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Editor-in-Chief James F. Basile Volume127, Number 8 General Manager Maher A. Mouasher Football Review, 1985 Design Editor Peter D. Wowkowych SCHOLASTIC Managing Editor Matthew H. Bradley Production Manager Barb Blanchette 2/TheEye in the Sky Don't Lie by Greg Dingens Administration 5/The Players Behind the Players Pete Cespedes/Advertising by Bob Musselman Mike Hoffman/ Asst. General Mgr.

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way, stopped, and had been beyond their call of duty and earn you ten down-ups come rhythmic whirring of the projec buried by a pulling guard in my covered for me. Funny how that tomorrow." tor and fleshed out by the tense moment of uncertainty. The click works. Noone knows the truth anticipation of all created an "But coach, I knew it was eerie, melodramatic atmosphere ing and whirring continued. until film sessions. As they say: going to be a down block" Kitty "The eye in the sky don't lie ... " which hung heavily around each It was this sequence which said, with a smile in his voice that person in the cool auditorium. All was running back and forth for "Kiernan!" The shadowy said he didn't believe a word that eyes were transfixed on the the amusement of all: CLICK. voice brought' my thoughts back just left his mouth. screen. There I was, getting knocked flat to the auditorium. "If you were "Oh, but then why didn't on my face. CLICK. There I grading this film, would you call , Well, most eyes. Glancing to you make the play, if you are so my left, I saw my brother, Matt, was, miraculously flying from flat this aRAB?" all-knowing?" The voice enjoyed on my face - with a 270 lb. blob as relaxed as can be: hands In the dim, flickering light I these playful interchanges. "If of plastic, flesh and mesh on my clasped on his' stomach" legs glanced to my right, where "Kitty you would have made the play, back - up to my feet, my momen~ .draped over the seat in (ront of Kat," as we call him, was about then everything would have been him, mouth slightly agape, eyes tum' seemingly sending the guard great because you would have scurrying backwards in a per to go through the' same thing I firmly shut. I smiled to mys·elf.and just had. He was being accused of ,looked good, and therefore .1 decided to let him be; ,he had a verted moonwalk. CLICK.. Here would have looked good. They he comes again,' about to crush running-around-the-blo ck, one of rough night. the many no-no's which merited would have said, 'Boy, is that me. CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. the punishment of "down:-ups," defensive line ever well coached.' "All right, next drive" called CLICK. Coaches could really And I probably would have even out the voice through the dark have a sick sense of humor. unpopular exercises doled out at Monday's practice. Kitty gotten a raise. But you didn't do ness. "We are in a 50 tiger cover Finally, the film continued. ' squirmed, in his seat and looked any of the above, so tomorrow red. Or at least we should be~" As it turned out, the nose tackle toward me. I shot him an you shall do d~wn-ups." I reached down between my and linebacker did a great, job empathetic smiie. He r<;>lled his Kitty gave a little grimace as . legs and retrieved a can of Diet ~tuffing up the middle, making eyes and returned his gaze to the the film continued to roll, bathing Coke from the floor, raised it to 'the runaing back bounce outside, screen. In the weight room before the entire auditorium in pulsating my lips quickly, and .set it down where he tripped over me and my the film session we' had talked '. by Greg Dingens "Hell; you thought nothing: light. As I looked around, the slowly, careful not :to, make a that's the problem" More laughs huge, sweaty, human backpack. I about the plays we were dreading faces of all my peers were briefly metallic ping when it hit the cold to see on this Sunday evening. "Dingens!" filtered through the projector's remember ,that play distinctly, and repeatedly illuminated, tile. Having food or drink in low rhythmic noise. The voice hearing my name over the These were but two of several. revealing the slight apprehension meetings is another punishable I cringed in the darkness. would 'suddenly and somewhat loudspeaker. credited with the CLICK.' etched in their faces as they offense, but in the darkened audi I' mysteriously' emanate from an torium, with all eyes (except two) ,'I "Would you like to tell me tackle as I pulled my facemask "Kiernan, what shouid be awaited their tum in the spotlight. i what you are doing on this play?" undefined point behind the bright from the sod where it was imbed your technique here?" CLICK. The unblinking eye of the camera fixed on the screen, it's not hard A few scattered laughs rose light of the projector's lens, rem ded. People were cheering harshly exposes your every mus- . to bend the rules a little bit... , ' inding us of the unseen presence ,"I'm playing a 'zero tech above the clicking and whirring because we had stopped them on cle twitch, back and forth, back "Damn it, Dorsey, what do lurking behind us. I shifted down nique,' coach." CLICK. of the film projector as the source third down. My lips had curled and forth, magnifying the slightest you do on a' tiger stunt?" of the voice repeatedly advanced in my seat, thankful for the pro into an ironic smile when I real "You mean you are playing misstep made in the heat of battle tective· cover of, gloom, as I demanded the voice, bristling' and reversed the frames thrown izedthe fans probably thought I zero technique." More laughter to a glaring, enormous error, mer with annoyance. against the screen in front of us. watched' myself fire off the ball was some kind of hero, when from the peanut galiery. I even cilessly repeated in the cold light into the wrong gap.. Onscreen , I really we stopped them because "But coach, I could read pass . "I thought. .. " threw in a chuckle - after all, it's of the projector. The flickering realized I had gone the wrong two of my teammates had gone, not me. "Write that down. That'll darkness punctuated by the by their stances" Dorsey pro-

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team. Moreover, they win and breaker. Sophomores get free tested feebly. Seeing Eric Dorsey Bloomfield Hills, "city toughs" ward from his stance with his by Bob Musselman lose with the Fighting Irish. books and basketball tickets. do anything feebly must be akin right foot then CLICK step back Juniors, since they report ,before from Chicago and Cleveland, "oil "The Student Manager's to watching a hippopotamus ward into his stance then CLICK school starts with.' the,' team, brats" from Texas, "free spirits" Organization," says informational dance the Nutcracker Suite. from California, and, of course, forward again. It was obvious he Fourth down and two. Notre receive a $700 tuition i credit. was stepping with his right foot, Dame, down by three, must literature given to prospective They continue to get free books Kitty Kats from Kentucky. You "That's . right, and so you which happens to be the wrong decide between attempting a 25- freshmen managers at recruiting and basketball tickets, and travel can have kids wander in from all haveCONTAIN on a pass play, foot if you are a right tackle (got yard field goal, which would nights, "consists of a close knit to one or .two road games. corners of the country, shed their right Eric?" The voice was baiting that?). The voice just warited to force a tie, or going for the first work force structured by class." Juniors also receive a manager's faded Levis, Brooks Brothers Freshmen work during. football the poor little guy. ' hear Wally admit it. down and a possible game "uniform" a jacket, shoes, slacks, ,and camouflage pants; kick winning touchdown. There is less practices, learning the basic sweats, shorts and shirts. to be "Well ... yes ... but I saw a lane off their Gucci loafers, cowboy "I don't know, it's· kind of than a minute left in the crucial chores which managers must per worn during games. . and ... " boots and black Converse hi-tops; hard to tell from this angle." Nice ' game. What will the Fighting Irish form every day. Sophomores work Senior managers, are "Eric, ' please don't invent hang up their Oxford cloth try, Wally. do? football practices, the night before button-downs, Polo shirts and home games (called "game prep"), rewarded with everything. they've i any more of your own defenses." "Don't give me that garbage, I: Adidas tee shirts; have them don The network camera zooms and during home games. They received before, plus' a much Kleine. We've got to use tech Jeff' "Miami Vice" Kunz their shoulder pads, helmets and in on Notre Dame head football also help during the basketball coveted monogram jacket Gust u!ti leaned up from his seat behind cleats and emerge as one thing - a nique to defeat' the man across coach Gerry Faust, pacing pen like varsity athletes wear); All I' from us. You stepped with the season. me and whispered in my ear; "I team. Football takes a cornucopia sively on the sideline. He has three travel with the team to ,:' wrong foot because you were in a By the end of the year, :.'.[ bet he says 'I've taught you of personalities and melts them decided to bring on the kicking every road game. Most substan I lousy stance to begin with." twenty-five or thirty sophomore I' everything I know and you still down to a single minded team, which significantly reduces managers usually remain. After tially, each receives tuition ;credit i: don't know anything.'" machine ... Apparently this time it didn't the chances for an Irish win. The the annual spring scrimmage, the based upon his rankingl The network announcer wonders, rhe organization pays 100 perc~Jlt of '~Eric, I've taught you every matter that Wally still made th~ "Blue and Gold Game," the top "Who's the right tackle in torically; if the coach has made the head football manager's tui thing,! know, and you still don't play. The voice reserved the tacit fifteen are chosen by the senior there?" demanded the voice over tion and 75 percent of the 'two know, any thing" boomed the voice right to be fickle. Coaches are the right decision. managers. Those fifteen spend the noise of the projector. associate football managers' tui from the back, laughing apprecia paid to be perfectionists. No No matter how tight the shot, their entire junior year managing "Kleine" drawled six foot tion. The two baSketball tively at his own joke. matter how well you play, they another person almost always football, and at the end of the nine Wally Kleine, faintly. managers, the hockey manager are rarely satisfied because they appears on television with Faust. season are ranked from top to I looked back at Jeff and and the women's basketball "Who?" can always find just as many mis It's not quarterback Steve Beuer bottom by themselves and the shared a laugh. One thing about manager also receive 75 ,percent, takes committed as good plays lein, star tailback Allen Pinkett or senior football managers. The top playing the same position on a "Me, coach" Wally said, not and the seven other senior made. They realize that the little one of Faust's responsibility-laden three manage football their senior football team, you spend half your much louder. things really do count, that they assistant . coaches. Following year, while the remaining twelve managers are reimbursed for 65 waking hours together during the "Is that you, nine six?" add up to be significant. Discip Faust, making sure his head are distributed to the other sports' percent of their tuition costs. season al)d get to know each line is the name of the game in a phone cord stays as free and which require managers: men's On a dreary Noveinber day, other inside and out, like it or' "Yes; sir" team sport. In. the words' of mobile as the coach himself, is and women's basketball, and, the three senior footbali managers not. And you really, get a melting "Which foot are you stepping Napoleon, ,"Without' discipline, Mark Gess. Gess serves as head men's baseball, soccer, lacrosse, work quietly in the:1I Managers' pot; there i~ .. quite an assortment with first on this play?" there can be no victory." I think football manager. He is one of a swimming, tennis, track, wres Office, a closet~like room of regions, races and reasons· the"whole team' began to feel the group' of dedicated students who tling, hockey and fencing .. represented 'on the team, not to There was a pause as the pic adjacent to the indoor tra,ck' Gess . \ . . weight of these words these last help make Notre Dame football 'mention the defensive line. Foot- tures in front of us ran back and As 'yearly assignments and looks over the' d'ilY'S p~actice fewyear$ ... the institution that it is. ball isa powerful equalizer: you forth. We all watched Wally do a responsibilities vary, so does com schedule. The ' eqwpment Cal) 'gather "spoiled suburban little dance on the screen as the "Dingens!" Managers, contrary to popu pensation. ' Freshmen receive a manager, Bob Landry,.,." takes kids" :fiom Palm Beach and projector showed Wally step for- I cringed in the darkness .... lar conception, are part of the "Notre Dame Managers" Wind- requests from sophomo~es work-

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Jay Sullivan, who is in charge ing in the locker room who need of this week's game prep since he everything from pads to screw-in is also in charge of the locker cleats to placate players who have room for the next day's game, arrived early. Mark Murphy, per explains that mixing the paint is sonnel manager, prepares a roster tricky since the mixture is depen of players who ~ill dress for the dent upon the amount of moisture upcoming game.' in the air. If the helmet painting "We always have to be here, goes slowly, it could be a long but the physical doing of things is ~ , night for all, since everyone must ~8'" left to the juniors," says Landry. .§ stick around until the locker room Ol Indeed,· most work the three j is ready. ~ senior managers do is administra- ,c:; "When we're finished, after a ~ tive and· organizational. Working .g o through the university equipment ~ good night, the helmets look fan- ~ tastic," says Gannon with obvious manager, Landry makes sure the Juniors run the show on the cally, this procedure and others pride. "We can say those are our a.m. By nine o'clock, however, locker room and set up coolers team and the managers are never practice field. Each has a specific like it take place for almost two far from a vital item. Murphy not helmets out there shining." everyone is back in the locker full of diet soda for halftime position: some are assigned to hours. The managers, when things room preparing for the real thing. refreshment. They work quickly, only keeps track of player person individual coaches, while others gO right, become part of the Inside the locker room, nel, but also schedules freshman, since after they're finished the have more general duties. Sopho machine. sophomore Steve Hartle helps put On game day, all juniors .managers are allowed to stand sophomore and junior managers mor~s and freshmen perform up "psyche signs," inspirational have specific duties and are along the sidelines. The view's not for work times. Gess is ultimately Before every game, a ritual assigned sophomores to help carry minor tas~s, such as running phrases written .on the locker great, but it's fun to be on the responsible for everything, but errands. takes place at Notre Dame Sta them out. The players arrive room's walls with athletic tape. field. unlike his two associates, he has a dium. It's called "game prep." around 10 a.m. , after which the "Where the hell are all the "Pride" is written on a blue and . specific job on practice and game Landry indirectly supervises the managers crowd in a back room Just before halftime, the managers?" a player yells as he gold pillar, and "Look at 110%" days ..Gess is coach Faust's per activities, and two juniors actually which exits into the stadium. locker room managers return to runs from the field. During prac adorns a mirror. sonalassistant, from working by make " sure things: are done There, most sit, talk about foot their post, awaiting players who. tice, managers must be around his side at the top of a 40-foot correctly. But the brunt of the Other managers are assigned ball and eat sandwiches prepared will need ·towels and equipment when needed, but mostly they tower during practice to carrying preparation falls upon sopho several players whose lockers repairs. Halftime means more blend into the training and discip for· after the game. Sullivan, how his heap' phone cord during mores, all of whom are required . they must set up. Each player waiting, talking about football and line that characterize a full scale ever runs around making sure games. ' to. attend each game prep. For prepares a bag of equipment at eating sandwiches. As the players football practice. every player has all his equip home games, that means being· at the ACC locker room, which the return to the field, the ·locker As 'Landry said, the rear ment. When he finds a dissatisfied Junior Dave Robbins has the stadium from early. evening managers . bring to the stadium. ,customer, he calls the ACC and room is put in post-game condi work occurs farther down the Friday until early morning Satur The manager must make sure that totem pole. Juniors are charged learned when to be conspicuous has the necessary item brought tion. Each locker gets a sandwich, and when to take charge. Before day. In the. historic Notre Dame his player has all his equipment over. and to the diet soda is added with' a tremendous .amount of Stadium locker room and the and that it's in good shape. , ' responsibility. Each has a specific practice, he helps move. the mas non-diet varieties. The psyche sive amount of equipment from dark, dank halls of the half-· Robbins will set up .the field duty during each practice, Sophomore Mark Thebault signs are removed. the· Athletic and Convocation century-old football facility, today, but since it's raining he responsibilities which rotate so has just) finished preparing defen Finally, after the game: ends Center to' the practice He sophomore managers discover if waits until .the grounds crew that everyone can do every job. fi~ld. sive lineman Eric Dorsey's locker and· players change into street rubs down' new footballs. But th~y have the drive to succeed removes the protective tarp. At . On this day, Jay Sellick and Mike and is currently preparing the when practice· begins he assumes their supervisors. 11:30, an hour before .kick off, he clothes and begin the victory cele Kennaugh are preparing . the , equipment belonging to lineman the role of· a ball .spotter and leads his crew onto the field. bration, the locker room managers locker room. They came in at I Steve Bynum. After "stuffing" They position the yard markers, attempt their final cleanup of the chaser. During one particular In the area where .conces .p.m. and began sorting laundry Bynum's game pants (putting the and transport game balls, towels day. After an hour or so, Sullivan drill, he and three other managers sionaires peddle their goods on done after the previous day's pads in), he works on Bynum's and others equipment to the leaves, bestowing upon the sopho practice. As players begin to form a chain which keeps activi game day, sophomores Mike Gan big shoes. He tightens all of· the ties moving. The quarterback Notre Dame sideline. By· noon, mores' the imal responsibility for trickle in for the 4:25 p.m. ses non and Mike Fleming prepare cleats' and removes dirt 'accumu throws a' pass, which· is caught they've finished, and h~ve time· to locking and cleaning up. By' 6 sion, Sellick, Kennaugh and their helmets for their weekly paiIiting. lated during practice. He shines p.m., the locker room is empty, along the sideline. The receiver First, they cover each helmet's view the opposing. team's cheer freshman' and sophomore assis the shoes' white leather so it looks leaders as. they enter the. stadium. and the managers· are free to tants begin distributing equipment tosses the ball to one of the face mask with cellophane, and almost new.· managers stationed along each enjoy their own day off--Sunday. and catering to the players' tape areas which are not to be In the locker room, just sideline, who relays the ball to painted. Another sophomore "It's just stuff that has to. be before ,the game, Coach Faust "You get to kllow the team requests. During practice they done," Thebault says with a shrug guard the practice field's lone Robbins. Robbins throws the ball gives each helmet five coats of a delivers his pre.;game pep talk. by being with· them every day, to a manager standing just outside specially mixed lacquer-paint. as he tightens a cleat. "Actually, The locker managers crowd at the traveling with them--you're a part gate so that only those who are it's pretty fun. It's one of the best supposed to attend are admitted. the area where the drill is taking Fleming and Gannon remove the door of their small back room and of the team," Gess says. "YOU jobs." Afterward, they clean the locker place. He makes sure that another cellophane and tape, touch up listen to the coach's words bf want to win because you're part room and ready the bundles of. manager, who spots the ball for rough spots and return the hel On a good night, which this encouragement. As the players of the team. Every loss is your laundry for the nighttime cleaners. each play, has enough footballs to mets to the manager responsible is, preparations are finished by 2 leave, the managers reclean the loss, every win is your win.". keep the drill moving. Mechani- for setting up each locker. 6 SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL REVIEW 1985 4

IRISH Get BOwled Over Tim Brown upended MICHIGAN CONTROLS THE TRENCHES AS NO LOSES ANOTHER OPENER confident we were going to go "All this victory proves is afternoon. lot of the guys didn't understand that we're decent, that we're not the running calls. But the coaches back out there and win." But Schembechler had other the dog people thiilk we are," "If I had the chance to do it have been around a lot longer things in mind. Banks stacks up Michigan offense said Michigan Head Coach Bo over when we were inside the than we have, and they have a Schembechler, who still has never 20," said Faust, "I'd call different philosophy they want to stick "At halftime I knew we lost a home opener in his 16 sea plays." with. We had no trouble getting could run on their defense, and I sons as head coach of the Wolver "People think they can run down the field and then we knew . we could throw on first ines. "But right now I'm not sure the ball on us, and I don't know thought we could hit the run. down," he said. "And they hadn't how good we really are." why," said Schembechler, whose Obviously the coaches thought we crossed our goal line, so we were Wolverines held the Irish ballcar could pound it in on the ground." confident that we could win. The The Irish would probably riers to 97 net yards on 2.4 yards only time I got mad at the kids conclude the Wolverines were The running game was the was when they allowed that field per carry for the afternoon. "I main ingredient in a Michigan very good. Notre Dame started was surprised they ran so much." goal at the end of the first half." the game out on the right foot by drive that went 55 yards in ten At the half, Michigan had already winning the coin toss, and Although Michigan was ,.not plays to the Notre Dame four gained -142 yards on the ,ground, deferred their choice to the able to score on its next posses yard line late in the second quar while Harbaugh had only thrown second half. The Wolverines could sion, their offensive line began to ter; The Irish forced Wolverine for 16. This domination by the go nowhere on their first posses show signs of the dominance that quarterback Jim Harbaugh to Michigan line would soon catch sion and punted. would become evident as the throw incomplete into the end up with the Irish. game progressed. The Wolverines zone, and Gillete kicked a 21- advanced from their own 20-yard yarder to cut the deficit to three. The Irish lead would not last The Irish could do nothing line'to the NQtre Dame 30-yard long, as the second half began in until they. received the ball back line, larg'ely on the strength of 41 the worst way possible for Notre at midfield for their second series. The Irish came right back at Dame and junior running back yards rushing. And although the end of the half, going 50 On the strength of the running Michigan freshman kicker Mike Alonzo Jefferson. Jefferson fum game, Notre Dame soon had a yards in 51 seconds; and Carney bled the kickoff at the 5-yard Gillete was short on She 47-yard came on to kick his third field first-and-IO at the Michigan 14- field goal, it was very apparent line, and ,Michigan's Dieter Heren . yard line. But two runs by senior goal, a 47-yarder, with 13 seconds recovered' at the 14-yard line . the Wolverines were ready for left in the half. tailback Allen Pinkett could only anything the Irish threw at them. Jefferson suffered a season pick up five yards, and a crucial As the Irish left the field ending knee injury on the play. Ann Arbor, the Wolverines - who illegal procedure penalty pushed A balanced running and with the 9-3 lead in hand, it by Eric Scheuermann passing attack brought the Irish "The fumble was definitely were not regarded very highly the Irish back' to the 14-yard line seemed that a victory was well the big play we needed," said going into the game - surprised on third doWn. The Irish ran down to the Michigan 14-yard within reach. The offense had line after the missed field goal. Wolverine running back Jamie the Irish by outplaying them in Pinkett again, and he was tackled moved the ball well, although it Morris, who would fmish the day Ann Arbor - The sun seemed nearly every phase of the game. for a two-yard loss by defensive But once again Pinkett could get hadn't been able to reach the end nowhere on three carries, and with 119 yards on only 23 carries. to be shining on just about every The Irish entered the game tackle Mike Hammerstein, who zone, . and the defense had held "There's no doubt that that was one except Head Coach Gerry Carney booted his second three ranked No. 13 by the AP poll and played an outstanding game. The Harbaugh and the Wolverines to a the turning point in the game~" Faust ahd his Notre Dame foot No. 11 by the UPI, while Michi Irish had to settle for a 34-yard pointer to put the Irish up by six. mere field goal. "We felt we had ball team, as the Irish opened gan was not ranked by either. But field goal by junior John Carney "It's very frustrating to. get them at halftime," said Beuerlein, Beuerlein echoed these their season with a disappointing this game certainly showed how with 3:05 remaining in the first down there close to a touchdown who finished with 11 completions words: "The fumbled kickoff was .20-12 loss to the Michigan Wol little those early-season listings quarter, something that seemed to , and not get in," said Notre Dame in 23 attempts for 160, yards and a big, big factor as far as momen verines. On a beautiful day in mean. set the stage for the rest of the . quarterback Steve Beuerlein. "A one interception. "We were just tum was concerned," he said.

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Pinkett fOllnd tough going inside the twenty. The day ended on a high note for Jamie Morris and the rest of the Wolverines.

And Schembechler believed first down. Notre Dame settled released the ball, and could not ferent defensively in the second and we were able to keep our , have let break our back, but we it was divine intervention. "It was for a school record-tying fourth have avoided a collision with the half," said Schembechler. "Notre defense off the field. I thought didn't - we persevered. I hope it's one time when God looked down field goal from Carney (a 25- Michigan quarterback. "That call Dame didn't really surprise us, the defense played well, and I a sign of things to come for our on someone other than Notre yarder) and a 12-10 lead. really surprised me," said Kleine. with what they did offensively. hope the offense continues to be team. We hung in there, played Dame," the Wolverine mentor "If it was a penalty, then it was a We knew that they had run the productive." hard, and won the game." commented. "Some of the play calls were stupid mistake." single-setback formation before. The Wolverines picked up Harbaugh, who hurt the Irish hard to understand," said Beuer Meanwhile, on the opposite I lein. "But we should have been The Michigan offensive line They ran a lot of things that they their final three points on a 23- end the Irish could only hope to all day with his scrambling (60 had used before. We gave them yard field goal by Gillete, after a yards gained on the ground), able to get in the endzone and continued to push around the tur~ their season around after the win with what we did today. Irish. "I thought Michigan con problems with offensive align 74-yard drive that was helped disappointing loss. "Nobody sliced into the endzone three ments, so our guys were tough to along by a controversial IS-yard plays later on a third-and-six play We've' got to come off the ball trolled the line of scrimmage on played well," said Faust. "I'~ n~t both ends of the handle. We don't really have great pass' interference call on Irish from the Irish 10-yard line, and better." "We just didn't execute ball," said Faust. taking anything away from Michi "We aren't going to win many size on the line,' but we do have defensive back Marv Spence. after the extra point the. Wolver irisidethe 20~yard line today," gan, but we've got to come back football games when they do that good quickness. I didn't think next week a much improved, ines had taken their first lead of Faust said. we'd be able to run as well as we The Wolverines gave the The game was won on the lines Irish a chance to come back team." , the ballgame and were on their did." way .. Michigan came right back on and in our failure to execute when, with 3:43 left to go in the The Irish players also hoped its next possession, winning the there. They had a better rush and Beuerlein was disappointed game, Morris fumbled the ball the team could find strength to "That quarterback draw was battle in the trenches. A Wolver opened up better holes," he con with the Irish offensive effort as a away ,at the Notre Dame 27-yard improve on its' performance and called by the coaches up in the ine drive that, covered 80 yards tinued. "If we can't open holes whole. "They made a few adjust line and Troy Wilson recovered come back with a better. effort in booth," said Schembechler. '''We and used up 7:02 on the clock led our game won't go. When you ments at halftime," the Irish quar for the visitors. But after a drive knew that the defense, was in the next contest. "We just ,have to to a one-:-yard touchdown run by make five or six yards on first terback said. "They took away a, of 51' yards; Irish hopes were man-to-man coverage, which do ,a character reevaluation, come Gerald White that put Michigan in down you're going to win the few things that had worked for us dashed when Beuerleln's fourth means that every man is covered out and play harder and cut down the lead to stay, 17-12. football game. I'm tired if this in the ,ill'st half. We should have down pass was intercepted by . on nustakes," offered Pinkett, except the quarterback. So we ran to that, and we really happening. We've got to get off reacted~ Doug Mallory at the Michigan who finished with 89 yards on 22 the quarterback draw." , A crucial penalty h,elped the didn't." Pinkett felt the Irish had .ii Wolverines continue their drive the .ball better." l1-yard line with only 1:02 carries. '''We've got to ,be a lot hurt themselves again with penal "Harbaugh hurt us on a cou when it, appeared they would remaining. tougher mentally." , ,Senior offensive guard Tim ties and other niistakes at impor ple of scrambles," said Faust. "We have to settle for an attempt at a Scannell thought he and' his team tant spots in the· contest. "There Harbaugh needed only to "We could have gone iIl"'·with were caught in the man-to-man on field goal. On ~ third-and-seven mates might not have been quite were some crucial mistakes made kneel down behind center three a little better attitude," said Irish :~ that first touchdown,' and they play from the Irish 26-yard line, ready for the excellence shown by called the right play." at critical points in the game," he times before the gun sounded, outside linebacker Mike Larkin. . ii Harbaugh threw to a wide-open the Wolverine defensive line. "I 'said. "We' can't keep on letting sending the Irish back home " All our backs are against the The Irish received a break Eric Ka:ttl.1s at the IS-yard line, think they were a lot quicker than that happen.;' losers in their opener for the wall now. If anyone has to show when Dan Sorensen's punt was but he dropped the ball, seem we anticipated," said Scannell. second year in a row. what they're made of, we do now. fumbled by the Wolverines' Erik ingly giving the 'Irish a break. But "They just outran us and moved Schembechler felt the ability I thought we were very "Unfortunately, we made Campbell and recovered by Irish a roughing-the-passer calion to where they wanted." It was the of the Wolverines to control the apathetic." two mistakes (Campbell's fumble sophomore Matt Dingens on the defensive tackle Wally Kleine Wolverines offense that continu ball led to the strong defensive on the punt and Morris' fumble) "Now we've just got to get Michigan 29-yard line. An Irish gave the Wolverines a first down ally gained at least five or six effort, and eventually to victory. together and come back ready to first down gave them first-and-I 0, at the 13-yard lirie, and three yards per carry in the second "Our confidence was definitely in the second' half, and so we never got control of the game," play," said Beuerlein. "But I'm at the Wolverine IS-yard line. plays later White gave Michigan half, while the defense held the up in the second half," said said Schembechler. "But I was tired of saying 'Wait until next But, yet again, the Irish gave the the game-winning touchdown. Irish scoreless after Carney's field Schembechler. "A year ago we couldn't pick up the first downs pleased that our team showed week.'We've got to go out there ,ball to Pinkett three straight Replays seemed to show that goal. resolve. We had the two horren and, show people what we can times, and he could not get the Kleine was in the air as Harbaugh to help out our defense. 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Pinkett fOllnd tough going inside the twenty. The day ended on a high note for Jamie Morris and the rest of the Wolverines.

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IRISH have," commented Allen Pinkett it. Everyone was psyched going before the season. "We want to into the game and we went out STIFLE leave something for the other and did the job." SPARTANS guys. For me, it's a private issue playing in Notre Dame Stadium. It didn't look that way AT immediately, though, as the Spar We know how a lot of teams have tans marched downfieldon their played here in the past." NOTRE opening drive, behind the play of DAME . On this Saturday night, the freshman quarterback Bobby Irish showed some resemblance to McAllister and senior tailback STADIUM the great teams of old, posting a Lorenzo White. White capped the solid 27-10 victory over Michigan drive with a four-yard run and by Chuck Freeby "'1 State. Notre Dame used the big Michigan State took an early 7-0 "1L play on offense and a solid lead. While Gerry Faust was con deferise to even its 1985 record at cerned at that point, he didn't hit Pinkett was no slouch either, keying the Irish ground game. Notre Dame Stadium. 1-1. What really made the differ the panic button. "We kept to our Those three words are ence in this game, however, was game plan -- it' was just a matter magic in college football. They neither offense nor defense, but of settling down after the first speak of autumn, Saturdays, with two intangibles. Notre Dam~ touchdown." leaves and visiting teams falling showed two factors it hasn't had The Irish defense may have frequently. They speak of a brick an abundance of in recent years - settled down, but the Irish yard of ~adition, where Lujack emotion and creativity. offense kicked into gear. Pinkett and Lattner, Hart and Hornung, "Notre Dame was an rambled for 35 yards to the MSU ran over and by opponents. It's a inspired football team," noted 34. Then Steve Beuerlein set the place where Leahy and Par Spartan safety Todd Krumm. Irish passing game in motion, con seghian have methodically "They came out of the tunnel and necting. with Tim Brown for a patroll,ed the sidelines along with wanted it. You can always expect first down at the Spartan 19. A the ghost of Rockne. that from Notre Dame." Obvi week earlier the Irish had not Before you get all sentimen ously, Krumm had not seen the passed once inside the twenty tal, though, you should remember Michigan game the week before yard line. This was another game, Notre Dame Stadium is also a when the Irish came out with all however, and Beuerlein found a place where the Irish have lost the emotion of a wet sock. Pat lonely Tony Eason in the end eight of their· last 12 games, Ballage was there, however, and zone to tie the game at 7-7. including a dismal 2-3 record in he knew there' was a different" From that point,the Irish 1985. Instead of leaves and visit feeling about this Notre Dame defense went to work making ing teams falling, it always seemed team. White earn everyone of his 123 that rain and Irish ball carriers "We played this game dif yards, and making life miserable came down every Saturday. ferently than Michigan," com for McAllister. Mike Haywood, a . "We know as seniors we mented the senior Irish safety. "I senior member of the secondary I haven't guarded (the st~dium think what made us win this game who sat the bench for much of j reputation) as well as we should' was that our hearts were fully in the Michigan game with an

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Bellerlein connected on the long bomb to Brown.

Irish The Irish threw Boilers Thrash deep. (Gasp) And it worked. (Scream)

injury, returned to the lineup as a started up the middle of the field. "Their corner speed was not the picking up our blitzes and stunts, nickel back. He was worth a lot Suddenly, he cut left and from best and we thought we could so they kept Everett in good more than that to the Irish that point the only reason the take advantage of that." The shape. Even when we flushed defense, though, as his blitzes Spartan defenders had to give sophomore receiver proved that him out of the pocket, he was befuddled, beleaguered and chase was to make it look good, theory correct, hauling in a able to run for yardage." . buried McAllister. as Brown ran for 93 yards and Beuerlein bomb, before going out Everett deserved a· lot of . the touchdown to give Notre of bounds at the two. From ~ credit for dissecting the .. Notre "ae (McAllister) hurt us a Dame the lead; "There was just a there, everybody knew Pinkett ~ couple of times on the outside in z Dame defense for 27 compietions big hole," noted Brown. "I didn't would run next, but nobody could ; in 49 attempts that added up to the first drive. We tried to negate have to do anything but run. The stop him as he knocked over two him by going to what we call our i 368 yards and three touchdowns. blocking did a great job because defenders to reach paydirt and, But the fact was that things could, sub-defense and using Haywood nobody touched me." put the Irish on top, 21-10. .t as aD. .extra backer to use ·his ~ and perhaps, should have be~n a The Spartans valiantly tried .. -= lot worse. Several times Everett speed." It certainly worked, as While the, return certainly -'~ the Spartan signal-caller fired 11 took some wind out of the Spar to come back. Safety Phil Parker wake.··· overthrew wide open receivers, consecutive incompletions on his tan sails, Michigan State was not picked off another· Beuerlein and in the first quarter a wide way to four-for-17 throwing night. ready to· pull into the docks yet. aerial, returning it to the ND 31. ities, most of which centered open Mark Jackson dropped a The Spartans received a big Three plays later, though, Brandy by Larry Burke around the quality, or lack sure touchdown pass on a third Meanwhile, the Irish break, . when Shane Bullough Wells blocked a Caudell field goal thereof, of Notre Dame's play.· and one play when the Notre offense had resumed its sputtering attempt, and the Irish set up shop There also were some differences Dame defense was fooled by a ways, finding the same .old ways recovered a Pinkett fumble at the Irish 35. The Irish defense would at the Spartan 45. - this time the Irish knew what play-action fake. to kill drives in the first half. The most striking similarity was coming and they knew who· not relent, however, and Chris The nails. were slowly It was Notre Dame's offense, First, .i Beuerlein overthrew a between .this year's Notre Dame Jim Everett was, but the results wide-open Frank Stams on a dar Caudell was forced to kick a 21- pounded into the coffin from that Purdue lliatchup and last year's however, that was the biggest yard field goal to cut the margin point. Pinkett and· running· mate indicated that there was little they ing fourth-and~one .play at .the was the outcome--the Boilermak could do about stopping him, or problem-- in terms of on-the,-field MSU 27. Then, late in the fIrst to 14-10. Frank Stams grinded their way to ers came out on top for the performance as well as play selec the goal line, with Starns taking about moving the ball with any half with first-and-goal at the second year in a row. consistency, for that matter. tion. Tpe Boilermakers were key N ow the Irish offense was the honors on a five-yard jugger-. ing on Allen Pinkett, and they Spartan '8, Beuerlein rolled left But this time there were no and hit Paul Bobbitt somewhere ready to show some creativity. naut up the middle to make the "I've got to give Everett a lot shut him down· to the tune of 45 Oh sure, Faust had thrown six final tally. surprises, no last-minute starter at of credit," said Irish coach Gerry yards on 21 carries--his lowest between the "3" and the "9" on quarterback, and most of all, no times on fIrst down in the first Faust. "We tried everything rushing total since the 1982 sea~ his uniform at the two-yard line'. So, outlined against a excuses. There was just .Jim The only, problem was Beuerlein half. Yes, he had even installed against him--blitzing, adjusting son finale when he was held to 43 Musco-lit sky, the Irish had rode. Everett's· arm combined· with a was wearing blue and Bobbitt was the entire second unit in the· again. It was no longer Lattner our defensive fronts, but he just yards. As is so often the case with clad in white, thus killing the second quarter. But, now, he. was Purdue defense that was made to picked us apart. There's no doubt . the Notre Dame offense,as Pink and Lujack scampering to pay look a lot better than it really was. Irish drive;:. ready to. try something completely dirt, but Brown and Pinkett. The he's an excellent quarterback, one ett goes, so go the Irish. different. ' names did not matter, though. What it all added up to was a of the better quarterbacks we've· Tied 7-.7 at halftime, the faced in all my years at Notre Notre Dame's problems on Irish offense had not been able to Are you sitting down? Only the magic. 35-17 loss for Notre Dame and the ground (56 net rushing yards the first real indication that the Dame. capitalize on some golden oppor For one, brief shining in 41 attempts) were matched by The Irish threw deep. Irish were in a lot of trouble. "The shotgun formation gives its problems in the air. Quarter tunities . .'Tim Brown took care 'of (Gasp) And it worked. (Scream) moment, the magic had 'returned . that problem on the opening kick- to Notre Dame. Stadium. Unfor No, this wasn't 1984 and it him a lot of time to get well-set back Steve Beuerlein was off the . off of the second haIf. Brown took . "We felt we could go deep tunately, . it would not be foun,d wasn't the Hoosier Dome, back there in the pocket. Their mark all day, finishing wit4 Nsf. the kickoff at his own seven and against them," commented Brown. elsewhere.- although there were some similar- offensive line did a good job of seven completions in 25 attempts

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Rocky Mountain ~ Il:l ell .n The Irish offense :tl 0' was Shill dOIYI/. :;a LOW Il:l "CJ "Notre Dame is a great football team. They just seem to be a little bit snake- I":iI ~ bitten." -- Fischer DeBerry .8o ~ for 88 yards. Twice Beuerlein was questionable. On their first 13 sixth consecutive possession FALCONS "Breakdowns are becoming offense stalled again and Dan Sorensen came· on to punt. ','Our replilCid .' by sophomore backup first down plays the Irish called where Notre Dame had failed to too much of a habit for us. When defense will bend, but they don't Terry'Andrysiak, but it was pain 11 running plays, with Pinkett pick up a first down. we had the chances to score, we fully 'obvious that the offense getting the call on seven of the didn't do it," explained junior give up much yardage," com In contrast, the Boilermakers BEAT quarterback Steve Beuerlein. "We mented Fischer DeBerry, second needed a ilot more spark than first nine. either was able to provide. had little problem moving the ball. had a couple of opportunities year Falcon coach. "Steve wasn't throwing the They outgained the Irish in total inside the IO-yard line and we . "~ jq.st wasn't doing the job," ball as accurately as he has been," yardage 482 to 217, and scored IRISH didn't put the ball in the end Both teams continued their Beuerlei~ said of his fourth noted Faust. "And we felt we on four drives of 78 yards or zone." Credit Beuerlein with exhibition of stalwart defense quarter· benching.. "It was the could run on them on first down." more. understatement; what else could until Weiss decided to air it out a worst game .J've ever played in Late in the second quarter" you say? little. Passes for thirteen and~four my .1ife--one game I'm really That belief proved false, and Notre Dame backed itself into a one of those drives was kept alive AGAIN teen yards kept the Irish' defense asham~d ,of. I was missing open Breakdown number one corner by not passing until it had bya critical penalty for "illegal honest which opened the door fo~ receiv~rs, and once I missed the participation." What that meant occurred early on as Falcon quar the Falcon's powerful ground first few I started pressing a little. to. The Irish trailed 21-3 heading terback Bart Weiss mishandled into 'the fourth quarter before was too many men on the field, game. After bending a little th~m;. That's som~thing a third-year the exchange on the first snap they scored their first .touchdown and the results were disastrous by Pete Pranica selves, the Irish defense stiffened quarterback~can't afford to do.", for Notre Dame. Instead of facing from scrimmage and linebacker sufficiently to deny the Falcons on a three-yard run by Pinkett. Robert Banks pounced on the .purdu~ free safety Ron Beuerlein hit Pat Cusack with a a fourth and eight on the Irish 41, While it was not reflected in' on a fourth and six on the. Irish Purdue wound up with a first loose ball at the Falcon 17. Notre 35 as Weiss'. aerial' for Ken Car Woodson, .' who picked off an pass for a two-point conversion the official weather report for Dame's first play, an off-tackle Aridrysiak pass late in the game that made the score 21-11, with down at the 26. Four plays later October 5, 1985, a large somber penter was batted aw~y by Everett hit Ray Wallace for a :,i5- run by Allen Pinkett, gained 1], cornerback Troy Wilson" and and took 'It back for a touchdown close to nine minutes left. cloud was seen hanging above the but then the drive soured because to put the fmal nail in Notre yard touchdown pass and a 14-0' Notre Dame sideline as the Irish safety Steve Lawrence. ' When Purdue gave them the of mistakes. Tight end Joel Willi Dame's lcoffin, was outspoken in lead. .. : ( lost theire-third' game in four tries, ball right' back after three plays ams jumped offside on the next After taking over on downs, his opinion of Beuerlein. "That was a case of disorgan this one a 21-15 gut-wrencher to play. After rolling right for tllree the Irish offense' began to 'move and a ten yard punt, the Irish had Air Force. '~As" I came onto the field a chance to make things interest ization," said Irish cornerback yards, Beuerlein tossed an inc om on the arm of Beuerlein,. who (before the' game); I' saw that ing. They had a first down at Mike Haywood. "It's one of those "You can't lose one any pletionand then on third down, completed 20 of 36 attempts ·.on a perfect day for passing. But once' Beu~rlein ,didn't have any zip op. their own 49 yard line, and the things where a guy (the sixth tougher than that," muttered Irish stumbled coming froni under at the Falcon 28, three rushes ,net- his p~ses," said Woodson. "I clock showed 6:42 remaining. defensive back) is coming out on coach Gerry Faust, who had just center, forcing the Irish to settle suppose' that was because of his the field not calling out the new lost his fourth straight to the Fal for three after having a first and . ted a loss of two yards and' the shoulder injury~ "I felt we were still in the coverage. It's a situation where cons. What the fifth year mentor goal on the Falcon seven. John Irish were forced to' settle; for ball game at that point," said there's a lack of communicat~on, was referring to was the pivotal Carney chipped an 18-yard field three once more after driving 66 "I· think" as soon as he Faust. "We were within striking and when people aren't concen- , play of· the game; That Terry goal through the uprights and the yards in twelve plays. Carney's (Beuerlein) ge.ts the ball and looks distance with more than six trating there's going to be mental MaId's block of a John Carney Irish led 3-0 with 2:15 elapsed. 33' yard field goal was good,but at his intended receiver, he never minutes left, but we didn't move mistakes that will cost us." field goal and A.J. Scott's resul the offense was not satisfied. All takes his eye off him." The Irish got another Air the Falcons needed was :'one good the ball--their defense held." As it turned out, the Purdue tant 77-yard return for a touch But.Beuerlein's problems down was the pivotal play cannot Force gift when Weiss fumbled on touchdown drive an,d tlte hard game was a harbinger of bad won Irish lead would be gone. were not.' the sole reason for That was something that things to come for Notre Dame. It be denied. Unfortunately, the the third piay on the ensuing "Air Force is the kind qf team Notre Daine's offensive woes. As Purdue's defense had been doing was the first time that mistakes game did not have to hinge on drive and the Irish were back in that waits for an opportunity. and was the ,; case two weeks before all day long. Two incompletions and a lack of execution really that one playas the Falcons did business on their own 38. How ever, after a Beuerlein completion then takes advantage of it," wheri the Irish lost to Michigan, and a sack later, the Irish were came back to hau~t the Irish. It everything but hand the Irish the Notre Dame's play selection was forced to punt. It marked the wouldn't be the last.. game on a platter. good for 14 yards, the Irish observed Beuerlein, obviously

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"Breakdowns are "You can't ask kids to play becoming too much of a any better than ours did habit for us. When we had the chance to score, today." -- Gerry Faust we didn't do it." --Steve Beuerlein

unhappy with the inability of the goal with the clock showing 4:47 the lead before the half. While unloaded a touchdown strike to straight ahead, the tight end fourth and ten and the Irish offense to hit paydirt. to play in the second quarter. questionable coaching hurt the Pittman; Fortunately for the Irish, scaled towards the center of the punted the ball away with 2:45 ,Air Force took the ensuing Mainly on the strength of Irish cause, on-field miscues hurt an Air Force lineman was spotted line which allowed linebacker showing on the Falcon Stadium kickoff and drove 80 yards in just Allen Pinkett's running, the Irish it just as much, if not more so. illegally downfield and the six Terry Maki a clean path to the clock. From that point the boys in six plays. The capper came on a Il).oved 58 yards in ten plays, but points were taken off the board. ball. The Falcon's claws batted blue ran the ball and the clock to first. and five from the Irish 24. had to settle for a third Carney After receiving the second Following an incompletion, the the ball high into the air and side ice their fourth consecutive win Notre Dame had been flagged field goal, this one from 40 yards half kickoff, the Irish were Falcons settled for Ruby's second ways. A.J. Scott measured the over the Irish, becoming the only twice in succession (facemask and out and the Falcon lead was flagged twice for holding, once on field goal, this one from 35 yards fluttering football like an out service academy team to turn the offside) which aided the Falcon sliced to one with just over two the kick return and again to nul out, and the Irish lead was fielder and raced 77 yards in trick. lify an I8-yard completion into march. Weiss took the snap and minutes remaining in the half. Not trimmed to 15-13 late in the third front of a disbelieving Notre "Notre Dame is a great Falcon territory. Sorensen was faked a handoff, continuing to to be outdone, Weiss led an Air quarter. Dame bench. Weiss added the football team," praised DeBerry. roll left. He finally spotted Kelly called upon to punt for the third two-point conversion and the Fal Force drive which stalled at the "They just secm to be a little Pittman standing unguarded in time and again the Falcons played Defenses dominated through cons led 21-15 with a shade. over Irish 27. This time, though, Ruby the rest of the third stanza and snake-bitten." After the battle, the right comer of the end zone. misfired and gave the Irish a the part of the gracious host by five minutes to go. Weiss turned and fired all the way fumbling the ball away on their early into the fourth. Following a Faust could only echo the words chance to grab the lead before Mark Simon punt which gave the Air Force was forced to kick Irish fans had heard so often: "We across the field. The Falcon run heading to the locker room. first offensive play of the second ning back bobbled and nearly hal[ This time the Irish put the Irish the ball on their own 41, off from its 25 thanks to the had too many bad breaks." dropped the ball in his amaze Operating with no time-outs, ball in the end zone, although it they called on Pinkett. The lengthy celebration following the , Faust went on to tell report touchdown. Hiawatha Francisco ment while Wilson and linebacker Beuerlein completed three con took 13 plays to drive 42 yards. senior from Sterling, Virginia, ers that "You can't ask players to Ron Weissenhofer stared in secutive passes. With the ball on Pinkett did the honors from the, who would finish the day with bobbled the line- drive kick, but play any better than our kids did bewilderment. Tom Ruby's extra the Air Force ,41 and the' clock two and the Irish took a 15-10 142 yards on 31 carries, toted the Tom Monahan fell on it at the today." The statistics and facts point kick gave the Falcons their running under fifteen seconds, lead. On the two-point conversion ball nine times on the ten-play Irish 23. On the first play, the begged to differ. A total of 13 first lead of the day with 11:47 to the Irish coaches decided against attempt; Beuerlein hit tight, end drive. But, as in the past, the Irish entire line missed the snap count. penalties were whistled against play in the second quarter. runnmg one more play to throw Williams right in the hands, but could not punch it in from point That transgression marked the the Irish for 97 yards, niany of the ball out of bounds and stop the junior let the ball dribble to blank range. tenth time the Irish had been On the following drive, Notre those coming in crucial situations. the clock. As a result, Carney was the ground without a Falcon penalized for a total of 75 yards. Failure to execute in scoring terri Dame went to the air five times, On first and goal from the Still, they entertained hopes of rushed into attempting a 59-yard defender in sight. three, Pinkett tripped over full tory was never more painfully completing three. The sixth time, sending the record crowd of field goal which hooked left. back Pernell Taylor for no gain. evident. "It went well until we got however, safety Dwan Wilson Never one to leave a good 52,153 home unhappy as Beuer On the next play, the pitch went down to the goal line where we picked off the pass at his own Faust explained the curious turn unrecognized, the Irish lein hit Ward for 16 yards on a to Pinkett, but Dick Clark tracked had a couple mix-tIpS," explained four· and scooted out to the 22. decision this way: "If we had promptly fumbled away an Air down and out and Pinkett tore off AgaIn the Irish were guilty of an completed a pass and didn't get it Force punt. On this drive, though, him down and dropped him for a a gracious Pinkett. "The game a 20 yard chunk for the Falcon came down to three plays." infraction on the play and the out of bounds, we would not have the Falcons were in the self six yard loss. On third and goal, 45. Facing third and five, the personal foul penalty moved the had time to get the field, goal team destruct mode as they were found Beuerlein found no one open and Irish staff' called for a swing pass Those three plays went ball up. to the Air Force 37. on the field." In the locker room guilty of a pair of crucial infrac was pressured into intentionally to Frank Starns, the fullback, but against the, Irish nnd three losses Keeping ,the ball on· the ground afterwards, Carney admitted feel tions inside the' Irish 10-yard line. grounding the ball. Again, the Maki again made the play to stuff ,wcnt up on the board after a with the ,exception of two passes, ing rushed while Beuerlein wasn't On first and goal from the eight, Irish were looking to settle for Starns for no gain. Unsure of the month of football. The only three and extend their lead. Weiss moved his troops down to quite sure why he wasn't allowed the Falcons merited an illegal pro~ playcall on fourth and 'five, bright spot was a week bff before the Iri~h nine. Again the Irish to throw the ball out of bounds to cedure call and on the next play, Carney set the tee on the 27- Bcuerlein signaled for time. All a long homcstand and the Army defense. roseto the occasion and stop the clock and give Carney Irish' linebacker Robert Banks yard line. The snap and hold those plans went' out the window team waiting in the wings looked , Ruby: extended the Air Force ample time to line up. The gaffe had Weiss' running for his life were perfect, but the blocking when Joel Williams lined up off to be no pushover. Call it time for lead to 10-6 with a 20-yard field cost the Irish a legitimate shot at back at the 29 when he somehow was not. Instead of, driving side. Fourth and five became a gutcheek .•

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BALANCED Allen •Pinkett explained after the Pinkett agreed. "It gave game. "We saw this game coming US lots of conlidence," he said. Underwood clears the wa)'. OFFENSE up as a chance to fight back "Our offense has lots of talent, against that adversity. We have a and when you don't get touch lot of pride. With an undefeated downs it is extremely frustrating. .AND team coming into our stadium, it Once we got the touchdown, it was our job to defend our sta broke the frustration. We weren't DEFENSE dium, because we feel it's a very so worried, and we just went out special place." and ,played." SPELL The Irish defended their After Army's next drive pride and their stadium by play ended in a punt, the Irish ND ing almost errorless football for marched 86 yards' down the" field the first time in the 1985 season, for another score; The offense stalled briefly inside the twenty, VICTORY while they also capitalized ,on ~ Army's mistakes. but Steve Beuerlein finally found " flanker Tim Brown in the end by Phil Wolf The first mistake for the zone for a ,19-yard strike. Beuer Cadets may have' been the most lein ended the day with 12 com The ,',1-3 Irish football costly. On the second play of the pletions in '20 attempts for 186 ~ , team defimtely had something to ' game, quarterback Tory Crawford yards.' ' prove on October 19 when it took pitched the ball over the' head of The Irish defense contin The scoreboard says it all. Photo by Lucien Niemeyer the field: in Notre Dame Stadium halfback William Lampley, and ued to hold Army's wishbone in to 'challenge Army's undefeated Notre Dame's Steve Lawrence check, and it wasn't until halfway team. After losing 21-15 to Air recovered it on the 16-yard line. through the second period that Force's powerful wishbone Then the Irish offense, which had the Caqets got on the scoreboard. offense a week earlier, the Irish had trouble executing well inside The, Notre Dame defense held 1 found themselves looking at the thirty in four previous games, Army to just 207 rushing yards, another wishbone team in Army, , came up with a touchdown. Per well below the Cadet's 393.6 J 5-0 and ranked 19th.]o'salvage nell Taylor's one-yard run and average. Army tallied only 393 what was left of the season, the John' Carney's point after gave total yards (they were averaging recovery had to begin on that the Irish more than, just "seven 456.4) and scored only 10 points Saturday afternoon. points. Notre Dame had momen-: (they were averaging 42.6 every tum, which the Cadets never game). When Saturday evening quite overcame for the rest of the came, it was the Army players afternoon. That is not to say that the who had to recover from a 24-10 Cadets were no threat to the Irish. defeat. They had come up against "They certainly , had On it's first possession of the an Irish squad that was tired of momentum after we fumbled second quarter, Army marched losing. early," Army coach Jim Young from its own l1-yard line to first "We've been subjected to said. "That play took a lot out of and 'goal on the eight. The The Irish cracked the wishbone. a lot of adversity this last week," us and fired them up;" defense held 'for three plays. On

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the fourth, Lampley took the Eric Dorsey dragged him to the fteld goal with 6:23 left put the Irish become a deadly demolition pitch from Crawford and threw to ground. After the one-yard loss, game safely out of the Cadet's crew for an abusive sixty minutes Rob Dickerson in the end zone. Craig Stopa kicked a 22-yard reach. On the last possession of of football. At the sound of the Dickerson was called out-of fteld goal to bring the Cadets the game, time expired while ftnal gun the USC team must have bounds, and television replays within four at 14-10. Again it was Notre Dame held the ball on the felt like it had been hit by some were not clear as to whether he time for the Irish offense to prove Army four-yard line, saving a sort of natural disaster. It was a was in or not. that it could produce points when touchdown that would have made day oh-so-golden for the Irish as they pounded their number one On the Cadet's next pos the pressure was on. the ftnal margin even greater than Irish Send rival in the 57th renewal of col session, however, there was, no the 24-10 defeat the Cadets actu lege football's greatest game. question that Lampley scored An 82-yard drive, occu ally suffered. when he took a pitch from Craw pying 6:15 of the third period, The fmal score stood at 37-3. was the Irish offense's answer to Pinkett attributed the exe':' ford as Cedric Figaro pulled the cution of the Irish offense to The outcome sent shock quarterback down. the challenge. Pinkett ftnally tal lied the six points after Beuerlein hours of hard practice the week TrOjans Out waves of happy passion through maneuvered the team down the before. "In practice this week, we Notre Dame's fanatic following of There was no more scor scrimmaged against the ftrst-team fans, disappointed by a season ing in the ftrst half, but the crowd fteld. That drive reestablished defense from the 15-yard line on already sputtering along. Stum roared as Pinkett set the Notre Notre Dame's momentum and in," Pinkett explained. "We exe bling into the game with a 2-3 Dame all-time rushing record with closed the lid on Army's hopes ,cuted well against our defense, record, bad times had already a 17-yard gain. Pinkett ran 133 for victory. and we felt if we could do that, caused depression among the yards total in the game to bring On Their "The offense moved the we could do well against anybody Irish contingent. Head Coach his four-year total to 3,556 yards. ball very well," Irish head coach in the country." He passed Vagas Ferguson's Gerry Faust had been facing ili.e Gerry Faust said after the game, slings and arrows of a hosttle 3,472 for the record. Faust suggested that there beaming with pride. "Any time press and public. At the postgame you can take the ball 8'9 yards might be another reason for the "The full effect hasn't hit , turnaround in his team. He said press conference Faust said, "I me yet," Pinkett admitted after twice in a game, that's a good the memory of the Air Force Shields don't read the papers anymore. the game. "I think about records offense. The drive early in the That's - how I keep my sanity." third quarter was, very Impor defeat may have been motivating after the season. The thing I'm the players. The year had already taken its thinking about now is just win tant." toll. The USC walloping must ning. Going for records and the "They were emotional have offered a man worn ragged a Not to be outdone by the N D rolls over SC 37-3 Southern Cal's return man, Randy Heisman may be in the back of offensive unit, the defense stalled against Air Force," Faust said. Tanner, forcing a fumble that temporary respite from' the my mind, but every time I step on the Cadets on their next "In the locker room after the Troy Wilson recovered on the demons screaming in his head. ,the fteld, all I want is for Notre game, the players were devas possession. After a 49-yard kick USC two yard line. Just ftve Pinkett said the game was a Pame to win." tated. That was good for them, off return by Lampley, Army was by Chuck Ehrman seconds later, Allen Pinkett whis:, question of who outmuscled who. because they had their hearts in Notre Dame's ,chances of unable to gain a single yard in tIed past the, goal line on the ftrst It was tough head-to-head foot 'winning were tl;lreatened slightly four downs. The Cadets never got it. When your heart is in the gam~ play from scrimmage. ~ J o~n it hurts more." ball between two legendary giants on Army's ftrst possession of the more than two yards into Notre USC won :the toss, but that Carney point after made It 7-0 m of the college sport. Reflected second half. Crawford pitched to Dame territory for the rest of the "It's, a good sign if a loss was about all. favor of the Irish. The tone had USC tailback Fred Crutcher, "We afternoon. been set. Lampley, who ran, into the end bothers you that much." On the opening kickoff, just lined up and they outplayed zone from the four. But Crawford The Irish 'offense contin: freshman George 'Streeter On an unusually sunny South us. It was power football against was ruled 'down on the play, as But the Irish were sure ued to execute' well, and Carney's happy about a win;. inflicted a major league blow on Bend Saturday afternoon" the power football and Notre Dame

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Pinkett breaks through. Rehder helped key the short ..., .,>. passing S .~ game. Z I'l .~ u;:s ...:I >. .0 ...,0 0 oJ:: ll. was harried. the fourth, Lampley took the Eric Dorsey dragged him to the fteld goal with 6:23 left put the Irish become a deadly demolition pitch from Crawford and threw to ground. After the one-yard loss, game safely out of the Cadet's crew for an abusive sixty minutes Rob Dickerson in the end zone. Craig Stopa kicked a 22-yard reach. On the last possession of of football. At the sound of the Dickerson was called out-of fteld goal to bring the Cadets the game, time expired while ftnal gun the USC team must have bounds, and television replays within four at 14-10. Again it was Notre Dame held the ball on the felt like it had been hit by some were not clear as to whether he time for the Irish offense to prove Army four-yard line, saving a sort of natural disaster. It was a was in or not. that it could produce points when touchdown that would have made day oh-so-golden for the Irish as they pounded their number one On the Cadet's next pos the pressure was on. the ftnal margin even greater than Irish Send rival in the 57th renewal of col session, however, there was, no the 24-10 defeat the Cadets actu lege football's greatest game. question that Lampley scored An 82-yard drive, occu ally suffered. when he took a pitch from Craw pying 6:15 of the third period, The fmal score stood at 37-3. was the Irish offense's answer to Pinkett attributed the exe':' ford as Cedric Figaro pulled the cution of the Irish offense to The outcome sent shock quarterback down. the challenge. Pinkett ftnally tal lied the six points after Beuerlein hours of hard practice the week TrOjans Out waves of happy passion through maneuvered the team down the before. "In practice this week, we Notre Dame's fanatic following of There was no more scor scrimmaged against the ftrst-team fans, disappointed by a season ing in the ftrst half, but the crowd fteld. That drive reestablished defense from the 15-yard line on already sputtering along. Stum roared as Pinkett set the Notre Notre Dame's momentum and in," Pinkett explained. "We exe bling into the game with a 2-3 Dame all-time rushing record with closed the lid on Army's hopes ,cuted well against our defense, record, bad times had already a 17-yard gain. Pinkett ran 133 for victory. and we felt if we could do that, caused depression among the yards total in the game to bring On Their "The offense moved the we could do well against anybody Irish contingent. Head Coach his four-year total to 3,556 yards. ball very well," Irish head coach in the country." He passed Vagas Ferguson's Gerry Faust had been facing ili.e Gerry Faust said after the game, slings and arrows of a hosttle 3,472 for the record. Faust suggested that there beaming with pride. "Any time press and public. At the postgame you can take the ball 8'9 yards might be another reason for the "The full effect hasn't hit , turnaround in his team. He said press conference Faust said, "I me yet," Pinkett admitted after twice in a game, that's a good the memory of the Air Force Shields don't read the papers anymore. the game. "I think about records offense. The drive early in the That's - how I keep my sanity." third quarter was, very Impor defeat may have been motivating after the season. The thing I'm the players. The year had already taken its thinking about now is just win tant." toll. The USC walloping must ning. Going for records and the "They were emotional have offered a man worn ragged a Not to be outdone by the N D rolls over SC 37-3 Southern Cal's return man, Randy Heisman may be in the back of offensive unit, the defense stalled against Air Force," Faust said. Tanner, forcing a fumble that temporary respite from' the my mind, but every time I step on the Cadets on their next "In the locker room after the Troy Wilson recovered on the demons screaming in his head. ,the fteld, all I want is for Notre game, the players were devas possession. After a 49-yard kick USC two yard line. Just ftve Pinkett said the game was a Pame to win." tated. That was good for them, off return by Lampley, Army was by Chuck Ehrman seconds later, Allen Pinkett whis:, question of who outmuscled who. because they had their hearts in Notre Dame's ,chances of unable to gain a single yard in tIed past the, goal line on the ftrst It was tough head-to-head foot 'winning were tl;lreatened slightly four downs. The Cadets never got it. When your heart is in the gam~ play from scrimmage. ~ J o~n it hurts more." ball between two legendary giants on Army's ftrst possession of the more than two yards into Notre USC won :the toss, but that Carney point after made It 7-0 m of the college sport. Reflected second half. Crawford pitched to Dame territory for the rest of the "It's, a good sign if a loss was about all. favor of the Irish. The tone had USC tailback Fred Crutcher, "We afternoon. been set. Lampley, who ran, into the end bothers you that much." On the opening kickoff, just lined up and they outplayed zone from the four. But Crawford The Irish 'offense contin: freshman George 'Streeter On an unusually sunny South us. It was power football against was ruled 'down on the play, as But the Irish were sure ued to execute' well, and Carney's happy about a win;. inflicted a major league blow on Bend Saturday afternoon" the power football and Notre Dame

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II I felt we were Notre Dame came out whipped in every phase and pounded us. They RESERVE MISSLE of the game. There are took us right out of our" no excuses, for us losing own game. 'It was natur like we did' today. '" We ally a great disappoint were ready mentally ment for us. " ' Ted THROWER SINKS NAVY and physically, but Tollner

simply won." Defensive back Pat responsible for our own embar ing like we did today. We were Ballage noted that the Irish rassment." After all, like Faust ready mentally and physically, between Notre Dame's Allen 25-yardline. Navy then took the offense and defense played himself said, "It's the people but Notre Dame came out and Pinkett and Navy's Napoleon ball 75 yards for a touchdown on together well, like a well-oiled under the' jerseys 'that matters pounded us. The operiing kickoff McCallum. Both were potential a one-yard plunge by McCallum. machine. though. You still got to play the Heisman Trophy candidates at fumble set up the stage for the Notre Dame's next posses game." whole game. Notre Dame the start of the year, but with After stopping the Trojans sion was lost when quarterb~ck on their initial drive, the Irish did deserves all the credit. They took Navy's 3-4 record and the Irish's And play the Irish, did, very 3-3, neither had much of a Steve Beuerlein threw into triple not dilly-dally and promptly well for the next thirty minutes. us right out of our own game. It coverage to Tim Brown and was marched downfield for their was naturally a great disappoint chance, despite the success each USC would score fIrst, though, on of them had been having. intercepted by, Navy's defensive second score, a six-yard Steve a 40 yard field goal. But sorry, no ment for us." back Marc Firlie. On the Irish's Beuerlein roll-out to the end zone. more after that. The rest of the It was a much happier story next possession they failed again Carney's extra point was on the The Midshipman had the big day belonged to Notre Dame, for Faust and the Irish, though. running back, but that's about all. and were forced to punt. money and it was 14-0. hands down. The win pushed the teams record The Irish were coming off two With 1:23 left in the first ',But this was not enough. In the waning minutes of the to an even 3-3. There were no convincing wins over USC and quarter Irish Head Coach Gerry Notre Dame would bulldoze its thiidquarter, Carney connected tears shed for lost pride in the Army. This game marked the 59th Faust took Beuerlein out and put way to three more scores by half- ' on a 43 yard field goal, his third winner's locker room. None at all. consecutive meeting between the in sophomore Terry Andrysiak to time. Carney kicked two field Allen over lOp Slams up middle two schools with the Irish holding of the day. And in the final The victory helped to deflect try to spark the offense. It began goals, from, 26 and 33 yards out, ~ a 48-9-1 edge and a streak of 21 any new criticism waiting to be ~ to work as the crowd started and in between all the kicking, quarter, the second team offense, o straight wins. This day was to be hatched at a moment's notice by chanting.;..- ,"Terry, Terry." fullback Frank Stams was plowing behind sophomore quarterback no different for the Midshipmen the press. Pinkett chided report ~ Andrysiak, and Pinkett set up a across the goal line from five Terry Andrysiak, would score the [ as the Irish romped to a 41-17 final touchdown on an eight yard ers saying: "People say our drive to the Navy 19-yard line yards out on a first and goal play. ~ win. and, on 2nd-and-5, Pinkett broke Carney booted the extra point. roll-out pass to Joel Williams, offense is predictable. Well, you're found standing around all alone darn right it's predictable. We go g; Rain threatened on the a for a 15-yard run, after slashing It was 27-0 at the half. in the ten most important yards out and shove the ball down a ~ cold, overcast day. Captains Pink to the left and breaking two tack les. One play later Pinkett took a Green, green and more green. on the entire fIeld. Carney put ' team's throat." No one was argu ~ ett, Mike Larkin, and Tim Scan the icing on the cake with the ing, not this week. nell won the toss, but elected to pitch and scampered into the end To start half number two the Irish zone untouched. The offense returned d~cked out in' green jer point after. That Illade it 37-3. defer until the second half. On Next year the Irish meet the first play from scrimmage fInally awoke from its first quar- , seys, a move that stirred up a bit 'For the battered and bewil USC in the Coliseum. One ter slumber with Andrysiak at the of controversy and rumed a few McCallum took a handoff from dered Tollner, it was just one of burger-eating, beer-drinking Navy quarterback Bill Byrne and helm. feathers, later being blown way those days, the type of day that, Southern Cal fan was all too out of proportion by the scaveng fumbled on a jarring hit' from The offensive success had halfway through it,' you realize aware of this fact at a postgame defensive tackle Eric Dorsey. ing media. Some said it was you should never have gotten out tailgater. "Just wait till next year certainly fired up the "0" as they adding'insult to injury. Byrne recovered, but it was an forced Navy into a 4th-and-4 of bed in the first place. out in California--things will be ominous sign of the punishment different," he said. by Ian Larkin situation on the Irish 42. Instead Faust hoped to use the jer At the postgame press that Dorsey and the rest of the of punting Navy decided to try a seys as an emotional ploy for the conference the" Trojan coach But that doesn't matter to defense would be levelling against pass play to McCallum that was team. USC Head Coach Ted could only shake his head and Under threatening skies the McCallum. Navy was forced' to deflected. by cornerback Marv Tollner really didn't care, saying, Irish fans, for all the bragging sigh; "I felt we were whipped in rights are sole property of Notre Navy Midshipmen came to Notre punt and it looked like Notre Spence. With good field position "The, green uniforms had no every phase of the game," he said. Dame Stadium to combat the Dame would be coming on strong, Andrysiak and Pinkett combined effect on our team at all. We were Dame. South Bend is a happy "There are no excuses for us los- football land. 'For now.• Fighting Irish. 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from the one. Kicker John Car bling for turnovers. Notre Dame their next try he again fumbled, ney uncharacteristically missed finally got going, after starting this time into the arms of Steve by Jim Basile The extra point and 'the score from the Navy 46, and scored on Lawrence. From there the offense stood at 13-7. two plays in 24 ,seconds. The took it into the end zone for their All week before the contest touchdown came on a sweet run with Mississippi, Notre Dame , Spence and inside linebacker last score on a 15 yard run by by Pinkett that took him 29 yards Francisco making it 41 to 10. At fans speculated about the quarter Mike Kovaleski contained Navy thrO\lgh six Navy defenders and back situation for their team. on ,their next drive, but, the Mid the end of the game the Irish into the endzo~e uncontested. reserves saw some playing ,time Coach Faust declined 'to shipmen managed a 42-yard field announce who ,would be his star-' goal by Todd Solomon. The Irish Navy f'mally put together a and Navy scored one more touchdown to make ,the final ter: Steve Beuerleiri, top signal r~bled to the Navy 47 and on drive, only to have Byrne's pass " caller in 27 of 29 previous games ii Ist-and- 10 Pinkett broke away intercepted ,by free safety Steve score 41-17. Lawrence at the goal line. The or sophomore ,phenom Terry for a 43-yard run with the aid of Andrysiak, who had devastated' I an' excellent downfield block, by Irish, offense was finally forced to The keys to the Irish victory punt for' the first time since were Terry Andrysiak (11 of 17 Navy the' week before; Though I;i freshm~ flanker Mark, ,Green. Andrysiak started, the QB com I' After Pinkett took it down, to the Andrysiak was put in. Again the for 165 yards), Allen Pinkett (161 Midshipmen took the ball long, yards on 27' carries), and the petition was inconclusive' as the ' one, fullback' Frank Stams plowed TIte Irish had plenty to celebrate. Irish defense played the' decisive in for the score. almost 70 yards,. but again came ' entire defense. The defense con up empty on a fumble by' McCal tained the explosive McCallum role in a 37-14 Notre Dame win. An, interceptipn. by Spence lum. The' third quarter ended and forced 6 fumbles from a team In the end, Mississippi's allowed, . the Irish offensive to. with Notre Dame leading 27-10 that had 'only lost two all year. quarterbacking situation was more penetrate deep into 1'Iavy terri and in complete control. McCallum had 124 yards, but also of a factor in the outcome of the tory once again. With a 1st and ,three fumbles which directly J'he fourth quarter was not game; Rebel quarterback Kent goal situation Faust called a run resulted in Notre Dame touch Austin was unable to play due to ning play- Pinkett up the middle any better for Navy as the Irish, downs. Eric Dorsey was credited again, behind Andrysiak and a knee injury, leaving Ole Miss - with no time outs left, that. ended with two and helped on the third. under the direction of two inex in no gain. Time then expired as Pinkett, went 16 yards for seven more points. Andrysiak hit Brown After the game Dorsey said perienced freshmen. The Rebel' "j Andrysiak tried to stop the clock offense was stopped all day" by a "I' on a 40 yard pass play and, after of McCallum's, fumbles, "he' said i with a throw out of bounds. The relentless Irish defense that held first half score was 20-10. breaking two tacJdes, he saun;. that it was ilJ.ainly his fault that he n tered in unscathed. After the fumbled them, but I don't think Rebel Yell them scoreless for three quarters. , The battle of the backs cer defense stymied the Navy attack- ' too many running backs could , The Irish won the toss but il tainly'shaped up in the play of the ers, Faust felt confident enough have held onto the ball the way elected to kick off to start the !I first half as 'McCallum had ,72 we hit him." The other Irish , I in his 24 point lead to re-insert game. Frosh quarterback Mark :1 yards on 15 attempts and, Pinkett Beuerlein' in the quarterback slot. defender to have a superb game Young could not move the Rebels 104 yards on :17 tries. That 104 Allen Pinkett also made way for was Marv Spence who was all who were forced to punt. It was a 'I over the field and made two key ! yards marked the fourth year in a junior tailback Hiawatha Fran Silenced familiar scene on ·this day. Of : row Pinkett had gained over 100 cisco. plays with a 'deflection and fum eleven rust-half Mississippi pos ! I against the Midshipman. ' ble recovery. Navy was never sessions, eight ended in punts and : I Navy by this time seemed , I able to sustain a drive or stop the three in turnovers. ! i The second half started off in totally demoralized and the great Irish offense while losing their the same fashion as the first, with McCallum- wasn't looking like the 22nd-straight game of the Notre Mike Smith's punt was Pinkett and McCallum both fum- threat he was supposed to be. On Dame-Navy series .• fielded by Troy Wilson ,at the ND

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McCallum was battered into three fumbles. 'tl ::r 0 NO ...0 tr Navy by,' this time '< ~ seemed totally demoral a. ..::I EASILY ized and the great Z i ;. McCallum wasn't look z ~ ing like 'the threat he' .~ .. MASTERS was supposed to be. ~ b- o ! MISSISSIPPI from the one. Kicker John Car bling for turnovers. Notre Dame their next try he again fumbled, ney uncharacteristically missed finally got going, after starting this time into the arms of Steve by Jim Basile The extra point and 'the score from the Navy 46, and scored on Lawrence. From there the offense stood at 13-7. two plays in 24 ,seconds. The took it into the end zone for their All week before the contest touchdown came on a sweet run with Mississippi, Notre Dame , Spence and inside linebacker last score on a 15 yard run by by Pinkett that took him 29 yards Francisco making it 41 to 10. At fans speculated about the quarter Mike Kovaleski contained Navy thrO\lgh six Navy defenders and back situation for their team. on ,their next drive, but, the Mid the end of the game the Irish into the endzo~e uncontested. reserves saw some playing ,time Coach Faust declined 'to shipmen managed a 42-yard field announce who ,would be his star-' goal by Todd Solomon. The Irish Navy f'mally put together a and Navy scored one more touchdown to make ,the final ter: Steve Beuerleiri, top signal r~bled to the Navy 47 and on drive, only to have Byrne's pass " caller in 27 of 29 previous games ii Ist-and- 10 Pinkett broke away intercepted ,by free safety Steve score 41-17. Lawrence at the goal line. The or sophomore ,phenom Terry for a 43-yard run with the aid of Andrysiak, who had devastated' I an' excellent downfield block, by Irish, offense was finally forced to The keys to the Irish victory punt for' the first time since were Terry Andrysiak (11 of 17 Navy the' week before; Though I;i freshm~ flanker Mark, ,Green. Andrysiak started, the QB com I' After Pinkett took it down, to the Andrysiak was put in. Again the for 165 yards), Allen Pinkett (161 Midshipmen took the ball long, yards on 27' carries), and the petition was inconclusive' as the ' one, fullback' Frank Stams plowed TIte Irish had plenty to celebrate. Irish defense played the' decisive in for the score. almost 70 yards,. but again came ' entire defense. The defense con up empty on a fumble by' McCal tained the explosive McCallum role in a 37-14 Notre Dame win. An, interceptipn. by Spence lum. The' third quarter ended and forced 6 fumbles from a team In the end, Mississippi's allowed, . the Irish offensive to. with Notre Dame leading 27-10 that had 'only lost two all year. quarterbacking situation was more penetrate deep into 1'Iavy terri and in complete control. McCallum had 124 yards, but also of a factor in the outcome of the tory once again. With a 1st and ,three fumbles which directly J'he fourth quarter was not game; Rebel quarterback Kent goal situation Faust called a run resulted in Notre Dame touch Austin was unable to play due to ning play- Pinkett up the middle any better for Navy as the Irish, downs. Eric Dorsey was credited again, behind Andrysiak and a knee injury, leaving Ole Miss - with no time outs left, that. ended with two and helped on the third. under the direction of two inex in no gain. Time then expired as Pinkett, went 16 yards for seven more points. Andrysiak hit Brown After the game Dorsey said perienced freshmen. The Rebel' "j Andrysiak tried to stop the clock offense was stopped all day" by a "I' on a 40 yard pass play and, after of McCallum's, fumbles, "he' said i with a throw out of bounds. The relentless Irish defense that held first half score was 20-10. breaking two tacJdes, he saun;. that it was ilJ.ainly his fault that he n tered in unscathed. After the fumbled them, but I don't think Rebel Yell them scoreless for three quarters. , The battle of the backs cer defense stymied the Navy attack- ' too many running backs could , The Irish won the toss but il tainly'shaped up in the play of the ers, Faust felt confident enough have held onto the ball the way elected to kick off to start the !I first half as 'McCallum had ,72 we hit him." The other Irish , I in his 24 point lead to re-insert game. Frosh quarterback Mark :1 yards on 15 attempts and, Pinkett Beuerlein' in the quarterback slot. defender to have a superb game Young could not move the Rebels 104 yards on :17 tries. That 104 Allen Pinkett also made way for was Marv Spence who was all who were forced to punt. It was a 'I over the field and made two key ! yards marked the fourth year in a junior tailback Hiawatha Fran Silenced familiar scene on ·this day. Of : row Pinkett had gained over 100 cisco. plays with a 'deflection and fum eleven rust-half Mississippi pos ! I against the Midshipman. ' ble recovery. Navy was never sessions, eight ended in punts and : I Navy by this time seemed , I able to sustain a drive or stop the three in turnovers. ! i The second half started off in totally demoralized and the great Irish offense while losing their the same fashion as the first, with McCallum- wasn't looking like the 22nd-straight game of the Notre Mike Smith's punt was Pinkett and McCallum both fum- threat he was supposed to be. On Dame-Navy series .• fielded by Troy Wilson ,at the ND

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PENN STATE RETURNS LAST YEAR'S FAVOR

41 and returned all the way to the that the Irish running attack was After Mississippi gave the receivers contributed as fullback the ball out to the 40 before hav Rebel 24. Andrysiak led the Irish wearing down the Rebel defense. ball up on downs at their 43 by Gene Boes Frank Starns, tailback Allen Pink ing to punt. The fouled-up field offense onto the field but could Andrysiak guided the Irish for ett, tight end Tom Rehder, split goal attempt seemed to take the gain . only one yard in three Mississippi's offense was hav another score. The running of end Reggie Ward, and flanker wind out of Notre Dame's sails, downs. John Carney converted ing it's own problems. Robert Francisco and Monahan com Tim Brown each had receptions. and they never were able to the 41-yard field goal attempt. Banks ended their next drive with Coming into their contest recover. On 4th and 11, Dan .bined with a twenty-yard catch Even though the running a sack of Young. The shell by Alvin Miller brought the Irish against the Penn State Nittany Sorensen's punt covered only 25 game netted just three yards, the shocked freshman would end the to the 22. On first down Lions, the Irish were looking to yards' before sailing out of bounds After the ensuing kickoff and strength of the passing game half with minus fIve yards passing Andrysiak threw to Tom Rehder accomplish several things: 1) They at the Penn State 36. The first a personal foul penalty on Notre brought the Irish deep into Penn and the Rebels would only rush at the sixteen. Rehder rambled wanted to maintain the momen quarter ended with Penn State at Dame, Ole Miss wound up with State territory. The Irish came up for sixty yards. After the punt down the sideline and did his imi tum;' they had built with four midfield. . the ball at their own 47., The short on third down and six from ND put together its best drive of tation of a bulldozer, -running straight victories at home against Rebel's offensive impotence con the 25-yard line and, like so often The Irish defense held, and the day, a twelve-play, 73-yard through a UM defender for the Army, Navy, Southern. Cal, and in the past, had to settle for the Troy Wilson made a fair catch of tinued as the drive ended in a march. While Pinkett and Stams touchdown. Carney was perfect Mississippi; 2) they could win a field goal attempt rather than the State's punt at the Irish 12. The. loss of twelve yards and a punt. rested, Hiawatha Francisco car again and ND owned a 31-0 lead. road game for the first time since best the offense could do was 8' Notre Dame's offense, however, ried for fIve and Beuerlein hit It was all over except for the their 19-7 win over USC in touchdown; Kicker John Carney yards,but Sorensen got off a proved equally inept as the two Ward for fourteen and Brown for cheering of the enthusiastic Rebel November '84; 3) they could up lined up' for the 37-yarder, the teams exchanged four straight snap from center was perfect, but good, 38-yard punt. Unfor: sixteen. The drive ended in a fans. Mississippi scored', two their record against # 1 teams to 2 punts. tunately Penn State came up with fourteen yard touchdown pass to fourth-quarter touchdowns - O.under Gerry Faust; 4) they the ball slipped through the hands a IS-yard return. The Irish a wide open Timmy Brown. After against the Irish reserves and could gain a measure of respecta of holder Hal Von Wyl. Von Wyl Early in the second quarter defense held on the drive, but Carney's placement the Irish had Corny Southall notched another bility; and 5) they could impress picked up the ball and rolled Young threw an interception Manca still' managed a 43-yard a virtually insurmountable 17-0 one for Notre Dame late in the one of the eight bowl representa right, getting a pass of to Rehder straight at Steve Lawrence on the field goal, the fIrst of fIve on the lead. Rebel coach Bill Brewer game. tives in attendance enough to be that would have been enough for ND 25 ,and Lawrence returned all day. sent Chris Osgood in at quarter considered:for a major bowl bid. a first down; but the ball fell the' way to the Mississippi 48. The voracious Irish defense back but the half ended with Mis incomplete. With Beuerleln replacing had been the major element'iil the The one part of the Irish sissippi bogged down on its own AnClrysiak, the Biue and Gold ND victory. Eric Dorsey led the . Penn State took over at game tl1at was going well was· the side of the field. their own 21 and marched down return department, as Brown took began to march. On fust down defense with six solo. tackles and .Despite, the horrendous a sack. Brewer called hiIn the the field, effectively mixing up the kickoff back 31 . yards· to the Stams carried for one. Pinkett. The second half continued weather--heavy rain, 38-degree' "one of the. best damn guys we've the running of tailback D.J. Irish 29. The Irish offense seemed followed for fIfteen. Stams, Pink where the first left off. An Ole temperature, and 15-20. mph seen." Lawrence's two turnovers Dozier and the passing of quarter to be on the roll again as they ett and Monahan toted the ball on Miss drive stalled and Smith winds--the Irish came out strong. also sparked, the defense. Beuer back John Shaffer. On first and marChed across midfield in just the next fIve downs as the Irish punted. On first down, however, The' Nittany Lions won the coin lein and Andrysiak played to a ten from the Irish 21-yardiine three plays. The' drive halted used their superior size, running Pinkett fumbled on his own 27 toss but decided to postpone their the ball straight at the Rebels. On and Jonathan Shelley recovered. draw, each passing for sixty yards Shaffer hooked up with. Dozier in abruptly as Beuerlein was inter option until the second half. The the right flat and Dozier scam fourth and two at the ten Faust The Rebel offense even refused and a touchdown. cepted on 3rd and 1. State line Irish received, and after a 16- pered down the right sideline for backer Rogers Alexander elected to go for it and Beuerlein this gift as two plays later Joe After four straight home wins yard return by Tim Brown began passed to Starns for seven. Stams . Mickles fumbled into the arms of the TD. Massimo Manca added returned the Irish miscue down to the Irish were in position to re the first drive of the game from the extra point and the Nittany the 34-yard line, and five plays carried again for two and Pinkett Steve Lawrence who returned the enter the bow! picture. Their next their own 17. Despite the pouring somersaulted over the middle for ball 79 yards to the UM 5. On Lions owned a 7 - 0 lead. later Manca hit his second field opponent, however, the number rain, . and slippery field, starting goal from 27 yards out. the one yard touchdown. Carney's third down Pinkett punched the one ranked Nittany Lions of Penn quarterback Steve Beuerlein took Alvin Miller . returned extra point gave Notre Dame a ball in from the two and Carney State, would prove much stiffer to the air with great success, com Manca's kickoff to the Irish 29, Sophomore Terry ten-point lead and it was clear converted. opposition .• pleting70f 10 attempts .. All the but the Irish could only advance Andrysiak took over the controls

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The Irish "D" '; wallowed in the mild. Tigers Sneak by Irish The "Irish/Penn State game was no longer a competitive VICTORY ELUDES FAUST IN HIS LAST contest.'~--ABC Sports HOME GAME AS IRISH HEAD COACH.

Photo by Lucien Niemeyer for the Irish, and on his first play half, it looked as though the Irish ceeded to back Penn State up on by Marty Bums future arid his team's 10-7 loss 31 completions were the most Pinkett took the pitch right for 15 kick off team would never take back to back sacks by tackles The LSU Tigers had just fig that day on a soggy field. ever against a Notre Dame the field. Eric Dorsey and Jeff Kunz, but ured out another way to beat his "You can't fault our kids defense, and they made the yards. But the next four plays saw Manca still managed his fifth field hapless Irish, but Gerry Faust difference in the game as the Irish Andrysiak recover his own fum Notre Dame came out of the because they played hard," he goal, a 35-yarder. Fortunately for walked off the turf of Notre were able to effectively shut ble for a I-yard loss, Starns locker room facing a challenge whispered. "They did an excel the Irish this closed out the scor Dame Stadium the same man he lent job and when it came down down the heralded running game stopped for no gain, a 5-yard they had only met successfully of the Tigers. ing for Penn State. was when he had first walked on to the wire we were on the' short :'1 .. delay of game penalty, and an once on 13 previous occasions The fourth quarter saw lit five years before. end. Even with Wickersham's '.11 .<. incomplete pass from Andrysiak under Faust--win a game after tle change in the complexion of awesome aerial display, however, l! .. to Starns. Sorensen's 41-yard trailing at halftime. And it was Well, almost the same man. "I never even thought about the game. The only noticeable LSU was unable to get the ball punt was Notre Dame's last play clear after their fIrst possession this being' my last time walking changes were the clean jerseys of His hair grayer, the lines on into the endzone until only three from scrimmage in the fIrst half. that the number would reach 14. off the field here at Notre Dame. the Penn State replacements, as his face more pronounced, and minutes remitined in the game. Penn State drove for their After moving the ball out to Joe Paterno called off the dogs his walk reduced to an awkward And that's the honest to God . UnfortUnately the touchdown truth." second touchdown, then Tim the 46-yard line Beuerlein and cleared his bench. The Irish waddle by a s~ries of knee opera score forged the 10-7 fmal, giving Brown, after returning the' ensu dropped back to pass, threw did manage to .score on a short tions, the 50-year-old coach going Jeffrey Wickersham was LSU the lead and the game after ing kickoff out to the 31-yard deep, and was intercepted by Ray run by Hiawatha Francisco late in on 65 could only remember those throwing . passes for his high ND had led for so long on an line, fumbled the ball. The Irish Isom who returned the ball all the the game, but missed the PAT. days of his spry youth five years school 'team in Merritt Island, early touchdown of its own. defense drove the Lions back to way back to the Notre Dame 32. The final score stood at 36 - 6. before when he 'became head Florida on that day in 1981 when The LSU touchdown drive, the 33, but with three seconds The Lions took just eight plays to. coach of Notre Dame. Faust had his greatest moment. which culminated in a two-yard left, Manca nailed a SO-yarder score, with Shaffer going over , All in all, the Irish had lost in typical fashion--they, had an Ironically, it had all begun But the .. 6-2, 195-pound LSU Garry James run, was vintage and the Irish headed into the from the one on a QB sne'ak. quarterback saw that game on Wickersham. Setting up safely in over-abundance of turnovers and for Faust in the same, place lockerroom down 23 - O. , The next miscue came three television; . He, like just about the pocket as he had for the· rillstakes, the .offense failed to against this same team. In a scene plays after the kick off. as Beuer everyone" else who' has followed entire game, Wickersham passed In order to get back in the mOVe the ball consistently, and more befitting an episode of lein was intercepted again, this , the saga of Gerry Faust over this his team from its own 48-yard game the Irish would have to play they had gotten in the hole early. "Fantasy Island," Faust led his errorless football in the second time by State's Mike Zordich. The last half of a decade, smiled for line to' the ND 4-yard line with . Lions put together their seventh On top of an embarrassing loss team, and his dream, to a 27-9 half. Penn State had dominated thrashing of the Tigers before a the coach in his good times and three straight pass completions. scoring drive in eight possessions the Irish had set possibly the most bled for him in his bad times. nearly every statistic in the first humiliating precedent in the his loving audience and an impressed "We felt we were moving the half, out-gaining the Irish 100 on Manca's fourth field goal, this one from 26 yards away. tory Of national T.V. football cov media that boosted Notre Dame "When I went across the field ball well the whole game, we just yards to 34 yards on the ground erage. Late in the third quarter to No.1' in the national rankings to congratulate . Coach weren't scoring points," said and 126 to 87 in the air, had 40 The Irish started their ABC actually decided to drop the two days later. Arnsparger," said Faust, "Wick Wickersham. "We knew we had to offensive plays . compared to' 29 eighth possession from their own game to switch their coverage to Since that time, of course, ersham came over to me and said, . tum it around and, in the end, we for the Irish, and never turned 22 after Miller's 19-yarclkickoff another as the "Irish/Penn State 'Y ou're a. great coach. It was great were able to do it. the ball over--the Irish had twice. return. They didn't fumble this had come the disappointment of game was no longer a competitive five mediocre seasons along with to play against your team.' He's a Notre Dame was close in posses time, nor were they intercepted. contest." fme' young man, isn't he?" One player on the LSU side sion time, 14:06 to 15:54, and led Instead, they found a new way to the wrath of fans and alumni , lines who was particularly grateful which formed a continuous black in return yardage 111 yards t~ tum the ball over--via a blocked The Irish headed home It was nice of Wickersham to . for Wickersham's heroics was phi. none. The only reason the Irish punt--and Penn State took over licking their wounds, out of con cloud that hung over him. That throw that compliment Faust's cekicker Ron Lewis. Lewis had the lead in this category was on the Irish 21. The Irish immedi tention for a major bowl bid, and game in 1981 was only a distant way. After all, the tall righthander shanked two first-half field goal that they had yet to kick off to ately spotted' the Nittany Lions 10 faced with the task of preparing memory on Nov. 23, 1985 when had thrown everything else per attempts, one from 49 yards out Penn State. When Penn State more yards on a personal foul for their next game against a Faust sat down before a group of fectly on the day, completing 31- and another from 26 yards out to opted to kick off in the second penalty. The Irish defense pro- tough LSU team.e reporters and talkedab()ut his of-42 passes for 294 yards. Those keep the Irish in command at 7-0.

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Photo by Lucien Niemeyer Photo by Lucien Niemeyer l\Totre Dame contailled the Tiger offense ...... hut in the end it was another frustration. JOHNSON Was it that the Irish fInished While the coaching contro I! It was no surprise then when after an incredible I8-play Irish eluded Faust ever since that fIrst 5-6 for the second time in fIve versy was on its way to being set Arnsparger called out punter Matt drive to start the second half. win against LSU in 1981, right? years? tled with the selection of Min nesota coach Lou Holtz less than DeFrank to attempt a 27-yard Wrong. On the very next "If they would have made it CLOSES 24 hours later, the Irish' were fIeld goal with only seconds left (on that I8-play drive), it would play, Beuerlein's pass downfIeld Or was it that coach Gerry in the fIrst half after down in the Sunshine State facing have changed the outcome of the for super wideout Tim Brown Faust had to coach his fmal game a Miami Hurricane team that did Wickersham's four passes had game," growled Thomas. (who had scored the only ND under the foregoing cir ;i moved the Tigers into scoring not like Notre Dame and wanted ! "They're easily the biggest team touchdown of the game on a daz THE cumstances? to prove on national television !i position. DeFrank, who later zling I8-yard scamper) ricocheted .1 we've played this year, but I that they were deserving of a would miss a 29-yard field. goal of guess I was just able to get off Brown's shoulder and into the Whatever the choice, the his own, floated the ball -- just scene on the Orange Bowl turf higher ranking than their fourth through the line, and I timed it arms of a Louisiana State place position. By putting 58 barely -- over the cross bar to set well when the kick came." dcfencler. GATES was ugly, a shameful blot on the the halftime margin at 7-3 in historic Notre Dame football points on the board, the 10-1 favor of the Irish. Still, despite these seemingly "It seemed like it could have ledger. A team noted for pride Hurricanes not only embarrassed unlucky breaks which would have been one of the famous Notre their hated rivals, but also put "We probably set two records and motivation showed none in many men look up to the heavens Dame comeback stories," mused the face of Faust's impending themselves into the Sugar Bowl on Notre Dame today," said OF for an explanation, Faust kept the Dorsey. departure. The scene on the fIeld against Tennessee with an outside Arnsparger. "Jeff completed more faith. And in the fInal minute of shot at the national championship. passes and we probably missed "I've had a lot of breaks in was bad enough; a look at the the game he got a break from the scoreboard was positively sicken more fIeld goals. There were not my life," smiled Faust, even at Miami started off slowly as spirits of Rockne, Leahy, Par IVIERCY many plays out there that were the bitter end. "I've got my ing. Gerry Faust was going to quarterback Vinny Testaverde seghian, et al that still rule the leave Notre Dame having lost not big plays. We both had good health, I've got a great family, I connected oil his fIrst four passes fIeld under the Golden Dome. more games than any other Irish and bad moments." represent a great university, and to set up Greg Cox' 39 yard fIeld 59,075 fans in attendance thought I've been able to work with great coach and the last one would be goal slightly over six minutes into The bad moments for Notre they were seeing one last gift to kids." the worst. It was a poor time for the contest. The Irish offense Dame, to which Arnsparger must Gerry Faust. goodbyes. failed to negotiate the. requisite Perhaps Notre Dame's by Pete Pranica have been alluding, were all John After Irish quarterback Steve The fIrst goodbye came at ten yards in their three initial Carney's. The usually automatic incomparable tailback Allen Pink-' plays and punted to the Hurri Beuerlein (11 completions, 25 ett, whose 103 yards on 30 carries Tuesday's regular press confer Irish placekicker had to suffer not attempts, 106 yards) had throw1il. It waS very hard to decide ence when Faust stunned his canes. A 35 yard strike to running only the frustration of missing one in another disappointing loss b.ack Alonzo Highsmith set up a an interception at the LSU 31- drew the usual array of post-game which was most galling about the audience by telling them that he attempt but also of kicking into an yard line with 1:50 remaining in Miami Hurricanes' 58-7 massacre had . talked to University sIX yard burst by Warren Williams oncoming locomotive by the name accolades from both locker rooms, to stake the 'Canes to a 10-0 lead. the game, most in the house were summed it up best: of the Irish just two days after president Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, of Henry Thomas. heading for the exits; But in a Thanksgiving and three days after as well as Fr. Edmund P. Joyce Forced to start from their page out of the glory years of "It seems .weird that. I'm 110t a coaching change: The 6-2, 255-pound Tiger and Gene Corrigan, and had own 20, the Irish dug themselves Irish history, ND's, tenacious going to play another game here noseguard managed to get his paw informed them of his decision to a hole by getting flagged for an nosetackle Eric Dorsey (9 tackles) at Notre Dame. 1 truly like Coach Was it that Hurricane coach on both a 50-yard attempt in the resign as coach following. the illegal block on the next play. wrapped up LSU's Dalton Hil Faust. I'm going to miss him when Jimmy Johnson ran up the score fIrst half and on crucial 23-yard late in the game? . Miami game. His fIve year con Two. plays netted eight yards and a liard and stripped a fumble only I leave." , tract would be over anywaY,and on third and nine, Kevin Fagan chip-shot in the third quarter to 34 yards away from victory. . keep the game within the loilg Allen Pinkett and Gerry Was it that. the majority of to save further controversy, Faust sacked quarterback Steve Beuer . reach of his talented This was .the Notre Dame' Faust. Two good souls that vic the Irish players gave at best an simply let it all end on the second lein as 49,236 fans basked in the .indifferent effort, playing without . quarterback's arm. The latter magic ~t· work again after a long tory eluded; Notre Dame wlilmiss floor conference room of the Ath g!ory of another devastating Hur- block was the big one, coming layoff, 'right'l This is what had them both. • ' emotion or intensity? letic and Convocation Center. . rIcane onslaught.

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"I'd rather have a better "It was extremely diffi memory, especially. for cult to stomach the the seniors. Things just post-Thanksgiving mor didn't end up the way sel the Hurricanes had we'd like." Gerry prepared for the Irish." Faust

the Hurricanes up 30-7 with 5:36 Cox closed the scoring in the the end zone from three yards out they gave us and things just nowhere to go on fourth and one. pointed out that Miami only had to play in the third. fIrst . stanza with his second to, avert the shutout and keep seemed to click." On the other With 9:40 to play, Jeff Torretta ten men on the fIeld at the time. three.;pointer, this one from 47 Irish hopes alive. side of the fIeld, cornerback Mike The Irish failed again to came on in relief of Testaverde. With just over four minutes yards out, to make it 13-0. After Haywood tipped off the true attain a fIrst down on three plays While many expected Torretta to to play, ,the Irish offense, out The Hurricanes were relent mental state of the Blue and Gold. achieving their initial fIrst down less however, as Heisman candi and gave the ball back to Tes do little more than hand off to his gained 534 to 339 on the after- in the waning moments of the "Everybody tried to cover up, but taverde and the Hurricanes. The running' backs, Hurricane coach , noon, managed only three plays date Testaverde completed fIve of underneath we still had the pres period, the Irish broached Hurri six tosses in moving the 'Canes 68 curly-haired heir to the Miami Jimmy Johnson had other ideas. and a punt for the fIfth time. cane turf early in the second, sure and the tension. There was ' quarterback legacy, who would "You stay in the offense you run. Merc,ifully, the Hurricanes ran yards. The fInal completion was a so much no. one had a good week thanks to a 21 yard connection seven yard TD strike to Mel Brat throw for 356 yards against a We're a passing team. Everybody five straight running plays, between Beuerlein and flanker of practice. We were never really porous Irish secondary, exhibited knows that. We school our quar including a reverse, to end the ton to reassert a twenty point emotionally into it." Tony Eason. On the very next edge. Andrysiak came back out the lightning-quick nature of the terbacks to take advantage of carnage at 58-7. While 10hnson play Beuerlein flipped the. ball ready to slice into the lead again And it showed -- all game Miami offense as' just six plays, 75 what defenses the opponents run, was trying to defend his playcal into the left flat and into the wait and moved the Irish down the long. yards and two and a half minutes not to be governed by the score ling, Faust was reciting one last ing arms of free safety Bennie fIeld to a fIrst down on the Miami later the Hurricanes were out in board." time what ,had become a familiar Beuerlein returned to the litany to rep,Orters. "We played Blades who sprinted 61 yards into 20, thanks in large part to a front 37-7 on the strength of a 15 Full of his coach's blessing, huddle to begin the second half quite well most of the season; the Miami sunset for a 20-0 defensive holding penalty which yard TD to Mike Irvin. Torretta used play action passes after Andrysiak suffered a , today Miami played well and we advantage. gave the Irish a gift fIrst down to guide the Hurricane reserves separated left shoulder on the last Andrysiak returned and the had a couple of games like that when Andrysiak misfIred on third into the end zone for a sixth sack of the fIrst half. The junior Irish next managed only a four this year. We just seemed to have and ten. Miami touchdown. The fInal blow completed three passes, one a 34 play effort that ended with Dan trouble. with the pure passer this That twenty point margin was a 17 yard pass to Andre Pinkett, who would end his yard bomb to Reggie Ward, but Sorenson's fourth punt of the year. Miami was good in all was familiar to some of the Irish Brown, giving the 'Canes a 51-7 career this day as Notre Dame's could not wring any points from afternoon to c~pse the third quar '" phases of the game," intoned who had endured a 20-0 drubbing edge with 6:11 to play. Faust rein all-time leading rusher, gained the effort, despite having a fIrst ter. Testaverde, still in there Faust. He stopped to praise Tes on national television two years serted Beuerlein for the next Tour of his 77 yards' on , fIrst down on the Hurricane 18. A five pitching despite the lopsided taverde and refused to talk about earlier.. That was the game which down, but consecutive sacks by yard penalty gave the Irish a fIrst score, engineered an 80 yard series which consisted ' of three the lopsided score. Looking over saw Blair Kiel benched and Steve Dan Stubbs and John McVeigh and fIfteen which three consecu drive featuring completions good plays and a punt -- and even that the assembled mc!dia, he said led to more Miami points. Beuerlein inserted as the Irish forced10hn Carney to try a 43 tive tailback runs, two by Pinkett for 45, 11, and 21 yards. Anxious "I'd rather have a better memory: quarterback. And as happened yard fIeld goal which sailed left of and one by Francisco, could not to grab a piece of the action for "We didn't even have a punt especially for the seniors. Things two years earlier" the starter, in the mark with 40 seconds remain cover. Beuerlein's fourth down himself, the 6-5 quarterback block in our game plan. We had just didn't end up, the way we'd this case Beuerlein, was shown ing in the half. The 27-7 Hurri peg for tight end Tom Rehder fell scampered over, from one yard like." , the bench as sophomore Terry return-right and return-left on The' dream of coaching at cane lead at the intermission left harmlessly to the turf and Miami out two minutes into the fmal and had two men rushing the Andrysiak entered the game. even the most resolute Irish had the ball once again. period to make it 44-7. Irish Notre Dame had long become Joined by the entire second team punter," claimed Johnson, who something less than 'pleasant and backer hard-pressed to fInd either defensive tackle Eric Dorsey Highsmith, who fInished the came under some heat for the despite his, protests that he'd "do offensive' unit, Andrysiak moved a' bright spot in the fIrst half ,or drew a 15 yard personal foul the' Irish troops down the fIeld, day with 31 yards on eight car fInal margin of ,victory.' On ' the it all again" even with the medio hope for the second; . ries, handled the ball on the first penalty for hitting Testaverde punt, defensive ' back Bubba mixing the running of Tom high and late as the Irish frustra cre record, one had to feel that it Monahan and Hiawatha Francisco Testaverde, who had clicked and eighth plays of the ensuing McDowell blocked, Dan was extremely difficult to stomach tion mounted while the score did Sorensen's punt, and defensive with '23 yard connection to on 13 of his 20 passes in the ini drive. The other eight were Tes- the post-Thanksgiving morsel the a , likewise. tackle Bill, Hawkins scooped up Alvin Miner. While" the second tial thirty minutes observed, "We , taverde passes. Having misfired Hurricanes had prepared for the the ,loose package for the 'Canes' teamers moved the ball into posi studied ,a lot of fIlm. I took the on the last 'two however, Tes Despite the sore shoulder, fInal tally. Insult was' added to Irish. The Faust Era was over, tion, the certifIed star ,of the Irish snaps. ,and they reacted just like taverdegave way to Cox who Andrysiak moved the Irish to injury when pressbox ' observers and there was nothing worth cele squad, Allen Pinkett, bashed, into the films showed. We took what booted a 48 yard fIeld 'goal to put midfield, but Francisco found brating.•

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" ...the scene on the Orange Bowl Turf was ugly, a shame • ful blot on the' historic Notre The \Nalk-on • Dame football ledger. A team noted for pride and motivation showed' none in' the face of An Faust's impending departure."

PLAY IN A GAME. PLAY ON always takes a back seat to team place at the right time." was just A REGULAR BASIS. and success." It is necessary for a ' as key as all the hard work and EARN A SCHOLARSHIP. walk-on to accept this selfless dedication. attitude and understand that any Although the walk-on may Walk-ons are over- not feel the same pressures to chances for personal recognition Battle are very 'slim. achievers. They need to play to perform. or have the high expec the limit of their physical abili tations' of' a blue-chip recruit. Basically, the role of a ties to even take part in practice. there are still 'many difficult walk-on player is that of prep What they lack in size. strength. adjustments to be made. First. team inember. The prep team is or skill. they more than make up the walk-on player must get over, 'made up mostly 'of~' walk-ons for in heart, determination. and the feeling' of awe for the scho with a few scholarship players, confIdence in their own ability larship players, and realize that usually freshmen. Its job is to to compete. Without. the fIerce even though he' may not have simulate as accurately as possi mental attitude, the dedication, the same physical talents, he has ble the offense and defense of the total commitment to team enou8h~heart and determination the next opponent. Thisnieans success, it would be impossible to compete on their level. Next spending time outside of regular for walk-ons to endure their he has to deal with the attitudes practice hours studying' fllms of routine. There is the daily beat~ of the coaches. Coaches tend to the opponents. 'Also, the walk-on ing sustained from performing Camey is one concentrate on the scholarship walk-on who made it. must be mentally prepared for on the prep team against the players because they are players 'each pradice and play'at a high starting squad, the frustration of that they 'hav,~ studied and level of intensity., The starting not being noticed by the 'recruited. If a walk-on player is units performance on game day coaches, the disappointment of , to be noticed, he must perform depends a' great deal on how not 'getting, to dress for the to perfection at practice. day in, well the prep team did its job game, the fact that freshman and -: day out. Coaches ,often , during the week. Walk-ons must recruits step' ahead of them in shrug off a mistake by a scholar ,treat each practice as if it were a the fall, no matter how hard ship athlete. but should a walk~ 'game, because in all probability they've worked to move up in on make a mistake. a coach is practice is the only "playing the depth charts during spring usually quick to point it out. time" a walk-on will ever get. drills ... the list goes on and on. fel'ent scale than that of a scho Perhaps the most' impor- There are some excep Despite the adversity, the by Gene Boes When a walk-on player larship player. The scholarship , tant 'fact a walk-on willingly tions. Three players on this personal disappointnients and arrives for his fIrst football prac yardstick may have notches for accepts is that he will always be years squad (John Carney, Pat the sacrifIces; each walk-on tice. he has dreams to chase and EARN A MONOGRAM, a role player. Mike James. a gra Cusack and Tom Monahan) receives the ultimate satisfaction goals to achieve, just as the EARN A STARTING POSI duating senior who spent his started out as walk-ons and have come game day. when they all This article is dedicated to the 35 scholarship player does. Each TION. BECOME CAPTAIN. or entire four years as a walk-on not only played' a 'great deal. come charging out of the tunnel walk-on members of the 1985 has to earn his stripes and must ACHIEVE ALL-AMERICAN describes himself and his coun they have earned scholarships as in Notre Dame Stadium, wear Notre Dame football team for work hard to climb the ladder STATUS. the walk-on yardstick terparts as "players who commit well. The talent of these three ing the blue and gold. They are, their courage, determination and of success. But the yardstick by usually includes notches like ,themselves totally to the team. individuals is quite evident in in the truest sense, members of selfless attitude. which 'a walk-on player meas DRESS FOR A GAME. MAKE To win as a team is the ultimate their performance. According the greatest football tradition in ures ,success has a much dii- THE TRA VELING TEAM, , goal, and pers()nal 'success to Carney. "being in the right America .•

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36 SCHOLASTIC ,FOOTBALL REVIEW 1985 r- 37 • LOU HOLTZ IS no laughing I ...atter ------the biggest scare this side of basis and given them a shirt by Pete Pranica Orson Welles and "War of the which has the word "TEAM" Worlds." Brent Musburger of CBS across the top and the word "me" nearly canonized Holtz on across the bottom. Certainly, no national television that day while shirts have ever won a football hand-held cameras caught his game, but Holtz is deadly serious If what you did yesterday seems every grimace. The Gophers fin about winning again. Being taken big, then you haven't done anything ished the season at 6-5, good seriously has been Holtz' major today. --Lou Holtz enough for an invitation to the problem. gulf town of Shreveport, Louisi , ! In their first meeting, the ana, for the Independence Bowl players slouched in their seats, against Clemson. half-expecting a stand-up routine. Holtz, however, was not They didn't get one. Sure, he Yesterday was the Minnesota there to coach h~s latest salvage may be funny, but when he's on Golden Gophers, a team in disar operation. Instead, .he was trying that field or getting ready to take ray, without so much as a facility to figure out how to re-toQI the. the field, no one will mistake him for the entire team to meet at Fighting Irish, an outfit coming for Johnny Carson. once. Joe Salem left Holtz a crew off a losing season and its worst "I wouldn't say I'm mean, which had lost ten of its last loss since the days when FDR but I would say I'm very demand eleven games, outscored on the was a head coach. Like the magi ing, very intense," said Holtz just average by a 50-16 margin. But cian he is, both on and off the before the Christmas holidays. one man's garbage is another's field, Holtz vanished from Min That, by the way, is not the per treasure and after leading the nesota through an escape clause son captured in print. Read arti Gophers to four wins in 1984, in his contract which allowed him cles about Holtz and there often Holtz did what any good magi to take only one other job on will be a sidebar filled with cian will do -- an encore. Full of a God's green earth -- at God's "Holtzisms" because the guy is so Golden pride which had been Golden Dome as coach of God's dolgurned funny. Note however, missing from the Gopher program. College Football Team. the very fine line between being a for years, the Maroon and Gold humorist and being a comedian. sped out of the gate on the Yesterday was the Minnesota Holtz is a good measure of the strength of a dandy quarterback Gophers; today is the Fighting former and almost none of the named Ricky "Sweetfeet" Foggie. Irish, a band of hardly disciplined latter. The Gophers stumbled briefly by and hardly motivated prima don dropping a heartbreaking 13-7 nas who seeined to arbitrarily A humorist makes light of a decision to eventual·'. national decide when arid if they felt· like situation with a purpose in mind champion Oklahoma. While the playing winning football mixed while a comedian is looking for Big 10 proved to be a monstrous . with a precious few who· really laughs and little else. Humor, and conference in '85, the Gophers cared about. the team concept. not comedy,can be a way to managed to hold their· own, There will be no. such rift this defuse the banality of the. typical questions.a football coach gets . pounding lumps on. the likes of season. 'Already Holtz has met New Irish coach Lou Holtz Purdue while giving Ohio State with his players on a personal asked in the course of a seasoJ:l. , , , 38 SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL REVIEW 1985 39 • LOU HOLTZ IS no laughing I ...atter ------the biggest scare this side of basis and given them a shirt by Pete Pranica Orson Welles and "War of the which has the word "TEAM" Worlds." Brent Musburger of CBS across the top and the word "me" nearly canonized Holtz on across the bottom. Certainly, no national television that day while shirts have ever won a football hand-held cameras caught his game, but Holtz is deadly serious If what you did yesterday seems every grimace. The Gophers fin about winning again. Being taken big, then you haven't done anything ished the season at 6-5, good seriously has been Holtz' major today. --Lou Holtz enough for an invitation to the problem. gulf town of Shreveport, Louisi , ! In their first meeting, the ana, for the Independence Bowl players slouched in their seats, against Clemson. half-expecting a stand-up routine. Holtz, however, was not They didn't get one. Sure, he Yesterday was the Minnesota there to coach h~s latest salvage may be funny, but when he's on Golden Gophers, a team in disar operation. Instead, .he was trying that field or getting ready to take ray, without so much as a facility to figure out how to re-toQI the. the field, no one will mistake him for the entire team to meet at Fighting Irish, an outfit coming for Johnny Carson. once. Joe Salem left Holtz a crew off a losing season and its worst "I wouldn't say I'm mean, which had lost ten of its last loss since the days when FDR but I would say I'm very demand eleven games, outscored on the was a head coach. Like the magi ing, very intense," said Holtz just average by a 50-16 margin. But cian he is, both on and off the before the Christmas holidays. one man's garbage is another's field, Holtz vanished from Min That, by the way, is not the per treasure and after leading the nesota through an escape clause son captured in print. Read arti Gophers to four wins in 1984, in his contract which allowed him cles about Holtz and there often Holtz did what any good magi to take only one other job on will be a sidebar filled with cian will do -- an encore. Full of a God's green earth -- at God's "Holtzisms" because the guy is so Golden pride which had been Golden Dome as coach of God's dolgurned funny. Note however, missing from the Gopher program. College Football Team. the very fine line between being a for years, the Maroon and Gold humorist and being a comedian. sped out of the gate on the Yesterday was the Minnesota Holtz is a good measure of the strength of a dandy quarterback Gophers; today is the Fighting former and almost none of the named Ricky "Sweetfeet" Foggie. Irish, a band of hardly disciplined latter. The Gophers stumbled briefly by and hardly motivated prima don dropping a heartbreaking 13-7 nas who seeined to arbitrarily A humorist makes light of a decision to eventual·'. national decide when arid if they felt· like situation with a purpose in mind champion Oklahoma. While the playing winning football mixed while a comedian is looking for Big 10 proved to be a monstrous . with a precious few who· really laughs and little else. Humor, and conference in '85, the Gophers cared about. the team concept. not comedy,can be a way to managed to hold their· own, There will be no. such rift this defuse the banality of the. typical questions.a football coach gets . pounding lumps on. the likes of season. 'Already Holtz has met New Irish coach Lou Holtz Purdue while giving Ohio State with his players on a personal asked in the course of a seasoJ:l. , , , 38 SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL REVIEW 1985 39 p

DOONESBURY .I'o UKE TO srARr OFF O.k., HIiRVIIRo, I'/.L OIl YE"s. TI-IAr!;, THIS secaNo seSSION pvr YOtl OOWN FOR There is a very fine OP THE CON6/?E55 8Y A GOO(J ONe: NIce: ASk'IN6 EAcH OF YO!)"-O ENfJIN6 THE" WAR... THINKING, STANFOIUJ. MORe: line between being a ST"ATE. YO£,R PAI?iIC!)/.AR .. AI-I.. STANFORO.' .. tllf.. NOrR!: OAI'1El FOO T1J1.4U- OEHANf?S AT" THIS T/He. / I 6.4HeS.' humorist . and •• 0.1:"., HARVIIR{)f ENfJ ------THel / comedian ... Holtz is a WAR. good measure of the --- former and almost none of the latter.

point, Holtz is eminently quali Sample question: "Say, Coach Ah, yes, - motivation. That fied. by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Holtz, Jockstrap Tech has the was supposed to be Gerry Faust's T~!:. ~COR1? $1 MILLION CH£CK best defense in the country, do hallmark until it became painfully In college football circles, NOTRE DAME GOT FOR Pu\'YINC; I/J TI-l£" you think you can move the ball obvious tJIat you cannot treat col Holtz has been around the block, WTTON BOWL ? FAT~~ SCI-\ULTZ. TOLD TI-/[: COACH iT \\.lAS GOIN& on them?" lege men like high school boys up the next street and across to INTO THE fOOR BOX ' W~t>.T and expect their confidence and the corner drugstore. He's been a A CAR[7' Sample Lou Holtz answer: respect. - Talk to successful grad assistant, a fulltime assistant "I'm convinced we're going to coachesin.any sport and their and a head coach. He's coached move the ball. I just hope to God players and they'll tell you that at .smaller schools (William and it's forward." the key to good coaching is know Mary) and larger schools (Arkan ing how to· g~t the best out of sas). He's weathered his share of See how that' ,Works?' Instead y,our players. Some need to .be controversy ranging from the of grating on forever about drive pushed and berated, some need to suspension of three black athletes Copyright, 1978, Universal Press Syndicate. blocking and crossbucks and be handled with velvet gloves, following their discovery in a influence plays, he simply says, some need the rah-rah while oth partly-clad coed's room on the "Yeah, we're gonna move the ers need .the soft sell brand of eve of an Orange Bowl clash with ball." What is he supposed to say? motivation.' That's the kind of Oklahoma (the Razorbacks buried "No, they're just· too good for MATERlNlnTY know~edgethat comes with 15 the Sooners 31-6) to his eventual us"? WARD yeats as a ·collegiate head coach. dismissal from Arkansas for no VISITING HOURS His quip that Notre Dame apparent reason. And he wears it 7 TO 10 tn Holtz' introductory press fans'seemed to be unarmed made well despite what he calls "a phy conference, athletic director Gene great copy at his initial press sique which appears I've been Corrigan .stated that previous conference, but the comnient was afflicted with beri~beri and scurvy not made for the e:(C.press purpose college coaching experience was a most of my life." def'mite - qualification for the of being funny. How else do you See, there he goes again. answer questions about the pres Notre Dame job, a sort of back sures of coaching at Notre Dame handed acknowledgeinent that the But seriously folks, Lou .•. when you'.ve never felt it? The hiring of Gerry Faust may have Holtz is a winner. Why? He gives humorous answer to a nebulous been a mistake, no matter. how his .teams a purpose and makes f'me man he was and is. Before question is a Holtz trademar~ a: sure· they carry out their assign Holtz deals in honesty and a settling on Holtz, Corrigan ments. There's a right way and a homespun philosophy which' jUst enlisted. the aid. of Ara Par wrong way to do things in the so happens to work good things, seghiail~ a man who knows some Lou Holtz cosmos and if you not miracles. What Holtz did at thing about coaching at Notre won't do 'em the right way you Dame. .. :~~""I Minnesota was not so much per- might as well clean out your "This is th~ olle thing in the Church that's thp sarno "as it was \"then I was a boy!" \\H[;['['O, NOTRE A1HL.E:TIC . form a miracle as get the same Parseghian told Corrigan, locker or dust off a spot on the DAM~ DEPARfM~NT?" people who were 1-10 the previ bench. "I refuse to compromise Copyright, 1970, reprinted by Reprinted by permission of Chicago Tribune "People forget that I was -a head permission of National Catholic New York News Syndicate, Inc. ous year to believe that they coach for J 4 years before I came what I ·believe in," states Holtz News Service. ,could win. When asked how his to Notre Dame, and I needed matter-of-factly. There you have dad does it, son Skip says, every one of those when I got it. The buck stops here. The "Motivation." here." From the experience stand- winning starts here .•

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Copyright, 1971, G.B. Trudeau/distributed by Universal Press Syndicate. Corrigan and Holtz meet the press. point, Holtz is eminently quali Sample question: "Say, Coach Ah, yes, - motivation. That fied. by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Holtz, Jockstrap Tech has the was supposed to be Gerry Faust's T~!:. ~COR1? $1 MILLION CH£CK best defense in the country, do hallmark until it became painfully In college football circles, NOTRE DAME GOT FOR Pu\'YINC; I/J TI-l£" you think you can move the ball obvious tJIat you cannot treat col Holtz has been around the block, WTTON BOWL ? FAT~~ SCI-\ULTZ. TOLD TI-/[: COACH iT \\.lAS GOIN& on them?" lege men like high school boys up the next street and across to INTO THE fOOR BOX ' W~t>.T and expect their confidence and the corner drugstore. He's been a A CAR[7' Sample Lou Holtz answer: respect. - Talk to successful grad assistant, a fulltime assistant "I'm convinced we're going to coachesin.any sport and their and a head coach. He's coached move the ball. I just hope to God players and they'll tell you that at .smaller schools (William and it's forward." the key to good coaching is know Mary) and larger schools (Arkan ing how to· g~t the best out of sas). He's weathered his share of See how that' ,Works?' Instead y,our players. Some need to .be controversy ranging from the of grating on forever about drive pushed and berated, some need to suspension of three black athletes Copyright, 1978, Universal Press Syndicate. blocking and crossbucks and be handled with velvet gloves, following their discovery in a influence plays, he simply says, some need the rah-rah while oth partly-clad coed's room on the "Yeah, we're gonna move the ers need .the soft sell brand of eve of an Orange Bowl clash with ball." What is he supposed to say? motivation.' That's the kind of Oklahoma (the Razorbacks buried "No, they're just· too good for MATERlNlnTY know~edgethat comes with 15 the Sooners 31-6) to his eventual us"? WARD yeats as a ·collegiate head coach. dismissal from Arkansas for no VISITING HOURS His quip that Notre Dame apparent reason. And he wears it 7 TO 10 tn Holtz' introductory press fans'seemed to be unarmed made well despite what he calls "a phy conference, athletic director Gene great copy at his initial press sique which appears I've been Corrigan .stated that previous conference, but the comnient was afflicted with beri~beri and scurvy not made for the e:(C.press purpose college coaching experience was a most of my life." def'mite - qualification for the of being funny. How else do you See, there he goes again. answer questions about the pres Notre Dame job, a sort of back sures of coaching at Notre Dame handed acknowledgeinent that the But seriously folks, Lou .•. when you'.ve never felt it? The hiring of Gerry Faust may have Holtz is a winner. Why? He gives humorous answer to a nebulous been a mistake, no matter. how his .teams a purpose and makes f'me man he was and is. Before question is a Holtz trademar~ a: sure· they carry out their assign Holtz deals in honesty and a settling on Holtz, Corrigan ments. There's a right way and a homespun philosophy which' jUst enlisted. the aid. of Ara Par wrong way to do things in the so happens to work good things, seghiail~ a man who knows some Lou Holtz cosmos and if you not miracles. What Holtz did at thing about coaching at Notre won't do 'em the right way you Dame. .. :~~""I Minnesota was not so much per- might as well clean out your "This is th~ olle thing in the Church that's thp sarno "as it was \"then I was a boy!" \\H[;['['O, NOTRE A1HL.E:TIC . form a miracle as get the same Parseghian told Corrigan, locker or dust off a spot on the DAM~ DEPARfM~NT?" people who were 1-10 the previ bench. "I refuse to compromise Copyright, 1970, reprinted by Reprinted by permission of Chicago Tribune "People forget that I was -a head permission of National Catholic New York News Syndicate, Inc. ous year to believe that they coach for J 4 years before I came what I ·believe in," states Holtz News Service. ,could win. When asked how his to Notre Dame, and I needed matter-of-factly. There you have dad does it, son Skip says, every one of those when I got it. The buck stops here. The "Motivation." here." From the experience stand- winning starts here .•

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