who taught notre dame how to play football
Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry The game was the first played by a Notre Dame football team, and the Michigan team was credited with teaching the Notre Dame team the game before play began.[9][13] The Notre Dame student newspaper, Scholastic, reported: "It was not considered a match contest, as the home team had been organized only a few weeks, and the Michigan boys, the champions of the West, came more to instruct them in the points of the Rugby game than to win fresh laurels."[14] The proceedings began with a tutorial session in which players from both teams were divided irrespective of college.[12] For the first 30 minutes, the teams scrimmaged in a practice game with Michigan "exchanging six men for the same number from Notre Dame."[11]