Notre Dame at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 6, 1954

No. 5 Notre Dame beat Pennsylvania 42–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

Away5Notre Dame9–⁠1 in 1954
42
HomePennsylvania0–⁠9 in 1954
7

FinalHigh 51°F, low 37°FAttendance 61,189

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NOTRE DAME AZ PENNSYLVANIA = Y Oklahoma Crushes Iowa State, 400, in 18th Straight Victory

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1954, page 64

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    NOTRE DAME AZ PENNSYLVANIA = Y Oklahoma Crushes Iowa State, 400, in 18th Straight Victory AMES, Iowa, Nov. okla homa crumpled Iowa States delenses today and took its 10th consecutive victory, 400. Gene Calame, the Sooners’ star quarterback, ran back John Breckenridge’s pass 54 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter after the Big Seven cham pions ground out a 200 halftime lead. Although the games other spectacular play, a 62-yard pass from Tommy Mcdonald to Bob Burris. did not go all the way for a touchdown, 1t did figure prominently in the Sooners’ 10 yard scoring march for their final score. Buddy Leake and Bob Herndon each scored twice. The Cyclones got inside Okla homa’s Is only twice, moving up to the tW1gpn one occasion before the sooner line, backed by Kurt Rurris. smothered the threats. Leake got both his touchdowns on Short plunges after marches of 50 and SO yards in the first and fourth quarters. He also added three extra points, missing on two occasions. Herndon provided the Sooners with their 200 halftime margin with two second-period touch downs. f 2a3shG sRssst.-------5 - ! l q 9 Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns – Leake 2. Herndon @. Calame, Mcdonald. C0nVergiOnS-,IHakA q J. Harris

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1955Notre Dame 46, Pennsylvania 14
1954Notre Dame 42, Pennsylvania 7
1953Notre Dame 28, Pennsylvania 20
1952Notre Dame 7, Pennsylvania 7
1931Notre Dame 49, Pennsylvania 0
1930Notre Dame 60, Pennsylvania 20

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