Texas-Notre Dame Chronicles: Part Three -- The Rise and Fall

Memories hang like portraits on the walls of the mind, and they are stirred, best of all, by the joy of the journey.

Ed Price(Third of a series)

(EDITORS NOTE: Texas and Notre Dame have long been the second and third winningest Division I college football programs in America. The two titans have jockeyed for position as they chase all-time leader Michigan. Their series with each other began in 1913, and while the meetings have been infrequent, they have included some of the best moments, and best players, in the history of the schools.)

It had been almost twenty years since the Texas Longhorns had ventured to South Bend, Indiana, and shocked the nation with a 7-6 victory over Notre Dame. In…