Let’s return to Oct.,1908. Theodore Roosevelt is president (although not for for much longer, as an election looms). Bulgaria is newly unbiased. The Chicago Cubs are World Sequence champions.
Notre Dame, in the meantime, is an obscure Catholic faculty within the Michiana area. It is nonetheless years away from its soccer program changing into one among America’s flagship sports activities manufacturers—School Soccer Reference’s data do not even acknowledge it as a significant staff.
And but, similarities abound to in the present day. On Saturday, the No. 18 Combating Irish smashed Purdue 66–7 per week after an upset loss to Northern Illinois. Through ESPN, their 66-point output represented their highest level complete instantly after a loss with a season since ’08, once they received a sport 88–0 after dropping 12–6 to Michigan.
Their opponent that day? Chicago Physicians & Surgeons.
These poor Chicago Physicians & Surgeons in 1908 😅 pic.twitter.com/fjkSRJ13h2
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 14, 2024
That is proper—Notre Dame performed Chicago Physicians & Surgeons 9 occasions between 1895 and 1908, profitable seven video games and dropping two. The varsity is now the College of Illinois-Chicago’s medical college.
The Combating Irish—who rotated and beat Ohio Northern 58–4 after their long-ago victory—are scheduled to play Miami-Ohio on Sept. 21.
