Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

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  Evening star, October 21, 1951, page 42

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  |Notre Dame Rebounds to Whip Stubborn Pittsburgh, 33 too PITTSBURGH. Oct. 20.-Notre Dame bounced sky high from its defeat of last week in mauling a stubborn but outclassed Pitts Iburgh football team. $50. today in a game blending fumbles, pass Tinterceptions and a few spirited fareups between members of the rival squads. The Irish started with a few ISputters. But once all the cylinders got to working they rollec over and scared above the naples: lPittsburghers as a near-capacity crowd of 61,207 roared with mingled feelings. Notre Dame scored once in the first period. twice in the seconc Iand once each in the third ane fourth while throttling the Pitt offense almost completely. There was just too much drive and too many accurate passes in Notre Danes attack, while Pitt found its running attack smothcred when it would do the most good. and its own passing attack boomeranging disastrously. The Irish profited handsomely by their lesson in pass defense against Southern Methodist last week. In Johnny Mazur, a tall kid from Plymouth. Pa, Notre Dame showed a first class passer of its own. and his passes to Bill Barrett accounted for the first two Irish touchdowns. The first was a 10-yard heave midway in the opening period and the second was good for 2s yards with Barrett taking the bal and romping over the goal un. molested. | Mazur dove for the third touch down from the one-foot line tc climax a dogged march from the Notre Dame A. 1t was the same Mazur who accounted for the fourth score. marching from the same distance out to end a power drive which started on the Notre Dame 20. That touchdown brought robust squawk from the Pitt play ers who SWarmed about the Off cials and threw headguards tc the ground in disgust. They thought Mazur wasn’t over. The final touchdown, scored by Joe Heap on 13-yard dash, was the fruit of 70-yard drive mid. way in the last period. Pitt, mean.

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Officially, Notre Dame leads 51–⁠21–⁠1; as played, 52–⁠21–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.