California at Notre Dame
Saturday, September 24, 1960 Share
Notre Dame beat California 21–7. It was their second meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 84°F, low 63°FAttendance 49,286
On the newsreel
- Notre Dame 21 – California 7In Notre Dame’s season opener at South Bend, the Irish down the Golden Bears of California 21-7 in a fast-paced game highlighted by two scoring end sweeps by Bob Scarpitto
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. 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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every California–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2022 | Notre Dame 24, California 17 | |
| 1967 | Notre Dame 41, California 8 | |
| 1965 | Notre Dame 48, California 6 | |
| 1960 | Notre Dame 21, California 7 | |
| 1959 | Notre Dame 28, California 6 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. ArmyOct. 1, 1960
- SeasonCalifornia in 1960
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 1, 1960
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1960
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

