Notre Dame at Rice

Saturday, November 27, 1915

Notre Dame beat Rice 55–⁠2. It was their first meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNotre Dame7–⁠1 in 1915
55
HomeRice5–⁠3 in 1915
2

FinalHigh 71°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: NOTRE DAME ROMPED. Catholics Closed Season by Defeating Rice Institute 80 to 2.

    The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 29, 1915, page 1

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    NOTRE DAME ROMPED. Catholics Closed Season by Defeating Rice Institute 80 to 2. Houston, Tex, Nov. 29.-Notre Dame wound up it’s football season Saturday by trampling the Rice institute team by the score of So to 2, in a game in which the Catholics were played almost to a standstill in the first two periods. In the last hair they bore down the lighter opposition by the sheer weight y their battering backs and forwards and the excellence of their interference running. For one period, the second, Rice outplayed Notre Dame in all depart ments and the only score of the quarter was a safety scored against Notre Dame when Clark tackled Cofall behind his own goal line after he had recovered a bad pass from center. A 95-yard run from the kickoff, at the beginning of the thin period. in which Cofall did not run through, but around the entire Rice eleven, and a 45-yard sprint by Bergman for another touch down, were the features.

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: NOTRE DAME RUNS ALL OVER RICE LADS Indiana Eleven Winds Up Season by rrampling Lighter Texas Aggregation. SCORE F1FTY.FIvE TO TWO

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 28, 1915, page 1

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    NOTRE DAME RUNS ALL OVER RICE LADS Indiana Eleven Winds Up Season by rrampling Lighter Texas Aggregation. SCORE F1FTY.FIvE TO TWO HOUSTON, Tex. Nov. 2,--Notre Dame of Indiana wound up its foot ball season today by trampling over the lighter Rice institute team. IS TO 2. For one period. the second, Rice out played the Catholics in ali departments and the only score OF the quarter was a safety scored against Notre Dame when Clark tackled Cofall behind his own goal line after he had recovered q bad pass from a center ninety-five-yard run from the kick off at the beginning of the third period, In which Cofall did not run through. but around the entire Rice eleven, and a forty-five-yard sprint by Bergman for another touchdown were the features.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: NOTRE DAME SCORES VICTORY OVER THE RICE INSTITUTE

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 28, 1915, page 2

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    NOTRE DAME SCORES VICTORY OVER THE RICE INSTITUTE Houston, Tex, November 27--Notre Dame ended its 1915 football season here today with victory over Rice in- stitute, 55 to 3. Rice played Notre Dame almost to standstill in the first half, but could not withstand the rushes of their heavier opponents in the third and fourth periods and the visitors scored almost at will. A safety In the second period was responsible for Rice’s only scoring

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Notre Dame 52, Rice 0
2014Notre Dame 48, Rice 17
1988Notre Dame 54, Rice 11
1974Notre Dame 10, Rice 3
1973Notre Dame 28, Rice 0
1915Notre Dame 55, Rice 2

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