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Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football - 1964 Season

Hello, again! This is week six in my series of the “unclaimed” Notre Dame Fighting Irish football national championship seasons, and this week I’m looking at the 1964. This season has a soft spot in my heart, as it was my dad’s senior year at ND, and I’ve already written a few stories on this season:

This week I’m going to look at the Notre Dame VS Michigan State game from that season, with the below excerpt from the December 4, 1964, Notre Dame Football Review.

FINALLY

by Steve Anderson

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, November 16, 1964 — A ten-year victory famine ended today when the undefeated Irish feasted on Michigan State University, 34-7.