The University of Notre Dame : 1842-1913 : a university and its football program are born on the frontier -- A history of the early game, 1869-1905 : American football evolves from soccer and rugby -- Injuries and death lead to a crisis : the rules evolve, 1906-1913 -- Jesse Harper, the early years : the University of Chicago, Alma College, and Wabash College -- Jesse Harper begins his first year at Notre Dame, 1913 -- Notre Dame vs. Army, November 1, 1913 : the game that changed football -- The final games of Notre Dame's 1913 football season -- Jesse Harper at Notre Dame, 1914 : mighty Yale is on the schedule and the Indians come to Chicago for money -- Jesse Harper at Notre Dame : 1915 : the University of Nebraska makes its Notre Dame debut -- Jesse Harper at Notre Dame, 1916 : undefeated and never scored upon until Army turns the tables with the forward pass and George Gipp makes his debut -- Jesse Harper at Notre Dame, 1917 : Harper's last season and one of his favorite victories -- The intervening years : Jesse Harper and Knute Rockne, 1918 to 1931 : cattle and Rockne -- Jesse Harper returns to Notre Dame : 1931 to 1933 : Rockne dies and the Great Depression sweeps the country -- Reflections.
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