The 1961 Syracuse / ND game, played at ND Stadium was a game I attended with my father.
It ended with ND winning on a long FG after time had expired.
Here is the Syracuse newspaper version of the end of the game...
www.syracuse.com
I remember watching the flag on the first missed FG with 3 seconds left... then Perkowski rekicked and the FG was good and ND won the controversial ending game... ND actually won with time expired since there was a roughing penalty on the regular last play of the game...
It was a great memory. Syracuse was ranked and ND was having a poor season. So winning against a ranked team was a big deal.
The day to my memory was dark, overcast and cold as was typical in mid November in South Bend...
I remember how thrilled I was to see Ernie Davis for Syracuse play in person.... he won the Heisman that year and ran for almost 100 yards against ND that day...
it was a GREAT memory of a big game and I was with my father...
It ended with ND winning on a long FG after time had expired.
Here is the Syracuse newspaper version of the end of the game...
1961: Blown call costs SU a big win over Notre Dame
The game ended in controversy, led to an NCAA rule change a fueled bad blood between the schools.
I remember watching the flag on the first missed FG with 3 seconds left... then Perkowski rekicked and the FG was good and ND won the controversial ending game... ND actually won with time expired since there was a roughing penalty on the regular last play of the game...
It was a great memory. Syracuse was ranked and ND was having a poor season. So winning against a ranked team was a big deal.
The day to my memory was dark, overcast and cold as was typical in mid November in South Bend...
I remember how thrilled I was to see Ernie Davis for Syracuse play in person.... he won the Heisman that year and ran for almost 100 yards against ND that day...
it was a GREAT memory of a big game and I was with my father...
