Irish had one hell of a running game in 1973.

USC NOTRE DAME, OHIO ST and MICHIGAN, OKLAHOMA NEBRASKA, UCLA USC, OKLAHOMA TEXAS. The 70’s. Those were the days.

I was a sophomore at ND and in the student section at the northwest corner of the stadium. When Penick made the 85-yard touchdown run, it looked like he was running right towards us.

The Notre Dame crowd was amazing‘ this win was really important

I grew up in San Francisco, and my family hated SC. I was 8 years old when this game was played, and I saw my dad and uncle elated at the outcome of this game. Thanks for posting...

What gets me is just the pared down look of the broadcast. The listing of the line in basic graphics with the skills players in pics that looked like they were taken by amateurs. No constant display of the score and other rolling graphics. So basic. So raw.

R.I.P.: Ara Parseghian and John McKay

This takes me back to my youth. When Saturday’s couldn’t get here fast enough.

No gain on the play but a lesson for us all.

Casper, Luther Bradley, Pat Haden, Swann. Lots of future NFL stars in this game.

There weren't 10 games on at the same like now. This was THE game. Everybody was watching.

I think that Swann kid has a chance to be pretty good.

Absolutely amazing video

I have a Notre Dame pocket watch my grandfather found in the mud outside the stadium after a game in the 1920's. My grandfather was a Notre Dame graduate. The watch is in excellent condition. If anyone out there is interested in purchasing it, please let me know.

such a clear and beautiful picture

Not an ND fan, but I was at this game when I was young. I had good connections, so I was seated on the field bleachers on the North end zone in front of the student section. When Penick scored on that long run, he ran right toward me.

Chris Schenkel called just about every sport 😳including Bowling

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Trojan fans (like me) saw Eric Penick in our nightmares

20:41 Eric Penick’s 85-yard TD run.

Fun facts - At Gilmour Academy (suburban Cleveland, OH), Eric Penick torched opponents on the ground. His lead blocker was a bruising fullback named Dave Janasek. Two weeks after the '73 USC game, the still-unbeaten Irish faced off against Pitt on the road, coming away with a 31 - 10 victory. It wasn't as easy as the score might imply. A freshman Panther running back named Tony Dorsett lit up the ND defense. However, in spite of 209 rushing yards, TD never crossed the goal line that day. In fact, the Panther's lone touchdown came on a one yard plunge by a bruising fullback named Dave Janasek!

Is that head referee Jerry Markbrite?

National Champs...I went to the Army game at West Point and the Pitt game at ND that year.

Hard-nosed football between two top teams, both loaded with unreal athletes, many, who'd turn pro.

College football will never be like this again.

Osborne Engineering of Cleveland, Ohio built Notre Dame Stadium in the 1930's.

Didn’t know Manson and Jerry Garcia were the USC band!

Wow Notre Dame actually looked like an sec team that year

Ohio State Buckeyes were the best team in 1973.

Notre Dame lead USC 24-0 next year and lost 55-24.No wonder Ara Parseghian grew weary of game day pressure

I liked Chris Schenkel growing up but it sure sounds like he had money on USC lol. Go Irish

tommy clements should have been a coach at ND came up huge with Art Best and the D

15:25 An apparent dig at the ability to grow grass in South Bend.

22:35 Lynn Swann had one foot in (maybe) and maintained possession (maybe). The replay right after says he got the one foot in. But possession? Call stands in 2023, right?

I was there !!!!

Clements came to Canada and had a great career in the CFL, first in a great 2 QB system , with Condredge Holloway ( of Tennessee, I think ). Anthony Davis came to the CFL too, but with little success.

USC lost 42-21 to Ohio State in Rose Bowl this sesson.They won Natty next season

A. D.

8:21 Future NFL referee Jerry Markbreit.

Rudy?

5:43 Is it bad that I know that ref's name is Jerry Markbreit? Signs of a misspent youth.... 6:53 Pretty remarkable play by Lynn Swann.

WHAT HAPPENED IN 1974?? ;)

Way to go, IRISH

Too bad Ohio State and Michigan couldn't be consensus National Champions in 1973.Instead it was Alabama based on regular season and Notre Dame after the Bowl games.Would have been a good 4 team playoff.

Hated USC

0:28 “Their cheerleaders, rather shapely.” These comments get creepier by the decade.

Real Student Athletes (at least in Notre Dame) no transfer Bull Shait-Trully Catholic Lads !!!!