South Dakota at Notre Dame

Saturday, October 30, 1915

Notre Dame beat South Dakota 6–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 3–⁠0.

AwaySouth Dakota0–⁠2 in 1915
0
HomeNotre Dame7–⁠1 in 1915
6

FinalHigh 66°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Madison daily leader. (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current's story: BIG FOOTBALL GAMES NOTRE DAME DEFEATS SOUTH DAKOTA Ute BETWEEN NORTH DAKOTA u AND STATE COLLEGE.

    The Madison daily leader. (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, South Dakota, November 1, 1915, page 1

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    BIG FOOTBALL GAMES NOTRE DAME DEFEATS SOUTH DAKOTA Ute BETWEEN NORTH DAKOTA u AND STATE COLLEGE. Notre Dame, Ind, Nov. 1.-Notre Dame defeated South Dakota, 6 to 0. in a hard fought game here Saturday. Four substitutes were used by Notre Dame in the first half, but reg ulars were played throughout the second half. The only touchdown of the game was scored in the third quarter. when Bergman circled left end OIL a criss-cross play for fifteen yards and a touchdown. Hansen and Duncan, South Dakota ends, broke up most of Notre DANES end runs. Miller, fullbaek, starred with line plunges for Notre Dame. South Dakota did not seriously threaten Notre Danes goal. Grand Forks, n. D., Nov. 1.-The South Dakota State college and North Dakota university football teams bat tied to a 0 to 0 score here Saturday afternoon. Each team was within easy striking distance of the goal several times, but each lacked the punch to put the ball across. Once South Dakota had a touchdown within its grasp, but Skinner fumbled as he was crossing the goal line and North Dakota recovered the ball. After that the Aggies did not threaten. Once before, early in the game, Skinner intercepted a forward pass and raced to the very shadow of the Flickertail goal. 1t looked like a touchdown, but Mckay made a brill liant tackle and a moment later kick ed the ball out of danger.

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

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Notre Dame 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1917Notre Dame 40, South Dakota 0
1916Notre Dame 21, South Dakota 0
1915Notre Dame 6, South Dakota 0
1914Notre Dame 33, South Dakota 0
1913Notre Dame 20, South Dakota 7

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