Notre Dame at SMU
Saturday, December 7, 1957 Share
Notre Dame beat SMU 54–21. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 7–2.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 40°FAttendance 51,000
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME BEATS S.M.UAt Dallas, the Fighting Irish go berserk against Southern Methodist in a wild scoring spree that at one point sees the Irish tally four times within 9 minutes! Final score, 54-21
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)
Notre Dame 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–SMU gameNotre Dame leads 10–3 in 13 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1989 | Notre Dame 59, SMU 6 | |
| 1986 | Notre Dame 61, SMU 29 | |
| 1984 | SMU 27, Notre Dame 20 | Aloha Bowl |
| 1958 | Notre Dame 14, SMU 6 | |
| 1957 | Notre Dame 54, SMU 21 | |
| 1956 | SMU 19, Notre Dame 13 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. IndianaSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1957
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
SMU
- Next gameat Ohio StateSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonSMU in 1957
- ProgramSMU history and records