Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME see, Auburn and Georgia during the season. A year earlier, the Yellow Jack- ets had stunned the Irish with a 23-14 upset in Atlanta. Georgia Tech did not throw a single pass in that game, but wore down the Irish in the second half with the triple option after trailing 14-3 at halftime. Afterwards, the Georgia Tech 318 passing — while scoring five touchdowns rushing and five passing. Quarterback Joe Montana completes 15 of 25 passes for 273 yards with three scores, while running back Va- gas Ferguson rushes for 116 yards, highlighted by a 56-yard scoring jaunt. Notre Dame head coach Dan players mocked how slow, soft and out of shape the Irish were, referring to them as "hog mol- lies" and "mud womps." This time the Irish again lead at halftime, 21-7, and then add 21 points in the third quarter and 27 more in the fourth to fin- ish with their highest output in a home game since a 73-0 victory against Haskell in 1932. Notre Dame records 667 yards total offense — 349 rushing and and he gave half of it back to me," Rodgers joked. Devine and Georgia Tech head coach Pepper Rodgers had simi- lar history when they were at Missouri and Kansas, respec- tively. In 1968, Rodgers' Kansas team upset Devine's No. 7 Missouri team, 21-19. to win the Big 8 crown, and word circulated that Rodgers had said, "Devine doesn't win the big ones." The next year, Missouri crushed Kansas, 69-21. "I gave him the peace sign, ✦ GIMME FIVE Illustrated's website, SI.com, had Notre Dame senior inside linebacker Manti Te'o No. 2 on its Heisman Watch, behind Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein. Since 1993, a Notre Dame player has placed in Entering the week of the Oklahoma game, Sports the balloting only three times: quarterback Brady Quinn in 2005 (fourth) and 2006 (third) and wide- out Golden Tate in 2009 (10th). Defensive candidates seldom finish in the top 10, never mind top five. The chances appear quite promising that Te'o will finish among the top dozen this season, which would make him only the fifth Notre Dame player to achieve such a feat as solely a defensive player. gelo Bertelli (1943), John Lujack (1947), Leon Hart (1949), John Lattner (1953) and Paul Hornung (1956) — excelled on both offense and defense. Since 1964, when college football went to separate platoons, here are the Irish defenders who have placed in the balloting: Notre Dame's first five Heisman winners — An- Player (Year) 1. Mike McCoy (1969) 2. Walt Patulski (1971) 3. Steve Niehaus (1975) 4. Ross Browner (1977) 5. Manti Te'o (2012) Heisman Balloting 6th 9th 12th 5th ? No. 4 and 8-0 Notre Dame loses at home to Boston College, 14-7, the week after upsetting Florida State. In 1993, the Irish had defeated 10 Years Ago: Nov. 2, 2002 History repeats itself when No. 1 Florida State to move up to claim the top spot — only to lose the next week to the Ea- gles, 41-39. For the first time all season, Notre Dame comes out in green jerseys. The Irish fumble seven times, losing three, and commit five turnovers to Boston Col- lege's one. The most damaging is a 71-yard interception return for a touchdown by Eagles line- backer Josh Ott to take a 14-0 halftime lead.