Notre Dame takes to the road for the first time in five weeks to face Navy, whom the Irish have beaten 42 consecutive times dating back to 1964. Paul Johnson’s Midshipmen are 5-2 this season and are coming off a bye week after losing their starting quarterback against Rutgers on October 14. When Brian Hampton…
Notre Dame’s football team had a bye last week, and most of the students returned from fall break just in time for the kickoff against UCLA. Meanwhile, 80,000 fans were forced to wait an extra 59 minutes for the Irish offense, who arrived just in time to pull out a heart-stopping 20-17 victory over the…
The last time UCLA played Notre Dame in football, John Wooden’s Bruins had just won their first of ten national championships over what would become an historic twelve year period. While UCLA has not approached that type of success on the gridiron, the Bruins carry a proud tradition and high expectations into South Bend this…
The first half of the season is history and it’s time for performance evaluations. Quarterback – BBrady Quinn has performed admirably despite a few uncharacteristically horrific moments. Many folks jumped off his Heisman bandwagon when he misfired a few times against Georgia Tech, turned the ball over to Michigan and threw an INT/ touchdown to…
Notre Dame, led by Brady Quinn and Darius Walker, stayed in control and was never seriously threatened in its 31-10 victory over a competitive but overmatched Stanford squad. Quinn passed for three touchdowns and Walker accounted for just under 200 yards of total offense as the Irish dominated the Cardinal. Notre Dame outgained Stanford by…