Notre Dame at Miami

Friday, October 7, 1955

Notre Dame beat Miami 14–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

AwayNotre Dame8–⁠2 in 1955
14
HomeMiami6–⁠3 in 1955
0

FinalHigh 85°F, low 78°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 75,685

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1955, page 1

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    MIAMI, Oct. s.-Not quit, among the giants Is the Uni versity Of Miami. The upstart hurricanes were aiming high in tackling Notre Dame last night and they fell q little short Of matching the perennial strong boys from South Bend. Though far from disgraced BY their 14–⁠0 defeat in the Orange Bowl, the Hurricanes found their line surprisingly outcharged and they lacked the imagination and the variety Of plays the Irish displayed. Too, there were toe many fumbles and other failures in the clutch, especially against an opponent Of Notre Danes stature. The biggest crowd in the his tory Of Southeastern football rs. 685-watched Notre Dame take a TO lead in the second period and double it in the third fooling even the Irish supporters by scoring both times on forward passes. Hornung TRIGGER Man In neither Of their two previous games against Southern Methodist and Indiana did the Irish show much of an aerial game, but they had one last night. Paul Hornung. 205-pound

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 17–⁠9–⁠1; as played, 18–⁠9–⁠1 in 28 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Miami 27, Notre Dame 24
2017Miami 41, Notre Dame 8
2016Notre Dame 30, Miami 27
2012Notre Dame 41, Miami 3
2010Notre Dame 33, Miami 17Sun Bowl
1990Notre Dame 29, Miami 20

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