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

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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.

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