Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from the award-winning biography Coach For A Nation: The Life and Times of Knute Rockne. As Notre Dame prepared to head to New York City to play Army at the Polo Grounds, football fans across the country grew eager with anticipation for the intersectional battle of the year. Under Read Full Post
Notre Dame vs. Army: Making College Football History
November 18, 2010 by
When Notre Dame and Army meet Saturday night in the first football game played at the New Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, one of the classic series in college football history will be renewed for the 50th time. But to a great many of today’s football fans, it’s just that – history. They have no Read Full Post
Esther Miller, 103, of Annapolis: Living Link to Notre Dame’s Four Horsemen, Seven Mules
November 9, 2009 by
Edgar “Rip” Miller was a standout student and football player at Notre Dame in the early 1920s, when he was asked by teammate Russ Arndt to come along on a short trip to nearby Elkhart, Indiana. Arndt was dating Miss Phyllis Templin, who said she had a younger sister who wanted to meet a Notre Read Full Post
October 18 A Key Date In ND Football History
October 15, 2008 by
The University of Notre Dame football team carries a winning record into its bye week, taking a break from its 12-game schedule this Saturday, October 18. Six games down, six to go. It’s almost as if today’s Fighting Irish are honoring their tradition with a silent salute to another Saturday, October 18. It was on Read Full Post
