Notre Dame nightmares wear No. 24.
Marching right on through our 20th anniversary look at the 1991 Penn State football season, we reach November. Notre Dame was three years removed from its last national title. The year before, in 1990, Penn State pulled off the miracle comeback upset over the No. 1 Irish in South Bend. Notre Dame was seeking revenge when the 12th-ranked Irish rolled into Beaver Stadium for the late afternoon date with the 8th-ranked Nittany Lions.
Penn State jumped all over Notre Dame from the start, going up by what seemed like an all-too-easy 21-point margin. It was a full effort by the Nittany Lions. The offense was churning up yards on the ground and through the air, while the defense was clamping down hard on the Irish. As the Baltimore Sun‘s game story put it:
“Exploiting Notre Dame’s sluggishness on the flanks, Sacca completed 14 of 20 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns to split end J. T. McDuffie. He also provided the key block to set up McDuffie’s 37-yard touchdown on a reverse.
“Tailback Richie Anderson, a junior from Sandy Spring, Md., contributed 142 yards rushing and two touchdowns, as No. 8 Penn State improved its record to 9-2. No. 12 Notre Dame (8-3) sustained its second straight loss.”
Enjoy!
