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7 unusual facts about Notre Dame


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Jess Phillips

He played in one of the greatest college football games of all-time, the historic 10-10 tie between undefeated MSU and undefeated Notre Dame.

Margaret Finlay

Finlay, currently serving on the Duarte City Council, graduated from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, earning a Bachelor's degree in marketing, and received her Masters degree in Public Administration from Cal State Long Beach in 2000.

NDIC

Notre Dame-Immaculate Conception School, a private, Catholic elementary school located in Easthampton, Massachusetts

Notre Dame, Indiana

The Holy Cross College campus is the location of the Provincial Offices of two provinces of the Congregation of Holy Cross: the Midwest Province of Brothers and the Indiana Province of Priests and Brothers.

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

Holy Cross Medical Center was founded in 1961 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross from Notre Dame, Indiana.

Third Coast Percussion

Third Coast Percussion assumed the position of Ensemble-in-Residence at Notre Dame in 2013.


1968 Pittsburgh Steelers season

No major player transactions happened in the offseason, although the team would draft Notre Dame running back Rocky Bleier with their last pick (16th round) in the 1968 draft.

1973 college football season

Alabama and Notre Dame had never met in a college football game before their encounter in the Sugar Bowl, which was played on December 31, 1973.

2010–13 Big Ten Conference realignment

Media attention focused on comments that were interpreted as slurs against Catholics and Notre Dame, plus digs at former Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema, the Southeastern Conference, the University of Cincinnati, and Kentucky's two major state universities of Kentucky and Louisville.

2010–13 NCAA conference realignment

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick stated in an interview with Pat Forde, then of ESPN.com, that at most schools, realignment was being driven primarily by university administrators who saw an opportunity to improve the academic image of their schools—not by athletic directors.

AJ McCarron

Following the 2013 BCS National Championship Game against Notre Dame, McCarron became the first quarterback to win back-to-back consensus national championships in the BCS era.

Alfred Bergman

His brother Arthur (known as "Little Dutch") would also attend Notre Dame but would go on to achieve more fame as the head coach of the Washington Redskins.

Ambroise-Marie Carré

He preached the Lenten sermons many times at Notre Dame de Paris, and in 1964, Paul VI called him to present spiritual exercises at the Vatican.

Andrean High School

Luke Harangody, former college basketball player for Notre Dame and current professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Ben Habern

Habern was heavily recruited starting early in his junior year across the country receiving scholarships from Oklahoma, Arizona, Florida State, Miami (FL), Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech).

Burleigh Cruikshank

Sportswriter Walter S. Trumbull of the The New York Sun suggested that the Michigan Aggies, Washington & Jefferson, Chicago University, and Notre Dame were the new "Big 4 of College Football" instead of the traditional grouping of Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Penn.

Carl Yastrzemski

"Yaz" attended Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship (his career Long Island high school scoring mark at Bridgehampton broke one previously held by Jim Brown) briefly before embarking on his baseball career.

Charles R. Meyer

In 1935 against Notre Dame before a capacity crowd of 78,114 in Yankee Stadium, it was Meyer's 41-yard first-quarter TD pass and stellar performance in a 6-6 tie that brought him into the limelight.

Clarence Munn

In 1947, Munn and the Michigan State administration, led by university president John A. Hannah, approached Notre Dame president Father Cavanaugh to have his Fighting Irish play the Spartans for the first time since 1921.

Cornell Club of New York

Membership in the Cornell Club is restricted to alumni, faculty, and students of the Ivy League institution Cornell University, as well as alumni of a short list of affiliated schools, such as Brown, Colgate, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford, Tulane, and Wake Forest.

Creighton Bluejays men's basketball

The team responded to the change by winning three straight games against Des Moines, Notre Dame, and Colgate.

Crown of Napoleon

In the coronation itself, which took place not in the traditional location of French royal coronations, the Cathedral in Reims, but in Notre Dame in Paris, he actually used two crowns.

Crystal Dunn

Dunn had four NCAA Tournament goals, a game-winner against Jackson State, a goal against Notre Dame, and two goals in a 3–1 win over James Madison in NCAA second round; shot 30 percent to lead the team with 60 percent on goal rate.

David M. Nelson

Others who used the Wing-T with success included Paul Dietzel with LSU, Frank Broyles with Arkansas, Ara Parseghian with Notre Dame, Jim Owens with Washington, and Eddie Robinson of Grambling State.

Deadspin

In 2013, Deadspin broke the news that the reported September 2012 death of the girlfriend of Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o, which Te'o had said inspired him during the 2012 season, was apparently a hoax.

Delores Brumfield

At 15, Brumfield entered the league in 1947 with the South Bend Blue Sox, a squad managed by Chet Grant, a former Notre Dame football player and the sports editor for the South Bend Tribune.

Felipe Osterling

In 1966 he attended as a visiting professor at the Universities of Notre Dame, Harvard, Georgetown, Columbia and New York.

Fokker F.VII

However, the popularity of the Fokker quickly came to an end after the 1931 death of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne in the crash of TWA Flight 599, a Fokker F.10.

Greg Meredith

A finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, Meredith attended Notre Dame, where he set the Notre Dame all-time goals record, with 104.

Greg Schorp

The following year, Schorp had 24 receptions for 280 yards, becoming the first tight end to lead the Aggies in receptions since Rod Bernstine in 1986, almost helping the Aggies complete a perfect year, as they remained undefeated until the last game of the season, losing to #5 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

J. R. Russell

He was re-signed to the Bucs' practice squad on November 30, 2005, and was competing for a spot on the opening day roster, along with former Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowler David Boston and rookie Maurice Stovall from Notre Dame.

James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry

It was the first of a wave of new medical schools that were accredited under the Howard Government that include the University of Western Sydney, Notre Dame, and Griffith University.

Jim Seymour

Seymour played high school football at Shrine of the Little Flower High School, Royal Oak, Michigan, and college football at Notre Dame, where he was a two-time First-team All-American (1967, 1968) while also being a Second-team All-America selection in 1966.

Keiland Williams

At the 2007 Sugar Bowl versus Notre Dame Williams rushed for 107 yards on 14 attempts, scoring 2 touchdowns.

Kerri Hanks

Hanks' first year playing for the Irish was in 2005; she held off enrolling at Notre Dame in order to participate in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand.

Lindley Bothwell

The spirit with which he led the student section of OAC reached many people, including Notre Dame's head football coach Knute Rockne.

Marquis Flowers

Flowers attracted interest from several colleges, notably Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, as well as both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, where he was recruited by Tim Kish.

Michael Haywood

Haywood served as an assistant at several college football programs, most notably under Nick Saban at LSU, under Mack Brown at Texas and under Charlie Weis at his alma mater Notre Dame.

Niele Ivey

Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame became interested in Ivey, and traveled to St. Louis a number of times to watch Ivey play pick-up game at the YMCA in St. Louis.

Nina Quartero

Quartero once tried a publicity stunt by claiming that she was betrothed to Notre Dame All-American Quarterback Frank Carideo.

Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry

The series began on January 1, 1925 (the end of the 1924 season) when Notre Dame's Four Horsemen and head coach Knute Rockne faced Stanford's Ernie Nevers and head coach Pop Warner at the 1925 Rose Bowl.

Randy Edsall

In 2009, Edsall was mentioned in Notre Dame's search for a new head football coach following the firing of Charlie Weis.

Regent master

The degree meant simply the right to teach, the Licentia docendi, a right which could be granted, in the University of Paris, only by the Chancellor of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, or the Chancellor of St. Geneviève.

Regulating Lines

Regulating Lines have been used in early buildings like Notre Dame and Michaelangelo’s Capitiol etc.

Renvoi

Kermit Roosevelt III, "Resolving Renvoi: the Bewitchment of Our Intelligence by Means of Language", Notre Dame Law Review (2005).

Rich Glover

The 1972 team team was a pre-season #1 but lost their road opener and finished 9-2-1, rising to fourth in the final AP poll, buoyed by a third consecutive Orange Bowl victory, 40-6 over Notre Dame.

Rumble in the Rockies

The second game since the realignment was the first Black Friday college football game to be telecast by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which holds the exclusive over-the-air television rights to Pacific-12 Conference football (with the exceptions of games against the Southeastern Conference and Notre Dame).

Stanford Stadium

Construction began minutes after the Cardinal's last home game of the 2005 football season, a 38-31 loss to Notre Dame on November 26.

Theodore Cyrus Karp

Besides trouvère monophony, Karp has written articles on the polyphony of the schools of Saint Martial's, Santiago de Compostela, and Notre Dame.

XEWW-AM

The occasion was the official USC Trojans' broadcast of their football game against Notre Dame.


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2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

At the end of the first half, Notre Dame finally scored on a Brady Quinn quarterback draw.

2008–09 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

A week later at the Notre Dame game, Troy Aikman was honored for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and for having recently completed his courses for a degree in sociology during half-time.

Abbey of Regina Laudis

Mother Benedict and Mother Mary were both nuns of the Benedictine Abbey of Notre Dame de Jouarre in France.

Bob Dove

The other nine players were Ron Beagle, Navy; Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania: Carl Diehl, Dartmouth; Bill Fisher, Notre Dame; Leroy Keyes, Purdue; Tommy Nobis, Texas; Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma; Joe Romig, Colorado; and Charles "Bubba" Smith, Michigan State.

Bourg-en-Bresse Cathedral

This church was previously the collegiate church of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg, which in 1992 was raised to the status of co-cathedral of the Diocese of Belley-Ars, as the bishop and diocesan administration of Belley, later Belley-Ars, had been resident in Bourg-en-Bresse since 1978.

Charlie Powell

After High School, Charlie was recruited by Notre Dame and UCLA to play football, St. Louis Browns baseball owner Bill Veeck, who had acquired the legendary pitcher Satchel Paige from the Cleveland Indians, signed the power-hitting outfielder to a professional baseball contract.

Chicago Yacht Club

Among those who have sailed for the club is Robert Halperin, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1960 and a Pan American Games gold medal in 1963 in yachting, and who was also a football player at Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and in the NFL, one of Chicago's most-decorated World War II heroes, and Chairman of Commercial Light Co.

Confrérie des jongleurs et bourgeois d'Arras

There they were to adjudicate their dispute before the bishop in the cathedral of Notre-Dame.

Évreux Cathedral

Évreux Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Évreux) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, in Évreux, Normandy.

Flamboyant

Église Notre-Dame, Louviers, Normandy, France (especially the south nave façade and porch)

Fontgombault Abbey

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Fontgombault) is a Benedictine monastery of the Solesmes Congregation located in Fontgombault in the département of Indre, in the province of Berry, France.

François Nau

He attended primary school at Longwy until 1878, then the "petit séminaire" of Notre-Dame des Champs at Paris, then the "Grand Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice" in 1882.

Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke

In 1136 Gilbert fitz Gilbert led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame, but was interrupted by the forces of William III, Count of Ponthieu and escaped the resulting melee only after suffering heavy losses.

Gilles de Roye

He was afterwards professor of theology in Paris and abbot of the monastery of Royaumont at Asnières-sur-Oise, retiring about 1458 to the convent of Notre Dame des Dunes (Ten Duinen) at Koksijde, near Veurne, and devoting his time to study.

Hansbrough

Ben Hansbrough (born 1987), American collegiate basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Hillblazers

Hillblazers was supported by student leaders all across America from schools to colleges; 352 alone in New Hampshire to hundreds more at schools like University of California, Penn-State, Notre-Dame, to Kentucky Supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton's past and future campaigns from donating, funding to phone-banking and other youth Democratic activities.

James Farragher

One skeptical observer, Murray Sperber, author of Shake Down the Thunder, speculates: "...when N.D. publicists began compiling the history of Notre Dame football, no one could ascertain who had coached in 1902 and 1903. Because Farragher had played on the team at the turn of the century and was a popular police officer on the Notre Dame campus in the 1930s, the publicists inscribed his name on one of the most prestigious lists in American sports–head football coach at Notre Dame".

Javin Hunter

Hunter has a son, Jaden, with former Notre Dame and WNBA point guard Niele Ivey.

Jay Jaboneta

Born September 13, 1981, in Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines, Jaboneta graduated Valedictorian from high school at Notre Dame of Cotabato in 1998.

Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley

She was educated at Notre Dame High School in Liverpool, before attending Liverpool University from where she graduated with a BSc in Biology in 1966, and later completed a PGCE at Manchester Polytechnic in 1979.

John Yonakor

Creighton Miller, a teammate of Yonakor's at Notre Dame, took an assistant coaching position after the war with the Cleveland Browns, a team under formation in the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

Kevin McGuff

During his six years as an Irish assistant coach under Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame went 160-39, including a national title in 2001.

Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec

As of December 21, 1884, Louis-François Richer Laflèche sign the decree establishing the parish from a dismembered part of the parishes of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) and Saint-Jacques des Piles.

Lettice Mary Tredway

In July 1616, Tredway entered the novitiate of the Canonesses Regular of the Lateran at their Priory of Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu in the village of Sin-le-Noble, near Douai, in the County of Flanders, which had been established in the 13th century as a hostel for travellers and the sick.

Longpont Abbey

Longpont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longpont) was a Cistercian monastery, in present-day Longpont, Aisne, France.

Luçon Cathedral

Luçon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, in Luçon in the Vendée.

Luke Harangody

A Boston company, Cellular Services Worldwide, had obtained public domain photos of Harangody and Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen and used them in an advertisement on a Notre Dame fan site on the Web.

Harangody was named All-Big East for the third year in a row and the All-American team for the third year in a row, making him the first Notre Dame player to be named an All-American 3 years in a row in basketball since Kevin O'Shea.

Marie-Ève Janvier

After taking part in the musical comedy Notre-Dame-de-Paris created by Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante when she was just 14, she played in Les Dix commandements at age 16.

Maritime Central Airways Flight 315

On August 11, 1957, the aircraft operating this flight, a Douglas DC-4, crashed in bad weather near Issoudun, Quebec, killing all 79 people on board.

Maurice Stovall

When Charlie Weis became Notre Dame's coach prior to the 2005 season, he sought to get Stovall back to his freshman year form.

Mende Cathedral

Mende Cathedral (Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat de Mende) is a Roman Catholic cathedral and basilica minor, and also a national monument of France, located in the town of Mende.

Monastère Notre-Dame-des-Sources

Monastère Notre-Dame-des-Sources, Kiswishi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a Benedictine monastery of the Annunciation Congregation.

Moulins Cathedral

Moulins Cathedral Basilica (Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Moulins) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, located in the town of Moulins, Allier.

Notre Dame Leprechaun

The first, named Brick Top Shuan-Rhu, was donated by Charles Otis of Cleveland and presented to football head coach Knute Rockne the weekend of the Notre Dame-Pennsylvania game November 8, 1930.

Notre-Dame du Reclus Abbey

Notre-Dame du Reclus Abbey or Sancta Maria de Recluso Abbey was a male Cistercian monastery near Sézanne in the Épernay arrondissement of the diocese of Troyes.

Notre-Dame-de-Courson

One branch of the Curzons from Notre-Dame-de-Courson accompanied their Ferrers overlord to England.

Pierre-Andre Fournier

From 1998 to 2003, he was parish priest of Notre-Dame-de-Foy, Saint-Denys, Sainte-Geneviève, and Saint-Mathieu.

Quebec Autoroute 50

There is some support to rename the highway to Autoroute Maurice-Richard after historic Montreal Canadiens hockey player Maurice Richard, but the Commission de toponymie du Québec has chosen to wait until the section between Buckingham and Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours is finished before making a decision.

Randol Abbey

Randol Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Randol) is a Benedictine monastery situated at Randol near the village of Saint-Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme department, in the Auvergne mountains of France.

Ratzinger Foundation

Reverend Professor Brian E. Daley, S.J., an American Jesuit who is Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Relics of Sainte-Chapelle

These relics were handed over to the archbishop of Paris in 1804 and are still held in the cathedral treasury of Notre Dame, cared for by the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the cathedral chapter.

Riez Cathedral

Riez Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Riez) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Riez in the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in south-eastern France.

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Cathedral

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Paul de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux or Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, in the town of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux.

Sisteron Cathedral

Sisteron Cathedral, now the Church of Notre-Dame-des Pommiers (Cathédrale or Concathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Thyrse de Sisteron; Église Notre-Dame des Pommiers, or "Our Lady of the Appletrees") is a Roman Catholic church, formerly a cathedral, and national monument of France, in Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Société Notre-Dame de Montréal

In March 1663, Seigniorial rights to the Island of Montreal were transferred by the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal to the Sulpicians.

St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde

Foundations followed, and in 1627 another Paix Notre Dame grew up at Liège.

Tarbes Cathedral

Tarbes Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède de Tarbes) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France located in the town of Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées.

The Isles of Notre Dame

The District of The Isles of Notre Dame shall consist of and include all that part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to include the islands of Twillingate, New World Island, Change Islands, Fogo Island and the following adjacent islands: Black Island, Western Indian Island, Eastern Indian Island and Bacalhao Island.

William the Clerk of Normandy

William's also wrote the Vie de Tobie for one William, prior of Kenilworth in Arden (1214–27), also in the diocese of Lichfield, and Les joies de notre Dame (or nostre Dame), which survives in only a single manuscript.