I grew up loving Notre Dame. This is no secret and anyone who has known me for any length of time knows I have a soft spot in my heart for Notre Dame. While the 2005 Texas football season will always be my most memorable year from a fan standpoint, the 1993 Notre Dame season ranks a close 2nd as far as interest and satisfaction in watching a team play.
In 2005, I had the good fortune of seeing that team play multiple times including its 4 most important games:
09/03/05 La.-Lafayette W 60-3
09/10/05 @ Ohio St. W 25-22
09/17/05 Rice W 51-10
10/01/05 @ Missouri W 51-20
10/08/05 + Oklahoma W 45-12
10/15/05 Colorado W 42-17
10/22/05 Texas Tech W 52-17
10/29/05 @ Oklahoma St. W 47-28
11/05/05 @ Baylor W 62-0
11/12/05 KansasW 66-14
11/25/05@ Texas A&M W 40-29
12/03/05+ Colorado W 70-3
01/04/06+ Southern California W 41-38
The 4 games I attended that year were Ohio St, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Southern California. The years prior to '05 I was able to attend many more home games, but I wouldn't trade the experience and those 4 games listed for anything.
Well, if you think about that '05 season that is how I felt for the 1993 Notre Dame season. I only saw that team in person once at the Cotton bowl after their tragic loss to Boston College.
Take a look at ND's schedule from 1993:
9/4 Northwestern 27 -12 W
9/11 @Michigan 27 -23 W
9/13 michigan st. 36 - 14 W
9/25 @ Purdue 17 - 0 W
10/2 @ Stanford 48 - 20 W
10/9 Pittsburgh 48 - 0 W
10/16 @ Brigham Young 45 - 20 W
10 / 23 Southern Cal 31 - 13 W
10 /30 Navy 58 - 27 W
11/13 Fla St. 31 - 24 W
11/20 BC 39 - 41 L
1/1 TExas A&M 24 - 21 W
Here is an interview with the QB from that Notre DAme team and listed as one of my heros on myspace page.
Kevin McDougal remembers 1993 Notre Dame
Here are some YouTube Clips of the above seasons.
Famous NBC Intro of the "Game of the Century" #1 florida st. vs. #2 notre dame in Southbend
Heartbreak against Boston College
Now to happier times...
Texas stuns Ohio St. in the HOrseshoe
Sidenote that I was in this endzone where the winning score occurred surrounded by Buckeyes...
Vince beats USC Iwas in this endzone as well surrounded by SC fans...
Ohhh, we need to see it again...
