This excerpt from History Through the Headsets: Inside Notre Dame’s Playoff Run During the Craziest Season in College Football History by John Mahoney and Reed Gregory is reprinted with the per...
The last time Notre Dame won a national championship was back in 1988 over the West Virginia Mountaineers. Many thought it would be the first of many titles under Lou Holtz. However, 1988 was the...
This is a continuation in an ongoing series where I look at where things have gone wrong since 1993 and how we got to where the program is today. A couple of weeks ago, I looked at the fall of Lo...
Notre Dame Football is one of the most historic college football programs in the country. The program’s historic achievements and independence have led to great rivalry matchups. From the west ...
https://www.uhnd.com/history/2020/04/29/top-10-greatest-rivalries-in-notre-dame-football-history/
The Lou Holtz era brought more than just a national championship in 1988. It also brought a period of dominance. From 1988 to 1993, his Fighting Irish football program went a combined 64-9-1, wit...
https://www.uhnd.com/history/2020/04/27/notre-dame-football-retrospective-the-fall-of-lou-holtz/
As is likely the case for sports fans all over the country, I’ve been dealing with my time away from work and sports by watching games and clips from earlier generations. There has been a lot o...
https://www.uhnd.com/history/2020/03/27/derrick-mayes-notre-dame-footballs-most-underrated-receiver/
I’ve been kicking around something like this for a little while and since I’ve been taking a stroll back down memory lane this week, I figured I’d give it a whirl for this classic. This is ...
A simple game from the past for some, but monumental for me. On November 21st, 1992, the Flammang family headed to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to watch their first Notre Dame game in person...
https://www.uhnd.com/history/2020/03/17/revisiting-notre-dame-vs-usc-1992-and-dreams-coming-true/
So, sports are gone, you might have heard. The coronavirus pandemic has shut down the sports world, which of course, includes Notre Dame’s spring football (I’ll never curse it again). Jokes a...
https://www.uhnd.com/history/2020/03/15/notre-dame-football-revisiting-the-game-of-the-century/
It’s the top 10 plays of the decade. Pretty self-explanatory. I tried to stay away from good plays in games that hurt my feelings, so, for example, Dayne Crist to Kyle Rudolph against Michigan ...
https://www.uhnd.com/history/2019/12/30/notre-dame-footballs-top-10-plays-decade/