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Blue-Gold Game
Sport	football
Teams	Blue; Gold;
First meeting	1968;
Latest meeting	April 13, 2019; Gold (defense) 58, Blue (offense) 45
Next meeting	Spring, 2021
Stadiums	Notre Dame Stadium
Statistics
All-time series	leads, –– (–)

Old-Timers-Varsity series
Sport	football
Teams	Old-Timers; Varsity;
First meeting	May 4, 1929; Old-Timers 18, Varsity 0
Latest meeting	May 7, 1966; Varsity 33, Old-Timers 0
Stadiums	unknown (1929-1930), Notre Dame Stadium (1931-1943, 1946-1967), Cartier Field (1944-1945)
Statistics
Meetings total	36
All-time series	Varsity leads, –– (–)
Largest victory	Varsity 78–0
Longest win streak	Varsity
Longest unbeaten streak	Varsity
Current win streak	Varsity, 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

1929

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]

Notable Old-Timers: Jack Chevigny, Fred Miller, Jim Brady, Fred Collins
Notable Varsity: Frank Leahy, Tommy Yarr, Marchy Schwartz, "Jumping Joe" Savoldi, Frank Carideo,

1930

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

1931

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1932

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1933

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1934

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]

Notable Old-Timers: Moose Krause, Rey Bonar, Harry Wunsch, Hugh Devore
Notable Varsity: Will Shakespeare, Wayne Millner

1935

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1936

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.

Notable Old-Timers: Nick Vairo, Wayne Miller, Marty Peters

1937

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1938

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1939

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1943

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1947

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1955

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1958

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1959

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1960

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1961

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1963

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1964

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1965

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1966

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1967

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Series record

Varsity victories	Old-Timers victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
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	Tie	6–6
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.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
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

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.

Varsity victories	Old-Timers victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
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

^ The Scholastic http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0000/VOL_0000_ISSUE_0000.pdf. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Old-Timers Win In An Important Football Scrimmage" (PDF). The Scholastic. October 2, 1931. p. 907.
^ "Old Timers Grid Team Will Meet '34 Varsity In Stadium On Sunday" (PDF). The Scholastic. April 27, 1934. p. 11, 16.
^ "Old Timers' Game" (PDF). The Scholastic. May 4, 1934. p. 12, 20.
^ ^a ^b "Old-Timers Set to Battle Sunday Minus Their Star, Shakespeare" (PDF). The Scholastic. May 1, 1936. p. 20.

[VI-1] The Scholastic http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0000/VOL_0000_ISSUE_0000.pdf. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[V62I27-2] "Old-Timers Win In An Important Football Scrimmage" (PDF). The Scholastic. October 2, 1931. p. 907.

[V67I23-3] "Old Timers Grid Team Will Meet '34 Varsity In Stadium On Sunday" (PDF). The Scholastic. April 27, 1934. p. 11, 16.

[V67I24-4] "Old Timers' Game" (PDF). The Scholastic. May 4, 1934. p. 12, 20.

[V69I23-5] "Old-Timers Set to Battle Sunday Minus Their Star, Shakespeare" (PDF). The Scholastic. May 1, 1936. p. 20.

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