The Irish are 3-2. And to give you an indication of how blessed we are today, in the most recent game played on this day in 2003, Notre Dame lost to a 5-6 Syracuse team at the Carrier Dome 38-12 to finish a 5-7 campaign. (Maybe the worst single day in ND sports, as men's and women's basketball also lost on that date, the men to a three-win Central Michigan team at home, as did hockey and volleyball).
Bronze Medal, 1888: Believe it or not, the first victory ever for Notre Dame in football occurred on this day, 20-0 versus Harvard Prep (couldn't find any highlights).
Silver Medal, 1947: Notre Dame clinches its second straight national title under head coach Frank Leahy when it crushes No. 3 USC in the Coliseum, 38-7, with 104,953 in attendance. An astounding 42 members of this Irish team, considered the greatest in school history, played at the professional level. And that was when players lined up both on offense and defense, thereby limiting it to 11 starters on platoons. Emil Sitko had a 76-yard TD run, but teammate Bob Livingstone topped it later with a 92-yard scoring scamper.
Start at the 3:20 mark of this video to see the two long runs.
Gold Medal, 1930: No one knew it at the time, but in Knute Rockne's final game as the head coach, he captured his second straight consensus national title (third overall, not including a shared one in 1919), with a 27-0 victory over favored USC. He won his final 19 games at Notre Dame to finish 105-12-5, a .881 winning percentage that still stands No. 1 in the sport's history.
Bronze Medal, 1888: Believe it or not, the first victory ever for Notre Dame in football occurred on this day, 20-0 versus Harvard Prep (couldn't find any highlights).
Silver Medal, 1947: Notre Dame clinches its second straight national title under head coach Frank Leahy when it crushes No. 3 USC in the Coliseum, 38-7, with 104,953 in attendance. An astounding 42 members of this Irish team, considered the greatest in school history, played at the professional level. And that was when players lined up both on offense and defense, thereby limiting it to 11 starters on platoons. Emil Sitko had a 76-yard TD run, but teammate Bob Livingstone topped it later with a 92-yard scoring scamper.
Start at the 3:20 mark of this video to see the two long runs.
Gold Medal, 1930: No one knew it at the time, but in Knute Rockne's final game as the head coach, he captured his second straight consensus national title (third overall, not including a shared one in 1919), with a 27-0 victory over favored USC. He won his final 19 games at Notre Dame to finish 105-12-5, a .881 winning percentage that still stands No. 1 in the sport's history.
