Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com OCT. 2, 2021 15 90 Years Ago: Oct. 3, 1931 For the first time in 21 years, the Notre Dame football program is without Knute Rockne. "The Rock" was an end (1910-13), an assistant to head coach Jesse Harper (1914-17) and then succeeded Harper as head coach (1918-30) before perishing in a plane crash on March 31, 1931. Assistants Hunk Anderson and Jack Chevigny are given the title "senior coach" and "junior coach," respectively. With the nation's economic Depression in full swing, only 12,098 are in attendance in Bloomington, Ind., to witness a 25-0 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers. Joe Sheekestski scores the first and lone touchdown of the first half on a 70-yard run before the two-time reigning national champs pull away in the final 30 minutes. 55 Years Ago: Oct. 1, 1966 Third-year head coach Ara Parseghian returns to his former stomping grounds in Evanston, Ill., where he coached Northwestern from 1956-63 before accepting the Notre Dame position, and sees his No. 4 Irish roll to an easy 35-7 victory over the Wildcats. Parseghian was 4-0 against Notre Dame as the Northwestern coach — and then would be 8-0 versus Northwestern as the Fighting Irish coach. A week after nabbing a single-game school-record 13 passes for 276 yards (and three scores) in a win over No. 8 Purdue, sophomore wideout Jim Seymour encounters double-coverage and is "limited" to nine catches for 141 yards. Halfback Nick Eddy opens the scoring on a 56-yard run, and Notre Dame finishes with 200 rush- ing yards and 225 passing yards. The defense allows 159 yards overall and is led by linebacker John Pergine's 11 tackles, one interception, a pass breakup, a blocked punt and a fumble recovery. 20 Years Ago: Sept. 29, 2001 For the first time in its 114-year history, Notre Dame begins a season 0-3 after a 24-3 loss at Texas A&M. Sophomore quarterback Carlyle Holiday makes his first career start, supplanting classmate Matt LoVecchio, but the Irish manage only 191 yards of total offense. Holiday completes 6 of 13 passes with two interceptions, while LoVecchio in relief is 6-of-12 passing for only 48 yards with an interception. Embattled Fighting Irish head coach Bob Davie, who 10 months earlier received a five-year contract extension through 2005 from athletics director Kevin White, is summoned to White's office later in the week and told that a re-evaluation will be forthcoming. Five Years Ago: Oct. 1, 2016 Notre Dame scores on two of their first four plays from scrimmage en route to a 50-33 shootout vic- tory over Syracuse at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. On Notre Dame's first play from scrimmage, junior quarterback DeShone Kizer finds sophomore wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown for a 79-yard touch- down. The Orange quickly answer with an eight-play, 75-yard march in 2:06. However, Notre Dame gradu- ate student defensive tackle Jamir Jones blocks the extra point and senior cornerback Cole Luke returns it for two points to give the Irish a 9-6 lead. Then, on Notre Dame's fourth play from scrim- mage, Kizer connects again with St. Brown, this time for a 67-yard score. After another Syracuse touchdown, sophomore wide receiver C.J. Sanders returns a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown to put the Irish up 23-13 after one quarter of action. Kizer's three-yard rushing score in the second quarter keeps the Irish ahead at the half, 33-27, and then the Irish open the second half with 17 unanswered points, highlighted a by Kizer's 54-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Kevin Stepherson and sophomore running back Dexter Williams' 59-yard rushing score. Notre Dame finishes with 654 yards of total of- fense, while Kizer connects on 23 of 35 throws for a career-best 471 yards with three passing scores and the one rushing touchdown. St. Brown notched four receptions for 182 yards and the two scores. Anniversaries In Notre Dame Football History: Sept. 29-Oct. 5 Quarterback DeShone Kizer passed for a career-best 471 yards and accounted for four touchdowns to lead Notre Dame to a 50-33 win over Syracuse in 2016. PHOTO BY RICK KIMBALL UNDER THE DOME DID YOU KNOW... Your home address will be automatically changed to the mailing address on file with the US Postal Service? ALL addresses are cross-referenced with the USPS National Change of Address database. It can take up to 7 days for the USPS to update your address in their database? To prevent missed issues, please notify the US Postal Service ASAP. Your postal forwarding order expires in 60 days or less? Most forwarding requests expire in 60 days and DO NOT always include periodical mail. Issues are discarded at their discretion. You should call your local post office to verify your delivery address? Don't assume the post office knows your vacation or moving schedule. AVOID COSTLY DELAYS & REPLACEMENTS! Blue & Gold Illustrated Customer Service: 1–800–421–7751 We are happy to assist, but due to privacy laws all postal address changes must be completed by you.