Notre Dame at Army

Saturday, November 1, 1913

Notre Dame beat Army 35–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNotre Dame7–⁠0 in 1913
35
HomeArmy8–⁠1 in 1913
13

FinalHigh 50°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: NOTRE DAME. TEARS CADETS TO SHREDS Army Outclassed at All Stages by HOOsier Team.

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 3, 1913, page 1

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    NOTRE DAME. TEARS CADETS TO SHREDS Army Outclassed at All Stages by HOOsier Team. WEST POINT, Nov Eve have met the Army and they are ours” That was the gist of a telegram sent back home by Captain Rockne, of the Notre Dame eleven late Saturday afternoon. And he spoke a mouthful, for the plucky hoosier eleven swamp ed, routed and beat the West Point eleven, 35 to 13. But this does not tell how much the visitors outclassed the soldier boys. The cadets managed to hold the Wis ltors almost even in the first half, which ended with the score ii to 10 in Notre Danes favor Then the fire. works exploded, for the second half of the clash proved a runaway for the university boys Picking out an individual star was like selecting the needle from the proverbial haystack. The entire Notre Dame squad did something at some time or other to get into the spotlight Quarter Back Dorals used an open at tach almost from the start, and the forward passes he sot around the field beWildered the Armys best, at all stages of the battle. Dorais Uses Open Attack. The Army kicked OH and Dorais started an open field attack, forward passing to Rockne and F1nnegan until the ball rested on the Army’s forty five yard line Another pass to Finnegan put the ball in play on the cadets twenty yard line, and still another, Dorais to Rockne, took it over for a touchdown. The Army then rushed the ball down the field and it rested on Notre Danes ten yard line when the first quarter ended. Score, Notre Dame, Z: Army, 0. With the ball on Notre Danes ten yard line, two plays gave the Army the oval at the visitors one yard line and Hodgsen went over for the score Woodruff missed goal. Score: Army, 6; Notre Dame, 7. A series of rushes and a forward pass gave the cadets the ball on Notre Danes FIVE yard line and Prichard went over on the next play and Hoge kicked goal. Score: Army, 13; No tire Dame. Z. PIiska Goes Through. Notre Dame scored again on two forward passes and rush that showed Phska over the line. Dorais kicked goal Score: Army, 10; Notre Dame. IA. The Army came near scoring again toward the. end of the third quarter. but Notre Danes line held on the one yard line. The cadets then tried for ward pass over the line 1t was in complete and the ball went to Notre Dame on their twenty yard line. Do rails punted and the Army rumbled, the visitors getting the ball at midfield. Dorais on two runs carried it to Ar my’s fifteen yard line, where the quarter ended.

  • The The Elbert County tribune's story: SPORT.

    The Elbert County tribune, Colorado, November 7, 1913, page 4

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    SPORT. The Army was beaten by Notre Dame at West Point. N. Y, 35 to 13. Navy’s football eleven easily de- Annapolis, Md. by score of SO to o. Colgate found Yale’s much vaunted defense more of tradition than an actuality and defeated the Blue 16 to 6 at New Haven, Conn. Joe Bayley, former Canadian light weight champion, knocked out Jack White of Chicago in the ninth round of scheduled fifteen-round boxing bout at Vancouver, B. c. The Boulder Props won the cham pionship. of the Northern Interscholastic Football league at Boulder by defeating the Loveland High school by score of 81 to 0. The strength of the Crimson first line players and the weakness of the second-string men we’re brought out in NHarvard’s game at Cambridge, Mass, against Cornell. which the Crimson won with apparent ease. % to 6. <AmCo Ildycu 1NcufdShd lOT Oue quarter at Ames, scoring nine points in the first; but the Cornhuskers came back with terrific attack. interspersing fierce line plunges with forward passes. The final score was: Nebraska IS, Ames 8. Fighting for every yard. but lacking the final punch that spelled victory or defeat, the Orange and Gold-clad war riors of Colorado college and the sill yer and gold of the University of Colo RADIO battled for sixty minutes of actual play on Gamble sea at Boulder without a score. The Sealship Oyster Company of New York and Boston. a s4.500.0 900 cor poration. was placed in the hands of receivers on an application in the Fed eral Court Of the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston. trustees of its 81. 2.500.O00 convertible bonds. The oyster company defaulted interest bonds last July.

  • The Evening star's story: Notre Dame OutcIasses the Cadets in Every Department. FINAL SCORE IS 35 TO 13 Long Forward Passes and Pretty Open-Field Play Proves a Revelation.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1913, page 65

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    Notre Dame OutcIasses the Cadets in Every Department. FINAL SCORE IS 35 TO 13 Long Forward Passes and Pretty Open-Field Play Proves a Revelation. WEST POINT, N. Y, November L. The Army was beaten by Notre Dame today by a score Of 30 to 49, The cadets were outclassed in every depart ment of the game and, except in the second quarter, when they scored both their touchdowns. they looked Ike novices beside the westerners. Notre Danes long forward passing and pretty open-field play was spectacular and a revelation to eastern foot ball enthusiasts Out of fourteen attempts with the forward pass play the western ers succeeded in making twelve good for gains. Rockne, Finnesan and Bliska on the receiving end, with Dorais throwing the ball. gained many yards for their team. In fact, all or Notre Danes touchdowns were directly due to splendid work with the forward pass. Eichenlaub was demon on the offense, blowing through the Army line for good gains and bowling over the in slashing style. Dorais’ quarterback play was gilt-edged He kicked five of the goals from touch downs and ran his team with splendid Judgment. The first half ended with the score IA to 13 in Notre Danes favor. Cadets Two stars. Hoge and Merrillat played best for the cadets. The Army handled the ball rather loosely today. losing 1t several times on fumbles. Both sides were fire. uuently penalized. Lineup and summary:

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)

Army 60% to win. Notre Dame won as Elo’s underdog.

Notre Dame leads 40–⁠8–⁠4 in 52 meetings, counting the 51 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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