Indiana at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 5, 1957 Share
No. 16 Notre Dame beat Indiana 26–0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 21–4–1.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 39°FAttendance 54,026
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1957, page 1
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Irish Crippled BY Flu on Eve OF Army Game SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 10 R.-Coach Terry Brennan says his fiu-ridden Notre Dame football team is In poor physical shape for Saturdays game with Army in Philadelphia. Six Of his regulars and two second-stringers were sidelined by the fiu bug yesterday and spent the day in their rooms or in the university infrmairy. I’VE are hurt, hurt badly. /“ Brennan said after the squad went through mo contact” drills. There Is no likelihood that we will be in top shape for Army although all Of the men who are down with the flu now probably will make the trip. /“ He named the flu victims as Ed Sullivan. Dick Lynch. Jim Schaaf. Gary Myers. Nick Pie trosante and Bob Scholtz-all starters-and No. 2 Guards Dave Hurd and Bob Gaydos. The outlook was different In Army’s camp. Coach Earl Blaik and his subsequently guiding the top-rated team in the East-apparently feel confident. Capt. Gil Stephenson said. THE coaching STAFF at the Academy approached this season with the most hope for sue cess in seven years” Brennan said the fiu that hit his team hasn’t been identified as. Asian flu. but weakens its victims for “a to So hours. In addition. Brennan said, both Co-Capt. Sullivan and Halfhack Aubrey Lewis are hob bled with injuries suffered in last Saturdays 26–0 victory over Indiana. Brennan said both may be among the bench warmers. Adding TO Brennan’s woes, Notre Dame Scout Bill Early reported his pre-game opinion See NOTRE DAME. Page A-23
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 24–4–1 in 29 meetings, counting the three 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
Indiana
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonIndiana in 1957
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. ArmyOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1957
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

