The recently elected College Football Hall of Famer Hanratty served as Terry Bradshaw's backup at the start of the Steelers ...

Notre Dame last won a national championship in the 1988 season, when coach Lou Holtz and the Irish went 12-0, capped with a 1989 Fiesta Bowl ... and beating No. 1 Miami 31-30 six weeks later.

Notre Dame defeated then-No. 3 West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl 34-21 on Jan. 2, 1989. Both were independent teams, and the Irish's win over No. 2 Miami earlier in the season made this game a de ...

A Centerville, Ohio, native, Herbstreit played for Ohio State from 1989 to 1992 ... the programs with Notre Dame holding a 17-8-1 series lead. It also figures to be the Miami debut of quarterback ...

Northern Illinois’ win against Notre Dame marks the first time a MAC team has beaten an opponent that went on to finish in the AP top five. Miami (OH ... to 25 teams in 1989 to go from winning ...

Ohio State and Notre Dame are both hours west of Philadelphia ... He got his start at Cornell in 1989, where he played defensive end in college. He returned to Cornell as a head coach from ...

Editor's note: Follow along for live updates of Monday's CFP championship: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State. MIAMI GARDENS ... since beating West Virginia in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl at the end of the ...

Soon enough, other traditional powers followed suit. Notre Dame hired Tyrone Willingham in 2002, then Washington did the same in 2005. Miami hired Randy Shannon in 2007. Texas A&M hired Kevin ...

Stat to know: Notre Dame won its past two games (vs. Clemson and Cal) by a combined 88 points. It marked the first time the ...