Alma at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 3, 1914 Share
Notre Dame beat Alma 56–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 49°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 4, 1914, page 64
Read the text
Notre Dame Easily Beats Alma. SOUTH BEND, Ind. October 3.-Playing straight foot ball, Notre Dame easily defeated Alma in the opening game of the season here today. Sc to 0. Nothing like kick or trick play was attempted. and only once was the for ward pass used, when Kellyer Of Notre Dame took one for 20 yards and q touchdown. The holding ability of Notre Danes line was the surprise of the game.
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)
Notre Dame 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Alma–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1916 | Notre Dame 46, Alma 0 | |
| 1915 | Notre Dame 32, Alma 0 | |
| 1914 | Notre Dame 56, Alma 0 | |
| 1913 | Notre Dame 62, Alma 0 |
Around this game
Alma
- Next gameat Notre DameOct. 2, 1915
- SeasonAlma in 1914
- ProgramAlma history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. Rose HulmanOct. 10, 1914
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1914
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records