Army vs. Notre Dame

Saturday, October 12, 1957

No. 12 Notre Dame beat No. 10 Army 23–⁠21. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 24–⁠7–⁠4.

Neutral site10Army7–⁠2 in 1957
21
Neutral site12Notre Dame7–⁠3 in 1957
23

FinalHigh 61°F, low 30°FAttendance 95,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Irish Top Army, 23-21; Maryland and Navy Win

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1957, page 1 (results column)

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    Irish Top Army, 23–⁠21; Maryland and Navy Win Notre Dame. trailing Army by two touchdowns, staged a tremendous comeback late in the second half yesterday to defeat the Cadets. 1921, before a thrilled crowd Of $4,000 at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia. Michigan State administered a 1915 trouncing to Michigan in the top Big Ten battle of the day. while powerful Okla homa rolled TO its 43rd straight victory by defeating Texas, 2l-7. Maryland finally broke into the victory column at College Park. The thrice-beaten Terps, prepping for their appearance before Queen Elizabeth II at next Saturdays game with North Carolina, shut out Wake Forest. 27–⁠0. Navy rebounded from its up set by North Carolina a week ago by defeating California, 81 8. The Midshipmen were trail ing. 60, until late in the third quarter. Tom Hyde Of Airing ton. Va. scored the first Navy touchdown and Tom Forrestal and Ned Oldham added the others. The long awaited renewal OF the Irish-Army game. one OF footballs most colorful rival ries, began and ended spec tacularly, with Army scoring first on an 8l-yard run and the Irish clinching the game IN the waning minutes with a 29-yard field goal by a sophomore end. 1t was perhaps the sweetest victory in Terry Brennan’s brief

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.

On the newsreel

  • NOTRE DAME EDGES ARMYIn an exciting, action-packed renewal of the famed football series, the Fighting Irish fight back in the closing minutes of play to edge the Cadets, 23-21, via a field goal and an intercepted passUniversal Newsreel, October 14, 1957. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Army 60% to win. Notre Dame pulled the upset.

Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 49, Army 14
2016Notre Dame 44, Army 6
2010Notre Dame 27, Army 3
2006Notre Dame 41, Army 9
1998Notre Dame 20, Army 17
1995Notre Dame 28, Army 27

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