Ara: Molding Notre Dame’s 1973 National Champions
Ara Celebrates the 1973 National Championship after the Sugar Bowl win over Alabama. (Photo: University of Notre Dame ) Editor's note: This May 21, Ara Parseghian, the legendary Notre Dame…
Back in New Orleans to Honor Ara
(Courtesy: Allstate Sugar Bowl) It is now more than fifty years since Tommy Clements threw his famous pass to tight end Robin Weber on a third and eight from his…
Spirit of Ara Alive at Reunion of 1973 Champs
ND's 1973 team captains. (L-R) Mike Townsend, Dave Casper and Frank Pomarico (Courtesy Photo: Susan Casper) Editor's Note: The 1973 National Championship team recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary of that…
Tradition is Notre Dame Football’s Superpower
(Photo: Chad Ryan) Saturday, October 7, 2023 about 11 PM: At the conclusion of the 33-20 upset Notre Dame loss marked by mistake filled and listless play by the Irish…
Penick to Join ’73 Championship Reunion
(Photo: Notre Dame Media Archives) Editor's note: this article has been updated to make a correction. The Green Bay Packers are on a bye this week not at the Denver…
Captain’s Corner: Tom Clements- Notre Dame’s “Coach on the Field”
(Photo Courtesy of Irish Illustrated) By: Frank Pomarico, Captain, 1973 One of the best things we had going on our 1973 undefeated team is that we had a coach on…
Captain’s Corner: 1973 Win Over USC Among Greatest in Stadium History
Eric Penick (44) takes off on his historic 85 yard TD run against USC in 1973 (Notre Dame Archives) On October 23, 1973 the undefeated and 8th ranked Irish hosted…
Gone Five Years, Never Forgotten
You know what it takes to win? Just look at my fist. When I make a fist, it's strong and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity,…
Captain’s Corner: Dream Big
Frank Pomarico, #56, leads the charge against USC. (Photo Courtesy of Frank Pomarico) By: Frank Pomarico (ND 1970-1973, Team Captain and National Champion, 1973) I remember my mother always encouraged…
What Would Ara Say?
In recent days, as citizens marched in cities from coast to coast, coaches from across the nation weighed in on the issue of racism. The Notre Dame coaching staff joined…