USC came in already with 2 close losses but were the Pac-10 champs and heading to the Rose Bowl.
1 in the country and in line for a championship when facing the Trojans at the Coliseum. That 10-10 tie was not without controversy but Notre Dame remained No. For their part, Purdue would go on win the Rose Bowl.īefore arriving in Los Angeles to end the 1966 season the Irish played the previous week in the "Game of the Century" against Michigan State in East Lansing. Notre Dame wouldn't allow more than 14 points the rest of the season until the second to last game. The Irish defense was fearsome even against the explosive Purdue offense. Hanratty finished the day with 304 passing yards on just 24 attempts while fellow sophomore end Jim Seymour snagged a school-record 276 of those yards on 13 receptions. Under center for Notre Dame was sophomore and first-year starter Terry Hanratty who was about to show the world a new passing attack in South Bend. 6 Fighting Irish for the second straight year.
Led by senior All-American quarterback Bob Griese Purdue was looking to upset the No. 8 Boilermakers certainly wasn't an easy task. Purdue was a consistent thorn in the side of Ara Parseghian and opening the 1966 season against the No. 4 USC rather succinctly with "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, Notre Dame kicked the bejabers out of USC on a leaky Saturday afternoon." 1966 The football review for the year sums up this game between No.
The following season the Irish were out for revenge and got what they were looking for. 1 defeat was against USC in the 1964 finale. Welcome back to the Greatest Wins in Notre Dame Football History! Part 3 takes us through the Era of Ara and the invention of color television.
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