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1996 Event - Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1990 Event - Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1989 Event - Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1987 Event - 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR) 1986 Death - James H "Jim" Crowley, U.S. football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 1983 Event - Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards and 6 touchdowns 1981 Event - Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1974 Event - Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak 1973 Event - 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23 1973 Death - Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died 1973 Death - Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 1971 Event - UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row 1964 Event - 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1962 Death - Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 1959 Event - AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, quarterback, Notre Dame 1957 Event - Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1956 Event - 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1953 Event - 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) 1949 Event - 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) 1947 Event - 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1947 Event - "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances 1946 Event - "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances 1945 Event - College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1944 Event - France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1943 Event - 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1930 Event - New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game 1928 Event - Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years 1927 Event - Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 1924 Event - Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, New York Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen) 1923 Birthday - Ara Parseghian, football coach, Northwestern, Notre Dame 1917 Birthday - Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse, New York, president, Notre Dame 1913 Event - Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively 1908 Birthday - Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach, Notre Dame 1902 Event - Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo 1895 Birthday - George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star, Notre Dame 1888 Birthday - Knute Rockne, Norwegian/U.S. football player and coach, Notre Dame 1887 Event - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan 1879 Birthday - Walter Hampden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1878 Birthday - Ernest Torrence, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1845 Birthday - Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr, found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal 1844 Event - University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana 1812 Birthday - Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame 1802 Birthday - Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1789 Death - Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 1725 Birthday - Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame 1720 Death - Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor (Nazarin, Le Notre), dies at 80 |
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