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Navy vs. Notre Dame

Saturday, November 3, 1962

Notre Dame beat Navy 20–⁠12. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 27–⁠8–⁠1 as played.

Neutral siteNavy5–⁠5 in 1962
12
Neutral siteNotre Dame5–⁠5 in 1962
20

FinalHigh 45°F, low 39°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn State Shows Under Terps Lanonica Leads Irish Over NAVY

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1962, page 1

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    Penn State Shows Under Terps Lanonica Leads Irish Over NAVY : PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 81 Daryle Lamonica threw a As yard touchdown pass to reserve 1lalfback Dennis Phillips early IN the fourth quarter to put Notre Dame ahead, and then sneaked over from the LIZARD line in the final minutes to lead the Irish to a 20–⁠12 victory over Navy in Municipal Stadium today. An estimated crowd of $4,000 witnessed the 36th annual spec

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Navy 72% to win. Notre Dame pulled the upset.

The series

Every Navy–Notre Dame game

Officially, Notre Dame leads 82–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 84–⁠13–⁠1 in 98 meetings, counting the 62 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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