The 2024 Shamrock Series will mark the first time Notre Dame has faced Army at Yankee Stadium since 2010. However, Irish football historians know that the teams playing each other in the Bronx goes back nearly a century.
The Irish and Black Knights faced each other at the original Yankee Stadium nearly every year from 1925 to 1946. The one exception was 1930, when the game was played at Soldier Field in Chicago.
I was in New York this past weekend to make my first trip to Yankee Stadium, where I came across the New York Yankees Museum. That’s where I discovered programs from the teams’ games at the original stadium in 1941 (a scoreless tie) and 1945 (a 48-0 blowout victory for the Knights).
The relics didn’t end there though. There was a piece of the goalpost from the 1932 game (the Irish won, 21-0) and a marker indicating that the 1928 contest is when [autotag]Knute Rockne[/autotag] famously told his team to “Win One for the Gipper”, which it did, 12-6.
So if you ever get to visit Yankee Stadium, swing by the New York Yankees Museum before or during the game. Admission is free, and you’ll be in awe by every historical relic you see, but especially those related to the Irish.
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