I learned something this evening -- the largest crowd ever to attend a college football game was held at Chicago's Soldier Field -- when 123,000 people watched Notre Dame beat USC; 7 to 6 on November 26, 1927.
FYI: Soldier Field now only seats 61,000 -- the smallest football stadium in the National Football League.
Notre Dame has played eleven games at Soldier Field and the Irish are unbeaten! The IRISH have given up only 72 points in eleven games at Soldier Field -- pitching three shutouts. Offensively, Notre Dame scored 88 points in their first 9 games at Soldier Field and 84 in the last 2 games...
Here's the scores of the previous eleven games:
- 1924: Notre Dame 13 -- Northwestern 6
- 1927: Notre Dame 7 -- USC 6
- 1928: Notre Dame 7 -- Navy 0
- 1929: Notre Dame 19 -- Wisconsin 0
- 1929: Notre Dame 19 -- Drake 7
- 1929: Notre Dame 13 -- USC 12
- 1930: Notre Dame 7 -- Army 6
- 1931: Notre Dame 0 -- Northwestern 0
- 1942: Notre Dame 13 -- Great Lakes 13
- 1952: Notre Dame 42 -- Northwestern 7
- 1994: Notre Dame 42 -- Northwestern 15
