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[bobdrake12]

Bruce,

Congratulations on the Bulldog's victory over Tenn.

Right now ND is going to have its hands full against AFA.

bob

Edited by bobdrake12, 14 June 2003 - 06:59 PM.

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Army 0…Notre Dame 0 November 9, 1946

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The 1946 Army-ND program




The 1946 Army Team had Glen Davis and Doc Blanchard who both won Hiesman Trophies at Army

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Notre Dame 1946 National Champions


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1946 Recap (excerpts)

Army entered the 1946 season favored to win its third straight national title. The Cadets were riding an 18–game winning streak and they still had Blanchard and Davis. Clearly, coach Red Blaik's squad would have to be beaten to lose its status as the No.1 team in the nation.

Not necessarily.

Frank Leahy had coached Notre Dame to a national championship in 1943, then left South Bend for the South Pacific and two years with the Navy. He returned to his old job in '46 and was joined by a crowd of lettermen-turned soldiers who still had eligibility remaining. The Irish were loaded and determined. Not only did they want their No.1 ranking back, but they were eager to avenge the 59–0 and 48–0 losses to Army in 1944 and '45.

Army was 7–0 and Notre Dame was 5–0 when the two teams met at Yankee Stadium on Nov.9. The No.1 Cadets came in averaging 30 points a game while the No.2 Irish averaged 35. Final score: 0–0.

Army's 25–fame winning streak was over but the Cadets were still unbeaten. They won their last two games, but had to struggle past Navy. Meanwhile, Notre Dame shut out Northwestern and Tulane and beat Southern Cal by 20. A week later, the final AP poll gave the championship to the Irish.

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http://www.collegefo...100_Games_6.htm






Photo from ND sports info

Johnny Lujack QB, Notre Dame


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Photo from Army sports info

Doc Blanchard HB, Army..........Glenn Davis RB, Army


Top 100 Games of All-Time

Army 0…Notre Dame 0 November 9, 1946


In Yankee Stadium, the nation’s two best teams locked in a defensive struggle, which was shocking considering #1 Army and #2 Notre Dame both averaged over 30 points a game. Army marched six times inside the Irish 30 yard line but Notre Dame held tough. Army QB/DB Arnold Tucker was the star intercepting three Irish passes including one wiping out one of the best ND scoring threats of the day.

The Irish, led by star QB Johnny Lujack, only got across midfield three times all day but the defensive effort by the Irish, also led by Lujack, halted Army’s 25-game winning streak. After Tucker's interception, Mr. Inside, Doc Blanchard, took off around the right side but was barely tripped up by a game-saving tackle by Lujack to keep the game scoreless.

Considering the Irish lost by a combined score of 107-0 in the previous two-year’s games to Army, this could be construed as a major victory for Notre Dame as SPATNC accomplished their goal. The Society for the Prevention of Army's Third National Championship, as the Notre Dame students dubbed themselves leading up to the game, sent postcards every day to Army head coach Earl "Red" Blaik taunting the Cadet program.

Neither team had the upper hand as the Irish gained a mere 219 yards while the Cadets were held to 224. Led by Blanchard, and Mr. Outside, 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis, the Cadets went on to finish the season unbeaten to complete a three-year unbeaten streak going 27-0-1.

Notre Dame finished the season #1 in the AP poll. Army finished #2.

[bobdrake12]

Notre Dame goes 7-0 by beating Air Force

ND successfully defended Air Force's ground attack by only allowing 104 yards. This was 235 yards under Air Force's rushing average. ND's defense also only gave up 57 passing yards as Air Force completed 6 passes out of 14 attempts.

Tyrone Willingham has joined an exclusive group of ND coaches to win his first 7 games. The other two coaches were: Jesse Harper (1913-14) and Ara Parseghian (1964)

At 7-0, ND has had its best start since 1993.

ND faces Florida State next.

bob


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10/20/2002 2:29:00 AM

ND GROUNDS FALCONS (excerpts)

by Denise Skwarcan, BGI Reporter




The Irish entered the game with the nation's fifth-worst offense at 293 yards per game, but halfback Ryan Grant (190 yards rushing and a touchdown) and wide receiver Arnaz Battle (eight receptions for 112 yards) combined for almost 75 percent of the squad’s 447-yard offensive output.

QB Carlyle Holiday, who coughed up the ball on two of Notre Dame’s first three possessions, regained his composure and completed eight of his 15 pass attempts for 112 yards, and added nine carries for 71 yards and two touchdowns.

The Irish defense was dominating as well, limiting the Falcons to 104 yards on the ground, well below their 339 yard per game average, and proving once again why it is one of the toughest defensive units in the nation.

''Our young men executed (our defensive) scheme flawlessly,'' said Irish head coach Tyrone Willingham.

Notre Dame led 14-7 at halftime on scores by Holiday and Grant, with Air Force capitalizing on Holiday’s second fumble. The Falcons quickly knotted the score when Vontez Duff was stripped off the ball on the second-half kickoff, and scored six plays later.

Nicholas Setta’s woes continued as he missed field-goal attempts of 41 yards in the second quarter and 36 yards in the third. He has converted just three of his last 12 attempts.

Air Force signalcaller Chance Harridge came in averaging 102 yards and 15 points per outing, but had just 31 yards on 13 carries. He also was just 6-for-14 for 57 yards passing with an interception by Shane Walton, his sixth pick of the season.

Edited by bobdrake12, 11 January 2003 - 07:42 AM.

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http://www.collegefo.....s Browner.htm

Top 100 Players of All-Time

Ross Browner, Defensive End

Notre Dame, 1973-1977





Here we go with our parade of great Notre Dame players in our 100 Greatest Players of All-Time. Love them or hate them, there is no greater or more storied program in college football history than Notre Dame, so it says just how great Ross Browner was that he might be considered the greatest Irish defensive lineman ever. The 6'3", 240 pounder from Warren, Ohio set Irish records for tackles by a defensive lineman and was the rock on defense for their 1977 national champions. A four year starter, he also played on the 1973 national title team.

The greatest ever?: When you say a player may be the greatest Notre Dame player ever at a position, you can assume they were one of the best to ever play college football. Browner was a complete defensive lineman able to stop the run and get in the backfield with equal skill. Browner set (and still holds) the records for tackles for a career by an Irish defensive lineman (these records were kept since 1956) with 340. He also set the modern Irish record (since 967) in tackles for loss in a year with 28 and 77 for a career. He also set the ND record for career fumble recoveries in a career with 12.

The awards: Browner was widely acknowledged as one of the best defensive college football players of the late 70's receiving several awards. Along with being 5th in the 1977 Heisman Trophy voting, he won the Outland in 1976, the Lombardi in 1977 and the Maxwell Award (for the top college football player) in 1977.

NFL career: Browner went on to a solid NFL career playing for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1979-1986 and Green Bay in 1987. He was taken with the 8th pick overall.

Honors:

Heisman Trophy - 5th in 1977
College Football Hall of Fame - 1999
Notre Dame Hall of Fame - 1999
Outland Trophy Winner - 1976
Lombardi Award Winner - 1977
Maxwell Award Winner - 1977
Consensus All-American - 1976 & 1977

Edited by bobdrake12, 11 January 2003 - 07:49 AM.

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http://www.collegefo.....y Lattner.htm


100 Greatest Players of All-Time


Johnny Lattner, halfback

Notre Dame, 1951-1953




Photo from UND sports info


If you want mind boggling statistics, Lattner didn't have them. If you wanted lightning flash and dash, Lattner probably wasn't your player. All Johnny Lattner did was become the best player on the nation's highest profile program. Love or hate the Notre Dame program, the one thing you have to give to them is they have a bulls eye on their chest every game, every year. If you play well under that spotlight, you're playing at the highest level and Lattner did that for three years on one of the nation's best teams.

The jack of all trades: Lattner won the Heisman in 1953 even though he didn't even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring. If you wanted a runner, Lattner ran for 1724 yards in his career and 20 touchdowns averaging 4.9 yards per carry. He caught 39 passes for 613 yards averaging 15.7 yards per catch for his career. He also was a game-breaking kick returner returning 11 kicks for 366 yards and 2 TDs along with 27 punt returns for 307 yards. Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979. As great an offensive weapons as Lattner was, he was also a solid defensive back picking off 13 passes for his career. He also punted.

The Heisman: Lattner's career was surrounding by much debate as he won the 1953 Heisman in the second closest vote in history just barely beating our Minnesota's Paul Giel by 56 points. He was also the main cog on the 1953 9-0-1 team, head coach Frank Leahy's last year, and was named national champion by every poll except the ones that counted, the two wire services who named Maryland the national champs. The Irish went 23-4-3 during Lattner's three years.

Post college career: Lattner went on to play one year with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he tore up his knee playing in a military game and never played in the NFL again.

Honors:

College Football Hall of Fame - 1979
Heisman Trophy - Winner in 1953
Heisman Trophy - 5th in 1952
Maxwell Award Winner - 1952, 1953
Consensus All-American - 1952, 1953

Edited by bobdrake12, 11 January 2003 - 07:50 AM.

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Some say George Gipp was the best Notre Dame football player of All-Time


http://www.collegefo...George_Gipp.htm





100 Greatest Players of All-Time

George Gipp, Halfback
Notre Dame, 1917-1920





For 99.9% of all college football fans, the legend of George Gipp is limited to the famous, "Win one for the Gipper" inspirational rally cry and made better as a punch line in the movie Airplane with "Win on for the Zipper." Gipp was more than just the focus of the famous Knute Rockne speech or the subject of a Ronald Reagan movie, he was the greatest all-around player to ever play college football as a great runner, passer, defensive back, punter, kicker and kick returner and was Notre Dame's first All-American named by Walter Camp two weeks before Gipp's death.

Gipp initially went to Notre Dame to be a baseball player never having played organized football before. One day when Gipp was playing around drop kicking footballs 70 yards, Rockne saw him and recruited him to go out for the football team and the rest is history. Gipp went on to a great college football career, but he also kept his love for baseball playing centerfield for Notre Dame and the Chicago Cubs.

Gipp was portrayed by Ronald Reagan in the 1940 movie "Knute Rockne-All American" in 1940 which opened in South Bend in an event that'd rival any big Notre Dame football game.

The all-around player: Keeping in mind that Gipp amassed these stats in a day and age before the 1,000-yard rusher or big-time passer, he ran for 2,341 yards and 21 touchdowns in his career, threw for 1,789 yards and eight scores, punted 96 times for 3,690 yards (a 38.4 yard per kick average), picked off five passes, returned 16 punts for 217 yards, 22 kickoffs for 454 yards and kicked 27 PATs finishing his career with 156 points. His 2,341 rushing yards lasted in the Notre Dame record books until Jerome Heavens surpassed it in 1978. As a defensive back, Gipp never allowed a completed pass.

"His kicking and ball carrying was about as fine as anything I have ever seen on a football field." - Grantland Rice

The team: The Irish went 27-2-3 in Gipp's four years (and 23-2-2 when he played) going 19-0-1 in his last 20 games. The Irish lost the first game Gipp played in a 7-0 loss to Nebraska, tied Great Lakes 7-7 in 1918, lost 13-7 to Michigan State and tied Nebraska 0-0 in 1918. In Gipp's final two years, the Irish were undefeated declared Champions of the West.

The Northwestern game: In a 33-7 win over Northwestern in Gipp's final game on November 20th, 1920, he was held out with a shoulder injury. With Wildcat fans chanting for Gipp to play, he entered in the fourth quarter. After the game he was giving punting lessons and contracted a strept throat leading to a throat infection and pneumonia which killed the 25-year-old on December 14th. As legend has it, on his death bed he uttered the famous passage to Rockne.

"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."

Rockne sprung this speech on his team before the 4-2 and battered Irish were to face undefeated Army in Yankee Stadium in 1928. Notre Dame won 12-6.

Honors:

College Football Hall of Fame - 1951
First member of the Walter Camp All-America team - 1920

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http://www.irishlege.../ricezorich.htm





The heart and soul of the 1988 National Championship team: Tony Rice and Chris Zorich.


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Top 100 Games of All-Time

Wimps No More

Notre Dame 31…Miami 30 October 15, 1988


The #1 ranked Hurricanes came into South Bend with all the swagger of a defending national champion that had little trouble with the Irish over the previous few years. But this was a new Irish team then the ones that were steamrolled in previous years by Miami in what was dubbed Catholics vs. Convicts by the Irish fans. Tempers and emotions were high as there was a brawl before the game in the tunnel showed how charged the players were. The Irish were not to be intimidated.

QB Tony Rice and company withstood a huge passing day by Miami QB Steve Walsh who went 31 of 50 for 424 yards and four touchdowns but it was two plays that defined this slugfest. Down 31-24, Walsh hit Cleveland Gary on a 4th and seven play on the Irish 11. Gary rambled and dove into the end zone while losing the football. The officials ruled it a fumble and Notre Dame recovered it. On TV, replays made it look like Gary did score...but it was close.

But the Hurricanes would overcome the play as Walsh drove them down the field and on 4th down, threw an 11-yard TD pass to pull them within one point with 45 seconds to play. Head coach Jimmy Johnson could’ve kicked the extra point and probably go on to win the national title. They were on the other end of the situation the year before when Florida State went for two instead of kicking the extra point in the final seconds of the Hurricane-Seminole clash. "We play to win," reasoned Johnson. But he went for two and when ND’s Pat Terrell knocked down Walsh’s desperate try and the Irish had ended the Hurricane’s 36-game winning streak, Notre Dame stadium erupted. Notre Dame went on to win the national championship. Miami finished #2.


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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (13)


OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS (9)



1913 - Record: 7-0
Libby

1927 - Record: 7-1-1
Houlgate System

1938 - Record: 8-1
Dickinson System

1953 - Record: 9-0-1
Billingsley Report
Boand System
DeVold
Dunkel System
Helms Athletic Foundation
Libby
Litkenhous
National Championship Foundation
Poling System
Williamson System

1964 - Record: 9-1
DeVold
Football News
National Football Foundation
Sagarin Ratings

1967 - Record: 8-2
Dunkel System

1970 - Record: 10-1
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Matthews Grid Ratings
Sagarin Ratings

1989 - Record: 12-1
Berryman
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Massey Ratings
Sagarin Ratings

1993 - Record: 11-1
Matthews Grid Ratings
National Championship Foundation

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Notre Dame's Nov. 13, 1993 victory over Florida State in South Bend, Ind.


http://www.irishlege...ducts/wide1.htm





Wide Right!!. Scott Bentley missed this field goal attempt in the 1993 Florida State game.

[bobdrake12]

Notre Dame - FSU Up Next

October 26 at Florida St.

(Florida State has a 81-4-1 record in their last 86 games at Doak Campbell Stadium)

Game to be carried by ABC at 11am EST

ESPN Gameday will be set up in the north endzone and start at 10:30am EST

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Notre Dame goes 8-0 by beating Florida State - Part 1

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10/26/2002 4:31:00 PM

BELIEVE! NOTRE DAME POUNDS FSU (excerpts)

by Lou Somogyi, Associate Editor





A 10-point underdog entering the game, Notre Dame’s improbable pre-season national title dreams took a gargantuan step forward with a 34-24 victory over Florida State in Tallahassee. The Irish ran their record to 8-0 and recorded their fourth victory of the year over a ranked team.

The four conquests of ranked squads ties Tyrone Willingham with Terry Brennan (1954) for most by a first-year coach at Notre Dame.

Three of those triumphs have come on the road, a first for the Irish since 1990.

Three consecutive Florida State turnovers within a span of 3:29 in the third quarter set up 17 Notre Dame points in 2:21 to blow open a 10-10 halftime tie and give the Irish a 27-10 advantage. Ryan Grant’s 31-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter extended the lead to 34-10 before two late window-dressing touchdowns in the final 1:12 by Florida State led to the final margin.

The Irish had an auspicious start when Carlyle Holiday, off play-action, found Arnaz Battle for a 65-yard touchdown on Notre Dame’s first play from scrimmage.

After FSU responded with a 24-yard field goal, Notre Dame’s second possession resulted in a 39-yard field goal by Nicholas Setta, breaking his string of four consecutive misses. With 4:40 left in the first half, FSU fullback Torrance Washington scored on a one-yard run to knot the halftime score at 10.

The floodgates opened at the 7:40 mark of the third quarter when Courtney Watson intercepted a Chris Rix pass and returned it 21 yards to the FSU 23. Setta then converted a 35-yard field goal as the ball glanced off the left upright but went inside it for the three points.

On the next series, Glenn Earl’s jarring hit on Rix forced a fumble that Vontez Duff recovered at the Seminole two. Ryan Grant took the option pitch from Holiday for the TD on the next play.

On the kickoff, Leon Washington fumbled and Brandon Hoyte recovered the ball at the Florida State 17. On 3rd-and-9 from the 16, Holiday found Omar Jenkins in the end zone and the Irish were up 27-10 with 3:50 remaining in the quarter.

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Notre Dame goes 8-0 by beating Florida State - Part 2


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10/26/2002 5:07:00 PM

MAKING BELIEVERS (excerpts)

by Denise Skwarcan, BGI Reporter




Ryan Grant


Despite being undefeated, many still thought that the sixth-ranked Irish were overrated. But Notre Dame’s 34-24 drubbing of No. 11-ranked Florida State in Tallahassee should finally quiet the naysayers as the Irish improved to 8-0, their best start since 1993.

Notre Dame showed up ready to play, as QB Carlyle Holiday connected with Arnaz Battle on its first play from scrimmage for a 65-yard touchdown. Kicker Nick Setta added a 39-yard field goal, the first attempt that he’s made sine the season-opening Maryland game, to give the Irish a 10-3 before the Seminoles knotted the score in the second quarter.

But the tough-as-nails Irish defense turned up the heat in the third period, capitalizing on three Florida State turnovers in little more than four minutes to give Notre Dame a 27-10 lead. Halfback Ryan Grant’s 31-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter sealed the Seminoles’ coffin, although Florida State scored twice in the final 74 seconds of the contest to make the score much closer than the game actually was.

[bobdrake12]

http://www.irishlege...troduction.html

Shane Walton and the gang punish FSU's Greg Jones in the Irish victory at Tallahassee in 2002.

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A living tribute to Joey Getherall who always played like a champion!





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Football
10/26/02
No. 5 Georgia Romps Over Kentucky, 52-24



David Greene and D.J. Shockley combined to throw a school-record six touchdown passes as No. 5 Georgia remained unbeaten with a 52-24 rout of Kentucky on Saturday. The Bulldogs (8-0, 5-0 SEC) won easily despite playing without leading rusher Musa Smith, second-leading receiver Fred Gibson and senior offensive tackle Jon Stinchcomb, all of whom were injured last week against Vanderbilt...

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[bobdrake12]

Bruce,

Congratulations!

It is a lot better to be 8-0 than 7-0.

Will the Dawgs and Irish meet in a bowl this year?

ND has Boston College up next. BC upset ND in '93 which ended ND's pefect season. BC would just love to do that again.


bob

Edited by bobdrake12, 14 June 2003 - 07:15 PM.

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Bertelli lead Notre Dame to a National Championship in 1943 with a 9-1 record

Notre Dame's only loss was to Great Lakes in their last game of the 1943 season

Bertelli received orders to report to the Marine Corps camp at Parris Island and Johnny Lujack took over for him for the remaining four games of the season.

http://www.heisman.com/years/1943.html




1943 - 9TH AWARD

ANGELO BERTELLI

NOTRE DAME BACK





He made the T-Formation click for the Fighting Irish until his entry into the Marine Corps in 1943. Bertelli completed 169 of 324 passes in 26 games accounting for 2,582 yards. Twenty-nine of those completions were for touchdowns.

His legerdemain with the football and capacity for the big play gripped the attention of football fans and sportswriters alike. Grantland Rice called Angelo a great passer and T-Formation magician. Those were the days when faking was what the T was all about. Frank Leahy, in his book "The T-Formation", called Angelo "The man around whom we built all our hopes and dreams when we shifted into the T in 1942. He more than lived up to our highest expectations as he led Notre Dame to their many successful years with the T."

In his senior year his team averaged more than 40 points a game. Bertelli saw action as a Marine Officer on Iwo Jima and Guam.

Angelo died 26 June 1999.

Angelo was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1972.

[bobdrake12]

http://www.irishlege...tofbounds7.html


From "Out of Bounds" - Angelo Bertelli...(excerpts)





Angelo Bertelli was the worst runner and the best passer Frank Leahy ever coached. We offer three enduring images of the "Springfield Rifle," as Bertelli was aptly tagged:

First, as the quarterback that helped Leahy introduce the T-formation at Notre Dame. Almost no one born after World War II has seen anything but the T or variations thereof, but when Leahy decided to use it, you would have thought he was sending the boys out there to play in roller skates. "What's wrong with the box shift?!" everyone wanted to know, usually in more colorful language than that. "It was good enough for Rockne!"

Yes, but not good enough for modern football, and it is to Leahy's everlasting credit that he broke the Irish out of a box formation that had seen much of its scoring punch legislated out of existence. The Irish went 7-2-1 in 1942, the first year of the T. By1943, Notre Dame had a Bertelli-led T-formation national championship.

Leahy was attracted to the inherent deceptiveness of the T, the innumerable plays that could be run off the same formation. He also liked the idea of allowing his quarterback to concentrate on passing and hand-offs, and not running. This was custom-made for Bertelli, whose idea of running consisted of a slow glide that netted a little over a yard per carry.

Don't sell Bert short. He had to memorize a radically new offense and make it work against the toughest teams in the country. He was brilliant. For this alone he deserved the Heisman Trophy that was handed to him in 1943.

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http://www.irishlege...s/obituary.html


Excerpt from Angelo Bertelli's obituary

By FRANK LITSKY




As a senior in 1943, after six of Notre Dame's 10 games, Bertelli was activated by the Marine Corps and his college career ended. In those six games he threw only 36 passes, completing 25 with 10 going for touchdowns and he won the Heisman Trophy. Notre Dame won the six games by an average score of 43-5 and lost only three games in his three seasons.

Bertelli became a Marine captain, fought on Iwo Jima and Guam and won the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He was succeeded by the Notre Dame quarterback by Johnny Lujack, an 18-year-old sophomore, who would win a Heisman Trophy in 1947.

Bertelli was voted to all-America teams in 1942 and 1943. In the Heisman voting for America's outstanding college football player, he finished second in 1941 and sixth in 1942 before capturing the trophy. In 1972, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Angelo Bortolo Bertelli was born in West Springfield, Mass. to Italian immigrant parents. At Cathedral High School in Springfield, he won all-state honors in football, baseball and hockey and was senior class president.

After World War II, he obtained his college degree and played for the Los Angeles Dons and Chicago Rockets in the All-America Football Conference. His professional career ended in 1949 after three seasons and three knee operations.

[bobdrake12]

Thanks for your contribution!

bob

Edited by bobdrake12, 14 June 2003 - 07:22 PM.

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The "Glory" Helemet

The ones diplayed below look like they are circa 1920-1930

http://www.collegege...35/p-2036.shtml







Description: This leather, handsewn Glory Helmet is a replica from days gone by. Mimics original full size and weight. Comes complete with padding, chin strap...

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http://www.heisman.com/years/1947.html





1947

JOHN LUJACK - NOTRE DAME BACK





Considered one of the greatest T-formation collegiate quarterbacks of all times. Filling in for Angelo Bertelli, who went into the Marines in 1943, he quarterbacked a 26-0 victory over the previously unbeaten Army Cadets.

This star quarterback gained 2,080 yards for the Irish in three years and achieved a marvelous passing record of 144 completions out of 282 throws. His accurate arm accounted for many of Notre Dame's 24 victories while at the Golden Dome.

In his three seasons at Notre Dame, 1943 and then after military service in 1946 and 1947, the Irish were National Champions.

After graduation, Lujack went to the Chicago Bears and played for four years. He was named All-Pro on defense in 1948 and All-Pro on offense in 1950, and in 1949 he established a new NFL passing record of 468 yards and 6 touchdowns in one game against the Chicago Cardinals in a spectacular 52-21 victory.

For two years ('52-'53) he served as Notre Dame backfield coach under Frank Leahy, coaching John Lattner, the '53 Heisman winner. In 1954, Lujack became a Chevrolet dealer. Currently retired he resides in Davenport, Iowa in the summers and Indian Wells, California during the winters, enjoying his hobby of golf.

John was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1960.

[bobdrake12]

http://www.irishlege...ts/mhjohnny.htm





Signed "Johnny Lujack Heisman '47", a Notre Dame legend and our second Heisman Trophy winner.

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http://lamb.archives...du/47/life.html


Johnny Lujack on the cover of Life Magazine:

[bobdrake12]

Notre Dame beaten by Boston College 14-7

ND is now 8-1 for the season


http://www.suntimes....spt-crep06.html

BC celebration leads to turf war (excerpts)

November 6, 2002


Notre Dame returned to practice Tuesday looking ahead to its game Saturday against Navy in Baltimore (11 a.m., Ch. 2, 1000-AM) instead of dwelling on its first loss to Boston College.

But that doesn't mean the Irish completely have forgotten the game--especially the over-the-top celebration by some BC players.

A few Eagles ripped up chunks of the turf. Later, Notre Dame officials discovered excessive damage to the visiting locker room.

"It was just not a classy thing to do,'' Irish defensive tackle Darrell Campbell said. "[In 1999], Chris Hovan pulled up some turf on our field and held it up in the air. That was really disrespectful. One of the offensive tackles at BC tried to do that [Saturday]. Mike Goolsby almost took his head off, and I ran out there, too.

"We have respect for the people we play, and we're a classy organization. That's what we pride ourselves in. We're definitely angry and ready to go out and play.''

John Jackson
Copyright 2002, Digital Chicago Inc.

Edited by bobdrake12, 14 June 2003 - 07:27 PM.

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http://www.collegefo.....ib Ismail.htm

Top 100 Players of All-Time

Raghib Ismail, Receiver

Notre Dame, 1988-1990



As a receiver he was very good. As a rusher, we was outstanding. As a kick returner, he was one of the most electrifying players in college football history. As a player, few put sheer terror in the heart of opposing defensive coordinators and fans like the Rocket. Only 5-10 and 175 pounds, he quickness and speed were peerless and made play after play after play after play for the Irish. As amazing as his playmaking ability was, we was just as dangerous as a decoy as teams were forced to account for him on every single play.

The electrifier: Ismail was the epitome of the big play player averaging 22 yards per catch, an Irish record. His most classic performance was against #2 Michigan in 1989 returning two punts for touchdowns in their 24-19 win. He also returned two punts for TDs against Rice in 1988.

He could fly: His speed was legendary running a NCAA best (in 1990) 6.07 55 meters and 22.18 200. He was clocked at 4.29 in the 40 with superior quickness and burst.

The greatest play that never was: Ismail almost made one of the greatest plays in college football history and this evidenced just how magical he was. In the 1991 Orange Bowl, Colorado was going for the national title. CU looked to ice the game late as they were marching, but the Irish D held tough as they sacked QB Charles Johnson twice to knock the Buffs back to their own 47-yard line with 43 seconds to play. Waiting to return the kick was Ismail. Colorado had to kick the ball out of bounds didn’t they? Nope. CU P Tom Rouen kicked it high in the air to the Rocket at the nine. He somehow navigated his way through traffic and busted loose up the right side going 91-yards for a touchdown and ruining Colorado’s dream season. But sitting back was a flag for clipping. After various replays, the clip was questionable at very best and didn't really affect the play. The touchdown was brought back. But for a few seconds, the Rocket appeared to have made the most clutch play in college football history.

Honors:

2nd in Heisman Trophy - 1990
1st team All-America - 1989, 1990
Walter Camp Award - 1990

Edited by bobdrake12, 11 January 2003 - 07:55 AM.