CBS Sports: FBS 1977- Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ Clemson Tigers

Source:Sop Ibaga– with this 1977 Irish-Tigers game.

“Game played November 12, 1977. Notre Dame won the national championship that year. Thanks to MyBloodRunnethOrange for this video. The 1979 game: .

In a classic showdown in 1977 between two top 15 teams, Notre Dame’s Joe Montana leads the Fighting Irish back from a 10-point 4th quarter deficit against .

The Catch Game, played November 19, 1977. Thanks to MyBloodRunnethOrange for the video copy. The Catch at 2:14:56.”

From Sop Ibaga

A classic matchup between two great football programs. The Fighting Irish have been one of the premier college football programs in the entire history of NCAA football. The Tigers were just starting emerge as a national, college football, power, in the late 1970s.

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CBS Sports: FBS 1989- Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ Miami Florida Hurricanes: Full Game

Source:CBS Sports– with this 1989 Fighting Irish-Hurricanes game.

“Nov 25, 1989. Miami beats #1 Notre Dame 27-10 at the Orange Bowl. This Broadcast is from CBS.”

From CMB 7686

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ABC Sports: FBS 1991- Pennsylvania Nittany Lions @ Miami Florida Hurricanes: Full Game

Source:ABC Sports– with this 1991 Nittany Lions-Hurricanes game.

“Oct 12,1991. Miami beats Penn St 26-20. This broadcast was from ABC. The game was JIP in the 1st Quarter and was preempted in the third quarter because of the Senate Hearings on Clarence Thomas.”

From CMB 7686

Miami and Penn State played several classic games against each other in the 1980s and early 90s.

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NBC Sports: FBS 1986- National Championship- Pennsylvania Nittany Lions vs Miami Florida Hurricanes: Full Game

Source:NBC Sports– with the 1986 NCAA Football National Championship.

“🏈1986 National Championship: #1 Miami (Fl) v. #2 Penn State (1987 Fiesta Bowl)”

From Jeff McDaniel

If you look at this matchup, I don’t want to say it looks like a mismatch on paper, but when you consider all the future NFL players on the Miami Hurricanes roster, including Pro Bowlers like Vinnie Testeverde, Michael Irvin, and many others and the Pennsylvania Nittany Lions starting QB not even completing 50% of his passes, playing for a team that had to have a great defense and running game, just to win games, the game being played in hot weather, with all the speed that the Hurricanes had, it’s a wonder how the Nittany Lions even made this game close, let alone won the game.

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