Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME overtime victory versus Stanford Oct. 13. The other wins dating back to 2011 were Pitt (15-12), Wake Forest (24-17) and Boston College (16-14), and then this season against Purdue (20-17) and Michigan (13-6). The lone defeat was to Florida State in last year's Champs Sports Bowl (18-14). Prior to this positive streak, the Irish had been 2-9 in their previous 11 games decided by seven points or less. 6-1 15 50 Record of Notre Dame in its last seven games where the result was decided by seven points or less after the 20-13 ATTENTION IRISH FANS Packages are available for all Notre Dame home football games 1936, placing each in the top three with Alabama (eight). When the Fighting Irish and Sooners play Oct. 27, it will represent the most AP national titles ever won between two opponents facing each other. Associated Press national titles shared by Notre Dame (eight) and Oklahoma (seven) since the poll's inception in compared to the first four games of the 2011 campaign. The tele- casts were averaging 4.5 million viewers this season after averag- ing 3.0 million last year. The 4.5-million-viewer average is the best since 2006 (4.8M). The Stanford-Notre Dame game Oct. 13 was watched by 5.2 million viewers, up 63 percent versus the fourth home game of the 2011 season (USC, primetime, 3.2 million). Percent higher viewership that Notre Dame football on NBC was averaging through four games of the 2012 season 2008, when he was the second-year head coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats. It is the highest margin of defeat for a Kelly-coached team in the last eight football seasons, or since a 40-3 loss at Penn State in 2005. Kelly will make his second visit to Norman, Okla., for the Oct. 27 clash with the Sooners. 52-26 the Irish were either trailing or tied. That year, sophomore Joe Montana appeared in relief for senior Rick Slager when the Irish trailed against Northwestern (7-0), North Carolina (14-6) and Air Force (13-3) before winning 31-7, 21-14 and 31-30, respectively. Junior Tommy Rees has made three such appearances this year against Purdue (17-17), Michigan (0-0) and Stanford (trailing 13- 10), and helped lead Notre Dame to victory in each — 20-17, 13-6 and 20-13, respectively. 1975 Final score in Brian Kelly's lone visit to Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Sept. 6, Sept. 08 Purdue Sept. 22 Michigan Oct. 13 Stanford Oct. 20 B.Y.U Nov. 03 Pittsburgh Nov. 17 Wake Forest All Package will include: * Game Ticket- Endzone to the 40 yard line * Two night hotel in either South Bend or Elkhart * Great Customer Service Please visit The last season in which a Notre Dame quarterback came off the bench to win three games in which www.diamondtravel.com for complete details and price or call 1.602.870.9197 DIAMOND TRAVEL 24 YEARS IN BUSINESS GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE