Category: Irish Lore

Ara Parseghian: “You know what it takes to win …”

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In “Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame” by Jim Dent, we are taken back to Hall of Fame Coach Ara Parseghian‘s first team meeting as Notre Dame head football coach, in a Golden Dome auditorium: “… You know what it takes to win. Just look at my fist. When I make a fist, it’s strong and you can’t

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[Ad] NEW BOOK: “American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank Leahy”

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Golden Dome in Bright Sunlight

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NEW YEAR’S DAY FOOTBALL: When Notre Dame Played a Regular Season Game on New Year’s Day — 8 Years Before the First Rose Bowl

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Notre Dame’s first New Year’s Day football game was not the 1925 Rose Bowl, when Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen and the Seven Mules beat Stanford to cap off a 1924 National Championship season. According to the Notre Dame Football Media Guide’s game-by-game history, Notre Dame’s first New Year’s Day game was on January 1st, 1894, in a regular season

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