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Notre Dame vs. Navy

Saturday, October 29, 1960

No. 4 Navy beat Notre Dame 14–⁠7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 26–⁠7–⁠1 as played.

Neutral siteNotre Dame2–⁠8 in 1960
7
Neutral site4Navy9–⁠2 in 1960
14

FinalHigh 53°F, low 47°F, 0.34 in. of rainAttendance 63,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NAVY Late Drive Defeats Stubborn Irish, 14-7

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1960, page 77

    Read the text

    NAVY Late Drive Defeats Stubborn Irish, 14–⁠7 Hewitt and Center Frank Visited combined to throw Haffner for an 8-yard loss. But a few minutes later the Irish had the ball again after Bellino fumbled and Lind recovered on the Navy 20. Lind got to the 10, on a fourth down with 9 yards to go, Haff- = ner passed to Sherlock on the Navy 3. Navy Defense Takes Charge Angelo Dabiero went wide to his left for the touchdown and Perkowski added the point which gave the Irish q tie mid way in the second quarter. But that was all the points for Notre Dame today. NdXR N6TRE DAME 3 3 9 81 Navy--Bellino 12. run CMather kickl Notre Dame-Dabiero 8. run (Perkow- Navy1BeiiinO 1 foot, run cMather kick). Right end-Luper, Mathef. Rissht Rishs taGklss-Ershgl I,idls HUFFMAN. Center-Visted. Pierce. Left Ruard-Hoy. Fitzgerald. Falconer. Left tackle-Driscoll. Testa. Left end-Datilo, Graham. Right halfback-Prichard. Hardison, Fullback-Matalavage McKeown. | Left halfback-Bellino. Zenyuh. | Quarterback-Spoon DietZ, | NOTRE DAME Right end-Sherlock, Murphy. Right tackle-Ptetrzak Caroilo. Right guard-Rov Depols. Center-Hoerster. Viola. Left guard-Potios. Left tackle-Williams Wilke, Koreck. Left end-Boulac Fullback--Rotkowski, Lind. Naab, Perkowski. Scarpitto. Left halfbaek-Sefcfk, Mink. Castin. Quarterback – Haffner. Lamonica, Rutkovski, Schulz.

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

  • PITTSBURGH UPSETS SYRACUSEAt Syracuse, the Orangemen, boasting the longest major collegiate winning string in football, are upset 10-0 by the underdog Pittsburgh Panthers in a hard fought but clearly decisive match.Universal Newsreel, October 31, 1960. Watch 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)

Navy 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Notre Dame–Navy game

Officially, Notre Dame leads 82–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 84–⁠13–⁠1 in 98 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Notre Dame 49, Navy 10
2024Notre Dame 51, Navy 14
2023Notre Dame 42, Navy 3
2022Notre Dame 35, Navy 32
2021Notre Dame 34, Navy 6
2019Notre Dame 52, Navy 20

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