Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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completed 19 of 22 passes for 283 yards while leading a victory over Notre Dame the previous year — was a Heisman Trophy front-runner. Hanratty stole the show with a scin- tillating performance, completing 16 of 24 passes for 303 yards and three scores (all to classmate Jim Seymour, who caught 13 of the passes for 276 yards) in the 26-14 victory. Notre Dame would go on to win the national title, while Purdue would win its first and still lone Rose Bowl. Griese would be the starter on Mi- ami's Super Bowl champions in 1972 and 1973, and Hanratty backed up Terry Bradshaw on the Pittsburgh Steelers teams that won it all in 1974 and 1975. 1969: JOE THEISMANN (NOTRE DAME) AND MIKE PHIPPS (PURDUE) Phipps became the first quarterback to start in three consecutive wins over Notre Dame with this 28-14 triumph. He would later be joined by USC's Matt Leinart (2003-05) and Stanford's An- drew Luck (2009-11). Phipps would finish No. 2 in the 1969 Heisman Trophy balloting, and Theismann would do likewise in 1970 while barely missing a national title. Both would play 12 years in the NFL, with Theismann helping Washington to the 1982 Super Bowl title. In 1983 he was the league MVP. 1972: TOM CLEMENTS (NOTRE DAME) AND GARY DANIELSON (PURDUE) Similar to 1966 with Hanratty, fellow Western Pennsylvania native Clements was the new sophomore starter, while Danielson was the third-year senior star for Purdue on his way to a 13-year NFL career. In his second career start and against a strong Purdue defense, Clements completed 17 of 24 passes for 287 yards in a 35-14 rout of the Boil- ermakers. The next season, Clements would guide the Irish to the national title. He is now the offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, while Daniel- son is currently the top college football analyst for CBS Sports. 1977: JOE MONTANA (NOTRE DAME) AND MARK HERRMANN (PURDUE) Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010 after becoming the NCAA's all-time passing yard- age leader in 1980, the freshman Her- rmann staked Purdue to a 24-14 fourth quarter lead against the Irish with 351 yards passing. Notre Dame was only 1-1 and sput- tering again when it called on third- team senior quarterback Joe Montana, sidelined the previous year because of shoulder surgery, to spark a fourth- quarter rally. Montana completed 9 of 14 passes for 154 yards in the dramatic 31-24 comeback win. The Irish would go on to win the 1977 national title, and Montana would achieve even greater prominence in the NFL as a four-time Super Bowl winner. 1984: STEVE BEUERLEIN (NOTRE DAME) AND JIM EVERETT (PURDUE) Like Purdue's Danielson, Beuerlein is now a college football analyst for CBS Sports. His 17-year NFL career is the longest of any Notre Dame signal- caller.