You look at the other major programs of that day, and who was winning the championships, and it's clear that ND definitely suffered from their lack of commitment to running the ball.

That ND squad really should have focused more on it's Power Running Game.

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The "Win one for the Gipper" game.

I'm trying to reconcile these two pictures. It's possible they were taken in the same stadium, but there is enough that doesn't look quite right to make me doubt it.

Strange, there doesn't seem to be one single photograph from that game anywhere, at least that I can find.

The famous overhanging second deck. It wasn't uncommon for a routine fly ball to shallow left field to land in the upper deck--much to the frustration of the left fielder, who would've made an easy catch. This now-familiar double-decked section was constructed after the 1922 season, replacing the "traditional" bleachers that had previously ringed the outfield.

Quarterback Stuhldreher, left halfback Crowley, right halfback Miller and fullback Layden shattered their opponents' defenses beginning in 1922, when coach Knute Rockne created the illustrious lineup. The quartets' secured their fame with ND's 13-7 victory over Army in 1924. After that momentous win, the Irish recorded a 27-10 win over Stanford in the 1925 Rose Bowl and went on to win the national championship with a perfect 10-0 record.

It's not Yankee Stadium and there aren't any other viable candidates from the venues where ND played in the 20's. The layout of the seats in the outfield fits the Polo Grounds.

That angle seems like it would have had to be taken with the third base/left field side of the stadium behind them, and from what I can see, there were no buildings on that side (like the one we see at the right of the photo). If it were reversed, there did look like there were buildings down the right field side past the bleachers.

I've been googling looking for a photo image of the 1924 game, and this is the only possibility I've come up with so far.