Notre Dame at Indiana
Saturday, October 21, 1950 Share
Indiana beat No. 11 Notre Dame 20–7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 17–4–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 43°FAttendance 34,100
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1950, page 21
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Indiana Celebration Goes On and On No Thouqht of Books | BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. %. Nobody knew today exactly when Indiana University’s scream ing victory celebration will end. There was no thought of school as usual this morning. The celebrating had been more or less constant since the final gun in Saturdays game left the HoosierS with 20–7 victory over Notre Dame. But none of it had approached last nights giddy joy. 1t had been A years since Indiana defeated the Irish in football. The cheering and marching built up to a spontaneous outburst late last night that virtually took over the town. Co-edS in pajamas laughed off dormitory hours and joined in the milling mob. University officials made no of fetal announcement, but there wasn’t the slightest thought of holding classes today. At one of the big afternoon rallies Bobby Robertson, Indiana S Negro backfield ace who starred against Notre Dame, told his col lege mates: I’m a South Bend boy and this makes victory doubly sweet”
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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 77% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Indiana gameNotre Dame leads 24–4–1 in 29 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 2024 | Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17 | CFP First Round |
| 1991 | Notre Dame 49, Indiana 27 | |
| 1958 | Notre Dame 18, Indiana 0 | |
| 1957 | Notre Dame 26, Indiana 0 | |
| 1956 | Notre Dame 20, Indiana 6 | |
| 1955 | Notre Dame 19, Indiana 0 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateOct. 28, 1950
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1950
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 28, 1950
- SeasonIndiana in 1950
- ProgramIndiana history and records

