Word: knute
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coach Knute Rockne thought Southern California might be too strong for his boys. He kept them on defensive work all week, but when, from his movable bed on the sidelines, he saw them scored on, he decided the best defence was attack. Carideo and Savoldo did what was expected of them after that and Southern California's Musick missed the extra point that would have tied the score. Notre Dame...
...Bachman of Notre Dame fame. Like so many others of his tribe he purports to teach Rockne football, but unlike a great many others of his tribe he really seems to do it. The report is that he has equipped his team with an offense of which the great Knute himself might well be proud...
...with a bad leg, Coach Knute Rockne told his team to start Savoldi at fullback so as to give Moon Mullins a rest. Substitute Savoldi smashed the line and skirted ends for a total of 173 yards while other Notre Damerungs, inspired, ripped Wisconsin...
...felt from the most insignificant freshman candidate to the star of the Crimson team, a training extending over a period of four years. What was felt to be the greatest asset to the great Notre Dame teams of several years ago, namely the long time period of training under Knute Rockne, will be in a sense realized at Harvard in this and in future years...
...Knute Rockne, grizzled Notre Dame football coach, famed for frowning and talking dolefully about great teams before they went into action, lately spoke to a group of coaches at Northwestern University's summer school. Said he: "Pessimism as applied to football has been worked to death. It is time to swing back the other way. . . . Hereafter I will present a more or less radiant picture of my prospects." Of Notre Dame's nine games this fall, not one will be held in South Bend...