Army at Notre Dame

Saturday, October 8, 1966

No. 3 Notre Dame beat Army 35–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 26–⁠8–⁠4.

AwayArmy8–⁠2 in 1966
0
Home3Notre Dame9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1966
35

FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°FAttendance 59,075

On the newsreel

  • NOTRE DAME TROUNCES ARMYAt South Bend, a sellout crowd watches the Irish run roughshod over Army. The sensational passing combination of Terry Hanratty to Jim Seymour spark the Irish to a 35-to-nothing win, all the TD's coming in the first halfUniversal Newsreel, October 10, 1966. Catalog record 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)

Notre Dame 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 49, Army 14
2016Notre Dame 44, Army 6
2010Notre Dame 27, Army 3
2006Notre Dame 41, Army 9
1998Notre Dame 20, Army 17
1995Notre Dame 28, Army 27

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