Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama have brought out the best in Notre Dame
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Senior two-way standout Dick Lynch, far left, helped the Irish beat the Sooners 7-0 in Norman, Okla., in 1957, ending the school's NCAA-record 47-game winning streak.
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here are numerous well documented, remarkable on-field achievements in
Notre Dame's 125-year football history. Among them are the
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most national titles since the start of the 20th cen- tury (anywhere from
11 to 21, depending on how one wants to spin it), most consensus All- Americans (96), and most non-vacated Heisman Trophy winners (seven,
