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FEATURES 3 Pittsburgh Tom Kruczek mM EDS 5 Purdue John Delaney 7 Northwestern Chuck Sweeney 8 Michigan State " Burt Brunner 10 Oregon , Burt Brunner OUTSrr DING 11 South Carolina 'Tom Kruczek 12 Navy Ted'Robinson 14 Georgia T.e~~ Tom Kruczek 15 Season ,Statistics, PEOPLE 18 Alabama ~ Bill Delaney 20 Miami Bob Piller 22 Southern 'California Tom Kruczek And \ve can offer outstanding ., 26 Gator Bowl Paul Stevenson career opportunities in Marketing 28 Jacksonville: or Engineering. A Nice Place to Visit, But. •• Burt Brunner 29 ' Scoreboard Front' Cover: Tom Everman We will be interviewing at Back Cover: ,Tom Everman and' Bernie 30 After 9-3, and .12thinBoth Polls: Valenti , , , Photographs: Tom Everman 1, 2, 3, 4,' 5, The Experts Reflect. Rosemary Mills 6, . 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, :19, 20, 21,29, 30 I The University of Notre Dame The OBSERVER 11 I. Tim Krause 12, 13 / REGULARS Greg Young 22, 23 / Greg Rosalia 26, 27. on February 22, 1977. 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Y. 10017; Published fortnightly during the school year except Advisory Board . during vacation and examination periods, Scholastic is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre, Ronald Weber,' Carl Magel Dame,'lnd. 46556., The subscription rate is $5.00 a year and back numbers are available Bro. John Benesh, C.S.c., from Scholastic., Please address ~II manuscripts, to Scholastic, Notre Dame; Ind. 46556. James _ Cook, Richard, Conklin" All unsolicited material becomes the property of Scholastic. " Elizabeth Christman " ,,' copyright ©1977 Scholastic / all rights reserved / none of the contents may be repro- duced without permission. ' " , whole weekend takes place, and it , ' is something that is remembered. First And remembering is what The Football Review is all about. It's, Pittsburgh remembering a season and the Word events that took place during that season. Just like the, season and the events of a football weekend draw their flavor from the students, so too by Tom Kruczek this magaZine is work from the students. It's been said so often that it's 'The Football Review is put' to almost trite., Notre Dame has the gether once a year as aspecial issue First games are always difficult seven plays. The big play of the was 7-7. It was, however, just inside for a young team, but the opening drive came on the first play from the second quarter, when the turn best student body in the nation. of Sclwlastic. The magazine you game against Pittsburgh represented scrimmage for Pitt as Dorsett blew ing point of the game occurred. Since that statement is rather broad, have before you is' a: student pub I would like to modify it to read more than just;a chance :for the in through the line, broke two' tackles Slager, trying to pass, took his eye lication, which means that it is and 61 yards later was pulled down 'off the cornerback on the right side that the students are the people experienced players to get' their feet written, edited and designed entirely wet in game: competition., It also from behind by Ross Browner. covering Mark McLane, who was that make Notre Dame football a And all of this isn't necessarily by the students, which makes it represented a game ,which could Although the big run by Dorsett coming out of the backfield. Slager unique event. wrong, because this is what makes something special. make or break a season. seemed to take the wind out of the admitted after the game that he did It's the students who make a Notre Dame football the unique It's special because those of you Notre Dame was coming 'off a Irish sails, the defense stiffened and" not see LeRoy Felder step up, and Notre Dame game an event that event that it is. People don't talk who, do not reside on this campus difficult season that' was filled with at the first quarter mark the score while the quarterback was hit releas- people go'home and tell their neigh about the time they went to see get an opportunity to see what we, rumors of dissent and team diffi bors about. Before the game, there Iowa play Wisconsin, but they do as students, think of the past season., culties. ' , The' Irish ,heeded a win to are the hordes of students that sell ' talk about the time they went to a You probably eoUId get a more pui: the talk of last season behind 'food and other things to the poor Notre Dame game. It's because the polished magazine if the University them and to avenge the miserable unsuspecting people walking around students focus their attention so showing against the Panthers last were to put one out, but it would year in Pittsburgh. Also, the ,Irish the campus. Then there are the strongly on football during the sea be a University publication which great numbers that go onto the field son, and perhaps blow the games were coming into the game with' would reflect what the University question marks at virtually every to form the tunnel at half time and out of proportion, that this maniacal 'thinks, and not what the real people position, and the game represented a make the signs that hang out of devotion to the spoit~Notre Dame of this place think. chance for the' team "to erase the ' dorm windows. It's the students football-is something special. Perhaps what we thitlk will,sur questions and start the. season with who lead the crowd in the vociferous If it means at .times that some prise you. Not everyone here is confidence. cheers that bring the team from individuals have to be booed or wildly crazy about many of the , That's what could have happened. the locker room before a big game. derided, then it is something that things that happened during the What did' happen was a show by All of this helps to make a Notre has to be accepted as part of the season. On the other hand, not Tony Dorsett and BohHaygood that was nothing short of tremendous in - Dame football game something to game. Other schools, including , everyone here thinks that the future remember-something' unique. some that Notre Dame visited this' a 31-10 drubbing of Notre Dame. of Notre Dame footballis,doom~. Pittsburgh outclassed the Irish in The football team, of course, is year, could care less for what hap What you'll get in this issue is both also composed of students, and these, pens at the Saturday get-together. just about every way possible, and sides of Notre Dame football, the at the game's end, the question are real' students who go to classes, They could care less, about who good and the bad, and that for sure marks that existed prior to the game take tests and live in the same , '~ the coach is, who sends in the plays, you would not get from a University were still, there, and now even more dorms as do "normal" students. or how the defensive' secondary publication. But the students will were added. ,,' There's no Devine Hilton here, like plays. give you both sides. "In 'situations such as this it's there are at other schools. Sometimes Not so at Notre Dame., The stu Since 1948, the students have easy to, blame one segment of the it's hard to conceive of players from dents here' care--they care so much team or an individual," Dan Devine places like Texas and Oklahoma as to come out in April and May given to the school and outside cir related after the game. "But we lost CUlation The Football Review. We being students" as they're more like to see the team scrimmage on as a team' and they won as' a team. semi-pros than the students they Saturdays. Last April, one scrim-'" hope that next year, and in the It would be hard to isolate what are supposed to represent. The stu mage had an estimated 500 people' years to come, The Football Review hurt the most; as we expected more will remain in the hands of those from everyone." , , dents are also the ones who manu attending, and most were students. factured, some of' the most Part of, the students' interest comes that know the football season the Expecting more from everyone best-the students. wasn't hard; as the' only good drive ridiculous and vicious rumors a sea out in a fanatical desire to see the of the game for the Irish came on' son back about Dan Devine. They team win. When the team doesn't, , The magazine this year has been put together with an'open mind to' the very first possession. Quarter-' also listened and repeated reports someone will catch the students' back Rick Slager looked confident from Pittsburgh, a city 400 miles wrath, as Devine f~und out last , what you the reader think and and poised in the, pocket and the away" that the head coach had been season, arid to a lesser extent this want. After reading the issue, we whole offense looked as if they had fired. These students love to look year. hope that you will learn some things been playing together for a year in-, for that one savior that, will take an The studentS of Notre Dame may that you did not know about Notre stead of just in their first game. The average team and make it an not be the best in the nation like Dame football. We also hope that key play was the touchdown, with immediate national champion. The it has been said all too often, but suggestions will come to mind for Ken MacAfee delaying' at the line; 'students are the ones',that booed they are inexorably,linked to foot ways of improving the issue. Let us then going against the flow of' the Rick Slager in the first game of the ball.The students make Notre know about your thoughts; we'd play to catch the pass and take it in like to hear them. ' ' 25 yards for· the score. season and who second-guessed on Dame a place where more than' just ,Pittsburgh caine, right back, and just about every play sent in this, a game is played. 011 a Saturday. We hope, lastly, that you enjoy made 'ABC very happy as they year. It's where an event that lasts a our effort of The Football Review. countered the Irish score in just Tony Dorsett in a familiar 'setting, breaking away from the Irish defense. 2 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 3 whole weekend takes place, and it , ' is something that is remembered. First And remembering is what The Football Review is all about. It's, Pittsburgh remembering a season and the Word events that took place during that season. Just like the, season and the events of a football weekend draw their flavor from the students, so too by Tom Kruczek this magaZine is work from the students. It's been said so often that it's 'The Football Review is put' to almost trite., Notre Dame has the gether once a year as aspecial issue First games are always difficult seven plays. The big play of the was 7-7. It was, however, just inside for a young team, but the opening drive came on the first play from the second quarter, when the turn best student body in the nation. of Sclwlastic. The magazine you game against Pittsburgh represented scrimmage for Pitt as Dorsett blew ing point of the game occurred. Since that statement is rather broad, have before you is' a: student pub I would like to modify it to read more than just;a chance :for the in through the line, broke two' tackles Slager, trying to pass, took his eye lication, which means that it is and 61 yards later was pulled down 'off the cornerback on the right side that the students are the people experienced players to get' their feet written, edited and designed entirely wet in game: competition., It also from behind by Ross Browner. covering Mark McLane, who was that make Notre Dame football a And all of this isn't necessarily by the students, which makes it represented a game ,which could Although the big run by Dorsett coming out of the backfield. Slager unique event. wrong, because this is what makes something special. make or break a season. seemed to take the wind out of the admitted after the game that he did It's the students who make a Notre Dame football the unique It's special because those of you Notre Dame was coming 'off a Irish sails, the defense stiffened and" not see LeRoy Felder step up, and Notre Dame game an event that event that it is. People don't talk who, do not reside on this campus difficult season that' was filled with at the first quarter mark the score while the quarterback was hit releas- people go'home and tell their neigh about the time they went to see get an opportunity to see what we, rumors of dissent and team diffi bors about. Before the game, there Iowa play Wisconsin, but they do as students, think of the past season., culties. ' , The' Irish ,heeded a win to are the hordes of students that sell ' talk about the time they went to a You probably eoUId get a more pui: the talk of last season behind 'food and other things to the poor Notre Dame game. It's because the polished magazine if the University them and to avenge the miserable unsuspecting people walking around students focus their attention so showing against the Panthers last were to put one out, but it would year in Pittsburgh. Also, the ,Irish the campus. Then there are the strongly on football during the sea be a University publication which great numbers that go onto the field son, and perhaps blow the games were coming into the game with' would reflect what the University question marks at virtually every to form the tunnel at half time and out of proportion, that this maniacal 'thinks, and not what the real people position, and the game represented a make the signs that hang out of devotion to the spoit~Notre Dame of this place think. chance for the' team "to erase the ' dorm windows. It's the students football-is something special. Perhaps what we thitlk will,sur questions and start the. season with who lead the crowd in the vociferous If it means at .times that some prise you. Not everyone here is confidence. cheers that bring the team from individuals have to be booed or wildly crazy about many of the , That's what could have happened. the locker room before a big game. derided, then it is something that things that happened during the What did' happen was a show by All of this helps to make a Notre has to be accepted as part of the season. On the other hand, not Tony Dorsett and BohHaygood that was nothing short of tremendous in - Dame football game something to game. Other schools, including , everyone here thinks that the future remember-something' unique. some that Notre Dame visited this' a 31-10 drubbing of Notre Dame. of Notre Dame footballis,doom~. Pittsburgh outclassed the Irish in The football team, of course, is year, could care less for what hap What you'll get in this issue is both also composed of students, and these, pens at the Saturday get-together. just about every way possible, and sides of Notre Dame football, the at the game's end, the question are real' students who go to classes, They could care less, about who good and the bad, and that for sure marks that existed prior to the game take tests and live in the same , '~ the coach is, who sends in the plays, you would not get from a University were still, there, and now even more dorms as do "normal" students. or how the defensive' secondary publication. But the students will were added. ,,' There's no Devine Hilton here, like plays. give you both sides. "In 'situations such as this it's there are at other schools. Sometimes Not so at Notre Dame., The stu Since 1948, the students have easy to, blame one segment of the it's hard to conceive of players from dents here' care--they care so much team or an individual," Dan Devine places like Texas and Oklahoma as to come out in April and May given to the school and outside cir related after the game. "But we lost CUlation The Football Review. We being students" as they're more like to see the team scrimmage on as a team' and they won as' a team. semi-pros than the students they Saturdays. Last April, one scrim-'" hope that next year, and in the It would be hard to isolate what are supposed to represent. The stu mage had an estimated 500 people' years to come, The Football Review hurt the most; as we expected more will remain in the hands of those from everyone." , , dents are also the ones who manu attending, and most were students. factured, some of' the most Part of, the students' interest comes that know the football season the Expecting more from everyone best-the students. wasn't hard; as the' only good drive ridiculous and vicious rumors a sea out in a fanatical desire to see the of the game for the Irish came on' son back about Dan Devine. They team win. When the team doesn't, , The magazine this year has been put together with an'open mind to' the very first possession. Quarter-' also listened and repeated reports someone will catch the students' back Rick Slager looked confident from Pittsburgh, a city 400 miles wrath, as Devine f~und out last , what you the reader think and and poised in the, pocket and the away" that the head coach had been season, arid to a lesser extent this want. After reading the issue, we whole offense looked as if they had fired. These students love to look year. hope that you will learn some things been playing together for a year in-, for that one savior that, will take an The studentS of Notre Dame may that you did not know about Notre stead of just in their first game. The average team and make it an not be the best in the nation like Dame football. We also hope that key play was the touchdown, with immediate national champion. The it has been said all too often, but suggestions will come to mind for Ken MacAfee delaying' at the line; 'students are the ones',that booed they are inexorably,linked to foot ways of improving the issue. Let us then going against the flow of' the Rick Slager in the first game of the ball.The students make Notre know about your thoughts; we'd play to catch the pass and take it in like to hear them. ' ' 25 yards for· the score. season and who second-guessed on Dame a place where more than' just ,Pittsburgh caine, right back, and just about every play sent in this, a game is played. 011 a Saturday. We hope, lastly, that you enjoy made 'ABC very happy as they year. It's where an event that lasts a our effort of The Football Review. countered the Irish score in just Tony Dorsett in a familiar 'setting, breaking away from the Irish defense. 2 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 3 ing the ball, Felder picked off the The only other score of the half. the drive deep in Notre Dame pass and returned it from the Irish came. on. Reeve's record-setting 53- territory. Starting on their own five 30 to the two-yard line. Two plays yard field goal with 2:59 left to play behind runs by Heavens and Slager, later Pittsburgh scored. in the half. It broke the old record Notre Dame incurred another mo The next drive was equally di held by Joe Perkowski from 1961 tion penalty for its 40th' yard in Purdue sastrous, and whatever confidence when he kicked a 49-yard field goal penalties of the day. After Hunter the starting quarterback may have against Southern California. gained two yards arid Heavens had disappeared completely as Jeff In the third quarter the Irish, picked up four, the Irish were faced Delaney intercepted at the Notre through various avenues, foiled with a tough third and. nine situa by John Delaney Dame 33. Three plays later quarter themselves. The first' drive of the tion. Instead of trying, to get the back Haygood dove over from the quarter started on the N.D. 26, with first down, the Irish chose to toss Purdue-Notre Dame: An intense, the Purdue 36-yard line. The Boiler Boilermaker tailback. A 49-yard field one and now the Panthers held a Notre Dame picking up three first a long pass from the Notre Dame 17. intrastate rivalry was being renewed maker defense stifled' the N.D. effort, goalattemptfell short. dominating 21-7 lead. downs while keeping the ball on the Slager missed on the deep route to for the 48th time. The Boilermakers but after the' Purdue offense failed Notre Dame put its offense into The Irish then got their first break ground. However, with the Irish Kris Haines at the Pitt 40, and came into South Bend after a hard~ to move, they were again confronted gear on its next possession. Hunter of the game, recovering a fumbled moving well, on the Pitt 42-yard another drive was stalled; fought viCtory : over Northwestern, with the driving Irish offensive unit. dashed for 24 yards, and three plays punt on the Pitt 23. Slager was line, Hunter turned the ball over on The third drive of the quarter was and the Irish had been outplayed by This time, however, Hunter dropped later, freshman Dave Waymer gained sacked while trying to pass Carl started thanks to, a 'crushing tackle a fumbled pitch, which Arnie Pittsburgh in their initial' contest. a pitch from quarterback Rick Slager , 14 more on a reverse. The Purdue de- Johnson for a 13-yard loss. Dave Weatherington fell on for ' the by Bob Golic on Haygood., The Reeve then missed a 44-yard field Panthers. quarterback fumbled the' ball while Last year on a gloomy Saturday in and linebacker. Rick Arrington re " fenseturried stingy once again and goal wide, and the break went for , On the next drive following a Pitt trying to pass, and Ross ,Browner West Lafayette, Notre. Dame just got covered for Purdue on his own 44. the Irish settled ,for ;a 39-yard naught. punt, a dubious play selection stalled recovered for Notre Dame on the by Purdue, 13-0, on some last-minute Scott Dierking, who had, gained Dave Reeve field goal with 47 seconds Pitt 44. ' heroics by Luther Bradley. " 151 yards' the week before ,against remaining in the first quarter. PITTSBURGH ...... ' But on the next play, a holding , The Irish this year took the open Northwestern, led the Boilermakers Following an 'exchange' of punts, Pittsburgh ...... 7 14 o 10 -:31, penalty forced the Irish back to ing kickciff and proceeded to use the i~to Irish territory. bn'third down the Purdue offense began ~o exeCute Notre Dame ...... 7 3 o 0 -10 their own 39. From there they were ruiming 'of Jerome Heavens, Ai arid three yards to go, Ted Burgmeier in their next appearance on the field. unable to move" the 'ball and were Hun~r and Mark McLane to reach and Bob Golic teamed up to stop the They marched 52 yardS in 14 plays Scoring: forced to punt. ' on the strength of Dierking's legs N.D. Slager to MacAfee, 25 yards (Reeve kickY: I~ th~, first drive ~of the fourth and 'an 18-yard Mark Vitali-to-Jappy U.P. Dorsett, 5-yard run (Long kick). quarter; the Panthers were able to Oliver 'pass. The Irish secondary U.P. Haygood, I-yard run (Long kick). take 3:26 off the clock with a' tightened as the Boilermakers got drive that ended in Carson Long closer ,to the N.D.· goal line. Scott U.P. Haygood, I-yard run (Long kick). kicking a 34-yard field goal. The' N.D. Reeve, 53-yard field goal. Irish were now' down 24-10 and in Sovereen's second field goal' try of U.P. ,Long, 34-yard field goal. desperate need of a sustained'di:ive. the afternoon" fell short again, this U.P. Cavanaugh, 8-yard run (Long kick). On the next series for Notre time from 41 yards. ,.' Dame, the offense failed again" and Jerome Heavens, workhorse of the as the Irish quarterback left the Irish backfield, took things, into his field, boos filled the, air. 'Restic's own hands as he powered his way for punt. traveled just' ten yards; and gains' of six, six and five yards. In Pitt had the ball on the Notre Dame a'third-and-three situation, the entire 37. From there, the Panthers needed Purdue defense swarmed the sopho just two ptays to score: Tony Dorsett more fullback and stopped him at of course had one of.those plays, a the line of scrimmage. Two PUrdue 28-yard run. Matt Cavanaugh car mistakes .were to keep the Irish drive ried it' in 'the final three yards to alive., First,', the ' Boilerma1{ers were wrap up, the scoring for the day. It was at this poi~t .that, the Pitt, penalized for roughing, the punter, spotters left the press box, signaling and on the following play they were that, even the usually'.,' conservative called for pass interference, giving coaches thought' that game-was over N.D. a first down on the Purdue 26. with 9:33 left to play. '~ " The 'luck 'of the ,Irish ran out' as Tony Dorsett finished· the game Slager's pass was intercepted by Paul with 181 yards in 22 carries and Beery, who returned the ball to mid- over the past three seasons the Heis field. . .'. ,." man Trophy candidate totalled 651 , Quarterback Vitali again went to yards against Notre Dame." Dorsett the~ air futilely. Dave Eagiri dropped was named the offensive' player, of back to punt, faked arid looked fora the game ,by ABC, television, and Randy Holloway the;. defensive receiver.,Luther Bradley woUidhave player. none of this and pinned 'Eagin for a . The game 'was made even worse 13-yard loss. Boilermaker coach Alex with ·the knowledge that starting 'Agase explained. after the game that defensive "tackle Jeff Weston in , "the receivers didn't·hear the call." curred a knee injury which would According-to the Purdue coach, the require surgery.' Add to that 'the fake was a good call. "It was a darn academic difficulties.; which' caused good time,to do it. We used the same JayCJoe Montana, and certainly the' Bringing the halfback option pass back t~ college football, AI Hunter, didn'fhearjhe call." Regardless, the' best. Irish football fortunes looked bleak. prepares to unload a touchdown. pass to ""~rk~.l\1c~an~ ... Irish'took over on pUrdue's 38. -" >.., • 4 ; ,,' i Sc'HOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 5 ing the ball, Felder picked off the The only other score of the half. the drive deep in Notre Dame pass and returned it from the Irish came. on. Reeve's record-setting 53- territory. Starting on their own five 30 to the two-yard line. Two plays yard field goal with 2:59 left to play behind runs by Heavens and Slager, later Pittsburgh scored. in the half. It broke the old record Notre Dame incurred another mo The next drive was equally di held by Joe Perkowski from 1961 tion penalty for its 40th' yard in Purdue sastrous, and whatever confidence when he kicked a 49-yard field goal penalties of the day. After Hunter the starting quarterback may have against Southern California. gained two yards arid Heavens had disappeared completely as Jeff In the third quarter the Irish, picked up four, the Irish were faced Delaney intercepted at the Notre through various avenues, foiled with a tough third and. nine situa by John Delaney Dame 33. Three plays later quarter themselves. The first' drive of the tion. Instead of trying, to get the back Haygood dove over from the quarter started on the N.D. 26, with first down, the Irish chose to toss Purdue-Notre Dame: An intense, the Purdue 36-yard line. The Boiler Boilermaker tailback. A 49-yard field one and now the Panthers held a Notre Dame picking up three first a long pass from the Notre Dame 17. intrastate rivalry was being renewed maker defense stifled' the N.D. effort, goalattemptfell short. dominating 21-7 lead. downs while keeping the ball on the Slager missed on the deep route to for the 48th time. The Boilermakers but after the' Purdue offense failed Notre Dame put its offense into The Irish then got their first break ground. However, with the Irish Kris Haines at the Pitt 40, and came into South Bend after a hard~ to move, they were again confronted gear on its next possession. Hunter of the game, recovering a fumbled moving well, on the Pitt 42-yard another drive was stalled; fought viCtory : over Northwestern, with the driving Irish offensive unit. dashed for 24 yards, and three plays punt on the Pitt 23. Slager was line, Hunter turned the ball over on The third drive of the quarter was and the Irish had been outplayed by This time, however, Hunter dropped later, freshman Dave Waymer gained sacked while trying to pass Carl started thanks to, a 'crushing tackle a fumbled pitch, which Arnie Pittsburgh in their initial' contest. a pitch from quarterback Rick Slager , 14 more on a reverse. The Purdue de- Johnson for a 13-yard loss. Dave Weatherington fell on for ' the by Bob Golic on Haygood., The Reeve then missed a 44-yard field Panthers. quarterback fumbled the' ball while Last year on a gloomy Saturday in and linebacker. Rick Arrington re " fenseturried stingy once again and goal wide, and the break went for , On the next drive following a Pitt trying to pass, and Ross ,Browner West Lafayette, Notre. Dame just got covered for Purdue on his own 44. the Irish settled ,for ;a 39-yard naught. punt, a dubious play selection stalled recovered for Notre Dame on the by Purdue, 13-0, on some last-minute Scott Dierking, who had, gained Dave Reeve field goal with 47 seconds Pitt 44. ' heroics by Luther Bradley. " 151 yards' the week before ,against remaining in the first quarter. PITTSBURGH ...... ' But on the next play, a holding , The Irish this year took the open Northwestern, led the Boilermakers Following an 'exchange' of punts, Pittsburgh ...... 7 14 o 10 -:31, penalty forced the Irish back to ing kickciff and proceeded to use the i~to Irish territory. bn'third down the Purdue offense began ~o exeCute Notre Dame ...... 7 3 o 0 -10 their own 39. From there they were ruiming 'of Jerome Heavens, Ai arid three yards to go, Ted Burgmeier in their next appearance on the field. unable to move" the 'ball and were Hun~r and Mark McLane to reach and Bob Golic teamed up to stop the They marched 52 yardS in 14 plays Scoring: forced to punt. ' on the strength of Dierking's legs N.D. Slager to MacAfee, 25 yards (Reeve kickY: I~ th~, first drive ~of the fourth and 'an 18-yard Mark Vitali-to-Jappy U.P. Dorsett, 5-yard run (Long kick). quarter; the Panthers were able to Oliver 'pass. The Irish secondary U.P. Haygood, I-yard run (Long kick). take 3:26 off the clock with a' tightened as the Boilermakers got drive that ended in Carson Long closer ,to the N.D.· goal line. Scott U.P. Haygood, I-yard run (Long kick). kicking a 34-yard field goal. The' N.D. Reeve, 53-yard field goal. Irish were now' down 24-10 and in Sovereen's second field goal' try of U.P. ,Long, 34-yard field goal. desperate need of a sustained'di:ive. the afternoon" fell short again, this U.P. Cavanaugh, 8-yard run (Long kick). On the next series for Notre time from 41 yards. ,.' Dame, the offense failed again" and Jerome Heavens, workhorse of the as the Irish quarterback left the Irish backfield, took things, into his field, boos filled the, air. 'Restic's own hands as he powered his way for punt. traveled just' ten yards; and gains' of six, six and five yards. In Pitt had the ball on the Notre Dame a'third-and-three situation, the entire 37. From there, the Panthers needed Purdue defense swarmed the sopho just two ptays to score: Tony Dorsett more fullback and stopped him at of course had one of.those plays, a the line of scrimmage. Two PUrdue 28-yard run. Matt Cavanaugh car mistakes .were to keep the Irish drive ried it' in 'the final three yards to alive., First,', the ' Boilerma1{ers were wrap up, the scoring for the day. It was at this poi~t .that, the Pitt, penalized for roughing, the punter, spotters left the press box, signaling and on the following play they were that, even the usually'.,' conservative called for pass interference, giving coaches thought' that game-was over N.D. a first down on the Purdue 26. with 9:33 left to play. '~ " The 'luck 'of the ,Irish ran out' as Tony Dorsett finished· the game Slager's pass was intercepted by Paul with 181 yards in 22 carries and Beery, who returned the ball to mid- over the past three seasons the Heis field. . .'. ,." man Trophy candidate totalled 651 , Quarterback Vitali again went to yards against Notre Dame." Dorsett the~ air futilely. Dave Eagiri dropped was named the offensive' player, of back to punt, faked arid looked fora the game ,by ABC, television, and Randy Holloway the;. defensive receiver.,Luther Bradley woUidhave player. none of this and pinned 'Eagin for a . The game 'was made even worse 13-yard loss. Boilermaker coach Alex with ·the knowledge that starting 'Agase explained. after the game that defensive "tackle Jeff Weston in , "the receivers didn't·hear the call." curred a knee injury which would According-to the Purdue coach, the require surgery.' Add to that 'the fake was a good call. "It was a darn academic difficulties.; which' caused good time,to do it. We used the same JayC.., • 4 ; ,,' i Sc'HOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 5 -

yard zigzag run into the end zone. Reeve's boot was wide right, but the Irish held a (commanding 23-0 edge. Later in the period, N.D., with Gary Forystek leading, the second team offense, began what looked to become another scoring drive. Wil lard Browner's 28-yard jaunt high iighted the Irish drive to the Purdue 30. Misfortune struck 'again when Northwestern halfback' Vagas Ferguson fumbled and the Boilermakers recovered. by Chuck Sweeney Inspired by, the Irish miscues, the Purdue "0" mounted a scoring threat. When the Fighting Irish marched yards to Northwestern's 92 yards, Dan Devine commented after the Vitali started flndingreeeivers for into Dyche Stadium on September and most impressive of all, the Irish game, "I am proud of the way our Displaying the pursuit that won him the Outland Trophy, Ross Browner his ,tosses, one in' particular. He 25, it was for'the last time.;The rolled up 231 yards passing. Slager people kept their poise. This is the chases a Boilermaker. teamed with Reggie Arnold on four Irish have b'een matched against the set a new Notre Dame record for second week that we have had bad passes and' the Boilermakers found Northwestern Wildcats 43 times in pass completions, hitting 12 of his things happen to us early in the After Hunter rushed for five yards, The Irish defense continued' their themselves oilly seven yards from a the last 87 years, winning all except 14 attempts for a .857 percentage. game. We had enough problems in Devine unveiled his razzle-dazzle uricharitableways in the second half. touchdown'which would' break the seven games while tying twice. 1976 This topped the old mark of .813 set the first half, but those things have play. ,Slager pitched out, to Hunter They 'shutdown the Purdue passing defense's consecutive quarter-shutout marked the end of the Northwestern by Bob Williams in 1949 against a way' of being taken for granted when you win.", who threw a somewhat wobbly half game with' a combination of excel~ streak. 'However, on the next play, era: for the Irish" however, as" no Michigan State. future games are scheduled between back option pass which flanker Mc~ lent, coverage by the, secondary and running back Bennie Leverett was the two teams. ',-, ' Lane caught and carried into the end steady pressure by the liIie. ' hit hard, lostthe ball, and Joe Restic Notre Dame"arrived at North zone. Of his touchdown toss, Hunter Purdue,began the third quarter recovered for N.D. With less than western for the final encounter , modestly remarked, "I was lucky. On with a driv.e: which ended at their 45 ,two minutes to go, the home team heavily favored.-Injuriesto starters ,a pass, three, things can happen and . 'with another'Eagin punt. Ted Burg- could taSte their, first victory of the Jeff' Weston and Randy Harrison two of these, things, are bad. I'm meier returned the kick 33 yards to,1976season.. , , , over the first' two weeks of the happy it worked out. We worked on the. Purdue 48-yard.line., Utilizing .;' Coach, Alex Agasewas disa~ season had raised, some concern , it eve~y" day (in' pra~tice) to make the' running, talents of Heavens and :pointed in his team's' effort, yet felt about the, Irish' depth at various sure we got it down, but I still was Huriter, ' anci ,,' a . 'Slager-to-Ma'cAfee ',they performoowell;' He commented, positions, especially in the defensive a little lucky." Reeve added the extra aerial" the Irish progressed to' the, "We failed in s'ome of the strangest line. The Irish needed to beat the P.U. '17.' Dave:Reevecame in for: ways. We found every way we could ; Wildcats soundly in the wake of the point, to give the, hosts' a'10-0advan- , loss to Pittsburgh the first week and ','.' tage:withslightly less than two min a field goal attempt but the kick was not to score." Dan Devine had some 'then coming back with 'a 'shaky utes to play in the first half. blocked. However, it was' blocked be-· words of praise for the boys from victory over Purdue a week later. Mike Northington ran the kickoff cause the Boilermaker rush was off- West Lafayette,'''Webeata' good The Irish, 1~1, needed the win to backto·his 20 and Purdue went into side. From the 12 on fourth down . football team ~. ~ne that was well shore-up any confidence gaps. Al its;hurry-up.offense. Aided bya pass with three to go, Huuterwent over ,conditioried." Of ,his own team;sap- though the first, quarter had been , interference Penalty on Notre Dame, right tackle, for a seven-yard gain. pearance" Devine said, "We made a scoreless, in the second quarter the the Boilermakers progressed to the On the next play Heavens twisted few mistakes but I thought we exe Irish came through. After a 32- " N.D. 32., On the last play of the seC~ and turned to advance to the one. 'cuted ,well for the most'"part." He yard drive, Al Hunter scored the ond; quart~r, Vitali threw to ,Reggie Slager then took it in, and ,Reeve's summed up the team'sas'well as his firstsix points"on a 16-yard carry. Arnold who fell to his knees just two kick made it 17-0. . ,persoriaI feelings when he remarked, With 55 seconds left in the half, the Irish got on track for a second time. yards away from six points as the , Following ariexchange of, punts,: ' "This feels a heclruva lot better 'than Rick Slager connected with Dan gun sounded. , Purdue advanced from itsown 20 to last week." 'Kelleher for a' 38-yardgain which The,first half was characterized by its 38, on its next possession, in three was followed ' ,by an', eight-yard the Irish taking advantage of Boiier~ plays. Vitali followed it up with, a' touchdown pass to Willard Browner. maker miscues., Not all went well deep pass, oIlly to be intercepted by, N.D. went for two with ,Slager pitch for'N.D. in the first 30 minutes. On Irish cornerback Burg'meier, who ing to Browner who then tossed the the last play of the half, free safety sprinted to midfield, before he was option pass to Kelleher, wide open in Settiedi~at qtiarterbacki,Rick Slager hit on i2of14 passes to set a new Randy Harrison' fracturect his "left tackled.. ;:" ,'. , the en'd zone., ,',', ' 'completiol,1 mark. ':, " ' . forearm~ Lost for the season; he was , Notre Dame took full advantage The second'lialf brought 34 more replaced, by sophomore Joe Restic, ' of this opportunity. The'Irish cov points for ~the Irish, as they con ,Notre Darrie , __ '_-__ ~ ______, ___ ------:---~------' ,0 14 21 ·13 - 48 tinued to' shut' out the WildcatS. who saw very little action last year ered 49 yards in three minutes as Al Northwestern ,.: ___ ,'; ______:; ____ ,______0 o 0 o -: 0 at the safety spot. ' .,' , Early' in the third, quarter "Slager Hunter capped a fine day with two-.' -.1. a found, halfback 'Tom Domin for a .70-yard' touchdown pass. Additional Scoririg: " ',,' , Notre Dame '~ _____ . ______~ ______:: ______, 3... 7' 7. "6-- 23' scoring, was provided by Hunter N.D. HuIiter, 16~ya'rd run (Reeve kick wide)'. .', Purdue _____ :______, ____ ,_____ :. ___ :______;~______0 0' 0 0'- 0, ,with a 37-yard run, tightend Ken N.D. Slagerinterception in the N.D: . Slagerto'Do'rriin, 70'yards (Reeve kick). N.D. Reeve, 39-yard field gociI., fourth quarter, by linebacker LeRoy N.D.' Hunter, '37-yard ruri' (Reeve kick). ',' , Leopold. " N.D. 'Slager to MacAfee, "I yards (Reeve kiCk): . N.D. Hunter to McLane~ 33 yards (Reeve kick). 'Although Mark 'Mclane didn't N.D. Slager, l~yard run (Reeve kick). . " Notre' Dame dominated tlie sta 'N.D. Lisch, 4-yard run (Reeve kick); ., , carry the ball often; here he: runs N.D. Hun~er, 2-yard run (Reev~ kick wide): tistics, leading in first downs 24-11. N.D. Leopold; 57-yard interception'return '(Reeve kick no good). outside on Purdue. ' In rushing.it was Notre Dame 331 ." ." -." ", '

6 , SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 7 - yard zigzag run into the end zone. Reeve's boot was wide right, but the Irish held a (commanding 23-0 edge. Later in the period, N.D., with Gary Forystek leading, the second team offense, began what looked to become another scoring drive. Wil lard Browner's 28-yard jaunt high iighted the Irish drive to the Purdue 30. Misfortune struck 'again when Northwestern halfback' Vagas Ferguson fumbled and the Boilermakers recovered. by Chuck Sweeney Inspired by, the Irish miscues, the Purdue "0" mounted a scoring threat. When the Fighting Irish marched yards to Northwestern's 92 yards, Dan Devine commented after the Vitali started flndingreeeivers for into Dyche Stadium on September and most impressive of all, the Irish game, "I am proud of the way our Displaying the pursuit that won him the Outland Trophy, Ross Browner his ,tosses, one in' particular. He 25, it was for'the last time.;The rolled up 231 yards passing. Slager people kept their poise. This is the chases a Boilermaker. teamed with Reggie Arnold on four Irish have b'een matched against the set a new Notre Dame record for second week that we have had bad passes and' the Boilermakers found Northwestern Wildcats 43 times in pass completions, hitting 12 of his things happen to us early in the After Hunter rushed for five yards, The Irish defense continued' their themselves oilly seven yards from a the last 87 years, winning all except 14 attempts for a .857 percentage. game. We had enough problems in Devine unveiled his razzle-dazzle uricharitableways in the second half. touchdown'which would' break the seven games while tying twice. 1976 This topped the old mark of .813 set the first half, but those things have play. ,Slager pitched out, to Hunter They 'shutdown the Purdue passing defense's consecutive quarter-shutout marked the end of the Northwestern by Bob Williams in 1949 against a way' of being taken for granted when you win.", who threw a somewhat wobbly half game with' a combination of excel~ streak. 'However, on the next play, era: for the Irish" however, as" no Michigan State. future games are scheduled between back option pass which flanker Mc~ lent, coverage by the, secondary and running back Bennie Leverett was the two teams. ',-, ' Lane caught and carried into the end steady pressure by the liIie. ' hit hard, lostthe ball, and Joe Restic Notre Dame"arrived at North zone. Of his touchdown toss, Hunter Purdue,began the third quarter recovered for N.D. With less than western for the final encounter , modestly remarked, "I was lucky. On with a driv.e: which ended at their 45 ,two minutes to go, the home team heavily favored.-Injuriesto starters ,a pass, three, things can happen and . 'with another'Eagin punt. Ted Burg- could taSte their, first victory of the Jeff' Weston and Randy Harrison two of these, things, are bad. I'm meier returned the kick 33 yards to,1976season.. , , , over the first' two weeks of the happy it worked out. We worked on the. Purdue 48-yard.line., Utilizing .;' Coach, Alex Agasewas disa~ season had raised, some concern , it eve~y" day (in' pra~tice) to make the' running, talents of Heavens and :pointed in his team's' effort, yet felt about the, Irish' depth at various sure we got it down, but I still was Huriter, ' anci ,,' a . 'Slager-to-Ma'cAfee ',they performoowell;' He commented, positions, especially in the defensive a little lucky." Reeve added the extra aerial" the Irish progressed to' the, "We failed in s'ome of the strangest line. The Irish needed to beat the P.U. '17.' Dave:Reevecame in for: ways. We found every way we could ; Wildcats soundly in the wake of the point, to give the, hosts' a'10-0advan- , loss to Pittsburgh the first week and ','.' tage:withslightly less than two min a field goal attempt but the kick was not to score." Dan Devine had some 'then coming back with 'a 'shaky utes to play in the first half. blocked. However, it was' blocked be-· words of praise for the boys from victory over Purdue a week later. Mike Northington ran the kickoff cause the Boilermaker rush was off- West Lafayette,'''Webeata' good The Irish, 1~1, needed the win to backto·his 20 and Purdue went into side. From the 12 on fourth down . football team ~. ~ne that was well shore-up any confidence gaps. Al its;hurry-up.offense. Aided bya pass with three to go, Huuterwent over ,conditioried." Of ,his own team;sap- though the first, quarter had been , interference Penalty on Notre Dame, right tackle, for a seven-yard gain. pearance" Devine said, "We made a scoreless, in the second quarter the the Boilermakers progressed to the On the next play Heavens twisted few mistakes but I thought we exe Irish came through. After a 32- " N.D. 32., On the last play of the seC~ and turned to advance to the one. 'cuted ,well for the most'"part." He yard drive, Al Hunter scored the ond; quart~r, Vitali threw to ,Reggie Slager then took it in, and ,Reeve's summed up the team'sas'well as his firstsix points"on a 16-yard carry. Arnold who fell to his knees just two kick made it 17-0. . ,persoriaI feelings when he remarked, With 55 seconds left in the half, the Irish got on track for a second time. yards away from six points as the , Following ariexchange of, punts,: ' "This feels a heclruva lot better 'than Rick Slager connected with Dan gun sounded. , Purdue advanced from itsown 20 to last week." 'Kelleher for a' 38-yardgain which The,first half was characterized by its 38, on its next possession, in three was followed ' ,by an', eight-yard the Irish taking advantage of Boiier~ plays. Vitali followed it up with, a' touchdown pass to Willard Browner. maker miscues., Not all went well deep pass, oIlly to be intercepted by, N.D. went for two with ,Slager pitch for'N.D. in the first 30 minutes. On Irish cornerback Burg'meier, who ing to Browner who then tossed the the last play of the half, free safety sprinted to midfield, before he was option pass to Kelleher, wide open in Settiedi~at qtiarterbacki,Rick Slager hit on i2of14 passes to set a new Randy Harrison' fracturect his "left tackled.. ;:" ,'. , the en'd zone., ,',', ' 'completiol,1 mark. ':, " ' . forearm~ Lost for the season; he was , Notre Dame took full advantage The second'lialf brought 34 more replaced, by sophomore Joe Restic, ' of this opportunity. The'Irish cov points for ~the Irish, as they con ,Notre Darrie , __ '_-__ ~ ______, ___ ------:---~------' ,0 14 21 ·13 - 48 tinued to' shut' out the WildcatS. who saw very little action last year ered 49 yards in three minutes as Al Northwestern ,.: ___ ,'; ______:; ____ ,______0 o 0 o -: 0 at the safety spot. ' .,' , Early' in the third, quarter "Slager Hunter capped a fine day with two-.' -.1. a found, halfback 'Tom Domin for a .70-yard' touchdown pass. Additional Scoririg: " ',,' , Notre Dame '~ _____ . ______~ ______:: ______, 3... 7' 7. "6-- 23' scoring, was provided by Hunter N.D. HuIiter, 16~ya'rd run (Reeve kick wide)'. .', Purdue _____ :______, ____ ,_____ :. ___ :______;~______0 0' 0 0'- 0, ,with a 37-yard run, tightend Ken N.D. Slager

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play in the first quarter. This drive plays. Nielsen came in and booted a again was indicative of Devine's 48-yard,field goal with 11:44 -left in game plan - all runs, and' using the third quarter. : mostly the rtwo-tight-end system in Again'the Irish Jailed to 'move and stituted against Purdue. ' State set up its offense on the N.D. 46 Reeve kicked off into the end zone, following a 37-yard Restic punt. ,Two but the Spartans could gain only nine passes' and a' run netted only five yards in six plays, and again Birney yards and again'Hans Nielsen"en punted the ball, away; this' time to tered' the game. This time his 57- Michigan State Burgmeieron ,the Irish 29. Rick yarder . was:' short, ~ resulting,; in 'a Slager tried to catch the State de touchback. But the Spartan defense fense asleep, but his pass to Ken had: made minor halftime adjust MacAfee on first down was too high. ments ,and' again stopped the· Irish A fumbled, pitchout,;on third down cold, resulting in yet another punt, lost 12 yards, so Joe Restic came in to which was downed :at the MSU46. punt for the Irish. Restic, who aver This,' time, however, 'Smith found his aged 46.3 yards a punt for'the after leading, receiver Kirk ,Gibson on' a ' noon, hit a line 'drive· which' flew, crossing' pattern and he 'carried the , by Burt Brunner bounced and rolled 63 yards to the ball down to the Irish, 16-yardline I, ' 'Spartan 26. ' , for a gain of 38 yards. The Irish de Spartan runner Rick Baes meets Irish co-captain 'Willie Fry, one of many The fourth game of the season 47-yard field goal, giving the Irish a , This time MSU, mixed 'the pass fense again tightened, and in came, such meetings. " , . ' brought together two teams with dif lead that was not to be relinquished. with the run and moved to the Irish you guessed ;it, Hans Nielsen; This: On the next play the Irish; looking , Arid speaking of these things, Dave, ferent perspectives of 1976. Notre 37, but two incomplete passes and a time his29~yarder split the uprights Dame, coming off its big, win the, sack by Ross Browner' (who had 3 in and the Irish lead,shrank to 17-6. ' either forAP Poll votes or a chance Reeve kicked his 21st' to move into week before, was looking forward to the game fof 22 yards) 'forced an The Irish offense again entered, for practice under','garne conditions;, first pIa, ce,with Bob Thomas ,on the avenging last season's defeat' by other, punt. ,,'The ball sailed into the but stayed for only 'one play when ' passed. Slager's aeriai' was caught by career list. But more importantly, the Michigan State and improving its end zone and the Irish went to work Slager's first-down pass to MacAfee MacAfee at the 17; but he was imme- Ii-ish,defenSe held MSU to"just 174 bowl chances. The Spartans, however, from the 20; Notre Dame' followed was :intercepted on the 39-yard :line diately tackled as time ran out. yards, a' whopping 233 under their, were in an entirely different situa~' with one of the best drives of the by', Ken, Jones. The N.D." defense In his post-game conference Rodg- average'. Smith and Lawson, combin tion. Denny Stolz was gone as head young season,' moving the 80 yards in yielded only 'three yards"in three ers' didn't withhold his opinion of ing' at 'quarterback, cmlld complete coach and several important ,per- ' 11 plays while using, up over' five plays; bringing our friend Hans Niel-' State's play for very long. "The pass only l1'outof,,34 passesinCiuding, formerS were sitting out suspensions, , , crucial 'minutes. Slager completed sen back into the game. His 50-yarder protection stu,nk,our passer certainly two' interceptions. " ' , ' both the result of NCAA recruiting' two important third-down passes and )was partially blocked by Jim Brown- did not play well either. Our players 'OffenSively,fo~ the Irish, Hunter violation penalties. ' threw' 20 yards to .Terry 'Eurick for er, resulting in another touchback. were' in a complete daze in ,the first and Eurick both rushed for over '60 MSU featured a wide open attack' the score. AfterwardS" Eurick re , Fumbles, incomplete passes;quar- half... the most. ridiculous thing yards while Willard Browner added in their first three games, passing the called that the play was a "fullback terba.ck'sackSand strong defense I've seen: But in the seCond half, our 31 as N.D. tried.to offset the loss of ball almost twice as much as the in, the flat play. MSU flooded ,my took center stage~forthe·next ten defensepll:lyed a~'wella~ithas all Jerome Heavens 'by using six differ ;Irish. Their offense was averaging side, but Rick dumped it off and miriutes: Fimlny,at the five:.minute year," he stated.ROdgers.was ,also ent runningb'acks. Rick Slager~again 407 yards per game with both Levi there was no one around. The ,line mark, with the fans either' heading upset, over the .lack of the. running had a 100-yard 'passing day, 'hitting Jackson and Rick Baes, returning' blocked well and I was off." Again for the exits' or fallirig asleep, the game, but he' did praise the Irish on nine of 19 for111 yardS. " backfield stars, arid Ed Smith coming Reeve kicked the conversion and the Irishtookoverin,excellerit field'posi- defense stating thaUtis "every bit ,Coach Devine was plea.sed with the off a 324-yardpassing effort against Irish led 17-0 after only' 21 minutes tionat the 50. The offerise, with a as 'strong, or, stronger than Ohio defensive effort, statingit was,a "ie North Carolina State. The' defense Tom Do~in, almost but not quite, of play. ' few new faces in theUneup, woke up State's." And why did Nielsen try ,markableachievement" that the Irish had been the trouble spot for Coach evading tackle in MSUgame at Michigan State eventually mov~d and 'proceeded to move the ball to field goals from such long distances? ,haven't ,given up a touchdown'in Darryl Rodgers, yielding 73 points in the one-yard line. Slager passed to "We felLthat if,you keep chipping three straight games;". Commenting East Lansing. ",:', the ball down to the Irish 14-yard just three games, including 31 the, line, but two passes by Smith were MacAfeeforthe score because "the away with the three's then eventually on MSU;s third-quarter !,-,ally, Devine week .before:' The ,new coach feared On the ne,ct drive the Spartans deflected and Hans Nielsen came in defense was jarnm'ed for ·the, rush;" we'll get, the seven's," claimed Rodg-, stated his, satisfaction with the the worst beforehand, claiming Notre 'again could not move the football, to try a 31-yardfield goal. The kick Devine later'eXplained. Reeve's extra ers; adding that Nielsen had this type' team's "exceptional poise, especially. Dame was "a much' better team" running t\yice and passing on third : was Wide right, much to Rodgers' point'with '36 seconds left brought' of:rangeJn previous years and in considering how young it is." than' a 'previous' bpponent, Ohio down. 'Tom Birney punted to Steve anger as he later called it "a chip the score to ·;24~6. But the heroics practice. The two field goals he did '~The game represented ,the third State. Schmitz at the N.D. 28, but Schmitz shot, and,one that had to be made." were nbtover, 'ai least as far as the make,' however; tied Nielsen with straightwin over a Big Ten team this As the game opened,' it appeared" broke the' kick coverage,' cut to the For the half, MSUfotaled60 net Irish: were' concerned.' Marshall Law': Dick" Kenney, (the kicker in the,:'66 season and ,the largest victory margin that Rodgers' suspicions were right, sideline, and raced 40 yards down to yards with only 22 rushing yards on son entered' at QB for State and classic) with 19 career field goals. in the series since 1970.' ' on the money. The Spartans received the Spartan 32. This play was em~ 16 carries. The Irish meanwhile had promptly completed a' 28-yard pass - 'r--.....;...... ,;,...------~------~-~ the kickoff, could not move, and blematic of the field position the Irish rolled up over, 180 yards with AI to Eugene Byrd. On the next play, Notre Dame ..... :... :...... :...... ;... :.... ;. 10 7 0 , 7 -:-: :24 punted to the Irish 38. AI Hunter would receive in the first half,:caus ,Hunter leading the' way with, 68 however, he overthrew Byrd and Joe Michigan, State ...... ~ ...... ~ ...... ' 0 0 6 ,0 -",,6, burst off tackle on the Irish's first ing Rodgers to comment afterWard yards. ,'" Restic intercepted. Restic returned play, cut to the outside, and sped to ';'that "all day the defense was put iri ,'Unfortunately for the Irish, the, Scoring: the ball 45 yards to the Irish 37, and " N.D. 'Reeve, 47-yardfield goal. the MSU 38, a gain of 23 yards. poorflcld position by bad punt cover~ secorid half was exactly opposite as appeared to have a chance of gOiIlg, ," Notre Dame kept the ball on ,the" age. Birney punted well; but received far' as' offensive '; movement was N.D.,'Hunter, 6-yard run (Reeve kick):', ' all the way, but was finally, downed N.D .. Slager t() Eurick; 20 yards (Reeve kick). ground for the next four plays, set- ' no coverage untill!lte'in'the game." concerned~ Tom Domin's fumble on a, at the 32. Restlc later said that "it' , M.S. 'Nielsen, 48-yard field' goal. ting up the ground game--today~s Notre Dame went the rest oi'the counterplay was recovered by State .:; . was as hot 'out there as anY game M.S., Nielsen; 29-yard field goal. game plan. The drive stalled at" di~tancein sev~nplays, with Hunter on ,the, Irish 32, but the" Spartans I've played in and I just ran out ' of "N.D;' , Slager, to MacAfee, l~yard(Reeve kick).' , - .. : State's 30, but Dave Reeve kicked: a' scoring off right'tackle with 5:28 to could only',move one yard in four steam." , ',,' , " ','

8 , SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY,7; 1977 - play in the first quarter. This drive plays. Nielsen came in and booted a again was indicative of Devine's 48-yard,field goal with 11:44 -left in game plan - all runs, and' using the third quarter. : mostly the rtwo-tight-end system in Again'the Irish Jailed to 'move and stituted against Purdue. ' State set up its offense on the N.D. 46 Reeve kicked off into the end zone, following a 37-yard Restic punt. ,Two but the Spartans could gain only nine passes' and a' run netted only five yards in six plays, and again Birney yards and again'Hans Nielsen"en punted the ball, away; this' time to tered' the game. This time his 57- Michigan State Burgmeieron ,the Irish 29. Rick yarder . was:' short, ~ resulting,; in 'a Slager tried to catch the State de touchback. But the Spartan defense fense asleep, but his pass to Ken had: made minor halftime adjust MacAfee on first down was too high. ments ,and' again stopped the· Irish A fumbled, pitchout,;on third down cold, resulting in yet another punt, lost 12 yards, so Joe Restic came in to which was downed :at the MSU46. punt for the Irish. Restic, who aver This,' time, however, 'Smith found his aged 46.3 yards a punt for'the after leading, receiver Kirk ,Gibson on' a ' noon, hit a line 'drive· which' flew, crossing' pattern and he 'carried the , by Burt Brunner bounced and rolled 63 yards to the ball down to the Irish, 16-yardline I, ' 'Spartan 26. ' , for a gain of 38 yards. The Irish de Spartan runner Rick Baes meets Irish co-captain 'Willie Fry, one of many The fourth game of the season 47-yard field goal, giving the Irish a , This time MSU, mixed 'the pass fense again tightened, and in came, such meetings. " , . ' brought together two teams with dif lead that was not to be relinquished. with the run and moved to the Irish you guessed ;it, Hans Nielsen; This: On the next play the Irish; looking , Arid speaking of these things, Dave, ferent perspectives of 1976. Notre 37, but two incomplete passes and a time his29~yarder split the uprights Dame, coming off its big, win the, sack by Ross Browner' (who had 3 in and the Irish lead,shrank to 17-6. ' either forAP Poll votes or a chance Reeve kicked his 21st' to move into week before, was looking forward to the game fof 22 yards) 'forced an The Irish offense again entered, for practice under','garne conditions;, first pIa, ce,with Bob Thomas ,on the avenging last season's defeat' by other, punt. ,,'The ball sailed into the but stayed for only 'one play when ' passed. Slager's aeriai' was caught by career list. But more importantly, the Michigan State and improving its end zone and the Irish went to work Slager's first-down pass to MacAfee MacAfee at the 17; but he was imme- Ii-ish,defenSe held MSU to"just 174 bowl chances. The Spartans, however, from the 20; Notre Dame' followed was :intercepted on the 39-yard :line diately tackled as time ran out. yards, a' whopping 233 under their, were in an entirely different situa~' with one of the best drives of the by', Ken, Jones. The N.D." defense In his post-game conference Rodg- average'. Smith and Lawson, combin tion. Denny Stolz was gone as head young season,' moving the 80 yards in yielded only 'three yards"in three ers' didn't withhold his opinion of ing' at 'quarterback, cmlld complete coach and several important ,per- ' 11 plays while using, up over' five plays; bringing our friend Hans Niel-' State's play for very long. "The pass only l1'outof,,34 passesinCiuding, formerS were sitting out suspensions, , , crucial 'minutes. Slager completed sen back into the game. His 50-yarder protection stu,nk,our passer certainly two' interceptions. " ' , ' both the result of NCAA recruiting' two important third-down passes and )was partially blocked by Jim Brown- did not play well either. Our players 'OffenSively,fo~ the Irish, Hunter violation penalties. ' threw' 20 yards to .Terry 'Eurick for er, resulting in another touchback. were' in a complete daze in ,the first and Eurick both rushed for over '60 MSU featured a wide open attack' the score. AfterwardS" Eurick re , Fumbles, incomplete passes;quar- half... the most. ridiculous thing yards while Willard Browner added in their first three games, passing the called that the play was a "fullback terba.ck'sackSand strong defense I've seen: But in the seCond half, our 31 as N.D. tried.to offset the loss of ball almost twice as much as the in, the flat play. MSU flooded ,my took center stage~forthe·next ten defensepll:lyed a~'wella~ithas all Jerome Heavens 'by using six differ ;Irish. Their offense was averaging side, but Rick dumped it off and miriutes: Fimlny,at the five:.minute year," he stated.ROdgers.was ,also ent runningb'acks. Rick Slager~again 407 yards per game with both Levi there was no one around. The ,line mark, with the fans either' heading upset, over the .lack of the. running had a 100-yard 'passing day, 'hitting Jackson and Rick Baes, returning' blocked well and I was off." Again for the exits' or fallirig asleep, the game, but he' did praise the Irish on nine of 19 for111 yardS. " backfield stars, arid Ed Smith coming Reeve kicked the conversion and the Irishtookoverin,excellerit field'posi- defense stating thaUtis "every bit ,Coach Devine was plea.sed with the off a 324-yardpassing effort against Irish led 17-0 after only' 21 minutes tionat the 50. The offerise, with a as 'strong, or, stronger than Ohio defensive effort, statingit was,a "ie North Carolina State. The' defense Tom Do~in, almost but not quite, of play. ' few new faces in theUneup, woke up State's." And why did Nielsen try ,markableachievement" that the Irish had been the trouble spot for Coach evading tackle in MSUgame at Michigan State eventually mov~d and 'proceeded to move the ball to field goals from such long distances? ,haven't ,given up a touchdown'in Darryl Rodgers, yielding 73 points in the one-yard line. Slager passed to "We felLthat if,you keep chipping three straight games;". Commenting East Lansing. ",:', the ball down to the Irish 14-yard just three games, including 31 the, line, but two passes by Smith were MacAfeeforthe score because "the away with the three's then eventually on MSU;s third-quarter !,-,ally, Devine week .before:' The ,new coach feared On the ne,ct drive the Spartans deflected and Hans Nielsen came in defense was jarnm'ed for ·the, rush;" we'll get, the seven's," claimed Rodg-, stated his, satisfaction with the the worst beforehand, claiming Notre 'again could not move the football, to try a 31-yardfield goal. The kick Devine later'eXplained. Reeve's extra ers; adding that Nielsen had this type' team's "exceptional poise, especially. Dame was "a much' better team" running t\yice and passing on third : was Wide right, much to Rodgers' point'with '36 seconds left brought' of:rangeJn previous years and in considering how young it is." than' a 'previous' bpponent, Ohio down. 'Tom Birney punted to Steve anger as he later called it "a chip the score to ·;24~6. But the heroics practice. The two field goals he did '~The game represented ,the third State. Schmitz at the N.D. 28, but Schmitz shot, and,one that had to be made." were nbtover, 'ai least as far as the make,' however; tied Nielsen with straightwin over a Big Ten team this As the game opened,' it appeared" broke the' kick coverage,' cut to the For the half, MSUfotaled60 net Irish: were' concerned.' Marshall Law': Dick" Kenney, (the kicker in the,:'66 season and ,the largest victory margin that Rodgers' suspicions were right, sideline, and raced 40 yards down to yards with only 22 rushing yards on son entered' at QB for State and classic) with 19 career field goals. in the series since 1970.' ' on the money. The Spartans received the Spartan 32. This play was em~ 16 carries. The Irish meanwhile had promptly completed a' 28-yard pass - 'r--.....;...... ,;,...------~------~-~ the kickoff, could not move, and blematic of the field position the Irish rolled up over, 180 yards with AI to Eugene Byrd. On the next play, Notre Dame ..... :... :...... :...... ;... :.... ;. 10 7 0 , 7 -:-: :24 punted to the Irish 38. AI Hunter would receive in the first half,:caus ,Hunter leading the' way with, 68 however, he overthrew Byrd and Joe Michigan, State ...... ~ ...... ~ ...... ' 0 0 6 ,0 -",,6, burst off tackle on the Irish's first ing Rodgers to comment afterWard yards. ,'" Restic intercepted. Restic returned play, cut to the outside, and sped to ';'that "all day the defense was put iri ,'Unfortunately for the Irish, the, Scoring: the ball 45 yards to the Irish 37, and " N.D. 'Reeve, 47-yardfield goal. the MSU 38, a gain of 23 yards. poorflcld position by bad punt cover~ secorid half was exactly opposite as appeared to have a chance of gOiIlg, ," Notre Dame kept the ball on ,the" age. Birney punted well; but received far' as' offensive '; movement was N.D.,'Hunter, 6-yard run (Reeve kick):', ' all the way, but was finally, downed N.D .. Slager t() Eurick; 20 yards (Reeve kick). ground for the next four plays, set- ' no coverage untill!lte'in'the game." concerned~ Tom Domin's fumble on a, at the 32. Restlc later said that "it' , M.S. 'Nielsen, 48-yard field' goal. ting up the ground game--today~s Notre Dame went the rest oi'the counterplay was recovered by State .:; . was as hot 'out there as anY game M.S., Nielsen; 29-yard field goal. game plan. The drive stalled at" di~tancein sev~nplays, with Hunter on ,the, Irish 32, but the" Spartans I've played in and I just ran out ' of "N.D;' , Slager, to MacAfee, l~yard(Reeve kick).' , - .. : State's 30, but Dave Reeve kicked: a' scoring off right'tackle with 5:28 to could only',move one yard in four steam." , ',,' , " ','

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Ron Bass, completed to end Phil Bass back at quarterback. Combin After a short punt, the Irish re~ Logan for 15 yards. On the next ing runs and passes, S.C. moved . ceived the ball on Oregon's 33-yard play Swinehart hit Ben Cornett for down the field before having their line, this time using only' five· plays 14 yards with 29 seconds left before drive stalled at the Irish 14. Parrish to score. Slager fired an 11-yard pass S'outh being pulled down by free' safety was 'then summoned and put three to McLane in the right corner, of the Joe Restic. After three incomplete points on' the board' by a 35-yard end zone; Reeve converted, and the, passes and an Irish offsides, Britt fi~ld goal. The drive also ate up five Oregon gates. were open. ,N.D. again scored. Carolina' Parrish was called in with two sec"' minutes on the clock, which was now just 38 seconds into the secondquar onds left in the half to try a 49-yard very important to" the Gamecocks' field goalattempt. His kick was good comeback attempt...... ter, this time on a nine-yard inside run by Hunter, though Reeve's kick and South Carolina was down by 10 , With 5:33 left after an N.D. punt~ by Tom Kruczek with a half to play. . the Gamecocks began their final . by Burf Brunner was blocked. Highlighting the drive were Slager's passes to McLane and The third' quarter was nothing drive. Starting on their own 30; S.C. Coming off an excellent perform more than changes,of possession for in four plays was on their own 48: MacAfee. ' i ance agaitlst Oregon the week be both. teams. The Irish punted once, On the next play, running back Kevin The weekend began with Ziggie' On the kickoff, Dennis Bullock fore, ,Notre Dame had no reason to fumbled when hit, by' Tony Zappala, tried, one 42-yard field goal that Long picked up six yards and the Czarobski and his teammates on the believe that. South Carolina would missed" and Slager was intercepted 'Gamecocks were now in Irish terri 1946 Natiomil Championship team and ,Luther Bradley recovered' on be the start 'of something UIuOrtu the Ducks' 34. The Irish covered this once. The Gamecocks handed over tory. McKinney and Clarence Wil entertaining the pep-rally' crowd and nate. But the game at Columbia was the ball via three 'punts', which liams then carried for runs of 9 and distance in only six plays,agairi with ended with the traditional "Victory a slow start to a.performance that averaged 34 yards. Clearly neither 12 yards, respectively, with, the ball Hunter scoring. This time he swept Clog" dance of the Irish Guard.' In would beconeluded two weeks later team, held any advantage going into now on the Notre Dame.21. With left end, for seven: yards, and the between, it was hunting. season for in Atlanta, Georgia. The Irish this the final quarter, as neither team did 3 :32 left in the game, Long lost home team lengthened its lead to 27- Notre Dame as the Oregon Ducks time got by the Gamecocks, 13-6, anything in the thirdqucirter. three yards, thanks to a crushing 0., N.D. threatened later in the half, thanks to some lasfsecond heroics ieft town on the short, side of' a 41-0. The fourth. quarter' was different, tackle by Willie Fry. On the next but lost the ball on 'downs at the score. 'by strong~side safety Jim Browner. however, as South Carolina jumped play, Bass, trying to pick Cornett Oregon ten. , Al HUnter gained his 1000th ca ,The Irish jumped off to a good on Notre Dame in their first posses out·of a.crowd, threw and wasititer , After 30 minutes of football, the reer yard on N.D.'s first offensive' start. Starting in their fir!'-t posses sion. StartIng on the 50,' the Game cepted' by Jim Browner on the ·15 Irish had run 48 offensive plays (22 play and kept right on going, rush sion from the N.D. 20, R:ick Slager cocks moved down the '. field ,with' with 3: 23 left, and S.C. was stopped. ing for three, touchdowns aI1:d 97 of these using the effective two~tight directed the offense through, four end system) to only 26 for the yards, not.to mention his three pass first downs, three of. them through Notre Dame . __ :. ____ ; ___ .. :.... __ :_ ... _.... ___ :... _.... ____ .. __ 10 " 3 '0 0-13 . Ducks. More importantly, Notre receptions for 47 more yards. His the air. Ten plays:later the ball South' Carolina ...... ___ .... _...... _.: .... __ . ___ . __ ... :... __ 0 '; 3 o 3 - 6 backfield mate, Rick Slager;' com-. Dame had .converted on four Of eight' rested on' ,the Gamecock nine-yard third-down plays while Oregon, could , line,' where Slager rollePout, right pleted 11 of 18.passes for135 yards, Scoring: with Ken MacAfee grabbing three cash in on only one of eight.". I hitting. Willard· BroWner in the end N.D. Slager to W. Browner, 9 yards (Reeve kick). The second half Jeatured the Irish 'zone. Dave Reeve added the 'kick, and Mark McLane three also, one for N.D. Reeve, 37-yardfield goal. .' . , a touchdoWn. Ken MacAfee grabs yet another defense at theirbest as they,inter and with 10:15 left' in the quarter cepted three passes ,while the offense the Irish led by seven. '." N.D.. Reeve, 30-yard field goal. But the talk of the crowd and Ore- pass as the Oregon Ducks watch., S.C. Parrish, 49-yard field goal.. .,; pushed· across two more scores for , After trading punts, ,the Irish got gon Head Coach Don Reid was the . S.C; . Parrish, 49-yard field goal.· defense. This group, led by erids Ross The game started out just as it the final 41-0 score. Ted Burgmeier's the ball back on their oWn 48. This BroWner and Willie Fry;' permitted would end; the Ducks could not 20-yard punt return, set the Irish ,of drive was less productive. than the th'e DuckS zero net rushing yards move the ball and punted. Notre fense up at the, Oregon 37 and, on initial one, and following two firSt and only 146 yards passirig. And the Dame immediately moved 'to 'the the second, play,. Hunter. broke loose downs, Dan Devine was forced, to Irish were facing the nation's '10th~ , Oregon 8-yard line, but Dave Reeve's for his 31-yard r.un. In the fourth call in Reeve for a 37-yard attempt. raiikedquarterback,JackHenderson.'· ,field-goal attempt was wide left. The . quarter, .. the Irish second-team of., With 4:11 left in the quarter, his Under constant pressure, he was able next drive found the end zone, how fense moved 70 yards in eight plays. kick was 'good. ' . toconiplete;only seven of 16 passes ever, covering. 38 yards in' only three Vagas Ferguson showed his skill and Reeve had the opportunity ·to try for 50 yards. The shutout ran Notre plays. On the ,second play of the potential on a beautiful 24-yardburst 'his foot at another field goal, with Dame's streak of quarters without series, Dave Waymer took the hand up the middle, breaking two tackles 5 :08 left in the first half. The Irish allowing -a touchdown', to 16, only off from Hunter and started what and side-stepping another. : He later began the scoring' drive on their oWn four less than the team :record of looked like a reverse. He 'pulled up, scored from· the. two-yard line' with 28, keeping the 'ball almost eXclu~

across'the grain between two tack ".'" ::. . elusion. Starting off with 1 :25 left Scoring: .L lers, and sped 31 yards for the score. to play from the S.C; 15, the Garn~ N.D. Slager, 1-yard run (Reeve kick). This was "the" run as #25 showed cocks got their first break of, the RD. Slager to McLane, 11 yards (Reeve kick). the speed and the moves that every drive on a. roughing-the-ptmter 'call N.D. Hunter, 9~yardrun (Reeve kick blocked). one has been expecting from the' withlessthari a minute to piay. The N.D. Hunter;6-yardrun (Reeve kick). -Greenville, N.C., junior. As Hunter penalty mov'ed .the ball. to the, Game N.D. 'Hunter, 31-yardrun'(Reeve kick). .~ later added, "I feel quicker than I cock '36, where Stev~ Swi~ehart, Aided,by, Rick,Slage.r's hold,Dave Reeve booted his way into.the record N.D. Ferguson, 2-yard run (Reeve kick). did' at the beginning of the year." subbing for starting quarterback book. :':;'~ . , '11 10 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7; 1977 -I ------~------~~~'~~'"-'-'." .. ,

20 quarters set by the 1946 team though, and fired a 33-yard pass to 7:59 left to play~,' The remaining sively on th~ ground. < ; , being honored. 'wide receiver Dan Kelleher on the time . saw Mike. ,Banks. and Ross From the,28, they worked the ball The high'Poirits of the game, as far one-yard line. When Slager punched Christensen intercept to thwart other up to,the South Carolina 14; where as most of the fans were Concerned, in for the score, the Irish led 7-0., Duck threats., . ~ , ",' the 'drive stalled and.Reevekicked both came in the second half: With his second' field goal of the day; 25 seconds left in the' third quarter, Notre Dame 14 13 7, 7,~ 41 : , The Gamecocks then went on the , . o _ Hunter swept right end,' cut back . Oregon ...... -...... ~ ...... __ .. .. o o 0 :""0 board as the half came to itscon~ across'the grain between two tack ".'" ::. . elusion. Starting off with 1 :25 left Scoring: .L lers, and sped 31 yards for the score. to play from the S.C; 15, the Garn~ N.D. Slager, 1-yard run (Reeve kick). This was "the" run as #25 showed cocks got their first break of, the RD. Slager to McLane, 11 yards (Reeve kick). the speed and the moves that every drive on a. roughing-the-ptmter 'call N.D. Hunter, 9~yardrun (Reeve kick blocked). one has been expecting from the' withlessthari a minute to piay. The N.D. Hunter;6-yardrun (Reeve kick). -Greenville, N.C., junior. As Hunter penalty mov'ed .the ball. to the, Game N.D. 'Hunter, 31-yardrun'(Reeve kick). .~ later added, "I feel quicker than I cock '36, where Stev~ Swi~ehart, Aided,by, Rick,Slage.r's hold,Dave Reeve booted his way into.the record N.D. Ferguson, 2-yard run (Reeve kick). did' at the beginning of the year." subbing for starting quarterback book. :':;'~ . , '11 10 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7; 1977 -I One of them was Kelleher, who Greg Milo to snare the ball from had his finest day as an Irish re their grasp. The 45-yard completion ceiver with seven receptions for 162 was the finest catch of the year for Navy yards. "Navy challenged our rush, the Irish, yet only three points was but they let us have the short pass. the result.', by Ted Robinson We went to work on tha:t,which, . That was because on third down, proved to be the measure. of the a Slager pass slipped through the By all means,' the game was a On their last possession of the ball game." " hands of Steve Orsini and Reeve gross mismatch.. , Notre Dame had quarter, Rick' Slager, who enjoyed a It was Kelleher who put . Notre booted his second field goal of, ,the won five .consecutive games since fine afternoon, connected on passes Dame back in ·the game midway afternoon to give the Irish a six- their opening loss, to Pittsburgh, and of 17. yards to, Dan Kelleher and.14 through the second quarter.'" Slager point cushion. " had not allowed a touchdown in the yards to Ken MacAfee. When the delivered a perfect toss on a crossing They should have' knoWn that 'six process. NavY w'as 'oneand six after , drive stalled; Dave Reeve got. the pattern' over' the middle, and Kel points was no cushion against the losing fiv:estraight games, including Irish on the board with a 47-yard leher turned on the speed for a 58- Middies this year. Memories flashed a ,70-14 loss at the' hands' of Michi field goal. ,,'.. .'. , ' yard touchdown, play. " " back to 1974's 14-6 Irish triumph, a ganand a 45-0 whitewash by Pitts-' By keeping Navy' out of their end ." "The play 'took' a ,little longer to game which Navy led until the burgh. ' ." ' zone inthe first quarter, the Notre develop than it did' in practice, but fourth quarter;' and of 1975's 31-10 Rick's throw was there, and it was Irish win; in which Navy outgained up 'to' me," the senior 'split 'end later the Irish, but .was, victimized by a recalled' about his first Irish touch- blocked punt and'an interception off doWn;' I, a fake punt. , ,," Al 'Hunter' culminated a: 60-yard . With 8:30 remaining,'Leszczynski drive with a five-yard'/burst over took over from his own 20, and left tackle for the, score,that gave proceeded to take the Middies to the The AI Hunter -"point of view" as Rick Slager prepares to pitch on the Notre Dame the lead at 17-14 .. Then, Irish 16. The key play was on third option. ' two plays after Ted BllrgIEeier re and-13, with a 28-yard pass to Steve covered a Joe" Gattuso fumble, Scott, who stole the ball from room, Devine had some reflective think this was a 'similar situation Slager and Hunter, connected on a Luther Bradley. ", . words: "I've been involved in: games where we Could have been upset." 28-yard pass play' to send the Irish On the 16' the drive .stalled' as' like this before where a team. is :. How prophetic those words would off at the half with a 24~14 lead. Leszczynski'misfired on a third~and favored because of its record, and I turn out to be. 'It 'was obvious that: during the two pass. Welsh decided to go for, halftime,' Welsh had' decided' . to the first down on fourth doWn and abandon the· running; game' alto came uP. inches short of, victory. Notre, Dame .... :...... :.; , 3 21 ·0 3 --':"27 ,gether, as LeszczynskL spent the Only the, fingertips of freshman Navy ...... :.: .. .-.. ~...... 0 14 '0 7 - 21 entire third quarter standing in the Dave Waymer, just inserted into the pocket· trying to .pierce the, Notre game in place of Browner, broke up Scoring: Dame pass coverage. :- .. ' a pass intended for Scott. " N.D. Reeve, 47-yard field goal. "They were in a man-to-man, and, ,) "Inches, it's a game of inches," Navy Leszczynski to King, 17 yards (Tata kick). Mike Calhoun and Ross Browner pressuring the quarterback. we felt' ,we could' pass' on them," noted Scott. "Coach Welsh told me Navy Klawinski, I-yard run (Tata kick). , Leszczynski noted. "Our two-man to' break a post pattern at the goal With rumors concerning his job Dame' defense established a' new patterns are designed to go against N.D. Slager to Kelleher, 58 yards (Reeve kick). line and cut right across the field. N.D. Hunter, 5-yard run (Reeve kick). security abounding, Middie Coach school. 'record of 21 consecutive a.'man-to-man and we \veresuccess~ The ball was right there-it was six George Welsh made two.. moves quarters without allowing a, touch~ ful." Successful.was the word,as he points~but ,he (Waymer) made a N.D. Slager to Hunter, 28 yards (Reeve kick). designed to help his anemic offense. down, surpassing the, mark set, by completed 21 of 45 passes for 294 great plaY:' and tipped it away." . . Navy Thompson, I-yard (Tata kick). Little did the Irish know. that the' the 1946 National, Championship yards on the day. " With five minutes left, 'the Middies N.D. Reeve, 24-yard fi~ld' goal. changes almost led to the biggest team.' ' "After the momentary. second- ' were not ready'for the ride back to upset of, the college football 'season. >; However, any Irish attempts to quarter. collapse, the' Irish 'defense Annapolis yet. After an Irish . punt, Notre Dame's 27-21 victory. was, 'extend the record quickly died.in was bending but not, breaking. ,It Navy g()t the bill on their 16 with highlighted by the new Navy, Pass- , the hands of Navy's Mike Galpin took a dubious pass-interference 1:50 :left to play. ' , , ingcombination of sophomore whose interception and, 22-yard penalty in the end zone against Ted After' moving the ball, to the 30 quarterback Bob' Leszczynski and .. return left . the' Middies on Notre Burgmeier on the third play of the on two short passes, Tony Zappala freshmimwingback Dave King. The Dame's 17. " ., final qmirter,toset the Middies",up sacked, Leszczynski for a nine-yard pair hooked up ten .times, including'" ,After' two ,running attemptS' by on' the one. Thompson' did the scor loss. But ,on; fourth-and-19, Lesz,: three times in a furious fourth ' Reggie Thompson·failedto gain,the ing honors:anci Navy was back.in czynskiand King pulled off another quarter drive' that ' came . within .,., tone for the remainder, of the chilly the game; . " , . , miraculous reception for ,a 22-yard inches of a whining touchdo~. . afternoon was' set. Leszczynski Throughout the second half,the gain. With the clock' moving, ' the The game, was played in Cleve-dropped back and lofted a pass in Irish offense reverted to 8: pattern pair conneCted for 19 more yards, land's Municipal' Stadium before a., the direction of King in the corner that was'to characterize their play advanCing the ba~r to the Irish 38. . crowd of 61,172 tluit turned out to of the end zone. As 'Jim Browner over the course of the second half of After throwing the' ball away to witness the first major college foot- spun the wrong way, King came up the season;·'After.-throwing for 180 T stop the clock with 25 seconds left, balFgame in the Oliio city, since .·with the reception for a 7-3'Navy, yards,in the first .half, the offense Leszczynski was dropped for a loss 1952. ' ',' lead. . . changed, ,and the ball was, kept· on by Mike Calhoun and Ken Dike. , " The Middies' running attack was the ground, even on obvious' passing . ;However, Calhoun was shaken up ; The . Notre Dame offense, which absent all day, so Leszczynskiand situations.". .... ". ", .' . on the play and the clock was stalled in the second half against •• King .went to work thr6ughthe air That pattern was broken' for one stopped with one second remaining. South Carolina, looked just as on Navy's next possession. Passes of play following Thompson's score, , Leszczynski's last-gasp pass for stagnant in the first quarter against,' 25 and 14 yards to King put the ball but tlia~kSto Kelleher, one play was' Scott was intercepted' by Bradley Navy. Willard Browner's fumble on, on the one. .From there, Larry allthat was needed; Slager launched in the end zone and the three hour ,the second series cost the Irish good 'Klawinski took it in over left 'guard a bomb in thedirection·of·theNavY and five minute marathon game was field; However, any Irish attempts to quarter. collapse, the' Irish 'defense Annapolis yet. After an Irish . punt, Notre Dame's 27-21 victory. was, 'extend the record quickly died.in was bending but not, breaking. ,It Navy g()t the bill on their 16 with highlighted by the new Navy, Pass- , the hands of Navy's Mike Galpin took a dubious pass-interference 1:50 :left to play. ' , , ingcombination of sophomore whose interception and, 22-yard penalty in the end zone against Ted After' moving the ball, to the 30 quarterback Bob' Leszczynski and .. return left . the' Middies on Notre Burgmeier on the third play of the on two short passes, Tony Zappala freshmimwingback Dave King. The Dame's 17. " ., final qmirter,toset the Middies",up sacked, Leszczynski for a nine-yard pair hooked up ten .times, including'" ,After' two ,running attemptS' by on' the one. Thompson' did the scor loss. But ,on; fourth-and-19, Lesz,: three times in a furious fourth ' Reggie Thompson·failedto gain,the ing honors:anci Navy was back.in czynskiand King pulled off another quarter drive' that ' came . within .,., tone for the remainder, of the chilly the game; . " , . , miraculous reception for ,a 22-yard inches of a whining touchdo~. . afternoon was' set. Leszczynski Throughout the second half,the gain. With the clock' moving, ' the The game, was played in Cleve-dropped back and lofted a pass in Irish offense reverted to 8: pattern pair conneCted for 19 more yards, land's Municipal' Stadium before a., the direction of King in the corner that was'to characterize their play advanCing the ba~r to the Irish 38. . crowd of 61,172 tluit turned out to of the end zone. As 'Jim Browner over the course of the second half of After throwing the' ball away to witness the first major college foot- spun the wrong way, King came up the season;·'After.-throwing for 180 T stop the clock with 25 seconds left, balFgame in the Oliio city, since .·with the reception for a 7-3'Navy, yards,in the first .half, the offense Leszczynski was dropped for a loss 1952. ' ',' lead. . . changed, ,and the ball was, kept· on by Mike Calhoun and Ken Dike. , " The Middies' running attack was the ground, even on obvious' passing . ;However, Calhoun was shaken up ; The . Notre Dame offense, which absent all day, so Leszczynskiand situations.". .... ". ", .' . on the play and the clock was stalled in the second half against •• King .went to work thr6ughthe air That pattern was broken' for one stopped with one second remaining. South Carolina, looked just as on Navy's next possession. Passes of play following Thompson's score, , Leszczynski's last-gasp pass for stagnant in the first quarter against,' 25 and 14 yards to King put the ball but tlia~kSto Kelleher, one play was' Scott was intercepted' by Bradley Navy. Willard Browner's fumble on, on the one. .From there, Larry allthat was needed; Slager launched in the end zone and the three hour ,the second series cost the Irish good 'Klawinski took it in over left 'guard a bomb in thedirection·of·theNavY and five minute marathon game was fieldith a mark of 6-1 while just the Punl Relurn Yards '...... ::.. 324 165 Golic ...... 99, 6-25 1 ,c 0 o w~ek before, the Irish were ranked Number 01 Relurns ...... 44 ' 28 PASSING R. Browner ...... __ '.. .. 97 ' 28-203 7 4 G No. Camp. Pel. Inl. Yds. TO Average Relurn ...... 7.4. 5.9 Calhaun ...... 92 .12-41 3 2 l:th in the country. This week was Tolal Return Yards ...... 577 372 Slager ...... 10 ·172 86 .500 12 1281 11 Becker ...... : ...... ·89 4-27 2 0 o different, however, as Notre Dame Lisch ...... :.: .• . 6 41 16 .390 2 267 2 Kickoff Relurn Yaids ...... :...... 541 .704 Forystek .... ::... . 3 . 17 5 .294 2 99 0 J. Browner __ ...... 80 .4-14 3 0 1 . fell to an extremely charged-up' Number of Relurns ...... 32 42 Hunler ...... 11 1 1 1.000 0 33 1 Fry ...... ; ...... ' 77 9-65 o o Waymer .... :. 10 1 1 1.000 0 33 0 Tech team 23-14. Average Return ...... 16.9 16.8 Burgmeier __ ...... 54 1-2 3 o Restic ...... : .... . 11 2' 1 .500 0 4 0 Tech coming into the game was W. Browner .. 10 4' 1 .• 250 1 4 1 Restic ...... 54 3-10 3 o Average Punl ...... ;.. 41.7 36.5 Bradley ...... 50 2-23 7 Number of Punts ...... '. 63 90 NO ...... 11 238 111 .466 17 1721 15 3-4-1, but got on the scoreboard Harrisonf ...... 26 0-0 0 Yards Punling ...... :...... '2627 .3283 OPP ...... , ...... 11 .291 122 .419 16 1687 7 o o first. It came just inside the second Had Blocked ...... :...... 0 2· Zellek .... ~: ...... 21 3-5 o 0 o quarter mark, with Tech taking the Johnson ...... 20 0·0 o o o ball 66 yards in 12 plays, before '. Penalties Against ...... : 51 . 47 Zappala ...... 18 4-42 o o o Yards Penalized ...... ;...... 598 513 RUSHING Banks ...... 16 0-0 o o stalling at the N.D. 14.' Danny Fumbles (Last) ...... 29 (18) 31 (14) G . 'TC Yds. Avg. TO long Dubenelzky .... _.... . 14 0·0 o o Smith came in and with 11:01 left . 'Yards Returned ...... :...... 0 0 Hunler ...... '... .11 233 1058 4.5 12 64 Ferguson .. : ... : .. : . 8' 81 350 4.3 2 24 Christensen ...... 13 0-0 o o o on the scoreboard, T~h was up by Tatal First Dawns """.".""".",,,,,.,,. 215 173 Eurick ...... 10' 46 230 5.0 o 59 Eastman ...... 12 1-9 1 o o three. ball was moved to the Irish 8. On Then, on the next two plays, with by rushing ...... ;...... 126 69 Heavens : .... :.... 3 54 204 3.8 o 12· Leopold ...... 10 0-0 o o o ·W. Browner.... 10 41 170 4.1. 15 by passing ...... :...... 76 88 . o Flynn ...... 9 1-2 o o o On the following drive the Irish the next play Gary. Lanier carried it a first down and 29 situation set: up, . by penally ...... : .. :... 13 16 Orsini ...... 11 33 159 4.8 o . 26 got on .. the scoreboard themselves in" eight yards for the score, and N.D. appeared to push the panic Lisch ...... 6· 37 77 . 2.1 4 21 Weiler ...... 8 0·0 o o o McLane ...... :. 7 18 56 3.1 13 Orsini ...... 7 0-0 o thanks to some fancy passing by Tech was down by four at the half. button, and tried two long passes to INDIVIDUAL TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS o o o . G Plays Yards . Avg. Knott ...... ~..... 2 5 25 5.0 o 13 Likovich ...... 7 0·0 o o o Domin ...... 1 ,. 5 18 3.6 o 24 Rick Slager. Slager completed three ( After an exchange of punts late in Kelleher. Both fell just over his Slager ...... 10 221 '1203 5.4 Way mer ...... 6 0-0 4 o o Hunter "...... 11 234 ',1091 4.7· Waymer .... : ...:. 10 2 , . 17 8.5 o 14 tosses to Ken MacAfee, and ,through . the third quarter, •Tec~ . again fingers, and after a draw play to Morse ...... 4 0·0 o o o Ferguson ...... 8 81 350 4.3 Foryslek ...... 3 5 ..;, 6 -1.2 o 6 the running of AI Hunter and Terry ., mounted. the attack:. Takmg over Eurick, the Irish were forced to . Slager ...... ' 10 49 -78 -1.6 2 13 Domin .. ~ ...... 4 0-0 o o o RE.SULTS ••• Won 8, Losl.3, Tied 0 Meyer ...... ' 4 0·0 o o o Eurick the Irish moved in front by from theIr own 20, back Bo Thomas punt. 'NO ...~.:,...... 11 609 2280 3.7 20 64 Westont ...... 3 0·0 o o o four~ . provided some broken-field running It turned out that this drive would OPP ...... ' 11 483 1324 2.7 '10 61 NO OPP Attendance McLane ... _...... 3 0-0 000 10' PITTSBURGH ...... ; ...... 31 59,075 [c) The next time the Irish had' the .. for a 45-yard gain to the Irish 35 .. be the last major' one' for the Irish Eurick ...... 3 0-0 000 23 PURDUE ...... 0 59,075 (c) ball they again went on the board .. From there David Sims and Lanier because for tile next seven' niiriutes, 48 at Northweslern ...... 0 44,936 Schmitz ...... 3 0-0 000 SCORING · 24 al Michigan Stole ...... 6 77,081 (c) Martinovich ...... 2 0·0 000 aid~ in part by a Tech miscue~ carried the ball, with Sims putting Tech controll'ed the ball, marching G TO PATR-PA· FG TP 41· . OREGON ...... 0 59,075 (c) . 'Hunler ...... 11 13 0-0 0·0 0-0 78 Carney, ...... 2 0·0 000 Harpe~ Brown, back. in punt for- the ball. over with. a 10-yard e~d 66 yardS in 15 plays for the' final 13 01 South Carolina ... :...... 6 56,721 (c) Reeve ...... _...... :. 11 0 29-33 0·0 '9-18 56 Ferguson ...... 2 0·0 o 1 0 27 'al Navy (Cleveland) ...... 21 61,172 mation, lost his grip on the ball sweep WIth 2:59 Jeft, and' GeorgIa score of the' day and the Yellow Kelleher ...... 11 4 0·0 0-1 0-0' 26 14 al Georgia Tech ...... 23 50,079 Kelleher ...... 2 0-0 000 Lisch .. :...... '6'~' 4 0·0 0-0 0-0 24 coming from the snap. 'Brown then Tech was ahead by two. Jackets had a most impressive win: 21.· ALABAMA ...... ~.. 18 59,075 (c) Huffman ...... 2 0-0 000 MacAfee' ...... 11 . 3 0-0 0·0 0-0 18 40 MIAMI ...... 27' 59,075 (c) . 'Ferguson ...... 8 3, 0-0 0·0 0-0 18 E. Hughe ...... 2 0-0 020 froze when he looked up and saw. r---~--.------:----~------..:...----.---, '13, al Southern Col .. :...... 17 76,561 Ross' Browner and Luther Bradley Georgia Tech ----.. ---.. ------.. -----.... ------.. --.... o 10 6 7. 23 Slager .. : ... ,...... 10 2 0·0 0·0 0-0, 12 'McDaniels ...... 0·0 000 McLane ...... 7 2 0·0 0·0 0-0 12 Woebkenberg ...... 0-0 o 0 coming in on him; and was sacked . Notre Dame ------.. ------.. -.. ------.... -.. -.. ---- o .14 o o 14 TEAM SCORING W. Browner ...... 10 2' 0-0 0-0 0-0 12 .. NO OPP MacAfee ...... 0-0 000 on the Tech 35-yard line by Bradley. Domin ...... 11 '1 0·0 0·0 0-0 6 Scoring: Tolol Points : ...... ; ...... ~ .. . 274 149 . Leopold ...c...... 10 1 0·0 0-0 0-0 6 Moore 0-0 o o o From there it took the Irish just Average ...... :~ ...... 24.913.5 Eurick ...... 10 1 0-0 . 0·0 0·0 6 Hunter 0-0 o 1 o 'Touchdowns ...... : ...... :: ...... 36 .18 G.T.. Smith, 31-yard field goal.. Vinson 0·0 o o six plays to score. The drive was 20· 10 NO ...... 11 36 29-33 0-1 9-18 274 o N.D. Hunter, 2-yardrun (Reeve kick). Slager o 0·0 o o capped by Hunter's run over a block ~~. ~:ss~;~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 157 OPP ...... 11 18 15-16 1-0 8-15' 149 .N.D .. Hunter, 3-yard run (Reeve kick). by relurn ...... , ...... : ...... 1 1 Lisch ...... o 0-0 o o by Steve -McDaniels with 1:53 left by . recovery ...... ~ ...... o 0 • 53 yards vs. Pittsburgh· in the half. . . . G.T. Lanier, 8-yard run ( Smith kick). · Field Goals [Made-Att.) .:...... : .... . 9-18 8-15 39 yards vs; Purdue NO ...... 1138 87-497 37 18' " G.T. Sims, 10~yard run (Smith kick wide). Safelies ...... : .... O. 0 47 yards vs. Michigan Slale OPP ...... 1047 53·295 29 22 2 , Tech countered immediately with PAT - Kick ...... : ...... 29-33 15-16 37 & 30 yards vs. So. Carolina the big play being a 46-yard end G.T. Sims, 16-yard run (Smith kick). PAT - Run .:...... ; ...... : ..... : .. 0-1 1-1 47 & 24 yards vs. Navy ·Includes solos and assists PAT - Pass ...... 1-2 ,0·1 31 & 42 yards vs. Miami tOul for Season 14 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 15

------~------~--~~------~~------~------~------~--~~~------~------1976 .NOTRE. DAME FOOTBALL STATISTICS The Irish then began what would be their final drive with 14:22 left (ELEVEN GAMES) to play in the contest. Starting on their own 20, Hunter .carried three times for four yards, and Joe Restic . SCORING BY QUARTERS PASS RECEIVING RETURNS Notre Dame ...... 64 109 49 52-274 G PC Yds. Avg. TO Long Interceptions Punts Kickoffs was called in to punt. On the' punt, Opponent ...... 7 55 36. 51 - 149 Kelleher ...... 11 24 522 21.8 4 58 Hunler ...... 4- 1-0 12-241-0 Georgia Tech MacAlee 11 34 483 14.2 3 26 Eurick .. _..... _. 10-181-0 Tech was called for holding, and the c:...... TEAM STATISTICS Hunter ...... 11 15 189 12.6 1 28 Harrison ...... 2- 17-0 Irish had a second chance. ' NO OPP Damin ...... 11 5 124 24.8 1 70 Burgmeier ._._ 2- 42-0 20-138-0 With 12:15 left, Tom Donlin car Tolal Offense ...... '4001 3011 Mclane ...... 7 9 110 12.2 2 33 Schmitz ...... 18-168·0 1- 28-0 Tom Kruczek Tolol Plays ...... 847 776 Eurick ...... 10 5 65 13.0 1 38 Leopold ...... 1- 57-1 by ried on a left. end ~ reverse from · Yards Per Play...... 4.7 3.9 Haines ...... ' 11 3 64 21.3 0 35 Waymer ...... 1- 24·0 Hunter. Ted Horansky was leading , Yards Per Game ...... : ...... 363.7 273.7 W. 8rowner .... 10 5 53 10.6 2 15 Restic ...... 4- 92-0 Orsini ...... 11 4 47 11.8 0 14 Becker ...... 1- 0·0 Georgia Tech is the type of game sweep by Drew Hill to the N.D. 18. the blocking, and appeared to get Ferguson ...... 8 3 27 9.0 1 17 Banks ...... 1- 0-0 Nel Yards Rushing ...... 2280 1324 Heavens ...... 3 2 22 11.0 0 12 Christensen '0 1- 16-0 that usually gets overlooked when a Hill might have scored on the play his head in front of Freeman Col Attempts ...... , .... c... . 609 483 S. Harl ...... 3. 1 9 9.0 0 9 MacAfee ...... 3- 34-0 Yards Per Rush ..... : ..... : ...... 3;7 2.7 preseason glance is given to the had he not run into his own man, bert. The officials didn't see' it that Schmitz ...... 11 1 6 6.0 0 6 J. Browner u 2- 0-0 Yards Per Game ...... : ...... 207.3 120.4 schedule. It was coming late in the gUard Bob Curley, who was literally way, and called Horansky for clip Bradley ...... 2- 0-0 NO ...... ,..... 11' 111 1721 15.2 15 70 Weiler ...... 3- 27-0 season, when the Irish already will holding off Bradley. On the' play, as ping. After the game,Devine called Nel Yards Passing .. : ...... 1721 1687 OPP ...... 11 122 1687 13.8 7 63 Orsini ...... 3- 30-0 have the kinks out of the offense. It Camp. Percentage ...... 466 .419· Golic ...... 1- 2-0 Curley, Hill and Bradley were slid this play "the biggest play of ,the Attempls ...... 238 291 was right in front of, the Alabama ing out of bounds, Bradley was second half, and maybe of the Completions ...... :., ...... 111' .122 NO ..... _...... _ 16-233-1 44-324-0 32-541-0 game, and two weeks prior to the called for a personal foul, and the Had Inlercepled ...... ~ ...... c, ... .. 17 16 . PUNTING OPP ...... 17-217-0 30-163·0 42-704-1 game." Touchdown Passes ...... 15 7 G No. Yds. Avg. Long annual game with Southern CaL Yards Per Camp ...... c...... 15.5 13.8 Restic ...... 11 63 2627 41.7 63 Yards Per Attempl ...... 7.2 5.8 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS But the Georgia Tech game, after 156.5 153.4 NO ...... 11 63 2627 41.7 63 Yards Per Game ...... :: ...... 'TM ll-Yds. PBU FR BK the season, would not be overlooked. Interceptions Made ...... 16 17 OPP ...... 11 90. 3283 36.5 62 .Yards Relurned .: ..... ;... ,; ..... ::...... 233 217 Heimkreiler .:...... 118 1-4 0 1 0 Notre Dame traveled to Atlanta' Dike ...... ,...... 99 8-25 . 0 0 \\>ith a mark of 6-1 while just the Punl Relurn Yards '...... ::.. 324 165 Golic ...... 99, 6-25 1 ,c 0 o w~ek before, the Irish were ranked Number 01 Relurns ...... 44 ' 28 PASSING R. Browner ...... __ '.. .. 97 ' 28-203 7 4 G No. Camp. Pel. Inl. Yds. TO Average Relurn ...... 7.4. 5.9 Calhaun ...... 92 .12-41 3 2 l:th in the country. This week was Tolal Return Yards ...... 577 372 Slager ...... 10 ·172 86 .500 12 1281 11 Becker ...... : ...... ·89 4-27 2 0 o different, however, as Notre Dame Lisch ...... :.: .• . 6 41 16 .390 2 267 2 Kickoff Relurn Yaids ...... :...... 541 .704 Forystek .... ::... . 3 . 17 5 .294 2 99 0 J. Browner __ ...... 80 .4-14 3 0 1 . fell to an extremely charged-up' Number of Relurns ...... 32 42 Hunler ...... 11 1 1 1.000 0 33 1 Fry ...... ; ...... ' 77 9-65 o o Waymer .... :. 10 1 1 1.000 0 33 0 Tech team 23-14. Average Return ...... 16.9 16.8 Burgmeier __ ...... 54 1-2 3 o Restic ...... : .... . 11 2' 1 .500 0 4 0 Tech coming into the game was W. Browner .. 10 4' 1 .• 250 1 4 1 Restic ...... 54 3-10 3 o Average Punl ...... ;.. 41.7 36.5 Bradley ...... 50 2-23 7 Number of Punts ...... '. 63 90 NO ...... 11 238 111 .466 17 1721 15 3-4-1, but got on the scoreboard Harrisonf ...... 26 0-0 0 Yards Punling ...... :...... '2627 .3283 OPP ...... , ...... 11 .291 122 .419 16 1687 7 o o first. It came just inside the second Had Blocked ...... :...... 0 2· Zellek .... ~: ...... 21 3-5 o 0 o quarter mark, with Tech taking the Johnson ...... 20 0·0 o o o ball 66 yards in 12 plays, before '. Penalties Against ...... : 51 . 47 Zappala ...... 18 4-42 o o o Yards Penalized ...... ;...... 598 513 RUSHING Banks ...... 16 0-0 o o stalling at the N.D. 14.' Danny Fumbles (Last) ...... 29 (18) 31 (14) G . 'TC Yds. Avg. TO long Dubenelzky .... _.... . 14 0·0 o o Smith came in and with 11:01 left . 'Yards Returned ...... :...... 0 0 Hunler ...... '... .11 233 1058 4.5 12 64 Ferguson .. : ... : .. : . 8' 81 350 4.3 2 24 Christensen ...... 13 0-0 o o o on the scoreboard, T~h was up by Tatal First Dawns """.".""".",,,,,.,,. 215 173 Eurick ...... 10' 46 230 5.0 o 59 Eastman ...... 12 1-9 1 o o three. ball was moved to the Irish 8. On Then, on the next two plays, with by rushing ...... ;...... 126 69 Heavens : .... :.... 3 54 204 3.8 o 12· Leopold ...... 10 0-0 o o o ·W. Browner.... 10 41 170 4.1. 15 by passing ...... :...... 76 88 . o Flynn ...... 9 1-2 o o o On the following drive the Irish the next play Gary. Lanier carried it a first down and 29 situation set: up, . by penally ...... : .. :... 13 16 Orsini ...... 11 33 159 4.8 o . 26 got on .. the scoreboard themselves in" eight yards for the score, and N.D. appeared to push the panic Lisch ...... 6· 37 77 . 2.1 4 21 Weiler ...... 8 0·0 o o o McLane ...... :. 7 18 56 3.1 13 Orsini ...... 7 0-0 o thanks to some fancy passing by Tech was down by four at the half. button, and tried two long passes to INDIVIDUAL TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS o o o . G Plays Yards . Avg. Knott ...... ~..... 2 5 25 5.0 o 13 Likovich ...... 7 0·0 o o o Domin ...... 1 ,. 5 18 3.6 o 24 Rick Slager. Slager completed three ( After an exchange of punts late in Kelleher. Both fell just over his Slager ...... 10 221 '1203 5.4 Way mer ...... 6 0-0 4 o o Hunter "...... 11 234 ',1091 4.7· Waymer .... : ...:. 10 2 , . 17 8.5 o 14 tosses to Ken MacAfee, and ,through . the third quarter, •Tec~ . again fingers, and after a draw play to Morse ...... 4 0·0 o o o Ferguson ...... 8 81 350 4.3 Foryslek ...... 3 5 ..;, 6 -1.2 o 6 the running of AI Hunter and Terry ., mounted. the attack:. Takmg over Eurick, the Irish were forced to . Slager ...... ' 10 49 -78 -1.6 2 13 Domin .. ~ ...... 4 0-0 o o o RE.SULTS ••• Won 8, Losl.3, Tied 0 Meyer ...... ' 4 0·0 o o o Eurick the Irish moved in front by from theIr own 20, back Bo Thomas punt. 'NO ...~.:,...... 11 609 2280 3.7 20 64 Westont ...... 3 0·0 o o o four~ . provided some broken-field running It turned out that this drive would OPP ...... ' 11 483 1324 2.7 '10 61 NO OPP Attendance McLane ... _...... 3 0-0 000 10' PITTSBURGH ...... ; ...... 31 59,075 [c) The next time the Irish had' the .. for a 45-yard gain to the Irish 35 .. be the last major' one' for the Irish Eurick ...... 3 0-0 000 23 PURDUE ...... 0 59,075 (c) ball they again went on the board .. From there David Sims and Lanier because for tile next seven' niiriutes, 48 at Northweslern ...... 0 44,936 Schmitz ...... 3 0-0 000 SCORING · 24 al Michigan Stole ...... 6 77,081 (c) Martinovich ...... 2 0·0 000 aid~ in part by a Tech miscue~ carried the ball, with Sims putting Tech controll'ed the ball, marching G TO PATR-PA· FG TP 41· . OREGON ...... 0 59,075 (c) . 'Hunler ...... 11 13 0-0 0·0 0-0 78 Carney, ...... 2 0·0 000 Harpe~ Brown, back. in punt for- the ball. over with. a 10-yard e~d 66 yardS in 15 plays for the' final 13 01 South Carolina ... :...... 6 56,721 (c) Reeve ...... _...... :. 11 0 29-33 0·0 '9-18 56 Ferguson ...... 2 0·0 o 1 0 27 'al Navy (Cleveland) ...... 21 61,172 mation, lost his grip on the ball sweep WIth 2:59 Jeft, and' GeorgIa score of the' day and the Yellow Kelleher ...... 11 4 0·0 0-1 0-0' 26 14 al Georgia Tech ...... 23 50,079 Kelleher ...... 2 0-0 000 Lisch .. :...... '6'~' 4 0·0 0-0 0-0 24 coming from the snap. 'Brown then Tech was ahead by two. Jackets had a most impressive win: 21.· ALABAMA ...... ~.. 18 59,075 (c) Huffman ...... 2 0-0 000 MacAfee' ...... 11 . 3 0-0 0·0 0-0 18 40 MIAMI ...... 27' 59,075 (c) . 'Ferguson ...... 8 3, 0-0 0·0 0-0 18 E. Hughe ...... 2 0-0 020 froze when he looked up and saw. r---~--.------:----~------..:...----.---, '13, al Southern Col .. :...... 17 76,561 Ross' Browner and Luther Bradley Georgia Tech ----.. ---.. ------.. -----.... ------.. --.... o 10 6 7. 23 Slager .. : ... ,...... 10 2 0·0 0·0 0-0, 12 'McDaniels ...... 0·0 000 McLane ...... 7 2 0·0 0·0 0-0 12 Woebkenberg ...... 0-0 o 0 coming in on him; and was sacked . Notre Dame ------.. ------.. -.. ------.... -.. -.. ---- o .14 o o 14 TEAM SCORING W. Browner ...... 10 2' 0-0 0-0 0-0 12 .. NO OPP MacAfee ...... 0-0 000 on the Tech 35-yard line by Bradley. Domin ...... 11 '1 0·0 0·0 0-0 6 Scoring: Tolol Points : ...... ; ...... ~ .. . 274 149 . Leopold ...c...... 10 1 0·0 0-0 0-0 6 Moore 0-0 o o o From there it took the Irish just Average ...... :~ ...... 24.913.5 Eurick ...... 10 1 0-0 . 0·0 0·0 6 Hunter 0-0 o 1 o 'Touchdowns ...... : ...... :: ...... 36 .18 G.T.. Smith, 31-yard field goal.. Vinson 0·0 o o six plays to score. The drive was 20· 10 NO ...... 11 36 29-33 0-1 9-18 274 o N.D. Hunter, 2-yardrun (Reeve kick). Slager o 0·0 o o capped by Hunter's run over a block ~~. ~:ss~;~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 157 OPP ...... 11 18 15-16 1-0 8-15' 149 .N.D .. Hunter, 3-yard run (Reeve kick). by relurn ...... , ...... : ...... 1 1 Lisch ...... o 0-0 o o by Steve -McDaniels with 1:53 left by . recovery ...... ~ ...... o 0 • 53 yards vs. Pittsburgh· in the half. . . . G.T. Lanier, 8-yard run ( Smith kick). · Field Goals [Made-Att.) .:...... : .... . 9-18 8-15 39 yards vs; Purdue NO ...... 1138 87-497 37 18' " G.T. Sims, 10~yard run (Smith kick wide). Safelies ...... : .... O. 0 47 yards vs. Michigan Slale OPP ...... 1047 53·295 29 22 2 , Tech countered immediately with PAT - Kick ...... : ...... 29-33 15-16 37 & 30 yards vs. So. Carolina the big play being a 46-yard end G.T. Sims, 16-yard run (Smith kick). PAT - Run .:...... ; ...... : ..... : .. 0-1 1-1 47 & 24 yards vs. Navy ·Includes solos and assists PAT - Pass ...... 1-2 ,0·1 31 & 42 yards vs. Miami tOul for Season 14 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 15

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record-setter Dave Reeve was' called Tide score behind them, and took all . alone in the left corner when had to, providing a new facet to the upon to hit the field goal. Unfortu the offensive again. A 25-yard pass Rutledge put the pass up. Rutledge quarterback position·- speed. Fer Alabama nately the kick was wide to the left" " to wingback Tom Domin quickly had failed 'to see an open receiver guson proved Devine and his coach gave the Irish fine field position. on the wide side of the field. ing staff to be geniuses, with their by Bill Delaney and the Irish wound up with noth ing from the drive. ' , After a few quick runs, Slager Lisch then took over, and some decision earlier in the week to start found MacAfee over the middle for fine runs 'through the line ate up the freshman. He finished with a Bill Delaney is a former sports' first regular season meeting between A poor punt of 20 yards gave N.D. the two schools. great field' position on their, own 30, 11 yards and a first down. A, four valuable moments for the Irish. But 24-carry, 107-yard performance in editor of the Scholastic and editor of yard burst by Heavens over left the Irish could not continue' their the afternoon.. the 1974 and '75 Football Review. He But it was not the two teams that and the Irish scoring machine played in the bowl games that were 'started to roll again. Al Hunter' tackle gave way to VagasFerguson. drive and ~ere forced to punt. Ala But in the end, the victory left' is currently an MBA student at Notre The freshman broke around right bama began to roll with the pos many . questions unanswered. How Dame. to meet on the chilly field this Sat_went through left tackle for 36 urday. The past excitement of the yards and the' first down, bringing end from the 17 for seven points. session, as it moved from its' own 22' could a team that had lost to a bowl games was far away from the the ball into Alabama territory. This put Notre Dame on top, 21-7 to 47. But the defense took over and weaker Georgia Tech tea'm come There was a great deal of appre going into half time. two teams' minds, as both had to sal- ' Slager then went to MacAfee for Ross Browner dumped Rutledge for back and play a balanced game hension up to the Alabama weekend The third quarter appeared to be surrounding the Notre Dame foot- vage a season, and each figured that eight and Hunter for seven and the a win would accomplish that objec- Irish, were. at the Tide four-yard a continuation of, the previous 30 'ball team. The loss the previous' minutes for the Irish, as they moved weekend to Georgia Tech did· so tive. Despite the season-opening loss line. However, the misfortunes of to Pitt,' the Irish had fashioned a the past weeks continued to haunt consistently' with their' first posses- . much, for' Pepper Rogers and his sion of the half. Starting from their r crew, and little for the Irish cause. powerful defense and sporadic of- the, offense arid Steve Orsini's' carry fense to come up with a 6-2 record. into the end zone for an apparent own 20, Slager stayed on the ground The questions surrounding the De behind runs by Hunter and Fergu vine Corporation had resurfaced Alabama also had two losses, and it touchdown resulted, in a fumble;' was orily mathematical' before the giving the Irish nothing again for son to move the ball to the Alabama with the loss to Tech. It would have 45. But the drive was soon halted been a different situation if the Tech • Tide would lose its traditional their effort. ' , first-place finish in the SEC. This wave of' inefficiency con-' when Slager's aerial, ~ intended' for had beaten the' Irish honestly,. but Kelleher, was picked off by·· Tim' they beat Notre Dame without even On the' first possession of the ,.' tinued to plague both sides until the game, the Irish marcheddoWnfield beginning of the next quarter. On Krauss, who returned the intercep throwing the ball. That went out tion to the Irish '30. But the Tide before Rockne. ' from their own 24-yard line behind the first possession of the second quarterback Rick Slager. Passes to quarter, Slager -rolled left. and hit could not move the ball, so Jack Alabama represented one of the Berrey was called in to attempt. a fiercest opponents Notre Dame ever Ken MacAfee for 18 and 25 yards '., Dan Kelleher on the left sideline for moved Notre Dame through the Ala- 56 yards .and the score. Reeve con field goal. His kick was true;' and faced. Armed 'with two victories by Alabama cut the lead to 21-10 with: one- and two-point margins in bowl bama line, something which' sparked., nected on the extra point with the. the capacity crowd of 59,075. Irish now on top by seven with the 4:05 remaining in the third quarter. games, the Tide was coming to Alabama then' had the opportuni-, South Bend to play the Irish in the . But the drive stalled at the 12 and first score of the day. ' ';rhe advantage was soon to mount ty to score, with its next posses- to 14 as Slager again moved Notre ,'sion as Rutledge carried the Tide Dame downfield' with: some excel- from its .,' own' 32 behind some' ,lent playcalling. Passes to Kelleher fancy passing to Newsonie and Bill And ~hen' you get past the line you meet the -linebackers. Bob Golic and MacAfee. moved' the Irish past Flanagan. before the quarter ended. . and Doug Becker combine for the stop. . ' midfield, where the, explosive run On the first play of the fourth quar ning of Vagas Ferguson took over.. ter Rutledge found Newsome all a four-yard loss. On fourth and nine. against .one of the tougher teams in The freshman' back, who had seen alone for 30.yards. and the score.' from the '43, Rutledge saw his team's the country? Why does the conser little' action 'throughout the season, Electing to go for the two-point con hopes lie on the field 'as' his pass vative. style of play continue to' sur-' was a surprise starter at the outset version, Newsome again scored for intended for Newsome fell short. ' face after the Irish build a'comfort of the contest. In this drive Fergu the Tide, taking a pitchout from Lisch sat on the ball for the last two' able lead? If the Tech game had son'sjaunts of 12. and 13 yards put Rutledge' for the conversion, and a plays as time finally ran out on the realized" a favorable outcome, then the.Irish down to the Alabama 17. 21-18 score. stadium clock as .the Irish found could 'the" Alabama win perhaps' Hunter took ,over from' there, ,and _ It was at this point that many of theIllselves winners, 21-18. have meant a major bowl invita on two runs the Irishscored 'again. the fans could sense that impend The .win was an impressive one tion? But we'll never know about But the bubble: of invincIbility ing doom was at hand. Playing a for the Irish. The offense was able to that. What.we do know is that Notre was soon to burst. On Alabama's conservative style of football in the move on one of the. more threaten Dame swept to its third consecutive next, possession, quarterback Jack' second half for the past few games, ing defensive lines in. the. country. triumph over Alabama -.:.. something O'Rear marched 'Barna, dow-nfield' the Irish had barely cOlne out on top Despite the loss of Slager, Rusty that. many of the greatest teams behind his rushing, bringing the of the contests, and the loss the pre Lisch moved the offense when he' cannot brag of. , . Tide past midfield~' But" the key to vious week gave many an uneasy the scoring : drive was an interfer-,' feeling. _ '. ence 'call on Luther Bradley at the But not this afternoon. Despite Notre Dame ...... :.:~ ...... ,...... ,0 21 o '0 - 21 l1~yard line. His interference of Oz- Slager's injury when he was hit , .Alabama ." ...... ~ ...... :., 0 7 3 8 -18 zie Newsome resulted ,in a 24-yard behind the line, the Irish hopes were . gain for the Tide.' O'Rearthen took -kept illi:veby Sophomore Rusty Scoring: , over the controls, and,' three plays Lisch. He killed enough time on N.D. Slager to Kelleher, 56 yards (Reeve kick). late!:" . Al1;l.bama broke the scoring the clock to enable the Tide to N.D. Hunter, 2-yard run (Reeve kick). barrier., The 77-yard scoring drive . gamble for the big play. However, U.A. O'Rear, 1-yard run (Berrey kick)~ took four minutes and 19 seconds, the big play, was all Jim Browner's, N.D. Ferguson, 17-yard run ,(Reeve kick). and gave ,the Irish something to as t~e, big cornerback intercepted U.A. Berrey, 38-yard field goal. Leading the first-half passing assault on Alabama, Dan Kelleher leaps for ~orry about once again; Rutledge's' pass in the' end zone for' U.A. Rutledge to Newsome, 30 yards (Ne~some ran for two points). another completion. ' ., ' ' But Slager and company put the the Irish. The sophomore back -was

18 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 19 - record-setter Dave Reeve was' called Tide score behind them, and took all . alone in the left corner when had to, providing a new facet to the upon to hit the field goal. Unfortu the offensive again. A 25-yard pass Rutledge put the pass up. Rutledge quarterback position·- speed. Fer Alabama nately the kick was wide to the left" " to wingback Tom Domin quickly had failed 'to see an open receiver guson proved Devine and his coach gave the Irish fine field position. on the wide side of the field. ing staff to be geniuses, with their by Bill Delaney and the Irish wound up with noth ing from the drive. ' , After a few quick runs, Slager Lisch then took over, and some decision earlier in the week to start found MacAfee over the middle for fine runs 'through the line ate up the freshman. He finished with a Bill Delaney is a former sports' first regular season meeting between A poor punt of 20 yards gave N.D. the two schools. great field' position on their, own 30, 11 yards and a first down. A, four valuable moments for the Irish. But 24-carry, 107-yard performance in editor of the Scholastic and editor of yard burst by Heavens over left the Irish could not continue' their the afternoon.. the 1974 and '75 Football Review. He But it was not the two teams that and the Irish scoring machine played in the bowl games that were 'started to roll again. Al Hunter' tackle gave way to VagasFerguson. drive and ~ere forced to punt. Ala But in the end, the victory left' is currently an MBA student at Notre The freshman broke around right bama began to roll with the pos many . questions unanswered. How Dame. to meet on the chilly field this Sat_went through left tackle for 36 urday. The past excitement of the yards and the' first down, bringing end from the 17 for seven points. session, as it moved from its' own 22' could a team that had lost to a bowl games was far away from the the ball into Alabama territory. This put Notre Dame on top, 21-7 to 47. But the defense took over and weaker Georgia Tech tea'm come There was a great deal of appre going into half time. two teams' minds, as both had to sal- ' Slager then went to MacAfee for Ross Browner dumped Rutledge for back and play a balanced game hension up to the Alabama weekend The third quarter appeared to be surrounding the Notre Dame foot- vage a season, and each figured that eight and Hunter for seven and the a win would accomplish that objec- Irish, were. at the Tide four-yard a continuation of, the previous 30 'ball team. The loss the previous' minutes for the Irish, as they moved weekend to Georgia Tech did· so tive. Despite the season-opening loss line. However, the misfortunes of to Pitt,' the Irish had fashioned a the past weeks continued to haunt consistently' with their' first posses- . much, for' Pepper Rogers and his sion of the half. Starting from their r crew, and little for the Irish cause. powerful defense and sporadic of- the, offense arid Steve Orsini's' carry fense to come up with a 6-2 record. into the end zone for an apparent own 20, Slager stayed on the ground The questions surrounding the De behind runs by Hunter and Fergu vine Corporation had resurfaced Alabama also had two losses, and it touchdown resulted, in a fumble;' was orily mathematical' before the giving the Irish nothing again for son to move the ball to the Alabama with the loss to Tech. It would have 45. But the drive was soon halted been a different situation if the Tech • Tide would lose its traditional their effort. ' , first-place finish in the SEC. This wave of' inefficiency con-' when Slager's aerial, ~ intended' for had beaten the' Irish honestly,. but Kelleher, was picked off by·· Tim' they beat Notre Dame without even On the' first possession of the ,.' tinued to plague both sides until the game, the Irish marcheddoWnfield beginning of the next quarter. On Krauss, who returned the intercep throwing the ball. That went out tion to the Irish '30. But the Tide before Rockne. ' from their own 24-yard line behind the first possession of the second quarterback Rick Slager. Passes to quarter, Slager -rolled left. and hit could not move the ball, so Jack Alabama represented one of the Berrey was called in to attempt. a fiercest opponents Notre Dame ever Ken MacAfee for 18 and 25 yards '., Dan Kelleher on the left sideline for moved Notre Dame through the Ala- 56 yards .and the score. Reeve con field goal. His kick was true;' and faced. Armed 'with two victories by Alabama cut the lead to 21-10 with: one- and two-point margins in bowl bama line, something which' sparked., nected on the extra point with the. the capacity crowd of 59,075. Irish now on top by seven with the 4:05 remaining in the third quarter. games, the Tide was coming to Alabama then' had the opportuni-, South Bend to play the Irish in the . But the drive stalled at the 12 and first score of the day. ' ';rhe advantage was soon to mount ty to score, with its next posses- to 14 as Slager again moved Notre ,'sion as Rutledge carried the Tide Dame downfield' with: some excel- from its .,' own' 32 behind some' ,lent playcalling. Passes to Kelleher fancy passing to Newsonie and Bill And ~hen' you get past the line you meet the -linebackers. Bob Golic and MacAfee. moved' the Irish past Flanagan. before the quarter ended. . and Doug Becker combine for the stop. . ' midfield, where the, explosive run On the first play of the fourth quar ning of Vagas Ferguson took over.. ter Rutledge found Newsome all a four-yard loss. On fourth and nine. against .one of the tougher teams in The freshman' back, who had seen alone for 30.yards. and the score.' from the '43, Rutledge saw his team's the country? Why does the conser little' action 'throughout the season, Electing to go for the two-point con hopes lie on the field 'as' his pass vative. style of play continue to' sur-' was a surprise starter at the outset version, Newsome again scored for intended for Newsome fell short. ' face after the Irish build a'comfort of the contest. In this drive Fergu the Tide, taking a pitchout from Lisch sat on the ball for the last two' able lead? If the Tech game had son'sjaunts of 12. and 13 yards put Rutledge' for the conversion, and a plays as time finally ran out on the realized" a favorable outcome, then the.Irish down to the Alabama 17. 21-18 score. stadium clock as .the Irish found could 'the" Alabama win perhaps' Hunter took ,over from' there, ,and _ It was at this point that many of theIllselves winners, 21-18. have meant a major bowl invita on two runs the Irishscored 'again. the fans could sense that impend The .win was an impressive one tion? But we'll never know about But the bubble: of invincIbility ing doom was at hand. Playing a for the Irish. The offense was able to that. What.we do know is that Notre was soon to burst. On Alabama's conservative style of football in the move on one of the. more threaten Dame swept to its third consecutive next, possession, quarterback Jack' second half for the past few games, ing defensive lines in. the. country. triumph over Alabama -.:.. something O'Rear marched 'Barna, dow-nfield' the Irish had barely cOlne out on top Despite the loss of Slager, Rusty that. many of the greatest teams behind his rushing, bringing the of the contests, and the loss the pre Lisch moved the offense when he' cannot brag of. , . Tide past midfield~' But" the key to vious week gave many an uneasy the scoring : drive was an interfer-,' feeling. _ '. ence 'call on Luther Bradley at the But not this afternoon. Despite Notre Dame ...... :.:~ ...... ,...... ,0 21 o '0 - 21 l1~yard line. His interference of Oz- Slager's injury when he was hit , .Alabama ." ...... ~ ...... :., 0 7 3 8 -18 zie Newsome resulted ,in a 24-yard behind the line, the Irish hopes were . gain for the Tide.' O'Rearthen took -kept illi:veby Sophomore Rusty Scoring: , over the controls, and,' three plays Lisch. He killed enough time on N.D. Slager to Kelleher, 56 yards (Reeve kick). late!:" . Al1;l.bama broke the scoring the clock to enable the Tide to N.D. Hunter, 2-yard run (Reeve kick). barrier., The 77-yard scoring drive . gamble for the big play. However, U.A. O'Rear, 1-yard run (Berrey kick)~ took four minutes and 19 seconds, the big play, was all Jim Browner's, N.D. Ferguson, 17-yard run ,(Reeve kick). and gave ,the Irish something to as t~e, big cornerback intercepted U.A. Berrey, 38-yard field goal. Leading the first-half passing assault on Alabama, Dan Kelleher leaps for ~orry about once again; Rutledge's' pass in the' end zone for' U.A. Rutledge to Newsome, 30 yards (Ne~some ran for two points). another completion. ' ., ' ' But Slager and company put the the Irish. The sophomore back -was

18 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 19 e e turns. But this '76 home finale con Kelleher for his second, touchdown , '~laml tinued an aiarming -pattern charac of the game, with 1:02 left in the M teristic of this season: a strong first first quarter. ~Y Bob Piller half followed . by a second half in Following, ,a ~iami drive which which the Irish offense turned con went nowhere, Steve Schmitz's 25- servative, merely content to, wait yard punt return brought the ball to o'ut the game. the 32 of Miami. A personal foul on Notre Dame's first points came on Hurricane ,tackle Eddie Edwards a 31-yard field goal by Dave Reeve, advanced the ball to the 11, and ending a drive highlighted by the Rusty Lisch crossed the goal line left end ,sweeps of Al Hunter, who on a seven-yard circle around left accounted for 41 yards of offense. end as the Irish streaked to a 23-0 It was Miami's next possession which lead. , started the parade of costly fumbles. Little more offense was generated Miami' quarterback E. J. - Baker; in the remainder of the half, as the -.pitchedto _Johnson for a five-yard two teams traded punts and inter . 'gain,. but Johnson was jolted' by line- ceptions. Notre Dame played an ex backer Doug Becker,freeing the ball. cellent defensive ,game, giving' the 'Tackle MikeCalhoun then recovered offense numerous opportunities to . for N.D. at the Miami 25. Dan Devine score. " Meanwhile, ,the Miami offense later, commented that' fumbles are in the first half was. limited to two Moving toward the Irish goal, ~iami finds the inside yard~ge tough either offensive mistakes or the result yards rushing, while Baker and his 'of defensive aggressiveness, and at replacement, Frank ,Glover, could Tim Morgan fuin~led the ball, got continual harassment by. Notre scores then followed, but Miami con tributed Miami's' problem to the only hit on three of12 passes. This, control, "eluded three defenders' and Dame's defensive ends, of whom structed one last scoring drive which latter. "We forced them by good de however, was not,an accurate prog raced up the, sideline to, complete a Ross Browner recorded four sacks covered 80 yards in 13 plays. New Sophomore Joe Restic returns his fense," he' maintained. The Irish nosis of what was to happen in, the 93-yard return for a touchdown. for 50 yards in losses and Tony quarterback George Mason directed fourth quarter interception 21 followed the break with a 23-yard second half. Miami Coach Selmer said, "Timmy Zappala (replacing the injured it as all 13 plays were pass attempts. (Morgan) turned it around for us." yards to set up 'a Dave Reeve field pass completion from Lisch to end The opening kickoff of the second Willie Fry) for 33, a triad of Hurri , Mason finally hit receiver Tokarski Devine concurred, saying that the cane quarterbacks- ripped the Irish on a nine-yard pass with only,sec ,goal. 'Dan Kelleher, who placed the ball on half reinforced the notion that the the five-yard line. Three plays later, Irish ,would continue to roll in a re "kickoff return got them back into defensive backfield. They completed onds to play. Notre Dame then ran Amid the excitement of bowl -freshman fullback Willard' Browner lentness rout. Hunter ,carried it '54 the game. I've seen that type of re" . 17 of 33 passes for 202 yards, find out the clock with a final'score of game invitations, -Notre Dame de- threw an option, pass to Kelleher, yards. until he was stopped at the turn before." ing strong safety Jim Browner par 40-27. ". . feated the Miami Hurricanes 40-27; who made a fine catch in the corner Hurricane 30 by John Turner. With ) Plus, the N;D. offense did very ticularlyvulnerable. Near the end The victory earned Notre Dame aided by turnovers which took the of the end zone. Hunter and Vagas Ferguson punch- little the rest of the game. Almost of the half, Luther Bradley found an 'invitation to the Gator Bowl wind out of a second half Hurricane, Miami immediately turned the ball , ing the ball down to within the one, totally disdaining the pass, only four himself at that safety spot, while which' was extended at the game's resurgence. This game introduced . over again on its' next possession. Lisch snuck it in to increase the were attempted and one completed freshman DaveWaymer took over conclusion. Dan Devine commented, Rusty Lisch as the new Irish quar- Baker compieted a, 14-yard pass to lead to 30-0 with only 2 :33 elapsed (an impressive 22-yard snare by at cornerback, to no avail. The "I _want to do whatever the. team terback, who was filling in for the ,Adams, who was struck down by in the third quarter. This was also MacAfee ofa pass from Lisch) as Hurricanes scored a second touch wants to do because •they have injured Rick Slager. And Lisch per- Ted Burgmeier. The ball was the first touchdown scored by Notre the Irish were content to run the down in the third quarter on a one worked so' hard. The team has formed credibly, probably" estab~ loosened,artd Steve Heimkreiter re Dame in the second 'half _since the ball at ,the Hurricanes' defense, yard pass from Baker to Charlie voted to go to a bowl game." The lishing himself as" the' quarterback covered, at' the Hurricane 40. The Oregon game' on October 16, five which was waiting for each thrust. Claud. " Another drive begun at the consensus among the team indicated of the future. "offense took over and promptly games previous. But the, ensuing Of a total of seven punts,' five oc end of the quarter resulted in an-' that the issue ofa major or minor Several records also added sig- moved downto the 27, where a hold kickoff triggered the Hurricane curred in the second half. But-the other score, as E. J. -Baker threw bowlwas not important. 'There was nificance to the contest. Junior half- ing penalty pulled them back to the comeback which brought them to Irish did manage two fourth-quarter' another short pass to Woody Ben just a desire not' to repeat last back Al Hunter set tWo single-season 42. From here, Lisch connectedwith within ten points of the Irish, 30-20. insurance scores, again both follow nett in the end zone. The muffed two-. year's decision to reject any bids marks as he became the most pro- - irig Miami mistakes. Dave Reeve point-conversion kept the deficit at , and the opportunity to represent lific' rusher in Notre, Dame' history kicked hIs second field goal after ten points. The ,two Notre Dame' Notre Dame in postseason play. ' on' the most carries: -The former Joe Restic's interception and - 21~. broke Marchy Schwartz's 1930 mark yard return, plus a pass interference Notre' Dame ...... :...... 17 6 7 10 ,~ 40 of 927-yards, while the latter shat call moved the bair within field goal Miami ...... :..... ~...... 0 o 14 13 -- 27 tered the more recent record of range. Eight minutes later, QB Wayne Bullock, who carried the ball Frank Glover was hit by Ross Scoring: 203 times in 1974. Hunter finished Browner and Calhoun while at N.D. ' Reeve, 31-yard field goal. the game with a total of 943 on 212 tempting to pass. The fumbled ball N.D. W. Browner to Kelleher, 4 yards (Reeve kick). carries, with one game remaining in was finally captured by, Ken' Dike N.D. Lisch to Kelleher, 42 yards (Reeve kick). which to. become N.D.'s first 1;000- at Miami's 14-yard line. It took the N.D. Lisch, 7-yard run (Reeve kick wide). yard runner. Miami's 45 pass at Irish only one play to score, as N.D. Lisch, 1-yardrun (Reeve kick). tempts was the third record" equal Al Hunter once again victimized the U.M. ' Morgan,- 93~yard kickoff return (Dennis kick). ing the number thrown by Navy right side of the' Miami defense, U.M~ Baker to Claud, 1 yard (Dennis kick). earlier this year setting a new single, upping the, score to 40-20 with only U.M. Baker toBennett, 3 yards (Two-point conversion failed). season record. 2 :13 left in the game. N.D. ~eeve, 42-yard field goal. -, . The game was decided for Notre "Miami, oil the other himd" was N.D. Hunter, 13-yard ruil (Reeve kick). Dame by a combination of,Miami ,Dodging and darting, Hunter.broke MarchySchwartz's' season rushing AI able to put together an offense for U.M. ,Mason to .Tokarski, 9 yards (Dennis kick); turnovers and opportune kick re-_ . r.nark ~gainst the Hurricanes. _. the final 30 minutes.' Despite the:

20 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 21 e e turns. But this '76 home finale con Kelleher for his second, touchdown , '~laml tinued an aiarming -pattern charac of the game, with 1:02 left in the M teristic of this season: a strong first first quarter. ~Y Bob Piller half followed . by a second half in Following, ,a ~iami drive which which the Irish offense turned con went nowhere, Steve Schmitz's 25- servative, merely content to, wait yard punt return brought the ball to o'ut the game. the 32 of Miami. A personal foul on Notre Dame's first points came on Hurricane ,tackle Eddie Edwards a 31-yard field goal by Dave Reeve, advanced the ball to the 11, and ending a drive highlighted by the Rusty Lisch crossed the goal line left end ,sweeps of Al Hunter, who on a seven-yard circle around left accounted for 41 yards of offense. end as the Irish streaked to a 23-0 It was Miami's next possession which lead. , started the parade of costly fumbles. Little more offense was generated Miami' quarterback E. J. - Baker; in the remainder of the half, as the -.pitchedto _Johnson for a five-yard two teams traded punts and inter . 'gain,. but Johnson was jolted' by line- ceptions. Notre Dame played an ex backer Doug Becker,freeing the ball. cellent defensive ,game, giving' the 'Tackle MikeCalhoun then recovered offense numerous opportunities to . for N.D. at the Miami 25. Dan Devine score. " Meanwhile, ,the Miami offense later, commented that' fumbles are in the first half was. limited to two Moving toward the Irish goal, ~iami finds the inside yard~ge tough either offensive mistakes or the result yards rushing, while Baker and his 'of defensive aggressiveness, and at replacement, Frank ,Glover, could Tim Morgan fuin~led the ball, got continual harassment by. Notre scores then followed, but Miami con tributed Miami's' problem to the only hit on three of12 passes. This, control, "eluded three defenders' and Dame's defensive ends, of whom structed one last scoring drive which latter. "We forced them by good de however, was not,an accurate prog raced up the, sideline to, complete a Ross Browner recorded four sacks covered 80 yards in 13 plays. New Sophomore Joe Restic returns his fense," he' maintained. The Irish nosis of what was to happen in, the 93-yard return for a touchdown. for 50 yards in losses and Tony quarterback George Mason directed fourth quarter interception 21 followed the break with a 23-yard second half. Miami Coach Selmer said, "Timmy Zappala (replacing the injured it as all 13 plays were pass attempts. (Morgan) turned it around for us." yards to set up 'a Dave Reeve field pass completion from Lisch to end The opening kickoff of the second Willie Fry) for 33, a triad of Hurri , Mason finally hit receiver Tokarski Devine concurred, saying that the cane quarterbacks- ripped the Irish on a nine-yard pass with only,sec ,goal. 'Dan Kelleher, who placed the ball on half reinforced the notion that the the five-yard line. Three plays later, Irish ,would continue to roll in a re "kickoff return got them back into defensive backfield. They completed onds to play. Notre Dame then ran Amid the excitement of bowl -freshman fullback Willard' Browner lentness rout. Hunter ,carried it '54 the game. I've seen that type of re" . 17 of 33 passes for 202 yards, find out the clock with a final'score of game invitations, -Notre Dame de- threw an option, pass to Kelleher, yards. until he was stopped at the turn before." ing strong safety Jim Browner par 40-27. ". . feated the Miami Hurricanes 40-27; who made a fine catch in the corner Hurricane 30 by John Turner. With ) Plus, the N;D. offense did very ticularlyvulnerable. Near the end The victory earned Notre Dame aided by turnovers which took the of the end zone. Hunter and Vagas Ferguson punch- little the rest of the game. Almost of the half, Luther Bradley found an 'invitation to the Gator Bowl wind out of a second half Hurricane, Miami immediately turned the ball , ing the ball down to within the one, totally disdaining the pass, only four himself at that safety spot, while which' was extended at the game's resurgence. This game introduced . over again on its' next possession. Lisch snuck it in to increase the were attempted and one completed freshman DaveWaymer took over conclusion. Dan Devine commented, Rusty Lisch as the new Irish quar- Baker compieted a, 14-yard pass to lead to 30-0 with only 2 :33 elapsed (an impressive 22-yard snare by at cornerback, to no avail. The "I _want to do whatever the. team terback, who was filling in for the ,Adams, who was struck down by in the third quarter. This was also MacAfee ofa pass from Lisch) as Hurricanes scored a second touch wants to do because •they have injured Rick Slager. And Lisch per- Ted Burgmeier. The ball was the first touchdown scored by Notre the Irish were content to run the down in the third quarter on a one worked so' hard. The team has formed credibly, probably" estab~ loosened,artd Steve Heimkreiter re Dame in the second 'half _since the ball at ,the Hurricanes' defense, yard pass from Baker to Charlie voted to go to a bowl game." The lishing himself as" the' quarterback covered, at' the Hurricane 40. The Oregon game' on October 16, five which was waiting for each thrust. Claud. " Another drive begun at the consensus among the team indicated of the future. "offense took over and promptly games previous. But the, ensuing Of a total of seven punts,' five oc end of the quarter resulted in an-' that the issue ofa major or minor Several records also added sig- moved downto the 27, where a hold kickoff triggered the Hurricane curred in the second half. But-the other score, as E. J. -Baker threw bowlwas not important. 'There was nificance to the contest. Junior half- ing penalty pulled them back to the comeback which brought them to Irish did manage two fourth-quarter' another short pass to Woody Ben just a desire not' to repeat last back Al Hunter set tWo single-season 42. From here, Lisch connectedwith within ten points of the Irish, 30-20. insurance scores, again both follow nett in the end zone. The muffed two-. year's decision to reject any bids marks as he became the most pro- - irig Miami mistakes. Dave Reeve point-conversion kept the deficit at , and the opportunity to represent lific' rusher in Notre, Dame' history kicked hIs second field goal after ten points. The ,two Notre Dame' Notre Dame in postseason play. ' on' the most carries: -The former Joe Restic's interception and - 21~. broke Marchy Schwartz's 1930 mark yard return, plus a pass interference Notre' Dame ...... :...... 17 6 7 10 ,~ 40 of 927-yards, while the latter shat call moved the bair within field goal Miami ...... :..... ~...... 0 o 14 13 -- 27 tered the more recent record of range. Eight minutes later, QB Wayne Bullock, who carried the ball Frank Glover was hit by Ross Scoring: 203 times in 1974. Hunter finished Browner and Calhoun while at N.D. ' Reeve, 31-yard field goal. the game with a total of 943 on 212 tempting to pass. The fumbled ball N.D. W. Browner to Kelleher, 4 yards (Reeve kick). carries, with one game remaining in was finally captured by, Ken' Dike N.D. Lisch to Kelleher, 42 yards (Reeve kick). which to. become N.D.'s first 1;000- at Miami's 14-yard line. It took the N.D. Lisch, 7-yard run (Reeve kick wide). yard runner. Miami's 45 pass at Irish only one play to score, as N.D. Lisch, 1-yardrun (Reeve kick). tempts was the third record" equal Al Hunter once again victimized the U.M. ' Morgan,- 93~yard kickoff return (Dennis kick). ing the number thrown by Navy right side of the' Miami defense, U.M~ Baker to Claud, 1 yard (Dennis kick). earlier this year setting a new single, upping the, score to 40-20 with only U.M. Baker toBennett, 3 yards (Two-point conversion failed). season record. 2 :13 left in the game. N.D. ~eeve, 42-yard field goal. -, . The game was decided for Notre "Miami, oil the other himd" was N.D. Hunter, 13-yard ruil (Reeve kick). Dame by a combination of,Miami ,Dodging and darting, Hunter.broke MarchySchwartz's' season rushing AI able to put together an offense for U.M. ,Mason to .Tokarski, 9 yards (Dennis kick); turnovers and opportune kick re-_ . r.nark ~gainst the Hurricanes. _. the final 30 minutes.' Despite the:

20 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 21 ous contention' for the Trophy, car ried 21 times for 75 yards, being used at the fullback spot instead of Southern 'California his usual tailback position. Bell was used at fullback in place of Vic by Tom Kruczek Jackson who injured his knee early in the contest. Last year, following the Southern on S.C.'s second possession of the with the Irish spending most of the The Irish, now· feeling the pres Cal game at Notre Dame, Dan final quarter on a third down and time deep in their own territory. sure of being down by ten points Devine drew the football team four from the Trojan 26. Bradley The deepest penetration they could with just over seven minutes to 'round in the locker room. He was called for pushing off at the muster was to the Trojan 32. Of play, took to the air repeatedly. In promised those' on the team who Irish 49 on flanker Sheldon Diggs course one of the reasons for the the next 20 plays, the Irish quarter would not be graduating that in the and Southern Cal had excellent field offensive difficulties was that .Notre back put the ball in the air 11 times, three years they had left at the Uni position. Six plays later the drive Dame began their drives deep in completing four and having one versity, they would not lose to concluded with Glen Walker's 46- their own territory. The first three intercepted. These weren't impres Southern Cal. Dan Devine nearly yard field goal. . drives began on the N.D. 16, 13 and sive statistics although' Lisch's per kept that promise this year. The next time that the Trojans 38. formance under the rush applied by It's always tough to lose a game had the ball' the· flag went down The second quarter brought little the S.C. line was commendable. The when you outplay the opposition, again,and once more Bradley was change. Rick Slager, coming off a sophomore never lost his poise and this year the Irish did outplay the guilty party: This time it went shoulder' bruise suffered two games through the. entire afternoon,. even the Trojans. Unfortunately they also down next to the Irish bench, with earlier, was the starting quarterback. though in the closing stages of the out-errored' the California team and the official making the call from a Midway through the second quarter game the Trojans. led by Gary in the end that' was the downfall in 18cation yards away, and to the back Slager was taken out' in favor of Jeter and Walt' Underwood were a 17-13 loss to USC.. of Bradley. On the play, Dave Way Rusty Lisch: Devine related that rushing hard on the pass every play. After the game was. over, it was mer intercepted the pass, so the in Slager, who completed three of not the errors that were on the terception was negated. by the seven passes .with one interception This play fails to gain as Scott Zettek,Pete Johnson, and Ross Browner With 1:33 left to play, the Irish minds of the team and coaches, but penalty. ' ' for 32 yards, waS taken out because combine on the-tackle. began. their final drive of the game rather the errors that might have After the game Bradley had little of a re-injury to his ailing shoulder. from their own 24. Lisch connected been made by the officials. After to say about the interference calls. The' best drive for Notre Dame the driv~ came on a dazzling run by br~ught down. On the next play, on passes to Ken MacAfee and Kel the game, a shaken Devine dropped "In my opinion those plays weren't came in the closing moments of the Rusty Lisch on a roll-out left. The Dan Kelleher was on the receiving leher, then scrambled for nine more his usual noncommittal attitude interference on my part, 'although half. 'Taking over from' their own play covered .19 yards and. the Irish end of a, pass by Lisch, who picked yards to take 'the ball to the 44 of toward officiating breaks. Or he sort I'm sure that the officials were doing 22, on the running of AI Hunter and were now at the' S.C.. 41: Three up 16 yards to the Trojan 17. Lisch S.C. with just over a minute left. of did. ,the best they could." Vagas Ferguson, the Irish were able st'raight left~side carries by Fer then ended the drive by finding Vagas Two plays later Lisch carried again, "I'd like to comment (on the of The first quarter was a standoff, to move downfield. The big play of guson left a fourth and one situa Ferguson open' just past the line, this time around the right side for ficiating) but I don't think I should. tion. Hunter' got the fourth· down who then carried it in for the score. eight more yards with 50 seconds It's one of the hardest things I have call and was stopped by cornerback After Dave Reeve's conversion, the' left. Two plays later. Haines worked to do, to hold inside my feelings, and Southern California ...... 0 7 7 3 -:- 17' -Mike Burns behind the line for a Irish were down by seven with his way clear in the end zone, but as I one of the toughest things have to Notre. Dame ...... 0 O. 0, '13 -13 yard loss, and the drive was stifled~ nearly· an entire quarter to play. the pass was on its way, Haines was do in life. When a team fights its Taking over on :their own 33, S.C. The Trojans' and Irish then traded interfered with, and the Irish had guts out, then the officials should pro~ptly. drove up the field; .eight punts before Bradley incurred his first down' on the one. With 30 fight their' guts out too and should Scoring: . plays later the Trojans were on the second pass interference penalty of seconds left, Hunter was stopped be right a hell. of a lot more times S.C. Hertel to Diggs, 6 yards (Walker kick). Irish6-Yard line. Two plays later the game, . this one leading to a cold .. Lisch was then foiled through on calls than they are wrong." S.C. Evans to Simmerin, 63 yards (Walker kick). Rob Hertel,: replacing starter Vince Southern Cal field goal. Ricky Bell the air and on the ground, before The calls in question both oc N.D. Lisch to Ferguson,17 yards (Reeve kick). Evans at quarterback, found Diggs was used comparatively little in this sneaking over Ernie Hughes' two curred in the fourth. quarter and the ,S.C. Walker, 46-yard field goal. covered .tightly by Ted Burgmeier. drive, as well as thr.ough most of the plays later for the score. After a player in question on both occasions N.D. Lisch, 1-yard run (Two-point conversion fails). Hertel fired anyway into the right game. Bell, a Heisman Trophy can missed two-point conversion and with was Luther Bradley~ . The first came 'corner of the end zone, and Diggs didate who' needed a .big game just the kickoff left, S.C. had its 18th pulled it in for the touchdown. The against Notre Dame to make a seri- win in the 48-game series. half . ended that way with. the Trojans on top 7-0. . . Southern Cal then jumped on the Irish again 1:30 into the second half. The key play ocCurred wi~ Evans. back at the helm. While under. pressure, the senior quarter back hit Randy Simmrin who took th~ ball 63 yards in for the score. Walker, 'added the point. after· and the Trojans held a 14-point margin. It lasted thatway until four plays or .. 54 seconds had elapsed'in the final ,quarter:· . This . time it was Notre Dame's. turn to go on the board, with Rusty Lisch the key man involved;" Taking over on the N.D. 32 following a 23-yard punt by Walker, Lisch moved the ball in one play to the S.C. 33. The play' was a six-yard pass to ,wide receiver Kris Haines who then took it 29 Fhlding the opening against the Trojans, Dan Kelleh~r prepares for the Sophomore quarterback Rusty Lisch spri~ts upfield against Southern Cal. yards on his .. own before being inevitable. " . 22 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 23 ous contention' for the Trophy, car ried 21 times for 75 yards, being used at the fullback spot instead of Southern 'California his usual tailback position. Bell was used at fullback in place of Vic by Tom Kruczek Jackson who injured his knee early in the contest. Last year, following the Southern on S.C.'s second possession of the with the Irish spending most of the The Irish, now· feeling the pres Cal game at Notre Dame, Dan final quarter on a third down and time deep in their own territory. sure of being down by ten points Devine drew the football team four from the Trojan 26. Bradley The deepest penetration they could with just over seven minutes to 'round in the locker room. He was called for pushing off at the muster was to the Trojan 32. Of play, took to the air repeatedly. In promised those' on the team who Irish 49 on flanker Sheldon Diggs course one of the reasons for the the next 20 plays, the Irish quarter would not be graduating that in the and Southern Cal had excellent field offensive difficulties was that .Notre back put the ball in the air 11 times, three years they had left at the Uni position. Six plays later the drive Dame began their drives deep in completing four and having one versity, they would not lose to concluded with Glen Walker's 46- their own territory. The first three intercepted. These weren't impres Southern Cal. Dan Devine nearly yard field goal. . drives began on the N.D. 16, 13 and sive statistics although' Lisch's per kept that promise this year. The next time that the Trojans 38. formance under the rush applied by It's always tough to lose a game had the ball' the· flag went down The second quarter brought little the S.C. line was commendable. The when you outplay the opposition, again,and once more Bradley was change. Rick Slager, coming off a sophomore never lost his poise and this year the Irish did outplay the guilty party: This time it went shoulder' bruise suffered two games through the. entire afternoon,. even the Trojans. Unfortunately they also down next to the Irish bench, with earlier, was the starting quarterback. though in the closing stages of the out-errored' the California team and the official making the call from a Midway through the second quarter game the Trojans. led by Gary in the end that' was the downfall in 18cation yards away, and to the back Slager was taken out' in favor of Jeter and Walt' Underwood were a 17-13 loss to USC.. of Bradley. On the play, Dave Way Rusty Lisch: Devine related that rushing hard on the pass every play. After the game was. over, it was mer intercepted the pass, so the in Slager, who completed three of not the errors that were on the terception was negated. by the seven passes .with one interception This play fails to gain as Scott Zettek,Pete Johnson, and Ross Browner With 1:33 left to play, the Irish minds of the team and coaches, but penalty. ' ' for 32 yards, waS taken out because combine on the-tackle. began. their final drive of the game rather the errors that might have After the game Bradley had little of a re-injury to his ailing shoulder. from their own 24. Lisch connected been made by the officials. After to say about the interference calls. The' best drive for Notre Dame the driv~ came on a dazzling run by br~ught down. On the next play, on passes to Ken MacAfee and Kel the game, a shaken Devine dropped "In my opinion those plays weren't came in the closing moments of the Rusty Lisch on a roll-out left. The Dan Kelleher was on the receiving leher, then scrambled for nine more his usual noncommittal attitude interference on my part, 'although half. 'Taking over from' their own play covered .19 yards and. the Irish end of a, pass by Lisch, who picked yards to take 'the ball to the 44 of toward officiating breaks. Or he sort I'm sure that the officials were doing 22, on the running of AI Hunter and were now at the' S.C.. 41: Three up 16 yards to the Trojan 17. Lisch S.C. with just over a minute left. of did. ,the best they could." Vagas Ferguson, the Irish were able st'raight left~side carries by Fer then ended the drive by finding Vagas Two plays later Lisch carried again, "I'd like to comment (on the of The first quarter was a standoff, to move downfield. The big play of guson left a fourth and one situa Ferguson open' just past the line, this time around the right side for ficiating) but I don't think I should. tion. Hunter' got the fourth· down who then carried it in for the score. eight more yards with 50 seconds It's one of the hardest things I have call and was stopped by cornerback After Dave Reeve's conversion, the' left. Two plays later. Haines worked to do, to hold inside my feelings, and Southern California ...... 0 7 7 3 -:- 17' -Mike Burns behind the line for a Irish were down by seven with his way clear in the end zone, but as I one of the toughest things have to Notre. Dame ...... 0 O. 0, '13 -13 yard loss, and the drive was stifled~ nearly· an entire quarter to play. the pass was on its way, Haines was do in life. When a team fights its Taking over on :their own 33, S.C. The Trojans' and Irish then traded interfered with, and the Irish had guts out, then the officials should pro~ptly. drove up the field; .eight punts before Bradley incurred his first down' on the one. With 30 fight their' guts out too and should Scoring: . plays later the Trojans were on the second pass interference penalty of seconds left, Hunter was stopped be right a hell. of a lot more times S.C. Hertel to Diggs, 6 yards (Walker kick). Irish6-Yard line. Two plays later the game, . this one leading to a cold .. Lisch was then foiled through on calls than they are wrong." S.C. Evans to Simmerin, 63 yards (Walker kick). Rob Hertel,: replacing starter Vince Southern Cal field goal. Ricky Bell the air and on the ground, before The calls in question both oc N.D. Lisch to Ferguson,17 yards (Reeve kick). Evans at quarterback, found Diggs was used comparatively little in this sneaking over Ernie Hughes' two curred in the fourth. quarter and the ,S.C. Walker, 46-yard field goal. covered .tightly by Ted Burgmeier. drive, as well as thr.ough most of the plays later for the score. After a player in question on both occasions N.D. Lisch, 1-yard run (Two-point conversion fails). Hertel fired anyway into the right game. Bell, a Heisman Trophy can missed two-point conversion and with was Luther Bradley~ . The first came 'corner of the end zone, and Diggs didate who' needed a .big game just the kickoff left, S.C. had its 18th pulled it in for the touchdown. The against Notre Dame to make a seri- win in the 48-game series. half . ended that way with. the Trojans on top 7-0. . . Southern Cal then jumped on the Irish again 1:30 into the second half. The key play ocCurred wi~ Evans. back at the helm. While under. pressure, the senior quarter back hit Randy Simmrin who took th~ ball 63 yards in for the score. Walker, 'added the point. after· and the Trojans held a 14-point margin. It lasted thatway until four plays or .. 54 seconds had elapsed'in the final ,quarter:· . This . time it was Notre Dame's. turn to go on the board, with Rusty Lisch the key man involved;" Taking over on the N.D. 32 following a 23-yard punt by Walker, Lisch moved the ball in one play to the S.C. 33. The play' was a six-yard pass to ,wide receiver Kris Haines who then took it 29 Fhlding the opening against the Trojans, Dan Kelleh~r prepares for the Sophomore quarterback Rusty Lisch spri~ts upfield against Southern Cal. yards on his .. own before being inevitable. 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lightning and thunder. Three frantic by the Midwesterners' belligerent efforts by the fleet and powerful Ross Browner, released a lance be 'Perspecti~e Ferguson furnished the Irish with a fore succumbing to the violent se fourth and one, but the USC de ductions of the ubiquitous defensive '''- .. , ...... ' .. fense stymied the following critical stalwart.. An awaiting Randy Simm .>;-:be snar.ed~'IFmay';: plunge. Hunter was repulsed for a rin finding himself behind a defense yard loss, forcing the Midwesterners spellbound by the sacred gift com :;~':Jj~' ~~"r;bun;d~~,;b'ut";'.'; -'.' - ,'i" . '," . Not Just Another Game Story to relinquish the offensive. pleted the 63-yard play. Thus, al :.,. ~~';" '.:.: ~.:: ' This spark fostered a Trojan fury, though besieged with the confines of and they found themselves six yards their own high-walled fortress, the by Bob Piller from placing the Midwesterners in a Trojans were walking hand in-hand 7-0 deficit. Quarterback Rob Hertel, with Fortune and were fighting on . ' replacing the equanimiously ineffec Sports~iting . is' often a difficult Notre Dame lost its 18th game in ,Tatupu,',who didn't play, but who has to victory with a 14-0 lead. tive Evans, was the man who first and tedious undertaking. A mass 01. 45 USC starts through the driving given many throughout the nation But the men of the lake were not climbed down from the Trojan horse statistics, plays and quotes must, be power of one of its greatest back-· the courage to accept their names. to be denied. Entering' the final, and assembled and coordinated in a story fields that ever churned up the turf But USC had no great' quartet who to stun' the Irish.. A well-placed eminently decisive quarter, the Irish which, for the most part, should avoid of any gridiron and the stomach of· seemed able to carry the mixed blood spiral met flanker Shelton Diggs in again made a game of it. Striking a myriad of cliches.' After so many any fan in any football age. Brilliant 'of the tiger, the antelope and' the the corner of' the' end' zone; 'and, the quickly, Lisch, in conjunction with games have been pliiyed and after backfields may come and go, but dull aardvark. Haines and Kelleher, gave hope to so many stories have been written, ones seem to stay. In Slager, Hunter, The first quarter produced little of the despairing Irishmen. Notre Dame it .alZ becomes rather sterile. Domin and Ferguson, covered by a . the football magic which has' made found itself poised at the Trojan 17. A short pass to Ferguson, who slipped In 1924 Grantland Rice wrote one fast and chargirig line, Notre Dame this game the popular and maniacal of the more memorable spoTts stori~, can take its place in front of the pastime that it is. It matched many precariously, but, recovered in re using mythical' illusion and natural field. a Super,: Bowl in excitement. Notre markable fashion, deftly cut to the analogy which embellished the story Coach Robinson sent one of his Dame, with its back against the wall, left and outraced an overplayed de and lent to it an almOst literary finest teams into action, since it was fciught like a cornered animal. That fense to the gates of Troy. But hope· quality. So, using this article as a his only team, an aggressive organi-: animal, however, was the gerbil. The may be a cruel expectation as well model, her~ is an attempt toreintro: zation that fought to the last play second quarter witnessed little iin as an anxious awaiting of a blessed duce flair, as Rice did, into Sports- around the rim of darkness. But De:; provemEmC Slager, ruling' with the event. The Fates were to plague writing.,,' , ' vine rushed his Four Horsemen to strong arm of a FranciscoFr~mco; the Irish with gross misfortune. A Outlined against a blue, blue No the. track and' they exhibited the' provided the navigational' expertise pass intederence penalty reminded vember sky, the four horsemen rode potency of Secretariat. The Trojans of. the chief offic~r of. the 'Argo everyone concerned of the presence again. In contemporary lore they are . had their share of stars in action, Merchant. ' to a force beyond the control of any known as ,Cancer,: high-blood pres such stars as Bell, 'Evans, Diggs, Devine then, optioned for, Rusty mortal actor or mentor.. The penalty sure, Coronary Infarction, 'and swine Jeter, Simmrin, Watson, Crick and ' Lisch to take the helm in the search was to haunt the Midwesterners, as The Trojan horse loomed ever flu; These are only aliases. Their many others, but they were up for'the great white'whale. In this the subseq,uent Trojan field goal cre larger, and the once expected sack of ,real names' are Slager, Hunter, against four whirlWind backs who man lies the rising sun of Notre Dam:e atedan even larger increment to be Troy turned into a dignified attempt MacAfee, and " Flatulence. They picked up at top speed from the first footbalnortune,and he ledihe Irish overcome. to exuent from the field. The stoic formed the trough of a South Bend step as they swept through scant 'on their best drive of the 'day; Al The Irish attempted to regenerate .. ' USC defense sustained that which cy~lone before which another Soutll-. openingfi to step outo! the parking Hunterand Vagas Ferguson blasted that cyclone, going to the air 11 of had become imminent. A last-second ern Cal football team was '. almost lot and into the stadium. The ,Tro- a path from their-own 22, and Lisch 20 occasions. The results were not score lessened the scoring hiatus, but swept, over. the precipice of the Los. jans had great backs in Bell and provided the spectacula:r':wlth a 19~ sufficient to alter that which had be~ the cyclone from South Bend meas Angeles Coliseum, as 93,000 spec"; White, and a great. name· in,Mosi 'yard' run which sho'Yedsigns, of come destiny. And the spectators ured to be about as great as the tators peered down on the bewilder 110. knew that the once defiant will of mountains of its northern Indiana ing panorama spread on the green the visitors had been extirpated. locale. plain below. And no one can deny, the USC cheerleaders were breath taking. , half ended with' the men of Troy . A cyclone can't be snared. It may protecting their hard-earned advan be surrounded, but somewhere it tage.. breakS through to keep 'on going, . The men of the sun struck again usually in the Wrong direction. When early in the second half, as the sun the cyclone starts from Notre Dame, god fought through the sea of chaos where the candlelights still gleam to re~emerge as the victor on yet through 'the Indiana sycamores another play. ,The ploy was simple (some things 'never. change), it and. time-worn. The Trojan horse usualy. fizzles out by '.the .' time it was again unattended, seemingly an reaches the sun-washed valleys in object ,for the invading foes to cap which lies the city of angels. The ture and to hold as the ultimate cyclone struck again, as Notre Dame prize-a reward left by : the . gods lost to USC 17-13, with a set of back': for a job well Gone., .'. field stars that ripped and crashed , But the . gods';playwith . their through a strong Southern Cal de.: human toys, and perfidy rules. as his" fense, which ripped and crashed right tory does repeat itself. A beleaguered back. . Evans,. ostensibly the prize, ensnared

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24 . SCHOLASTIC. FEBRUARY 7,1977 25 Hunter's off-tackle dive on third and 35. From there the Irish ran out the goal on the Penn State one. Reeve clock to enjoy their fifth bowl victory added the point after, and the score in seven attempts. now read 17-3. . Statistics that leaned so heavily The final Irish'tally came with only toward the Irish in the first half were seconds left in the first half. After evened out by Penn State after inter Gator Bowl a poor 22-yard punt by the Lions mission. Notre Dame led in ,first and an interference call on State, downs 17-16, while the Nittany Lions Notre Dame had excellent field posi had a one-yard advantage in total tion on the Penn State 32 with only offense 274-273. 17 seconds remaining. before inter The game may not have been mission . played for the National Champion . by Paul Stevenson Slager found senior wide receiver ship, but the game did have some Dan Kelleher open, and connected significance. Irish mentor Dan De The Notre Dame football team and three, Tony Capozzoli, came on ball' on ,their next series of downs for a 26-yard strike: Following an vine summed up the situation best" travelled to Jacksonville, Florida, to to boot a 25-yard field goal to' cap and were forced to punt. The Irish incomplete Slager pass, Reeve came saying, "It was good to finish with a participate in the 32nd annual Gator the 12-play drive and give the Nit took control in excellent field posi on to give the Irish a 17-point lead as win and it makes for a good start , Bowl ClassiC, their' first postseas'on tany Lions what was to be their only tion on their own 42-yard line. Seven the half came to' a close. ' for next season." appearance under Head Coach Dan lead of the ball game., plays later on the State 26-yard In the first two quarters, the Irish 'Following the Gator Bowl, Dan Devine. The Fighting Irish downed On the ensuing kickoff, Terry stripe, Notre Dame quarterback Rick led Penn State in first downs with an Devine amiounced two coaching Penn State in the contest 20-9 to in Eurick returned the Matt Bahr kick Slager hit All-American tight end 11 .to five advantage. Notre Dame changes for the coming season. crease their record in bowl competi from his own end zone to the Penn Ken MacAfee for 17 yards and a first also commanded total yardage with Neither change affected the group of tion to 5-2. State 35-yard line. The Notre Dame down on the Penn State nine-yard a 191-86 edge. coaches, as both of the changes were line. , The Fighting ""Irish looked as primarily administrative in nature. The Irish seemed ready to score though they could· score when they . Mervin Johnson was promoted to again, but then the offense began to desired. Notre Dame outplayed the the post of assistant head football sputter. Slager hit fullback Steve Nittany Lions by an overwhelming coach. He will, in the newly-created Orsini with a four-yard toss and then margin in the first half. Although position, be able to make major de handed off to Hunter. for an addi the Irish went on to win. the 32nd cisions in the absence of the head tional three yards. With a third and annual classic, their performance in coach. The only time, however, that goal at the " State two-yard mark, the final quarters was not quite as the head coach would be out of town ,freshman fullback Vagas Ferguson phenomenal as they allowed Penn for periods of time is during re was stopped for no gain. 'On fourth State to narrow the gap in final cruiting, so the decisions that John down, Slager overthrew MacAfee in statistics. ' son might have to make could relate the end zone and the Irish had to sur The second half was reminiscent of largely to administrative concerns. render the footbali to the Nittany many of the Irish clashes through Steve Orsini (plus towel) prepares Johnson will retain his role as of Lions. , fensive coordinator and will continue out their 1976 campaign. Notre Dame to take on the Nittany lions. The Penn State defense had held, was unable to put any points on the to call, the offensive plays. , and left their offense trailing by only scoreboard, counting on the tenacious point conversion attempt and the On the defensive side, Joe Yonto four points instead of a possible 11. defense 'to turn back' any 'Lion score remained 20-9. - ' was named as defensive coordinator. However, the Lions' fortunes soon threats. - -- State began -to drive again with According to Yonto, the move is faded as they returned the ball to Penn State began to move the oall 6: 53 remaining in the game. The largely organizational, "but it does Notre Dame. ' Four plays after taking with considerable consistency during Lions were on the Notre Dame 17~ mean a lot to me personally." The possession; of the football, Lion the second half totaling 11: first yard line -and were presented with a Irish have not had a defensive co quarterback Chuck Fusina hit wide downs and an offensive output of 188 second .andone. Fusina's pass was ordinator, and the move will, accord receiver Mike Guman with a two Penn State fullback Matt Suhey finds himself victimized, by an, Irish yards. -Notre Dame, on the other interGepted by Irish defender· Ted ing to Yonto, "bind the defense up yard strike., Gumanwas hit immedi and make, ,decision-making a bit gang tackle. hand, in the second -half was 'only Burgmeier at the three, who returned ately by Irish linebacker. Steve able to add six first downs and 82 the ball 32 yards to the Notre Dame easier." This was the fifth matchup be offense' drove thebaJt' the remaining Heimkreiter and fumbled the ball yards total offense. tween the two schools, with the Irish 35 yards to paydirt, to capture a lead into the hands of Notre Dame d~ Although the Lions were able, to holding a 3-0-1 lead in the series they were not to relinquish in the fensive halfback Jim Browner on the move the ball in the final two which saw its last confrontation in battle. 23-yard line. "', quarters, they could only reach the 1928. Notre Dame entered the classic The key play in the scoring drive 'Notre Dame' marched from 'the goal line once." Two Penn State with a season mark of 8-3, while the came with 3:47 left in the first Lion 23 to the five before the offense threats were thwarted by Irish inter Nittany Lions compiled an overall ,_quarter as the Irish were faced with stalled again .. ' Dave Reeve was called ceptions. With 9:14 left in the' Notre Dame ...... ;...... :: ...... ~ .. 7 13 o 0-'20 record of 7-4. a fourth and one at the Penn State upon to kick a -23-yard field' goal. claSSiC, the only Lion touchdown of Penn State ...... '3 0 o 6 - 9 Penn State was first to reach .the ' 16-yard ,line. Junior halfback Al Reeve's attempUwas' successful, as the contest was set up. Linebacker, scoreboard' on a cold December 27th Hunter swept off-tackle for five yards the Irish extended theidead to 10-3. Bruce Clark broke through the Notre Scoring: evening in northern Florida. 'The to give the Irish a first doWn on the Once'again, the Lions were unable Dame specialty team line and blocked ' P.S. Capozzoli, 26-yard field goal. Lions held' Notre Dame to a meager Lions 11-yard line. Two plays later tomove the ball with any consistency a Joe Restic punt, which gave the N.D. Hunter, I-yard run (Reeve kick). seven yards on their first possession with a first and goal at the Penn during their next series of downs; Lions a, first and goal on" the Irish ,N.D. Reeve, 23-yard field goal. following the opening kickoff. State ',State one-yard line,' Hunter scam Notre Dame regained control of the eight-yard line. Two plays later, N.D. Hunter, I-yard run (Reeve kick). then took the ball from their own pered around left end for. the first football and took advantage of their Fusina connected with fullback Matt N.D. Reeve, 23-yard field goal. 35-yard line to the Irish ten, before " Irish tally. possession. The drive which began on Suheyfor six.' FullbackBob Torrey . P.S. Fusina to Suhey, 8 yards (two-point run failed). '~talling. Faced with a fourth down, The Lions were unable to move the the Irish 49-yard line ended with was stopped for no gain on his two- 26 SCHoLAsTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 27 Hunter's off-tackle dive on third and 35. From there the Irish ran out the goal on the Penn State one. Reeve clock to enjoy their fifth bowl victory added the point after, and the score in seven attempts. now read 17-3. . Statistics that leaned so heavily The final Irish'tally came with only toward the Irish in the first half were seconds left in the first half. After evened out by Penn State after inter Gator Bowl a poor 22-yard punt by the Lions mission. Notre Dame led in ,first and an interference call on State, downs 17-16, while the Nittany Lions Notre Dame had excellent field posi had a one-yard advantage in total tion on the Penn State 32 with only offense 274-273. 17 seconds remaining. before inter The game may not have been mission . played for the National Champion . by Paul Stevenson Slager found senior wide receiver ship, but the game did have some Dan Kelleher open, and connected significance. Irish mentor Dan De The Notre Dame football team and three, Tony Capozzoli, came on ball' on ,their next series of downs for a 26-yard strike: Following an vine summed up the situation best" travelled to Jacksonville, Florida, to to boot a 25-yard field goal to' cap and were forced to punt. The Irish incomplete Slager pass, Reeve came saying, "It was good to finish with a participate in the 32nd annual Gator the 12-play drive and give the Nit took control in excellent field posi on to give the Irish a 17-point lead as win and it makes for a good start , Bowl ClassiC, their' first postseas'on tany Lions what was to be their only tion on their own 42-yard line. Seven the half came to' a close. ' for next season." appearance under Head Coach Dan lead of the ball game., plays later on the State 26-yard In the first two quarters, the Irish 'Following the Gator Bowl, Dan Devine. The Fighting Irish downed On the ensuing kickoff, Terry stripe, Notre Dame quarterback Rick led Penn State in first downs with an Devine amiounced two coaching Penn State in the contest 20-9 to in Eurick returned the Matt Bahr kick Slager hit All-American tight end 11 .to five advantage. Notre Dame changes for the coming season. crease their record in bowl competi from his own end zone to the Penn Ken MacAfee for 17 yards and a first also commanded total yardage with Neither change affected the group of tion to 5-2. State 35-yard line. The Notre Dame down on the Penn State nine-yard a 191-86 edge. coaches, as both of the changes were line. , The Fighting ""Irish looked as primarily administrative in nature. The Irish seemed ready to score though they could· score when they . Mervin Johnson was promoted to again, but then the offense began to desired. Notre Dame outplayed the the post of assistant head football sputter. Slager hit fullback Steve Nittany Lions by an overwhelming coach. He will, in the newly-created Orsini with a four-yard toss and then margin in the first half. Although position, be able to make major de handed off to Hunter. for an addi the Irish went on to win. the 32nd cisions in the absence of the head tional three yards. With a third and annual classic, their performance in coach. The only time, however, that goal at the " State two-yard mark, the final quarters was not quite as the head coach would be out of town ,freshman fullback Vagas Ferguson phenomenal as they allowed Penn for periods of time is during re was stopped for no gain. 'On fourth State to narrow the gap in final cruiting, so the decisions that John down, Slager overthrew MacAfee in statistics. ' son might have to make could relate the end zone and the Irish had to sur The second half was reminiscent of largely to administrative concerns. render the footbali to the Nittany many of the Irish clashes through Steve Orsini (plus towel) prepares Johnson will retain his role as of Lions. , fensive coordinator and will continue out their 1976 campaign. Notre Dame to take on the Nittany lions. The Penn State defense had held, was unable to put any points on the to call, the offensive plays. , and left their offense trailing by only scoreboard, counting on the tenacious point conversion attempt and the On the defensive side, Joe Yonto four points instead of a possible 11. defense 'to turn back' any 'Lion score remained 20-9. - ' was named as defensive coordinator. However, the Lions' fortunes soon threats. - -- State began -to drive again with According to Yonto, the move is faded as they returned the ball to Penn State began to move the oall 6: 53 remaining in the game. The largely organizational, "but it does Notre Dame. ' Four plays after taking with considerable consistency during Lions were on the Notre Dame 17~ mean a lot to me personally." The possession; of the football, Lion the second half totaling 11: first yard line -and were presented with a Irish have not had a defensive co quarterback Chuck Fusina hit wide downs and an offensive output of 188 second .andone. Fusina's pass was ordinator, and the move will, accord receiver Mike Guman with a two Penn State fullback Matt Suhey finds himself victimized, by an, Irish yards. -Notre Dame, on the other interGepted by Irish defender· Ted ing to Yonto, "bind the defense up yard strike., Gumanwas hit immedi and make, ,decision-making a bit gang tackle. hand, in the second -half was 'only Burgmeier at the three, who returned ately by Irish linebacker. Steve able to add six first downs and 82 the ball 32 yards to the Notre Dame easier." This was the fifth matchup be offense' drove thebaJt' the remaining Heimkreiter and fumbled the ball yards total offense. tween the two schools, with the Irish 35 yards to paydirt, to capture a lead into the hands of Notre Dame d~ Although the Lions were able, to holding a 3-0-1 lead in the series they were not to relinquish in the fensive halfback Jim Browner on the move the ball in the final two which saw its last confrontation in battle. 23-yard line. "', quarters, they could only reach the 1928. Notre Dame entered the classic The key play in the scoring drive 'Notre Dame' marched from 'the goal line once." Two Penn State with a season mark of 8-3, while the came with 3:47 left in the first Lion 23 to the five before the offense threats were thwarted by Irish inter Nittany Lions compiled an overall ,_quarter as the Irish were faced with stalled again .. ' Dave Reeve was called ceptions. With 9:14 left in the' Notre Dame ...... ;...... :: ...... ~ .. 7 13 o 0-'20 record of 7-4. a fourth and one at the Penn State upon to kick a -23-yard field' goal. claSSiC, the only Lion touchdown of Penn State ...... '3 0 o 6 - 9 Penn State was first to reach .the ' 16-yard ,line. Junior halfback Al Reeve's attempUwas' successful, as the contest was set up. Linebacker, scoreboard' on a cold December 27th Hunter swept off-tackle for five yards the Irish extended theidead to 10-3. Bruce Clark broke through the Notre Scoring: evening in northern Florida. 'The to give the Irish a first doWn on the Once'again, the Lions were unable Dame specialty team line and blocked ' P.S. Capozzoli, 26-yard field goal. Lions held' Notre Dame to a meager Lions 11-yard line. Two plays later tomove the ball with any consistency a Joe Restic punt, which gave the N.D. Hunter, I-yard run (Reeve kick). seven yards on their first possession with a first and goal at the Penn during their next series of downs; Lions a, first and goal on" the Irish ,N.D. Reeve, 23-yard field goal. following the opening kickoff. State ',State one-yard line,' Hunter scam Notre Dame regained control of the eight-yard line. Two plays later, N.D. Hunter, I-yard run (Reeve kick). then took the ball from their own pered around left end for. the first football and took advantage of their Fusina connected with fullback Matt N.D. Reeve, 23-yard field goal. 35-yard line to the Irish ten, before " Irish tally. possession. The drive which began on Suheyfor six.' FullbackBob Torrey . P.S. Fusina to Suhey, 8 yards (two-point run failed). '~talling. Faced with a fourth down, The Lions were unable to move the the Irish 49-yard line ended with was stopped for no gain on his two- 26 SCHoLAsTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 27 Jacksonville: A Nice Place to Visit, But. • • by Burt. Brunner "Jacksonville has been an excellent game covers many major items. Each 'player on the traveling squad training site. The food has been the Meals for the squad, spending money, received a check in the amount best of any bowl I've been to and hotel rooms and transportation .are of $262.00 covering' transportation, we've had a good time with no inci- just a few. A stretched DC-8 for meals and incidentals, according to dents." , transportation, for example, costs NCAA rules. The majority of this This comment by Coach Dan De about $23,000 to charter for the trip. amount (approximately $100) repre vine on the eve of the 32nd Gator The marching' band's expenses also sented the cash equivalent cost of a Bowl reflects the attitude of the come out of the $300,000 figure. Over plane trip from the game site to the Notre Dame squad following its first 150 band members flew from South campus following the game. The trip to' Jacksonville. The 40 0 tem Bend on Tuesday, December 21, and players were allowed to either fly perature wasn't exactly Orange Bowl stayed at the Jacksonville Beach back to South Bend on the chartered weather,and there wasn't any Sheraton till Wednesday, December team plane or fly to their homes us French' Quarter, but the attendance 29. Each band member received, $12 ing the money from above.,' All meals of 67,827 did outdraw the Cotton per day ($84 total) to cover all meals were not provided for the full squad Bowl by 9,000 fans. More impor and incidental expenses. The group's and a portion of this money was al tantly, the coaches and their charges itinerary featured several concerts lotted for that purpose.. The NCAA enjoyed, themselves during the stay. and, believe it or not, a few twice-a also allows $5.00 per day (for a pe Winning the game didn't hurt, either. day practices.' riod not to exceed ten days) for out Much of the credit for the trip be The rest of the Notre Dame 'en of-pocket, unitemized expenses. longs to Joseph O'Brien, business tourage totaled 203 people broken manager of athletics. It was his job down as follows: official party-10l, The team itinerary scheduled daily to assemble the itinerary based on traveling squad-87,' players' wives workouts 'at Bishop Kenny 'High the wishes of Coach Devine and to and children-6, managers' and train School in Jacksonville with either supervise its usage through Dan Buck ers-9. The official party consisted of free time or a planned activity filling and his staff of five head managers. the coaches, their wives and children, in the rest of the day. Among these This required a separate office for team doctors and their families, activities were visits to Marineland Mr. O'Brien and one fol" the man University officials (Moose Krause, and St. Augustine, a night at the dog agers at the team's headquarters. Rev. Edmund Joyce, C.S.C., and races and a tour, of theUSS Sara Each player received an eight-page Roger Valdiserri among others), and toga. Several' players rented cars itinerary before the trip Which, was various other athletic employees. The during the stay, and visited: Disney updated six times during the stay. majority of this group was to leave world on the Tuesday following the Notre Dame will receive approxi South Bend on December 21, but due game. A Christmas Eve Mass at St. mately $300,000 for its participation to bad weather left from ,O'Hare Paul's Church waS also arranged in the Gator Bowl. This amount con Field in Chicago. The party was with the Notre Dame Marching Band sists mainly of television rights paid lodged at'the Turtle Inri on Atlantic providing the music for the liturgy by ABC to the Gator Bowl Associa Beach, occupying five floors of this , and carols. Pittsburgh 31 tion under their contract. ABC will hotel. This family-owned hqtel was Put all of these, practices, activi Notre Dame 10 make a sizeable profit on this game described by Mr. O'Brien as one of ties, plans, dollar amounts, and the considering the viewing audience. the "best on the beach" and its ac game together, and you have the Notre Dame ,23 Purdue 0 Yet the Irish would ,have received companying restaurant as possibly Notre Dame Gator Bowl, 1976. Per substantially, more from the televi "the best restaurant in' Jacksonville.'! h~ps Elton Moore summed it up best: Notre Dame, 48 Northwestern 0 sion network for a national, regular Penn State also wanted to stay at the "We weren't overpracticed, but were season game. The rest of the money Turtle Inn but the Irish had already ready to play. Everything was just Notre Dame 24 Michigan State 6 comes from gate receipts, radio reserVed the hotel. ' right. We had an excellent time.", " rights and other minimal activities. Notre Dame 41 Oregon o· All expenditures' the Irish had will come from the $300,000 amount with ~ Notre Dame 13 ' South Carolina ,6 the net profit not expected to be any where near the sums received from 'prior "major" bowl games. Notre Dame 27 Navy 21 , The bowl receipt is placed into Endowment C for use by various aca Georgia Tech 23 Notre Dame' 14 demic departments. This ,net profit figure can be found on University fi 'Notre Dame 21 Alabama 18 nancial statements, but an itemized list of expenses is not released. As an Notre Dame 40 Miami' 27 'example to what a school would spend on a bowl trip, the University I. Southern, Cal 17 Notre Dame 13 of Florida spent over $130,000 this year for its official party's'trip to the' Notre Dame 20 'Penn State 9 Sun Bowl. The list, of expenses for a bowl 28 , SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 29 Jacksonville: A Nice Place to Visit, But. • • by Burt. Brunner "Jacksonville has been an excellent game covers many major items. Each 'player on the traveling squad training site. The food has been the Meals for the squad, spending money, received a check in the amount best of any bowl I've been to and hotel rooms and transportation .are of $262.00 covering' transportation, we've had a good time with no inci- just a few. A stretched DC-8 for meals and incidentals, according to dents." , transportation, for example, costs NCAA rules. The majority of this This comment by Coach Dan De about $23,000 to charter for the trip. amount (approximately $100) repre vine on the eve of the 32nd Gator The marching' band's expenses also sented the cash equivalent cost of a Bowl reflects the attitude of the come out of the $300,000 figure. Over plane trip from the game site to the Notre Dame squad following its first 150 band members flew from South campus following the game. The trip to' Jacksonville. The 40 0 tem Bend on Tuesday, December 21, and players were allowed to either fly perature wasn't exactly Orange Bowl stayed at the Jacksonville Beach back to South Bend on the chartered weather,and there wasn't any Sheraton till Wednesday, December team plane or fly to their homes us French' Quarter, but the attendance 29. Each band member received, $12 ing the money from above.,' All meals of 67,827 did outdraw the Cotton per day ($84 total) to cover all meals were not provided for the full squad Bowl by 9,000 fans. More impor and incidental expenses. The group's and a portion of this money was al tantly, the coaches and their charges itinerary featured several concerts lotted for that purpose.. The NCAA enjoyed, themselves during the stay. and, believe it or not, a few twice-a also allows $5.00 per day (for a pe Winning the game didn't hurt, either. day practices.' riod not to exceed ten days) for out Much of the credit for the trip be The rest of the Notre Dame 'en of-pocket, unitemized expenses. longs to Joseph O'Brien, business tourage totaled 203 people broken manager of athletics. It was his job down as follows: official party-10l, The team itinerary scheduled daily to assemble the itinerary based on traveling squad-87,' players' wives workouts 'at Bishop Kenny 'High the wishes of Coach Devine and to and children-6, managers' and train School in Jacksonville with either supervise its usage through Dan Buck ers-9. The official party consisted of free time or a planned activity filling and his staff of five head managers. the coaches, their wives and children, in the rest of the day. Among these This required a separate office for team doctors and their families, activities were visits to Marineland Mr. O'Brien and one fol" the man University officials (Moose Krause, and St. Augustine, a night at the dog agers at the team's headquarters. Rev. Edmund Joyce, C.S.C., and races and a tour, of theUSS Sara Each player received an eight-page Roger Valdiserri among others), and toga. Several' players rented cars itinerary before the trip Which, was various other athletic employees. The during the stay, and visited: Disney updated six times during the stay. majority of this group was to leave world on the Tuesday following the Notre Dame will receive approxi South Bend on December 21, but due game. A Christmas Eve Mass at St. mately $300,000 for its participation to bad weather left from ,O'Hare Paul's Church waS also arranged in the Gator Bowl. This amount con Field in Chicago. The party was with the Notre Dame Marching Band sists mainly of television rights paid lodged at'the Turtle Inri on Atlantic providing the music for the liturgy by ABC to the Gator Bowl Associa Beach, occupying five floors of this , and carols. Pittsburgh 31 tion under their contract. ABC will hotel. This family-owned hqtel was Put all of these, practices, activi Notre Dame 10 make a sizeable profit on this game described by Mr. O'Brien as one of ties, plans, dollar amounts, and the considering the viewing audience. the "best on the beach" and its ac game together, and you have the Notre Dame ,23 Purdue 0 Yet the Irish would ,have received companying restaurant as possibly Notre Dame Gator Bowl, 1976. Per substantially, more from the televi "the best restaurant in' Jacksonville.'! h~ps Elton Moore summed it up best: Notre Dame, 48 Northwestern 0 sion network for a national, regular Penn State also wanted to stay at the "We weren't overpracticed, but were season game. The rest of the money Turtle Inn but the Irish had already ready to play. Everything was just Notre Dame 24 Michigan State 6 comes from gate receipts, radio reserVed the hotel. ' right. We had an excellent time.", " rights and other minimal activities. Notre Dame 41 Oregon o· All expenditures' the Irish had will come from the $300,000 amount with ~ Notre Dame 13 ' South Carolina ,6 the net profit not expected to be any where near the sums received from 'prior "major" bowl games. Notre Dame 27 Navy 21 , The bowl receipt is placed into Endowment C for use by various aca Georgia Tech 23 Notre Dame' 14 demic departments. This ,net profit figure can be found on University fi 'Notre Dame 21 Alabama 18 nancial statements, but an itemized list of expenses is not released. As an Notre Dame 40 Miami' 27 'example to what a school would spend on a bowl trip, the University I. Southern, Cal 17 Notre Dame 13 of Florida spent over $130,000 this year for its official party's'trip to the' Notre Dame 20 'Penn State 9 Sun Bowl. The list, of expenses for a bowl 28 , SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7,1977 29 The chief' job of the Irish, Sanes Although the final won-lost record Condon summarized Devine's posi bUry thought, was to "overcome key . for the Irish has not greatly im- tion as comparable to that of a wom injuries," such as those of Jerome .. proved, all four writers agree that an's second husband. If her first hus Heavens and Jeff Weston. He added Devine is making an adjustment to band is no good, her second husband that the Irish were aided by Ross' N.D. This pertains not only' to his will be great no matter what he does. Browner and MacAfee who had their coaching succession to Ara Par If, by some chance, her first husband usual good years. seghian, and other greats, but to the was great, no matter, how hard the Paul Hornung, commentator from Notre Dame community as a whole. second one tries, he will never be any 'the Notre Dame highlights show, The pressure on a Notre Dame good. considered every factor of the sea coach is more than that at any other son, and asserted that Notre Dame school. According to Joe Doyle, no did a fine job. The bid to the Gator one coming to N.D. knows how much .. Next·~ear,:,fu~ Irish f()()tbal! t~am] Bowl was the climax to a successful the sport of football means to the will havetlir~ co-ca?tai,~s, two c?m~ .1 season. Although all teams expect in- school. An Irish coach must not only ing from the d~fensIve SIde and onel . juries, he 'noted tllat N;D. was hit have a good relationship with the r.e.presenti.ng.. •.. t .. h.~,.Off.,.. ense .. N.amed. at! harder in key positions this year. Es team, but with. the whole student the football banquet of December 8, pecially helpful in overcoming these ;ellfu;:R()Sso'l3~owne~and:'Yillie ~ I injuries, Hornung thought, were are the defensivecaptams whIle I Rusty Lisch and Vagas Ferguson. ,Terry Eutick is the offensive captainl ~~ ··.;l~3n~~;~~, .. . All of these writers were in agree for the 1977 season. ." I Although. rarely seen, spo,rtswnters, 'Influence· a team's iinage for large numbe. r of .readers, a ment that next season might be the .: Also hOllored at the banquet wasJ one to look for. With senior quarter Al ' Hunter. who, along with. RossI back Rick Slager graduating, Joe ~~i:':"'::~-~;::-"':""--~~_ ... B,r~WnE~r;. was.na.me.... ~ Most V.alu.able 'jl Montana was expected to take over I ,Player' of the 1976 season. Qua.rter- After 9-3. , and. 12th, in Both Polls: back Rick·Slager·was named Winner, his position .. According to Condon, o N 3 i . Doyle and Sanesbury, Rusty Lisch :.of,.the•. Jolin!p.>'McMul.lan.A.war. d 0., C1i .6, 76 which is:'given· each year ~to the The Experts Reflect is coming into his' own. He may be a . 1 contender for the quarterback slot. player who best exemplifies the role I by Rosemary Mills This was. even more evident after his tof .. the,st~dent~a:0Iete based OIl ac~l impressive appearance in. the game , , .COIDPlis.hmen.t' in .. the... 'classrOO,ll1 an.. d.1 asa leader both on andoff,thefield. The preseason outlook was not as been a victory f~rthe Irish.N.D.'s against USC. . SEC. C good,asit usually, is for the Irish. A other losses, those to Georgia Tech One factor that might make for a , Fry' was one of, the captains fori t.: "AIthd~gh' it's"diffic~it 'tog~U~~'~"~ 1 the 1976 ~'eas()n,: which also had a I season-opening loss to' Pittsburgh and USC, did not dampen Condon's better season is a considerably easier ROW, '4 and injuries did not brighten the pic-· t.actlY lio. w"a. t. e.am. ... n ye.,ars inj schedule. Opening against Mississippi 'totill of furee captains;. That was notj enthusiasm about the seaso~ in gen advance" when ,the,scl?-,edulesare.~illbe.ie f j will have much less pressure on the SEAT 7 how' it',was: planned,'· however, as 'j ture. During the next ten games the eral. [drawn up; the,Irish' opponents didn't! Irish surprised themselves with tal- team than the Pitt game did. In 1977" 'semor ~rkMcLane; \vlio,shared the . The loss to Georgia Tech he ana [fare too badlY,on the~eason forthel 'captain's role 'Wi,t;h :F~,through most l , ent from unexpected sources. 'lyzed as being the outcome of Tech's the three service academies will not· 11976 year:.' , . I pose as much competition a<; other Joe Doyle, the sportswriter who psyche. They knew that a defeat of body. He must know the people and fl' All. totaled,~ N otr~. Dame opponent 1 f:t:~:-i;:~%~t;:~~!~i~h~eUt~~ ~~~'l covers the Notre -Dame football' the Irish would. take the edge off schools might have. While Army, Air how they react. . records came to a respectable 63~59-2.· Force and Navy may have good Georgia Tech game. McLane did not I games for the South Bend Tribune, their expected victory over Alabama. By the observations of Condon, I That figure is slightly inflated, how- teams, it is the opinion of Joe Doyle Devine is a much calmer man this !playinthe:loss in"Atlanta, and was, feels that the Irish had an outstand Another factor which influenced the ever, thanKs to the perfect record of ing season. He noted that it was a i that the academies do not compete on" year as compared.to last year. Any I official. I)'.: suo ~pe.n de,d, bY. ".Dan· Devine '1 loss was the fact that it was Home mark! young team which did not have the !Pittsburg~,a!ldthene~rperfect the same level of football as other one analyzing him must bear in mind I the day, after... th~game when the coming weekend for Tech. I of "Southern; Cal. .BeSIdes those two, total maturity of other teams. Doyle major schools do. . that Devine has always had the diffi team 'returned. to ~outh B:nd.' Re7 '~l Sou,til, Alabama cited Ross Browner and Ken Mac Even though the Irish lost to USC, sch~ols,.· ~arolina ~nd 1 . Paul Hornung agrees on the possi cult task of following legends. He serve tight' .end' JIm Weller was also were over:the .500 mark/on the I Afee as the veteran leaders on the Condon called it a fine game. In his bility of another outstanding season. was' awed by the enormity of the named 'to 'replace McLane as. co~cap-A season ~hile the,oth?r seven schools team 'responsible for some, of the opinion, it was the best job of coach 1. He sees Hunter, MacAfee and Brown Notre Dame coaching job according ttain.l0r. therem~inder?f. t;he season:. I the Irish .faced. durmg .the regularl !...... j Irish success. ing that Dan Devine ever did. er as the nucleus of the team and to the Chicago writer. season.'. finishedbelow~e halfwa),\ Particular games of interest, ac Perhaps the most disappointing looks to them for leadership. Hor cording to Doyle, :were those against game this season was the poor vic nung also sees Hunter and MacAfee Alabama and South Carolina. The tory the Irish managed against Navy. !ma~~;~b~mvar~the~COrdS Ofth~1 as potential candidates for the Heis- first half of the Alabama game was Condon attributed Navy's success in 1Lt~~S'>"'_ ....• ..; . ... ~ man trophy. . ... :: ...... 0 .'. I the best display of both offense and that game to their eagerness to play Piitsburg'~'., ;;~~:~.::;; ~.~ ~2- While he did not mention any N.D. 1 Purdue ...... ;, ...... ,; ..... , ..... ,: 5-.6: -:1 Heisman candidates, Dave COIfdon defense according to Doyle. During INorthw~stern: .:.: .. ;;, .... :...... :: .• 1~~O. . the game against South Carolina, the Adding his thoughts on the N.D:' ,' .. ' ... '., . '. 4 .'611 looks to Heavens and Ferguson as Michigan S~ate .. ,...... ,:.... ~'. - Irish showed a consistent, steady de season,Ed Sanesbury of United Press being two of the great backs of the Oreg'~ll: ~ 4~ 7 fense. International declared that the Irish ::.:::L:.: ...... :,: ...... ; ! country next year. Condon men South Carolina ...... :.... :...... ::~ .. C{ 6~ 5j A Notre Dame alumnus, Dave did much better than expected from tioned the strong possibility of a na NavY': ...... L ... : .... : .. ... :, 4-7 Condon, now writes for the Chicago the preseason outlook. With' Al ~,: ::~ ::C;~: .. ~:.:: 1'1 tional championship, "if all goes t G,:orgla TeSh,:,::···,i"::··:":··::··· 4-, 6 - Tribune. Condon also noted that for Hunter the only veteran back, Sanes~ I well."With other potential cham i Alabama .. ::.:::;;j ...... , .. ,.::.: .. ,.. , 9-3. ,'! a young team Notre 'Dame had an . bury Cited Vagas Ferguson and Wil pionship teams coming from USC outstanding season. In his opinion, if lard Browner for the tremendous jobs and Alabama, it is possible that a the Irish had played Pitt at the regu 'they did. As freshmen, he stated, lr~;:~'c~I·:f~:·:·::r;·::·"i:::;.!~:.J·.. J team may. become champions with larly scheduled time, it would have they were very important. one or two defeats. 30 SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 7, 1977 [ I 1....:. The chief' job of the Irish, Sanes Although the final won-lost record Condon summarized Devine's posi bUry thought, was to "overcome key . for the Irish has not greatly im- tion as comparable to that of a wom injuries," such as those of Jerome .. proved, all four writers agree that an's second husband. If her first hus Heavens and Jeff Weston. He added Devine is making an adjustment to band is no good, her second husband that the Irish were aided by Ross' N.D. This pertains not only' to his will be great no matter what he does. Browner and MacAfee who had their coaching succession to Ara Par If, by some chance, her first husband usual good years. seghian, and other greats, but to the was great, no matter, how hard the Paul Hornung, commentator from Notre Dame community as a whole. second one tries, he will never be any 'the Notre Dame highlights show, The pressure on a Notre Dame good. considered every factor of the sea coach is more than that at any other son, and asserted that Notre Dame school. According to Joe Doyle, no did a fine job. The bid to the Gator one coming to N.D. knows how much .. Next·~ear,:,fu~ Irish f()()tbal! t~am] Bowl was the climax to a successful the sport of football means to the will havetlir~ co-ca?tai,~s, two c?m~ .1 season. Although all teams expect in- school. An Irish coach must not only ing from the d~fensIve SIde and onel . juries, he 'noted tllat N;D. was hit have a good relationship with the r.e.presenti.ng.. •.. t .. h.~,.Off.,.. ense .. N.amed. at! harder in key positions this year. Es team, but with. the whole student the football banquet of December 8, pecially helpful in overcoming these ;ellfu;:R()Sso'l3~owne~and:'Yillie ~ I injuries, Hornung thought, were are the defensivecaptams whIle I Rusty Lisch and Vagas Ferguson. ,Terry Eutick is the offensive captainl ~~ ··.;l~3n~~;~~, .. . All of these writers were in agree for the 1977 season. ." I Although. rarely seen, spo,rtswnters, 'Influence· a team's iinage for large numbe. r of .readers, a ment that next season might be the .: Also hOllored at the banquet wasJ one to look for. With senior quarter Al ' Hunter. who, along with. RossI back Rick Slager graduating, Joe ~~i:':"'::~-~;::-"':""--~~_ ... B,r~WnE~r;. was.na.me.... ~ Most V.alu.able 'jl Montana was expected to take over I ,Player' of the 1976 season. Qua.rter- After 9-3. , and. 12th, in Both Polls: back Rick·Slager·was named Winner, his position .. According to Condon, o N 3 i . Doyle and Sanesbury, Rusty Lisch :.of,.the•. Jolin!p.>'McMul.lan.A.war. d 0., C1i .6, 76 which is:'given· each year ~to the The Experts Reflect is coming into his' own. He may be a . 1 contender for the quarterback slot. player who best exemplifies the role I by Rosemary Mills This was. even more evident after his tof .. the,st~dent~a:0Iete based OIl ac~l impressive appearance in. the game , , .COIDPlis.hmen.t' in .. the... 'classrOO,ll1 an.. d.1 asa leader both on andoff,thefield. The preseason outlook was not as been a victory f~rthe Irish.N.D.'s against USC. . SEC. C good,asit usually, is for the Irish. A other losses, those to Georgia Tech One factor that might make for a , Fry' was one of, the captains fori t.: "AIthd~gh' it's"diffic~it 'tog~U~~'~"~ 1 the 1976 ~'eas()n,: which also had a I season-opening loss to' Pittsburgh and USC, did not dampen Condon's better season is a considerably easier ROW, '4 and injuries did not brighten the pic-· t.actlY lio. w"a. t. e.am. ... n ye.,ars inj schedule. Opening against Mississippi 'totill of furee captains;. That was notj enthusiasm about the seaso~ in gen advance" when ,the,scl?-,edulesare.~illbe.ie f j will have much less pressure on the SEAT 7 how' it',was: planned,'· however, as 'j ture. During the next ten games the eral. [drawn up; the,Irish' opponents didn't! Irish surprised themselves with tal- team than the Pitt game did. In 1977" 'semor ~rkMcLane; \vlio,shared the . The loss to Georgia Tech he ana [fare too badlY,on the~eason forthel 'captain's role 'Wi,t;h :F~,through most l , ent from unexpected sources. 'lyzed as being the outcome of Tech's the three service academies will not· 11976 year:.' , . I pose as much competition a<; other Joe Doyle, the sportswriter who psyche. They knew that a defeat of body. He must know the people and fl' All. totaled,~ N otr~. Dame opponent 1 f:t:~:-i;:~%~t;:~~!~i~h~eUt~~ ~~~'l covers the Notre -Dame football' the Irish would. take the edge off schools might have. While Army, Air how they react. . records came to a respectable 63~59-2.· Force and Navy may have good Georgia Tech game. McLane did not I games for the South Bend Tribune, their expected victory over Alabama. By the observations of Condon, I That figure is slightly inflated, how- teams, it is the opinion of Joe Doyle Devine is a much calmer man this !playinthe:loss in"Atlanta, and was, feels that the Irish had an outstand Another factor which influenced the ever, thanKs to the perfect record of ing season. He noted that it was a i that the academies do not compete on" year as compared.to last year. Any I official. I)'.: suo ~pe.n de,d, bY. ".Dan· Devine '1 loss was the fact that it was Home mark! young team which did not have the !Pittsburg~,a!ldthene~rperfect the same level of football as other one analyzing him must bear in mind I the day, after... th~game when the coming weekend for Tech. I of "Southern; Cal. .BeSIdes those two, total maturity of other teams. Doyle major schools do. . that Devine has always had the diffi team 'returned. to ~outh B:nd.' Re7 '~l Sou,til, Alabama cited Ross Browner and Ken Mac Even though the Irish lost to USC, sch~ols,.· ~arolina ~nd 1 . Paul Hornung agrees on the possi cult task of following legends. He serve tight' .end' JIm Weller was also were over:the .500 mark/on the I Afee as the veteran leaders on the Condon called it a fine game. In his bility of another outstanding season. was' awed by the enormity of the named 'to 'replace McLane as. co~cap-A season ~hile the,oth?r seven schools team 'responsible for some, of the opinion, it was the best job of coach 1. He sees Hunter, MacAfee and Brown Notre Dame coaching job according ttain.l0r. therem~inder?f. t;he season:. I the Irish .faced. durmg .the regularl !...... j Irish success. ing that Dan Devine ever did. er as the nucleus of the team and to the Chicago writer. season.'. finishedbelow~e halfwa),\ Particular games of interest, ac Perhaps the most disappointing looks to them for leadership. Hor cording to Doyle, :were those against game this season was the poor vic nung also sees Hunter and MacAfee Alabama and South Carolina. The tory the Irish managed against Navy. !ma~~;~b~mvar~the~COrdS Ofth~1 as potential candidates for the Heis- first half of the Alabama game was Condon attributed Navy's success in 1Lt~~S'>"'_ ....• ..; . ... ~ man trophy. . ... :: ...... 0 .'. I the best display of both offense and that game to their eagerness to play Piitsburg'~'., ;;~~:~.::;; ~.~ ~2- While he did not mention any N.D. 1 Purdue ...... ;, ...... ,; ..... , ..... ,: 5-.6: -:1 Heisman candidates, Dave COIfdon defense according to Doyle. During INorthw~stern: .:.: .. ;;, .... :...... :: .• 1~~O. . the game against South Carolina, the Adding his thoughts on the N.D:' ,' .. ' ... '., . '. 4 .'611 looks to Heavens and Ferguson as Michigan S~ate .. ,...... ,:.... ~'. - Irish showed a consistent, steady de season,Ed Sanesbury of United Press being two of the great backs of the Oreg'~ll: ~ 4~ 7 fense. International declared that the Irish ::.:::L:.: ...... :,: ...... ; ! country next year. Condon men South Carolina ...... :.... :...... ::~ .. C{ 6~ 5j A Notre Dame alumnus, Dave did much better than expected from tioned the strong possibility of a na NavY': ...... L ... : .... : .. ... :, 4-7 Condon, now writes for the Chicago the preseason outlook. With' Al ~,: ::~ ::C;~: .. ~:.:: 1'1 tional championship, "if all goes t G,:orgla TeSh,:,::···,i"::··:":··::··· 4-, 6 - Tribune. Condon also noted that for Hunter the only veteran back, Sanes~ I well."With other potential cham i Alabama .. ::.:::;;j ...... , .. ,.::.: .. ,.. , 9-3. ,'! a young team Notre 'Dame had an . bury Cited Vagas Ferguson and Wil pionship teams coming from USC outstanding season. In his opinion, if lard Browner for the tremendous jobs and Alabama, it is possible that a the Irish had played Pitt at the regu 'they did. As freshmen, he stated, lr~;:~'c~I·:f~:·:·::r;·::·"i:::;.!~:.J·.. 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