For an in-depth account of the first interhall football game at Notre Dame, see University Football Championship in the Legends section.

"On Tuesday last the University Football Championship was contested between Sorin and Brownson Halls. It was an elegant fight, and hardly won by the Sorinites. Some sharp playing was done on both sides, and the ball was apparently independent in its movements, now hugging the cedar planks of the Sorinites, now whizzing into the dangerous circle of the Brownsonites. Brownson Hall had the kickoff, and gradually rolled the ball into the outer works of the Sorinites, then back the egg flew from the hoof of D. Cartier into the sacred region of the Brownsons; so, back and forth it went, kicked and squeezed to pieces, with N. Sinnott embracing it at one time and C. Gillon crushing it at another. Sinnott and Clayton shared honors for the Sorinites, while A. Cartier, the duet and L. Gillon claimed ribbons for the Brownsonites. The second half was the counter part of the first, with little hand-ball acts and base sliding- for refreshments. Charlie G was everywhere and nowhere; he was "clean out of sight," with Clayton and the Sinnotts holding to his shoe-strings in hopes of obtaining a goodly slice of the moon. At last Tom Coady was gently forced to yield two points to the Sorinites as a compulsory token of their abilities! The close of the game found the Sorinites victorious with a score of 2 to 0."

Notre Dame Scholastic, Volume XXIV, Issue 11, 15 November 1890