Back when the band was in the stands around the 30 yard line, we had to go down the stairs and through the gates and stand on the field behind the team as the game came to a close. This took a little bit of doing. And some of the band had to go around the far side of the field to enter that way for the post game show.

We didn't play the Alma Mater immediately after the final gun. We would march on field playing "Irish Backs" then play the opposing teams fight song. Then we would play Notre Dame Our Mother, the Clog (and the Irish guard would dance) ,The Victory March then go immediately into the Hike song and march out the tunnel.And usually about 60 to 75% of the fans would stay until we were finished.

Once the band moved to the field, and the team started coming over to the student section, the band was in a position to immediately play and then let the team leave before post game. Now, the band has to wait until all that is over to even start coming out of the stands which is probably why there's not much of a post game show.

By the way, the alumni band has traditionally massed on the field after the game to leave and march out of the tunnel following the student band. This year, they were told they would not be allowed to do that because, and I'm not making this up, the University had to start setting up for Garth Brooks next week and, apparently, the 20 minutes it would take to allow the alumni band members to do that would throw off the schedule somehow. Ridiculous.

A selection or two from halftime.
By the time we headed north to the tunnel there be a couple hundred folks left in the stadium...My parents were two of them.

I swear, it took them 45 minutes to clear us a path out of there.

it doesn't seem like they play as long as they used to, though, after the game.

But maybe just the VM. They leave in formation to march to the field behind the band building.

Of the stadium now.
My recollection was on the pre 1996 reno stadium, the locker room windows openned to the northnside as the band passed by on the way back to Washington Hall.

Just march out, over the Leahy St, and then up to the grassy area between Ricci, Rolfs and Jordan Hall of Science. They mostly do drum-line stuff on the march between the Stadium and that area.

The guy in front of us was an old trumpet player. I'm betting you guys could play those numbers in your sleep.

Great job!

I'm 25 years out, and I could play just about any of the cadences from memory.

Of course, I was there in the Faust years so we didn't play it that often.

3 years of Faust and I barely played the Victory Clog :-( Lou made up for it my Senior year. Sure enjoyed it last Saturday! Like others, I recall a much more extensive post game performance, and many fans sticking around.

The "preparing for Garth @ ND in a week" excuse for screwing us out of post game and marching out the tunnel was embarrassingly bad.