This week is the eighth week in my series on Notre Dame Fighting Irish national championship winning seasons, and this week I’m going to highlight the 1966 match-up between Notre Dame and the Purdue Boilermakers. The below excerpt, from the Notre Dame Football Review, shows how calm Terry Hanratty was in his Notre Dame football debut.
Friday, Hanratty Slept Well
National television and “Sports Illustrated” begin their coverage of the ‘66 season in South Bend and the Irish respond by unveiling their bombers. (by John Underwood)
ALL LAST WEEK as Notre Dame prepared to settle a score with Purdue Ara Parseghian was careful to speak softly when in the vicinity of Terry Hanratty.