Notre Dame at Northwestern

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1962, page 53

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  Navy, whose public relations are at an all-time low, and Notre Dame, with a won-loSt record to match, meet in Phil adelphia’s huge Municipal Sta dium tomorrow in college footballs oldest continuous intersectional rivalry. The M1dsfripYrien, a nlne= point favorite, take a 4–⁠2 record into the 36th annual clash, which starts at 1870, while the once-haughty Irish are suffering the pangs of a Ia season. The game will be on national television (WTOP-9. Navy has been in the habit of trying to catch the oppoSiton off balance in the opening moments, a maneuver that fl nally brought its most irate criticism since Pearl Harbor when it scored a touchdown against Pittsburgh Saturday on a variation of the sleeper” play. Respects Irish But after the “limping half back” incident that shook the Academy to its keel, there’s little likelihood that Wayne Hardin, the Navy coach, will try to con the Irish. Despite the rather dismal Notre Dame record, Hardin claims a healthy respect for the Irish, who have tried a Rus sian roulette schedule and found a bullet in every cham ber but one. After defeating Oklahoma in the opening game, Notre Dame lost to Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan State and last week to Northwestern. 35–⁠6. 1t is in tereSting to note that each of the latter four teams was rated in the top 10 the week they met Notre Dame. And they’re all in the Big Ten. BY contrast, Navy ventured into the Big Ten once and was soundly beaten by Minnesota, 21–⁠0. The Middies have beaten Pittsburgh, Boston College, William and Mary and Cornell, while also losing to Penn State.

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Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.