Northwestern at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 13, 1948 Share
No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 8 Northwestern 12–7. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 22–3–2.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 37°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 59,305
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME TOPS N'WESTERNIt's a thriller-diller as the Fighting Irish barely avoid disaster, coming from behind in the last period to subdue the Northwestern Wildcats, 12-7.
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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Northwestern–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 37–9–2 in 48 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. IllinoisNov. 20, 1948
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1948
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. WashingtonNov. 27, 1948
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1948
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records