The first meeting between Notre Dame and Alabama featured coaching icons Bear Bryant and Ara
Parseghian in the 1973 Sugar Bowl for the national title.
Photo courtesy notre dame media relations
1930: Grand Finale
Notre Dame: Rockne���s final season finishes 10-0 with a consensus national
title.
Alabama: Wallace���s final season finishes 10-0 and gains a consolation
prize when the Parke Davis rankings
names it co-champion with the Irish,
who receive the No. 1 nod from eight
other outlets.
1931: The Prot��g��s
Notre Dame: From 1931-53, former Rockne players Elmer Layden
and Frank Leahy lead the Irish to a
132���24���12 (.821 winning percentage) record and six national titles (depending
