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Coming out for the last quarter 13 points behind, Notre Dame scored on Andy Pilney's runback of a kick, a pass to Gaul, a line plunge by Miller. After the kickoff, Notre Dame worked its way to the Ohio State one-yard line and fumbled...
Notre Dame took the ball again on its own 20-yd. line. Four passes, the last from Pilney to Layden, brought a touchdown. With a minute and a half to play, the crowd held its breath while Fromhart dropped back to try for the extra point that might tie the score. He failed...
What had happened thus far was, fabulous. What happened next was incredible. With a minute to play, Ohio State received the kickoff. Beltz fumbled and Notre Dame recovered. Halfback Pilney dropped back to pass, thought better of it, ran to Ohio State's 18-yd. line, where he was knocked unconscious, carried off the field on a stretcher. There were less than 30 seconds left. Will Shakespeare passed to Millner for a touchdown. Notre Dame 18, Ohio State...
With five minutes left to play and the score 6-to-6, the biggest crowd of the year (80,000) saw Notre Dame's Andy Pilney drop back for a pass from his own 38-yd. line. The ball sailed across the line of scrimmage in a high arc, landed in the arms of Notre Dame's Dan Hanley who was dragged down by two tacklers on Army's 25-yd. line. Two line plays followed and then Pilney dropped back to pass again. This time, Hanley caught the ball just beyond the line of scrimmage...
...November for the first time in eight years, clung desperately to a three-point lead from Cutter's place-kick in the second quarter. In the last two minutes of the game, both teams scored-first Navy on a forward pass, then Notre Dame two plays later when Pilney ran the kick-off back to Navy's 23-yd. line. Navy 10, Notre Dame...
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