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The 1946 Army vs. Notre Dame football game was a regular season college football game played on November 9, 1946. Army (the football program of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York), then ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press college football poll, played the University of Notre Dame, of South Bend, Indiana, ranked No. 2, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.
The season also produced the 1946 Army vs. Notre Dame football game, a scoreless tie between undefeated teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2. The 1946 Notre Dame team dominated both on defense and offense, ranking first nationally in total offense (441.3 yards per game), rushing offense (340.1 yards per game), and total defense (allowing 141.7 yards ...
Army was recognized as the 1946 national champion by the Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, and Houlgate System, and as co-national champion with Notre Dame by the Boand System, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Poling System. [3] For the third consecutive year, Army also won the 1946 Lambert Trophy as the best football ...
The first Army–Notre Dame game in 1913 is generally regarded as the game that established the national reputation of the Fighting Irish. [3] In that game, Notre Dame revolutionized the forward pass in a stunning 35–13 victory. [3] For years it was "The Game" on Notre Dame's schedule, played at Yankee Stadium in New York. [3]
Army and Notre Dame claimed 16 national championships in the 20th century, including seven in the 1940s alone (technically six, since they share 1946). They’ve fallen far since then; Army’s ...
On the 100th anniversary of the Notre Dame 13-7 win over Army that brought the legend of the Four Horsemen to light, the Fighting Irish utilized four runners to gallop for 273 yards (9.4 yards per ...
The rivalry between No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 17 Army is back and it has major playoff implications.. The Fighting Irish (9-1) and the Black Knights (9-0) will face off against each other at Yankee ...
In the poll that followed No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Rice. November 9. A crowd of 74,000 turned out at New York's Yankee Stadium to watch No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame in a meeting of the nation's two unbeaten and untied teams. Both teams missed scoring opportunities.