Favorite ND Run V SC
A few days ago, I saw a post about favorite ND runs against USC and Penick and Rice runs were mentioned. I would like to add a few others. My first ND-SC game was in 1953 at the LA Coliseum in 1953. RB Joe Heap - who played in the shadow of Heisman winner Johnny Lattner - ran a kickoff back 94 yards for a TD (ND won 42-14). At 7 years old that was my first ND football game and I naturally figured all Notre Dame games went that way. The Terry Brennan- Joe Kuharic era taught me differently. The next ND-SC game at the LA Coliseum I went to was Ara's first in 1964 when ND was ranked #1 and SC - with the help of a bogus holding call which nullified a late ND TD - stole the game and a Natty! In 1965, SC came to South Bend ranked #1 with their Heisman winner Mike Garrett for the famous "Revenge Game." I watched on TV as ND pounded the ball on the ground with - Nick Eddy (117 yards); Larry Conjar (137 yards & 4TD's) and Bill Wolski (103 yards). I don't remember ND QB Bill Zlock throwing a pass but he was really good at handing the ball off to those three backs. Those were my favorite runs against SC because they went on for 3+ hours. I will be watching this Saturday in hopes that Love, Price and Leonard can create another memory for this old man, Go Irish!
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Eric Penick's 85-yard touchdown run, #8 Notre Dame knocked off #6 USC, 23-14.
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Everyone can agree SC's most hated "run" was Anthony Davis' kickoff return in 1974
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1988 @ Coliseum ND "D" LIT up aaron Emanual. (he raised his hand to be taken off the field) INTENSE
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it wasn't 1 run I remember but. Reggie brooks
lighting them up in 31-23 win for ND.
1992, Brooks looked almost dead before the game
He was hit pretty hard by the flu, and was puking his guts out just a couple of hours before the game.
Kudos to the training staff for getting him up to speed for the game. His performance was just flat-out amazing.
Context is huge. USC in the 70's was like Miami in the 80's.
Most years in that decade the ND/USC game determined the nattie... and the whole nation watched.