Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME ✦ GIMME FIVE third-year head coach Brian Kelly equaled the lon- gest winning streak — eight — of his three prede- cessors: Charlie Weis (2006), Tyrone Willingham (2002) and Bob Davie (1998). After the end of the "Fabulous '40s" under head With the 30-13 victory at Oklahoma Oct. 27, coach Frank Leahy, the Irish have had a double- digit winning streak five times. The 2012 team was trying to become the sixth. Here are Notre Dame's five longest Irish winning streaks since 1950: Coach (Year) 1. Lou Holtz (1988-89) 2. Lou Holtz (1992-93) 3. Ara Parseghian (1973-74) 4. Terry Brennan (1954-55) 5. Dan Devine (1977) Winning Streak 23 17 13 11 10 Notes: Notre Dame won 21 straight under Leahy from 1946-48. From 1946-50, Notre Dame was unbeaten in 39 games, but two of them were ties. Anniversaries In Notre Dame Athletics History: Nov. 6-12 game Notre Dame-Army series — the longest at that point in the program's history — the Black Knights play at Notre Dame. From 1925-46, all but one 75 Years Ago: Nov. 8, 1947 For the first time in the 34- 1946. Minutes later, Brennan tallies again on a four-yard run. Army plays relatively even with the Irish thereafter before falling 27-7. game in those 22 meetings was at Yankee Stadium (the 1930 contest was at Chicago's Soldier Field), but Army would finally play at Notre Dame before can- celling the series and then tem- porarily renewing it in 1957. Junior halfback Terry Brennan fields the opening kickoff and races 97 yards for the touch- down. That ends a Notre Dame scoring drought of 12 straight quarters where the Irish hadn't scored against the Cadets, with losses of 59-0 (1944), 48-0 (1945) and the scoreless tie in drive to the national title ap- pears to be in severe jeopardy at Clemson's "Death Valley" when it falls behind 17-7 in the second half before quarterback Joe Montana sneaks in for two short touchdowns in the fourth quarter for a 21-17 victory. Despite the comeback win 35 Years Ago: Nov. 12, 1977 No. 5-ranked Notre Dame's on the road against the No. 15 team in the country, the Irish fall from No. 5 to No. 6 in the ensuing poll. plodes for 21 points in the fourth quarter to stun No. 1 Pitt 30 Years Ago: Nov. 6, 1982 Unranked Notre Dame ex- 31-16 in Pitt Stadium. Led by senior quarterback Dan Marino, the Panthers drive 98 yards in 18 plays to give them a 13-10 edge heading into the fourth quarter. Then on Notre Dame's first three possessions of the fourth quarter: • Quarterback Blair Kiel hands off to tailback Phil Carter, who tosses the ball back to Kiel for a 54-yard flea-flicker touch- down to Joe "Small Wonder" Howard. • Clinging to a 17-16 lead, freshman running back Allen Pinkett takes a sprint draw, cuts back and splits two defenders for a 76-yard touchdown romp to make it 24-16 with 8:09 left. • The coup de grace is applied on a seven-yard scoring run by Pinkett to cap a 65-yard drive. Pitt outgains Notre Dame 438- 323 yards overall and controls