Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com NOV. 16, 2019 13 UNDER THE DOME 95 Years Ago: Nov. 15, 1924 In the final home game for the famed Four Horsemen and Seven Mules, Notre Dame defeats longtime nemesis Nebraska 34-6 to remain unbeaten (7-0). The Cornhuskers had handed the Fighting Irish their lone defeats in 1922 (14-6) and 1923 (14-7), and again hold a 6-0 lead after the first quarter. Thereafter, quarterback Harry Stuhldreher scores from one yard, left halfback Don Miller tallies on 10- and 18-yard runs, right halfback Jim Crowley takes a pass from fullback Elmer Layden for a 75-yard touchdown, and Layden wraps up the scoring with a three-yard run. It is the lone game where each Horseman reaches the end zone in the same contest. 90 Years Ago: Nov. 16, 1929 For the third time in four years in the Notre Dame-USC series which began in 1926, head coach Knute Rockne's Fighting Irish emerge with a one-point win, 13-12, in front of 112,912 at Chicago's Soldier Field. The Trojans had come into the contest having outscored its opponents 287-15. A 6-6 halftime tie is broken when on the opening possession of the second half Notre Dame's Joe Savoldi plunges in for a touchdown and Frank Carideo adds the crucial extra point, which were far from automatic back then. USC's Russ Saunders then returns the kickoff for a 95-yard touchdown — but the missed extra point proves to be the difference as the Irish improve to 7-0 and put themselves in position to win the national title. 55 Years Ago: Nov. 14, 1964 Under first-year head coach Ara Parseghian, No. 1 Notre Dame finally snaps an eight-game losing streak to Michigan State that began in 1955 with a 34-7 victory to improve to 8-0. The win also ends a personal 0-5 record Parseghian had at Northwestern from 1959-63 versus Spartans head coach Duffy Daugherty. On the second play from scrimmage, Irish halfback Nick Eddy dashes for a 61-yard touchdown and later adds another score to make it 20-0 at halftime. Quarterback John Huarte then adds a 13-yard scoring pass to fullback Joe Farrell and a 21-yard run for another tally. The Fighting Irish finish with 428 yards total offense, on an even 214 rushing and 214 passing. 45 Years Ago: Nov. 16, 1974 No. 5 Notre Dame keeps alive its hopes of repeating as national champions with a 14-10 victory at home ver- sus No. 17 Pitt. Quarterback Tom Clements scores the winning touchdown from three yards out with 2:49 re- maining, while the defense limits Panthers sophomore star Tony Dorsett to 61 rushing yards after he totaled a record 209 versus the Fighting Irish a year earlier. The victory continued 8-1 Notre Dame's pattern of close calls throughout the year. It had lost to 28-point underdog Purdue, but then survived a late onslaught versus Michigan State (19-14), drove 80 yards in 20 plays to defeat Rice (10-3) with 3:08 remaining, and rallied from a fourth-quarter 6-0 deficit to defeat Navy, 14-6. "I told them they've already made me gray," 11th- year head coach Ara Parseghian said after defeating Pitt. "Now they're trying to make me a replacement for Kojak [referring to bald actor Telly Savalas from the popular TV detective series]." 30 Years Ago: Nov. 18, 1989 No. 1-ranked Notre Dame's school-record winning streak is extended to 23 with a 34-23 victory at No. 17 Penn State. The vaunted Fighting Irish ground attack accumulates 425 rushing yards, the most ever surrendered by the Nittany Lions. The assault is led by quarterback Tony Rice, who finishes with a career-high 141 yards on 26 carries, while Pennsylvania natives Ricky Watters and Raghib "Rocket" Ismail add 128 and 84 yards on 16 and nine carries, respectively. Penn State had entered the game allowing only 9.2 points per game. "I didn't expect to run for that many yards even if this had been a marathon," Notre Dame fourth-year head coach Lou Holtz said afterward. — Lou Somogyi Anniversaries In Notre Dame Football History: Nov. 14‑20 Quarterback Tom Clements scored the winning touchdown from three yards out with 2:49 remaining to lead the Fighting Irish to a 14-10 win versus Pittsburgh in 1974. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS