Art Parisien ND QB

Art Parisien ND QB
by olson (2019-05-30 17:47:35)
Edited on 2019-05-30 17:51:39

In reply to: ND Careers defined by a single play posted by SixShutouts66

1926

Late in the very first ever USC-ND game-in the LA Coliseum....USC was leading 12-7

Rockne inserted little used (and little=5'6) left handed QB Art Parisien. Parsien drove ND down the field (60yds in 6 plays)-hitting HB John Niemiec with a 23 yd game winning td pass with less than a minute left.

Final ND 13 USC 12

Legend had it that the Trojans were fooled on the td pass-because Parisien rolled left & the USC defenders assumed little Art was running-not knowing that Parisien was left handed.

Good story...but...Parsien had already completed a 35 yd pass to Niemiec just 3 plays earlier...the Trojans were pretty stupid if they hadn't noticed that Art was left handed after the first pass.....

Parisien never threw another pass for Notre Dame-this was the final game of the season. Little Art transferred to Boston U after the semester.

Another player appearing in his final game that afternoon in the Coliseum was Trojan tackle Marion Morrison #24.

Morrison quit school soon after the ND game, took up acting, & changed his name to John Wayne.

Stupid, or just stuck in habits?

Was it that USC "thought" Parisien was passing, or that they were just habitually accustomed to left-side rollouts being runs, such that they didn't think about the fact that he was left handed?

The essence of the story sounds plausible, even if the usual explanation might be lacking in nuance.

Was Ward Bond on that U$C team? *

No, Ward Bond played vs ND in 1928,'29 & '30=#14 tackle *

One of my all-time favorite actors. *