Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME Dame finishes a football game with neither a turnover nor a penalty called against it — and it remains the lone such occur- rence to this day. Making the feat even more amazing is the 4-5 Irish under first-year head coach Bob Davie achieve this at No. 11 LSU dur- ing a 24-6 victory. The Fighting Irish race to a Notre Dame's goal-line stand kept it in position to claw back and win a 17-16 battle against Penn State on Nov. 14, 1992, in a snowstorm. gie Brooks grabs the two-point conversion pass with only 20 seconds left. A goal-line stand by the Notre Dame defense keeps the Irish in the game prior to the closing 64-yard drive in 12 plays. The three-yard scoring pass to Bettis is supposed to be the two-point conversion play, but urgency ne- cessitates it be called sooner. On the two-point pass, Brooks, turn on the kickoff against Army occurred 65 years ago, not 75, as written in the Nov. 12 edition. • Pittsburgh running back Ray • Terry Brennan's 97-yard re- CORRECTIONS Graham had nine carries, not eight, for 21 yards during the fourth quarter and three over- times versus Notre Dame. 15 Years Ago: Nov. 15, 1997 For the first time ever, Notre PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS who had caught only one pass all year, is the third option from an empty backfield set. When Mirer is pressured back to his 16-yard line, he rolls to his right and flings it to a diving Brooks, who sprints across the end zone to make the diving catch near the corner. It is Notre Dame's lone Senior 17-0 first-quarter lead on nine- and six-yard touchdown runs by tailbacks Autry Denson and Clement Stokes, who finish with 92 yards rushing apiece. The margin balloons to 24-0 midway through the third quarter on a short scoring run by Stokes, and by the start of the fourth quar- ter "Death Valley" is more than half empty. A week earlier, LSU head Day victory in the four-year stretch from 1990-93 when it was 40-8-1. coach and former Notre Dame All-American Gerry DiNardo's Tigers had won 27-0 at Ala- bama, and a month earlier they upset No. 1 Florida in Ba- ton Rouge. BCS Bowl Game TICKETS & PACKAGES Preferred Tickets of Indianapolis NotreDameTickets.com • 1-800-925-2500 AIR ✦ LAND ✦ TRANSFERS 24 years in business — Lou Somogyi