Updated: Most all-time wins against AP top-2 teams.
by G.K.Chesterton (2021-10-17 21:55:16)
Edited on 2021-10-17 22:03:43
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I took Matt Brown's tweet at the link and updated it to include Purdue's victory on Saturday against Iowa. Six(6) of Purdue's 13 victories have been against Notre Dame (1950, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974).

On the ND size, Holtz did it six times, as many as Ara and Leahy combined.

Most all-time wins against AP top-2 teams

Notre Dame 17
Ohio State 16
USC 16
Oklahoma 14
Purdue 13

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Date	        ND rank		Coach	ND	Opp.	Opponent	O rank	O final

11/21/1936	11	HOME	LAYDEN	26	6	NORTHWESTERN	1	7	PAPPY WALDORF

10/9/1943	1	AWAY	LEAHY	35	12	MICHIGAN	2	3	FRITZ CRISLER

11/20/1943	1	HOME	LEAHY	14	13	IOWA PRE-FLIGHT	2	2	DON FAUROT

11/29/1952	7	HOME	LEAHY	9	0	SOUTHERN CAL	2	5	JESS HILL

11/16/1957	NR	AWAY	BRENNAN	7	0	OKLAHOMA	2	4	BUD WILKINSON

1/1/1971	6	COTTON	ARA	24	11	TEXAS	        1	3	DARRELL ROYAL

12/31/1973	3	SUGAR	ARA	24	23	ALABAMA	        1	4	PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT

1/1/1975	9	ORANGE	ARA	13	11	ALABAMA	        2	5	PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT

1/2/1978	5	COTTON	DEVINE	38	10	TEXAS	        1	4	FRED AKERS

11/6/1982	NR	AWAY	FAUST	31	16	PITT	        1	10	FOGE FAZIO

10/15/1988	4	HOME	HOLTZ	31	30	MIAMI (FL)	1	2	JIMMY JOHNSON

11/26/1988	1	AWAY	HOLTZ	27	10	SOUTHERN CAL	2	7	LARRY SMITH

9/16/1989	1	AWAY	HOLTZ	24	19	MICHIGAN	2	7	BO SCHEMBECHLER

1/1/1990	4	ORANGE	HOLTZ	21	6	COLORADO	1	4	BILL McCARTNEY

10/20/1990	6	HOME	HOLTZ	29	20	MIAMI (FL)	2	3	DENNIS ERICKSON

11/13/1993	2	HOME	HOLTZ	31	24	FLORIDA STATE	1	1	BOBBY BOWDEN

11/7/2020	4	HOME	KELLY	47	40	CLEMSON	        1	3	DABO SWINNEY




The mention I heard at the game was slightly different
by tf86  (2021-10-18 08:48:54)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Most wins vs. #2 all-time as an unranked team. That is what gave Purdue the edge.
That is a separate stat and yes, Purdue leads there.
by G.K.Chesterton  (2021-10-18 11:13:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Matt Brown also threw in yet another category. These tweets were posted on Saturday before the Iowa game went final.



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Lou had at least one other elsewhere, beating No. 2 Oklahoma
by Moff  (2021-10-17 23:44:39)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

on 1/1/78 31-6. With No.1 Texas having gotten stomped by ND earlier in the day, the NC was Oklahoma’s to lose. They just had to beat an Arkansas team that was missing the players who had accounted for 80 percent of their offense.

Then there was the near miss re No. 1 Colorado in the Orange Bowl with the bs clipping call on Rocket’s return with 43 seconds left.

I would have also said W Va in 1988 but checked and they were ranked 3rd. Penn State was also 3rd in 1986 when we came within inches of knocking them off. At least they went on to win the NC by ruining Miami’s NC run.

In Googling some of this, I found this article about some of his more recent contributions.

He deserves a 1/2 National Championship at ND for that one. *
by The Oak  (2021-10-18 16:04:10)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post