Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 115, No. 08 -- Football Review 1973
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:i ! - ! ! scholastic I 9,3 THE 1973 FIGHTING IRISH OF NOTRE DAME RISH I IRISH SURPRISE ALL IN SEASON OPENER I! AGAINST NORTHWESTERN; 44-0. i i - t . { FOOTBALL l. UNCERTAIN IRISH STILL TOO MUCH FOR T PURDUE; 20-7. REVIEWFebruary I. 1974 BRILLIANT DEFENSE PRESERVES VICTORY OVER MSU; 14-10. TRICKY RICE FAILS TO GAIN AS IRISH BOIL, 28-0. BLUE AND GOLD MAINTAIN UNDEFEATED SEASON, CLOBBER ARMY; 62-3. IRISH SEND 'EM OUT ON THEIR SHIELDS, ND 23; USC 14. ! PITT RACKS UP THE YARDAGE, BUT NOT ENOUGH; . 1 I ND 31; PITT 10. ! , - 1 ! FALCONS GET AIRED, 48-15. IRISH CAP REGULAR SEASON WITH RESOUNDING VICTORY OVER MIAMI; 44-0. ,I ! .;.. NOTRE DAME ROLLS OVER 'BAMA TO NUMBER ONE r:, .,- - 0.--: NATIONAL RATING; 24-23. ! ; -. ! .: ! ' ! 1 . $ February 1, 1974 Notre Dame, Indiana Volume 115, No.9' Remarks of Congressman John Brademas, Monday, January 21, 1974 The Football Review 4 Introduction 26, Clements In the House of Representatives ,5 Count Your Blessings 28 Pittsburgh Notre Dame: The Nation's Number 6 Northwestern 30 Coach Ara Parseghian One 8 Purdue 33 Officer Tim McCarthy 10 Stadium Feature 34 Air Force 12 ' Michigan State 36 In ,Memoriam MR. SPEAKER, we have had a lot of bad news during the year iust 14 ' Rice 38 ,Miami ended, but in South Bend, Indiana, in the Di~trict I have the honor to represent, we have had, as 1973 closed and as 1974 began, some good 16 Four Years Later 40 Statistics news. 18 Army 42 New Year's in New Orleans - For, Mr. Speaker, life is, in at least one important respect, back to 20 Southern California ' 44 Sugar Bowl normal. The University of Notre Dame football team, after its magnificent , > 24·23 victory over the University of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl in New ~ :". 23 Bob Thomas ' 48 ' For the Record Orleans on New Year's Eve, is the National Champion again. .. ' . 24 Navy 49 Prognosis '74 ' .- -'. Mr. Speaker, I take this time first to extend my condolences to my col· . league and friend, the gentleman from Alabama, Congressman Walter Flowers, who represents the Tuscaloosa district here in the House. '-:: : I want further to extend my warmest congratulations to America's Scholastic greatest football coach, Ara Parseghian, to his coaching staff and to the entire Notre Dame football team. '-- Football Review Editor: Tom Gora , Scholastic Editor: Kerry McNamara . .".. - ~ . Mr. Speaker, as we today begin the second session of the 93rd " , Art Director: Jim, Purvis, The opinions' expressed in the SCHOLASTIC , Congress, we all recognize that the nation has troubles. two in particular~ , are those of 'the authors and editors of the ProduCtion Man~ger:ianet Cullen energy and Richard Nixon. SCHOLASTIC and do not necessarily represent • • • ~ :' .. r' • , ,the opinions of the University of Notre Dame, : Asst. Art Directors: John Phelan & Tom Waldoch , 'its administration, faculty or the student body. , Second-c1ass'postage '~aid at Notie D~me, ' 'Staff: Terry Baimon, Casey Pocius; Mary Siegel, , But, Mr. Speaker, not everything is wrong with America today. God's Ind,' 46556. The' magazine is represented for , Sally Stanton, 'Eileen O'Grady; Jim Gresser, ' in his Heaven, something's right with the world. national advertising by National Educational Pat Roach, Joe Runde, Jack Wenke, ,'. " " :~, - Advertising Services, 360 Lexington Ayenue, Pat Hanafin, Leo J. Mulcahey, Tom Birsic, New York, N.Y. 10017. Published fortnightly " ' during the school year except during vacation' Nan Smith"BilIWeyland. " Notre Dame is Number One again. '. ! .' and examination periods, die SCHOLASTIC , .. is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Credits: , Ind. 46556. The subscription rate is $5.00 Cover, Bill Weyland; Photographs, a year and back numbers are available from, ' Mike Budd,S, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, the SCHOLASTIC. Please address all manu scripts to the SCHOLASTIC, Notre Dame; Ind. 27, 28, 29; 34, 35,42; 43; 45, 46, 47; Joe Raymond, 46556. All unsolicited material becomes the , 7, 8, 14, '15, 18, 19, ~r, 31,39, 47~: '" , property of the SCHOLASTIC. Special thanks to the Notre Dame , , copyright © 1974 Scboiastic I all rights reserved / none of the contents may be re Magazine for permission' to reprint the , produced ,without permission article in memory of Frank Leahy and Elmer Layden. $ February 1, 1974 Notre Dame, Indiana Volume 115, No.9' Remarks of Congressman John Brademas, Monday, January 21, 1974 The Football Review 4 Introduction 26, Clements In the House of Representatives ,5 Count Your Blessings 28 Pittsburgh Notre Dame: The Nation's Number 6 Northwestern 30 Coach Ara Parseghian One 8 Purdue 33 Officer Tim McCarthy 10 Stadium Feature 34 Air Force 12 ' Michigan State 36 In ,Memoriam MR. SPEAKER, we have had a lot of bad news during the year iust 14 ' Rice 38 ,Miami ended, but in South Bend, Indiana, in the Di~trict I have the honor to represent, we have had, as 1973 closed and as 1974 began, some good 16 Four Years Later 40 Statistics news. 18 Army 42 New Year's in New Orleans - For, Mr. Speaker, life is, in at least one important respect, back to 20 Southern California ' 44 Sugar Bowl normal. The University of Notre Dame football team, after its magnificent , > 24·23 victory over the University of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl in New ~ :". 23 Bob Thomas ' 48 ' For the Record Orleans on New Year's Eve, is the National Champion again. .. ' . 24 Navy 49 Prognosis '74 ' .- -'. Mr. Speaker, I take this time first to extend my condolences to my col· . league and friend, the gentleman from Alabama, Congressman Walter Flowers, who represents the Tuscaloosa district here in the House. '-:: : I want further to extend my warmest congratulations to America's Scholastic greatest football coach, Ara Parseghian, to his coaching staff and to the entire Notre Dame football team. '-- Football Review Editor: Tom Gora , Scholastic Editor: Kerry McNamara . .".. - ~ . Mr. Speaker, as we today begin the second session of the 93rd " , Art Director: Jim, Purvis, The opinions' expressed in the SCHOLASTIC , Congress, we all recognize that the nation has troubles. two in particular~ , are those of 'the authors and editors of the ProduCtion Man~ger:ianet Cullen energy and Richard Nixon. SCHOLASTIC and do not necessarily represent • • • ~ :' .. r' • , ,the opinions of the University of Notre Dame, : Asst. Art Directors: John Phelan & Tom Waldoch , 'its administration, faculty or the student body. , Second-c1ass'postage '~aid at Notie D~me, ' 'Staff: Terry Baimon, Casey Pocius; Mary Siegel, , But, Mr. Speaker, not everything is wrong with America today. God's Ind,' 46556. The' magazine is represented for , Sally Stanton, 'Eileen O'Grady; Jim Gresser, ' in his Heaven, something's right with the world. national advertising by National Educational Pat Roach, Joe Runde, Jack Wenke, ,'. " " :~, - Advertising Services, 360 Lexington Ayenue, Pat Hanafin, Leo J. Mulcahey, Tom Birsic, New York, N.Y. 10017. Published fortnightly " ' during the school year except during vacation' Nan Smith"BilIWeyland. " Notre Dame is Number One again. '. ! .' and examination periods, die SCHOLASTIC , .. is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Credits: , Ind. 46556. The subscription rate is $5.00 Cover, Bill Weyland; Photographs, a year and back numbers are available from, ' Mike Budd,S, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, the SCHOLASTIC. Please address all manu scripts to the SCHOLASTIC, Notre Dame; Ind. 27, 28, 29; 34, 35,42; 43; 45, 46, 47; Joe Raymond, 46556. All unsolicited material becomes the , 7, 8, 14, '15, 18, 19, ~r, 31,39, 47~: '" , property of the SCHOLASTIC. Special thanks to the Notre Dame , , copyright © 1974 Scboiastic I all rights reserved / none of the contents may be re Magazine for permission' to reprint the , produced ,without permission article in memory of Frank Leahy and Elmer Layden. s du lac Count Your Blessings sporting news: beginning notes - Frank, Pomarico ./ Four years ago, when I first enrolled at Notre Dame, I was a rather innocent high school boy. While here, however, I've learned a tremendous amount about my self athletically imd socially, and have developed my whole outlook on life. By putting all of these things to One of the books that happened to find its way to Then again, I was present at the Notre Dame-Ala gether I feel like I've really' gro',Vn into a well-rounded my desk amidst the sports releases was Team: A High bama game and would have screamed just as loud as person. , ' ' School Odyssey by ~ichard Woodley. The story centers everyone else if my voice had not given out long before Athletically, I feel that I've gotten as much out of around a high school football team, beginning with pre the game. Notre Dame as was possible for me. The peopleI've season practices following through to the last game of Besides the pride, there are the people. After a year met through football have had a major impact on my the year. Though the book itself contains nothing much of working with the sports staffs, the players and the athletic career and my life. Those people, mainly the to write about, there is one passage that appeared to be other writers, I've come to know them as indiyiduals coaches and other players on, our team, have reached particularly insightful. As the coach is filling out col , and consequently find myself rooting for them rather deep into my athletic ability and have brought out the lege scouting reports, the author asks him whom he will than for' a name. This, concept of proximity unfor best in me. " '" , ' suggest to Notre Dame. The coach replies rather in dis tunately is not possible for everyone, and the players Socially" I think this is what'Notre Dame is all gust that it really doesn't matter.