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Old-Timers-Varsity series
Sportfootball
Teams
  • Old-Timers
  • Varsity
First meetingMay 4, 1929
Old-Timers 18, Varsity 0
Latest meetingMay 7, 1966
Varsity 33, Old-Timers 0
Stadiumsunknown (1929-1930), Notre Dame Stadium (1931-1943, 1946-1967), Cartier Field (1944-1945)
Statistics
Meetings total36
All-time seriesVarsity leads, –– (–)
Largest victoryVarsity 78–0
Longest win streakVarsity
Longest unbeaten streakVarsity
Current win streakVarsity, 9 games

The "Old-Timer's" game was a football scrimmage held by the University of Notre Dame to conclude their spring football practice season from 1929 to 1967. The series pitted the outgoing members of the previous season's fall varsity team against the unfinalized squad that would represent the Fighting Irish in the next fall football season.

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Game Summaries edit

1929 edit

The first Old-Timers game, dubbed the Old-Timers vs New-Timers scrimmage, was established by Knute Rockne to allow his outgoing football players their last chance to play at Notre Dame, while also permitting him to test his new varsity team against the previous years'. The old-timers scored three touchdowns, but given the nature of the game no extra points were employed so the final score was 18–0.[2]

1930 edit

The Old-Timers game was not played during the 1930 spring football season.

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1934 edit

The game was played on April 29th at 2:00 pm, with admission costing ten cents for students and a quarter for everyone else. The proceeds of the game went to the Notre Dame Monogram Club. The varsity wore their blue home jerseys for the game, while the old-timers probably wore green or white. Laurie Vejar was the only member of the victorious old-timers team of the previous year to return. The old-timers were co-captained by Hugh Devore and Tom Gorman.[3]

The first score was made in the first quarter by Devore, but the extra point missed. The varsity tied the contest with a one-yard touchdown by Al Costello after a lengthy goal-line stand, but the extra point was blocked by Moose Krause. The final score of 6–6 was the first and only tie game in the history of the Old-Timers game.[4]

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1936 edit

The game was played on May 3rd at 2:00 pm, with the proceeds going to the Monogram Club. Due to injuries, star Old-Timers players Will Shakespeare and Andy Pilney had become unable to play, severely hurting the veteran's chances.[5]

The old-timers scored off of a quarterback sneak and two long passes, while the varsity scored after a behind-the-shoulder catch by Bunny McCormick and an extra point by Charley O'Neill, the only successful attempt of the day. The last score for the varsity was made by Larry Danbom in the fourth quarter. [5]

The final 18–13 old-timers victory was of keen interest as it was the same score as the one between Notre Dame and Ohio State during the 1935 "Game of the Century", which many of the old-timers had played in.

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Series record edit

Varsity victoriesOld-Timers victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 May 4, 1929 Old-Timers 18–0
2 1931 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 19–0
3 May 7, 1932 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 7–0
4 April 8, 1933 Notre Dame Stadium Old-Timers 7–0
5 April 29, 1934 Notre Dame Stadium Tie6–6
6 May 5, 1935 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 25–0
7 May 3, 1936 Notre Dame Stadium Old-Timers 18–13
8 May 2, 1937 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 7–0
9 May, 1938 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 7–6
10 April 29, 1939 Notre Dame Stadium
11 April 27, 1940 Notre Dame Stadium
12 May 10, 1941 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 24–12
13 May 2, 1942 Notre Dame Stadium
14 1943 Notre Dame Stadium
15 May 5, 1944 Cartier Field Old-Timers 18?–0
16 April 8, 1945 Cartier Field Old-Timers 19–6
17 May 6, 1945 Notre Dame Stadium
18 June 1, 1946 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 20–0
19 May 17, 1947 Notre Dame Stadium
20 May 21, 1948 Notre Dame Stadium Old-Timers 20–14
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
21 May 14, 1949 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 49–21
22 May 13, 1950 Notre Dame Stadium Old-Timers 25–7
23 May 12, 1951 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 47–20
24 May 10, 1952 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 33–6
25 May 12, 1953 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 34–7
26 May 15, 1954 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 49–26
27 May 14, 1955 Notre Dame Stadium Old-Timers 19–14
28 May 12, 1956 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 42–32
29 April 13, 1957 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 43–14
30 May 10, 1958 Notre Dame Stadium Old-Timers 37–36
31 May 9, 1959 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 21–7
32 May 14, 1960 Not Notre Dame Stadium? Varsity 27–15
33 May 13, 1961 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 50–7
34 April 14, 1962 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 13–0
35 May 11, 1963 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 47–0
36 May 9, 1964 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 30–23
37 May 8?, 1965 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 72–0
38 May 7, 1966 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 33–0
39 1967 Notre Dame Stadium Varsity 39–0
Series: Varsity leads 23–9–1

Only 36 contests? 2005 article says series record was Varsity 29-6-1

Blue-Gold game edit

After the Varsity-Old Timers game was abolished by Ara Parseghian in 1967, a new end-of-season spring scrimmage was employed that matched two varsity teams against one another.

Blue-Gold Game
Sportfootball
Teams
  • Blue
  • Gold
First meeting1968
Latest meetingApril 13, 2019
Gold (defense) 58, Blue (offense) 45
Next meetingSpring, 2021
StadiumsNotre Dame Stadium
Statistics
All-time seriesleads, –– (–)
Varsity victoriesOld-Timers victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1968 Notre Dame Stadium
2 1969 Notre Dame Stadium
3 1970 Notre Dame Stadium
4 1971 Notre Dame Stadium
5 1972 Notre Dame Stadium
6 1973 Notre Dame Stadium
7 1974 Notre Dame Stadium
8 1975 Notre Dame Stadium
9 1976 Notre Dame Stadium
10 1977 Notre Dame Stadium
11 1978 Notre Dame Stadium
12 1979 Notre Dame Stadium
13 1980 Notre Dame Stadium
14 1981 Notre Dame Stadium
15 1982 Notre Dame Stadium
16 1983 Notre Dame Stadium
17 1984 Notre Dame Stadium
18 1985 Notre Dame Stadium
19 1986 Notre Dame Stadium
20 1987 Notre Dame Stadium
21 1988 Notre Dame Stadium
22 1989 Notre Dame Stadium
23 1990 Notre Dame Stadium
24 1991 Notre Dame Stadium
25 1992 Notre Dame Stadium
26 1993 Notre Dame Stadium
27 1994 Notre Dame Stadium
28 1995 Notre Dame Stadium
29 1996 Notre Dame Stadium
30 1997 Notre Dame Stadium
31 1998 Notre Dame Stadium
32 1999 Notre Dame Stadium
33 2000 Notre Dame Stadium
34 2001 Notre Dame Stadium
35 2002 Notre Dame Stadium
36 2003 Notre Dame Stadium
37 2004 Notre Dame Stadium
38 2005 Notre Dame Stadium
39 2006 Notre Dame Stadium
40 2007 Notre Dame Stadium
41 2008 Notre Dame Stadium
42 2009 Notre Dame Stadium
43 2010 Notre Dame Stadium
44 2011 Notre Dame Stadium
45 2012 Notre Dame Stadium
46 2013 Notre Dame Stadium
47 2014 Notre Dame Stadium
48 2015 Notre Dame Stadium
49 2016 Notre Dame Stadium
50 2017 Notre Dame Stadium
51 April 21, 2018 Notre Dame Stadium Blue 47–44
52 April 13, 2019 Notre Dame Stadium Gold 58–45
53 April 18, 2020 Notre Dame Stadium
54 May 1, 2021 Notre Dame Stadium Blue 17–3
Series: Tied 0–0
  1. ^ The Scholastic http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0000/VOL_0000_ISSUE_0000.pdf. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Old-Timers Win In An Important Football Scrimmage" (PDF). The Scholastic. October 2, 1931. p. 907.
  3. ^ "Old Timers Grid Team Will Meet '34 Varsity In Stadium On Sunday" (PDF). The Scholastic. April 27, 1934. p. 11, 16.
  4. ^ "Old Timers' Game" (PDF). The Scholastic. May 4, 1934. p. 12, 20.
  5. ^ a b "Old-Timers Set to Battle Sunday Minus Their Star, Shakespeare" (PDF). The Scholastic. May 1, 1936. p. 20.
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