Northwestern at Notre Dame

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1961, page 77

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  Wayne Hardin, Navy’s skip per, has another one of those difficult assignments this week preparing his sailors for a ground battle. If that sounds a bit unusual, so is the Notre Dame football team. which meets the Middies Saturday at South Bend, Ind. The Irish regard the pass as an unnecessary frill and grind out yardage like Gen. Patton Despite two successive defeats Notre Dame ranks third ma tionally in rushing with an average Of 283 yards per game Only Texas and New Mexico State, the latter against IN ferior opposition, enjoy better rank. This has been termed a COMEBACK season for the Irish.. who had d 2-s record last year and suffered through the longest losing streak in the schools history, eight straight Part Two Coming Up Part One Of the comeback came against Oklahoma, Pur. due and Southern California three straight victories and q sixth-place national ranking. / Part Two presumably is listed in the revised Irish blueprint tc begin against Navy. Successive losses to Michigan State (17–⁠7) and Northwestern (12–⁠10) undoubtedly have made the Irish the Fighting Irish again. There can be little doubt thai the Middies will get the big

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Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.