About this series: more than five Sunday editions of the South Bend tribune, the columnist Tom Noire has in the best individual achievements of a Notre-Dame football player in the last 25 seasons. Some came to memorable victories, others in forgettable losses.
We will bring you five segments each of five protruding facts – No. 25 to 21 began on Sunday September 14, n ° 20 to 16 followed on Sunday September 21, throughout the first five moments of October 12. Why five segments? As a history, the story ran nearly 5,000 words.
Who made the list? Who has not done? Who is n ° 1? Stay listening.
First part: Our 25 best individual moments in the last 25 years of Notre Dame Football
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Second part: Our 25 best individual moments in the last 25 years of Notre Dame Football
South Bend – Where do you even start? How do you even start?
A typical university football match has about 125 games. A typical University football season About 12 games. Multiply these two numbers, then multiply this number by 25 (the number of seasons for this story) and produce a top 25 that makes sense.
What are the 25 best individual moments of the last 25 seasons to Notre Dame Football? We are not talking about the best victories or the best games or even the best collective moments (a big journey, a key defensive stand, a pre-match speech, etc.).
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It is a snapshot of 25 people who do something so special once in a match between 2000 and 2024 that you remember all these seasons and games later. For the record, this reaches an average of around 37,500 snaps during these 25 seasons. Divide these 37,500 to 25 years. Good luck.
As we progress from n ° 25 to n ° 1, know that there is no good or bad answer. You may agree or disagree. You can have a different list, and it’s ok. It’s ours.
Notre Dame Jack Coan’s quarterrier was not about to let the Irish lose against Toledo in his first home game as leaving in 2021.
∎ 15. Jack Coan rejects a dislocated figure
N ° 7 Notre Dame 32, Toledo 29, Notre Dame Stadium
September 11, 2021
Nothing was going to prevent the transfer of Jack Coan, a graduate of Wisconsin, to play – or at least try to play.
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Not the scoring (Irish was down 29-24), not the clock (1:35 remaining in the fourth quarter), not the opponent (You cannot lose against Toledo !!). In his second departure to Notre Dame and who won the victory of the previous week at Florida StateCoan was going to see this one through. All along.
Even if it meant rushing to the touch of the key so that coach Mike Bean represses a major luxurious on his right hand (pier). Coan has set up his finger, has never been folded out of shape and returned to find omito, Michael Mayer from 18 meters on the first game after shooting to help the Irish to remove it.
The score crowned a game of three games and 75 yards which took 26 seconds and a match which saw Coan go 21 of 33 for 239 yards and two scores. He also cemented the coan in the program tradition as a ultimate player.
Carlyle Holiday went deeply early against Florida State in 2002, who prepared the ground for the rest of a memorable day in Tallahassee.
∎ 14. An early message from Carlyle Holiday
N ° 6 Notre Dame 34, n ° 11 Florida State 24, Doak Campbell Stadium
October 26, 2002
The winners of seven consecutive in his first season under the head coach Tyrone Willingham, Notre Dame entered Tallahassee classified in the Top 10, but would certainly return home with a defeat as a road assistant … two -digit Road orouvable.
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Where was the Irish faith?
We didn’t have to wait a long time to see that it would go the Irish way. How long? What about the first scrum? This one gave this tone.
It was at this moment that the quarter-Arrière Carlyle Holiday simulated a transfer, rolled to the right and found a wide Arnaz battle by dividing a pair of defensive backs Seminole and fleeing for a touch of 65 yards. The play culminated with a battle making the Tomahawk chop in the goal area.
Notre Dame never followed, led by up to 17 years old and seemed to never lose under Willingham again. Notre Dame finished 10-3 in 2002 before us waste to seasons of 5-7 and 6-6. Three years after the start of the Willingham era, it ended.
A snoozer from a football match between Notre Dame and the Wisconsin in 2021 received an adrenaline jolt thanks to a return of kick -off from Chris Tyree for the touch at the beginning of the fourth quarter to Soldier Field.
∎ 13. Chris Tyree opens the valves of Chicago
N ° 12 Notre Dame 41, n ° 18 Wisconsin 13, Soldier Field
September 25, 2021
During three -quarters along Lake Chicago, it was about as ugly as it is ugly. It was Big Ten football for its best. Or above all inaccessible. In other words, hide your eyes. Notre Dame dragged 13-10 with 14:14 to play in a match where the first at 14 could win.
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Chris Tyree then changed everything when he kicked off at the southern end of Soldier Field, looked at a serious green / brunette grass and did not stop until he has crossed the goal line in the north end of the old arena.
Notre Dame has scored 31 points in the last 14 minutes and more to transform a crusher by laughing. The Irish added two touch of pick-six in the last minutes. THE Badger may still not know what has struck them.
For Tyree, it was the first return to kick off for a hit in her career. For head coach Brian Kelly, it was victory n ° 106 at Notre Dame, one more than Knute Rockne. It always hurts Irish fans to read.
A desperate Sam Hartman is a quick Sam Hartman, something Duke discovered in fourth position and apparently forever in 2023.
∎ 12. Sam Hartman finds a speed
N ° 11 Notre Dame 21, n ° 17 DUKE 14, Wallace Wade Stadium
September 30, 2023
Fourth and 16 meters to do resembled the fourth and forever on the floor of the Wallace Wade Stadium.
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Fifty-one seconds remained in a match that Notre Dame dragged 14-13 when the quarter-Arrière Sam Hartman looked once, looked twice, looked three times for someone in a white jersey somewhere in the field of the game and on the other side of the very first marker. He then decided to go.
It is not the most foot fleet in the 40, Hartman took off on the stroke in a straight line of a life.
Hartman made the first drop. Two games later, Auric Estime was heading for the middle of the field and in the goals zone 30 meters. Deciding not to kick a basket and play for extra time, Notre Dame has converted into two points (Hartman in Rico Flores) for one of these memorable nights and victories.
Notre-Dame’s ball carrier, Dexter Williams, silenced a crowd of the stadium with a big game in 2018.
∎ 11. Dexter Williams t sit the sandman
N ° 6 Notre Dame 45, n ° 24 Virginia Tech 23, Lane Stadium
October 6, 2018
Notre Dame looked against her – on the road, at night against a classified enemy. The Irish people led 17-16, but a clearance of clearance had pinned them to their own 5. The first meeting of Dexter Williams in the teeth of the defense of Virginia Tech marked (-2) Yards. The home crowd was crazy. The Irish were on the heels. How do you get out of this one?
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Just give the ball to Dex and let it do the rest.
Williams took a transfer from Ian Book, waited for goalkeeper Tommy Kraemer to shoot and deliver one of these blocks that opened a massive hole, then traveled the space, at the bottom of the nearby touch and far from everyone for the score. Have you ever heard a noisy crowd of 65,632 GB Stone silent in seconds?
The latter did it after the Williams race, which launched a second half which saw Notre Dame in the outset the department of Virginia Tech 28-7. It was one of the three affected (also 1 and 31 yards) for Williams, who finished with 178 yards in 17 races, no bigger than this.
Next Sunday October 5: n ° 10 to 6.
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