Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME 80 Years Ago: Nov. 2, 1935 Unbeaten Notre Dame improves to 6-0 and becomes the front-runner to win the national title after a miraculous 18-13 comeback win at Ohio State. The Irish victory in front of a capacity audience of 81,018 snaps the heavily favored Buckeyes' 10-game winning streak in which it had outscored op- ponents 381-46. Trailing 13-0 in the fourth quarter, Irish halfback Andy Pilney's 47-yard punt return sets up a short touchdown drive to narrow the margin to 13-6. With three minutes left, Pilney leads an 80-yard march with 40- and 15-yard completions, the latter for a score to Mike Layden, younger brother of head coach Elmer Layden. After Ohio State recovers the onside kick with 1:30 left, Pilney and Henry Pojman combine on a hit that forces a fumble the Irish recover near midfield. Pilney then takes the snap and runs 30 yards to the Buckeyes 19 in the final play of his collegiate career when he tears ligaments in his knee. Two plays later, after a dropped interception by OSU and with 32 seconds left, quarterback Bill Shakespeare throws a pass about 35 yards in the air that Irish end Wayne Millner grabs in the end zone for the stunning win. During football's centennial year in 1969, Sport surveys dozens of distinguished football people on the greatest game ever played. This game is voted No. 1 on the collegiate level, with the 1958 NFL Championship Game between Baltimore and New York and the 1967 "Ice Bowl" between Green Bay and Dallas the top two overall. Anniversaries In Notre Dame Athletics History: Nov. 2-8