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Notre Dame Fighting Irish © |
Northwestern Wildcats |
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Played September 21, 1974 at Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Notre Dame © | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
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Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Notre Dame |
7 |
7 |
21 |
14 |
49 |
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Northwestern |
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3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Northwestern’s first Belt game was the second for coach John Pont; he had coached Indiana in 1972 when they fell to Michigan 21-7. Ara Parseghian’s top-ranked, 1-0 Notre Dame Fighting Irish presented the opposition for Northwestern. Pont’s Wildcats had lost to Michigan State the previous week 41-7 & this battle was no more successful. The Notre Dame defense held the Wildcats to 132 total yards while the Fighting Irish offense scored 35 points in the 2nd half on their way to a 49-3 rout of Northwestern to retain The Belt. The 1st half was a struggle for both teams but Notre Dame managed a 2-yard touchdown run by RB Russ Kornman in the 1st quarter & a 1-yard touchdown run by RB Wayne Bullock in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern got a 27-yard field goal from PK Jim Blazevich but still trailed 14-3 at the half. In the 3rd quarter, the Fighting Irish exploded for 21 points. Notre Dame's RB Ron Goodman broke loose for a 62-yard touchdown run, Clements threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to TE Robin Weber, & back-up QB Frank Allocco scored on a 1-yard touchdown run as Notre Dame took a 35-3 lead. Two more touchdowns came in the 4th quarter on an 11-yard run by RB Mark McLane & a 1-yard touchdown run by RB Terry Eurick to finish the scoring. Clements finished with 182 yards passing with a touchdown while rushing for 44 yards while All-American WR Pete Demmerle added 7 catches for 111 yards. Northwestern's QB Mitch Anderson threw for 57 yards in the loss. Notre Dame finished 10-2; ranked 6th nationally in Parseghian’s final season while the Wildcats finished the season at 3-8. Northwestern would play for The Belt again in 1981.
