7/17/2023 0 Comments Shillelagh trophy![]() Rockne that a trip every two years to sunny Southern California was better than one to snowy, hostile Nebraska. On that day (Nebraska 17, Notre Dame 0) Knute Rockne resisted the idea of a home-and-home series with USC because of the travel involved, but Mrs. USC dispatched Wilson and his wife to Lincoln, Nebraska, where Notre Dame was playing Nebraska on Thanksgiving Day. As the story goes, the rivalry began with USC looking for a national rival. In fact, many sports writers often cite this popular story as the main reason the two schools decided to play one another. The origin of the series is quite often recounted as a "conversation between wives" of Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne and USC athletic director Gywnn Wilson. Series history Origins Conversation between wives In odd-numbered years, when the game is played in South Bend, it is broadcast on NBC as part of its coverage of Notre Dame's home schedule. Instead, the game, like most of Notre Dame's away games, is broadcast on ABC through ESPN on ABC. Īlthough the game is played in Los Angeles in even numbered years, it is not part of Fox's Pac-12 Conference football package. Each game came in the final week of the season. USC – Spoiled legitimate Irish title hopes in 1938, 1964, 1970, 1980, and tied them in 1948 (after Michigan already had been voted #1 by the AP Poll). The Irish tied the Trojans again in 1969, 14–14, the only blemish in USC's 10–0–1 season. They also tied #1 ranked USC in 1968, 21–21, knocking them down to #2 behind Ohio State (who then beat USC in a 1 vs. The Irish also spoiled Trojan title campaigns by giving them their first loss in the last game of the season in 19, as well as handing them a first loss in 1927, 19. Notre Dame – #1 undefeated Notre Dame beat #2 undefeated USC in the Coliseum en route to the national title in 1988. ![]() However, while Notre Dame and USC have defeated the other in landmark games enabling one of them to move on to a national title, the two teams have also played spoiler to each other several times: Despite many close games, the series has seen dominant runs by both sides: USC went 12–2–2 from 1967 through 1982, Notre Dame went undefeated (11–0–1) from 1983 through 1995, and USC went undefeated (8–0) from 2002 through 2009. Notre Dame leads the all-time series 48–36–5 and also leads 33–29–3 since the introduction of the trophy. The teams play for the Jeweled Shillelagh, a trophy that goes home with the winning team each year. No rivalry in college football accounts for as many combined honors. The rivals account for the highest numbers of players selected in the NFL Draft of any school Notre Dame has had 546 players taken, and USC has had 530. Moreover, both schools have fielded a high number of Consensus All-Americans (102 for Notre Dame-the most in college football-and 82 for USC), College Football Hall of Famers (46 from Notre Dame and 43 from USC), and Pro Football Hall of Famers (13 from each). Notre Dame and USC have been among most successful programs in college football, with the schools having won a combined 24 national championships and 14 Heisman Trophies through the 2021 season. ![]() The 2021 matchup marked the first time in series history that two consecutive games between the rivals were played in South Bend, although the games were not played in consecutive years. The pandemic therefore interrupted a streak of 73 consecutive years in which the game had been played. The rivalry game has been played every year from 1926 to the present, with the exception of 1943–1945 when the game was cancelled during World War II and in 2020 when the Pac-12 Conference cancelled all non-conference games in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rivalry began in 1926 and is considered one of the fiercest in college football. The Notre Dame–USC football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame and USC Trojans football team of the University of Southern California, customarily played on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day when the game is in Los Angeles or on the second or third Saturday of October when the game is in South Bend, Indiana.
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