Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome Anniversaries In Notre Dame Football History: Oct. 8-21 70 Years Ago: Oct. 9, 1943 Seven years after the advent of the Associated Press college football poll, Notre Dame and Michigan engage in the first AP No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle in the sport's history. Fighting Irish halfback Creighton Miller, who would lead the nation in rushing, opens the scoring in Ann Arbor with a 66-yard touchdown run. Notre Dame's next score comes on a 70-yard connection from quarterback Angelo Bertelli to Bill Earley. Head coach Frank Leahy's team builds a stunning 35‑6 lead before the Wolverines score on the game's final play to cut the margin to 35‑12. Miller finishes with 159 yards rushing on just 10 carries, and he also has a 57-yard score called back because of a penalty. 50 Years Ago: Oct. 12, 1963 After an 0-2 start under interim coach Hugh Devore, Frank Budka becomes the third different Notre Dame quarterback to start in the first three games (Dennis Szot and John Huarte were the first two) and helps lead a 17-14 upset of No. 7 and defending national champ USC, which entered the contest as a 16-point favorite. Tom MacDonald scores on a 62-yard interception return, Bill Wolski tallies on a 22-yard run and Ken Ivan's 25-yard field goal with 6:28 left in the game provides the winning margin in the 17-14 upset. 35 Years Ago: Oct. 14, 1978 Among quarterback Joe Montana's seven fourthquarter rallies at Notre Dame, this is the only one that occurs in Notre Dame Stadium. With the 2-2 Irish trailing No. 9 Pitt 17-7 entering the fourth quarter, Montana leads touchdown drives of 86, 59 and 29 yards, completing all seven of his passes for 105 yards, with touchdown tosses of eight yards to wideout Kris Haines and three yards to running back Vagas Ferguson. In between Halfback Creighton Miller rushed for 159 yards on just 10 carries in Notre Dame's 35-12 romp over Michigan in 1943, a game that was the first-ever showdown between teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the Associated Press poll. photo courtesy notre dame media relations