share
No. 2 Notre Dame beat Navy 41–7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 17–4–1 as played.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 48°FAttendance 63,314
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME 41, NAVY 7Reading their most crushing victory in the long rivalry, the Fighting Irish sink a determined but helpless Midshipmen eleven before 64,000 grid fans. Sitko shines for the winners
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Navy gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 82–13–1; as played, 84–13–1 in 98 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.
| 2025 | Notre Dame 49, Navy 10 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 51, Navy 14 | |
| 2023 | Notre Dame 42, Navy 3 | |
| 2022 | Notre Dame 35, Navy 32 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 34, Navy 6 | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame 52, Navy 20 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat IndianaNov. 6, 1948
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1948
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Navy
- Next gameat MichiganNov. 6, 1948
- SeasonNavy in 1948
- ProgramNavy history and records