ND itself killed ND football with bad hires and the unwillingness to relax education standards to attract better recruits. But yes, bad HC hires over the decades have set the program back decades and the help they have had from the media over the decades is no longer there. Wouldnt be surprised if ND tries to rekindle the catholics vs convicts rivalry
And also ND missed the bus on trying to get into a conference ie big 10 big 12 instead of feigning a conference alignment with the ACC which will be another dead conf in a year or two
I recall this season. Undefeated Notre Dame had a bye week, giving them 2 weeks to prepare at home vs. undefeated Florida State. Florida State was an awesome team, steamed rolled my team, Clemson. Florida State had an away game a week before at Maryland, I think and traveled to South Bend. Notre Dame played so smart, great home crowd, beating the more talented Florida State. Unfair? Country loved it as most hated Florida State. Anyway, Notre Dame felt they were invincible, just beating the best team in the nation. Just one more game and they were in the championship game. And this was that game. Started off flat, but great come back by Notre Dame. Only to be ruined by a clutch game winning field goal by BC (which should've been blocked). But wow, what a football game, the best atmosphere, football weather. This was the last time Notre Dame was truly great.
Holtz rubbing it the previous year, motivated BC more than anything else. That one faked punt when they were up big hurt the program more than anything else could have. Karma.
Boston College was gunning for Notre Dame all season after being embarrassed the previous year 54-7. Dad and I were worried about this game all year, especially after BC beat a decent Virginia Tech team. This was the death of the true ND football this day. I am happy to have a coach now that can at least give us consistent winning seasons, but against elite opponents now, we're just ants.
Lou Holtz was a good coach. He was also good, with his overcharged mouth, at pouring salt in a wound. No one was better at firing up an opponent then Holtz. I respected Notre Dame, but I was rooting for BC all the way in this one.
I feel for Bercich in this situation, although he would later redeemhimself in the Cotton Bowl with a key play late. The more underrated missed interception that undermined ND's title chances happened the week before. Up 31-17 late in the 4th, ND missed a potential game-clinching interception - or perhaps more correctly for the situation, a knockdown - on a 4th down for FSU, instead tipping the pass in the air where it was eventually caught for a TD. That, combined with Holtz's penchant for conservatism at the end of games (with a shanked punt and faked FSU injury for good measure), set the stage for a thrilling finish, but also left the impression that the game was tight the whole way. The reality was that ND was up double digits for a good portion of the contest. It would have been interesting to see how the pollsters would have treated the Top 5 had ND held on for a more comfortable 2 TD victory. Would FSU have dropped farther than #2? Perhaps ND would have gotten the mulligan that FSU received instead? Maybe WVU gets a crack at the Orange Bowl? Certainly it was one of the bigger "what ifs?" in ND history. Also one small nit if I may: the Rudy game was in 1992 (the 54-7 game that others here have mentioned). The movie was released several weeks before this game. :) Here's to NOT repeating history this coming Saturday!
I cried after this game like a baby my dad had taken me to the FSU game the week before and I thought ND was unstoppable I remember all week leading up to the BC game my brother was worried he said don’t sleep on BC ND could come out flat oh boy was he right, I never quite got over that loss it still stings after 28 years.
This has to be the most devastating loss in Notre Dame history. Who was the penalty on the kickoff right before Boston College's last drive? That free 15 yards made their game clinching FG a lot easier.
His 90s Jaguars also own the final playoff victory ever over Elway (96 playoffs, Elway won the 97 & 98 Super Bowls), and ended Dan Marino’s career. Legend slayer.
@@fantasticvoyage262not a Notre Dame fan but between the end of 87 and this game, Holtz's Irish invariably played excellently against the best strength of schedule year in and year out, winning one national championship and coming damn close 3 more times
@@stephenarato5391 its all good at the end of the day who got the ring? Because we handled ours after playing notre dame as where you guys? Well not so much. You beat us, and that can be your little substitute national championship! Kinda like the participation kids get now. In the annals of history your just the team who happened to beat the best team. Just like whoever else beat the last umpteenth 1 lose champs since then. Only the fans of that team will remember.
@@stephenarato5391 the ranking systems changed dramatically since then. Like 2003 Oklahoma had no business playing for the title. If 89 notre dame played during this era they would've probably ended up being champs despite losing the last game. If I was a Notre dame fan I would feel the same way you do. But im a noles fan and fortunately thevvoting worked in our favor. If anything West Virginia got screwed over more the Notre dame or anyone that year going into the bowls. Regardless of their outcome in the bowl.
My 1 full year at FSU was 1993 and what I remember is the huge crowd gathering around the TVs in the athletic dorm while this game unfolded nobody could believe it ND losing to an average BC team then coming all the way back to tie only to lose on a last second fg. The emotional roller coaster was unbelievable.The entire FSU campus erupted when that kick went good.ND hasn't fully recovered though Brian Kelly is a helluva good coach and has them going good now,Clemson,Alabama,Georgia rule cfb and its hurting the interest of the sport to be so regional,nobody west of the rocky mts gives a flying f*** about the sport anymore. FSU sucks today willie taggart is a joke and a horrible hire he'll be fired at seasons end.ND????
I still get queasy when I watch this game. To come back the way we did, and then lose. That 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty after we had BC pinned at their 10 was killer, and the interception dropped by Bercich that would have sealed it, I guarantee you Pete Bercich still has nightmares about that drop. In my opinion the most painful loss I've ever witnessed. To beat Florida State only 7 days earlier then this, the Big Guy upstairs has a sick sense of humor sometimes lol ☘️ GO IRISH!!!☘️
And to think, if we had instant replay the game woulda been out of reach with that BC touchdown in the 4th qtr that the ref called out of bounds. And BC dropped an easy first down at the ND 5 yd line after that onsides kick. And then missed the chip shot FG one play later. This coulda been a 51-17 beat down very easily.
I watched this game on my TV in my apartment building in Boston, MA. It was a cold, cloudy day. I could literally hear my neighbors screaming and jumping up and down on all sides of me, upstairs and down. This was one of thee most memorable games I ever watched. We had it, we lost it, we won it ! I remember with 1 minute left, the kick off he fumbling, trying to run gets tackled on the 9 yard line, I'm like.. This is over, so frustrating. But then the personal foul brought it out to the 24. I was like.. meh, this might be doable. The momentum shifts were incredible.
UIJames Bowman Is great as Lou Holtz was and despite all the talent that Notre Dame had, this was the peak for Notre Dame Football under Holtz. It’s like the magic ran out but at the same time Boston College came to play.
Anthony Broaddus Yep even though Brian Kelly has had winning seasons, it just doesn’t feel right still because they can’t get it done against the top teams.
I agree - Notre Dame has not been the same since. I think Brian Kelly has done a tremendous job with Notre Dame, but every when they match up in a BCS/Playoff/New Years Six game, they haven't been competitive.
James, also, Notre Dame had to take notice that their 10-2 team from last year could not find a place in one of the 8 New Years Six slots outside of the playoff. I remember in 1994 the Fiesta Bowl did all they could to get a 6-4-1 Notre Dame team into their game. Now, none wanted a 10-2 Notre Dame team.
Whenever I watched college football with my kids, when they were young. They would say... "Dad, there is no way a team can come back from 17 points down with 4 minutes left in the game. I'd say.. "Kid, this is college football not the pros. Momentum swings are everything and they often come late as that is when champions rise to the occasion.
Proud BC Alum here. This game was well before my time at BC, and I can confidently say that this historic game has yet to be eclipsed by BC's annually, and continually, embarrassingly sorry BC football team. Our intro into the ACC has been a bloodbath (now in our 19th year) and we continue to be brutalized by the conference year, after year, after year, after year...and it really sucks. All about not admitting students based solely on their athletic merit...but I mean, C'mon, BC!!
What a GREAT game!! I was rooting for BC, but didn't have much hope they would win. Foley screwed up big time with the fumbles and stuff. But in the end when BC needed him most, he came through!!
Second greatest moment in BC football history. The greatest? As if anyone doesn't know. "Caught by Boston College! I don't believe it! It's a touchdown! The Eagles win it! I don't believe it! Phelan is at the bottom of that pile!" Or "Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown Boston College! He did it! He did it! Flutie did it!"
SICKENS ME TO THIS DAY, BUT ND WILL BE BACK AND FREEMAN WILL LEAD US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PETE BERCICH, ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS CATCH THE INTERCEPTION, GAME OVER, A LOT OF MISTAKES IN THE GAME THOUGH THAT COST THE IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honest question: bigger impact on BC football? This win or the comeback loss at home to WV a week later? Man, they had separate unbeaten teams in November on the ropes in back to back weeks, and nearly pulled off both upsets.
You still got the Doug Fluttie moment against Miami and this one. I was like 4 months old when the hail mary play happened. I loved both of these moments because it came at the expense of Miami and ND. I am a FSU fan by the way. lol
This, along with Flutie's Hail Mary, are my two favorite BC memories. Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks when Gordon hit that field goal. There are two teams I root for-BC and anyone playing Notre Dame. Go Eagles!!
Rudy, Yes the movie Rudy is a major contributor to this games outcome. While Notre Dame was beating up Boston College in November of 1992, filming for the movie took place during halftime., Actors film crews actors and all the rest pissed off red ass Tom Coughlin (I agree, and I’m an ND fan at that game) he told team and Pete Mitchell they’d be back. Notre Dame beat Florida st in the game of the century the previous week which was a meaningless game, unless you’re Florida state, that loss didn’t count
How many national championships were robbed from teams because there was no playoff. This is a perfect example. Notre Dame beats Florida St. They both have one loss, Florida St. Wins National championships.
TennesseeGentleman FSU was nothing to shout about. Outside of the Orange Bowl and Nebraska, They beat a bunch of average teams. Lost to ND, but the media basically was so hellbent on wanting Bowden to win.
@@chrisuncleahmad Really? Florida was SEC Champion that year and we beat them like drums on the road. Nebraska would have housed ND BTW. No one deserved that title more than FSU. It was their year.
Does anyone know who the personal foul was on for the last kickoff (38:38)? It looks like it's the ref right in front of us calling the penalty but I don't see anything worthy of a flag. If anything, it looked like number 57 of BC might have gotten away with a late hit (although I think that was a good no-call). Either way, I don't think BC wins the game without that penalty and it looked like it may have been a phantom call.
the fact that Notre Dame could have won and should have won is just crazy....the personal foul after the TD to take the lead, the dropped INT I can remember watching this game I was 12 and I was happy as hell they lost lmao
There are only a few times in my life when I vocally yelled in joy at a sporting moment on TV. This was one of them. I was 14 years old watching this downstairs in my basement. I miss those days.
I was a BC frosh for this game, and the entire campus lost its damn mind for a day straight. Huge crowd to meet the team buses at 1, 2 in the morning when they returned home.
I understand Notre Dame choked but they were still robbed out of a national championship that year. The only reason FSU won it was because Bobby Bowden hadn't won it yet.
It was Bobby's turn, but there was some "Notre Dame fatigue" as well. Every year there was a new kid on the block for the writers to pump up and Lou and ND showed up to kick their asses. Miami, check. West Virginia, check. Colorado, check. FSU, check. There were reports of cheering in the press box at Northwestern when the final score for this game was announced. Writers (who voted in the polls) were tired of ND, so they dropped all the way to #4 after this while FSU remained #2 after the loss to ND. Total BS. It was the exact opposite argument from what was used to prop up Miami in '89. ND was #1 all year and played the hardest schedule in the country (by far) but Miami beat them straight up. In '93 ND won the head-to-head but FSU had the "better loss."
@@GentlemanJack295 TAMU was 11-1 and #7 - not a pushover, and FSU also struggled, with Nebraska missing the game-winning field goal. BC was 7-2 and #17 at game time. They finished 9-3 and #13. ND should have won, but if FSU was better than ND, they should have won that game, too.
Eric Daniel TAMU wasn’t that good like WVA which was undefeated. Florida showed that. We beat Nebraska so close doesn’t matter and Nebraska was far better than A&M. The rules then were different than today and the ones who decided the NC felt FSU the better team for the season then ND. It was unanimous too BTW.
@@GentlemanJack295 TennesseeGentleman not unanimous, ftr. FSU received 42 #1 votes in AP vs 12 for ND. Coaches poll was closer with 36 for FSU and 25 for ND. And you can't say that one lackluster win doesn't matter but another does. If beating TAMU in the state of Texas by 3 is lackluster, then beating Nebraska by 2 on a missed FG in Florida is equally unimpressive. And the game that mattered most occurred in November when FSU had a chance to beat ND straight up and wasn't good enough. Honestly, they looked soft in that game. ND was the only team that really came out and punched them in the mouth and they couldn't respond. Charlie Ward was pretty awesome, but his defense got pushed around.
@aaronrider4051 You lost at home to BC, who you should've throttled, we lost on the road to the number 2 team in the last seconds. There is no comparison... You choked. Take the L and move on!!! FBA/B1
@Michael it wasn't overtime. ND was lucky to even be in the game. They got totally outplayed. But my point still stands. They lost at home to a 17th ranked team. Florida state lost on the road to the #2 team. The right choice was made.
The final score was 41-39, nothing else matters. In the 4th qtr BC got conservative and ND had nothing to lose, that's even more common now than it was then. The fact that ND did come back, and STILL couldn't stop BC from scoring with 60 seconds left tells me the opposite of what your saying. All they had to do, was stop the #17 team from gaining more than 40 yards in 50 seconds, at home, with a guaranteed trip to the Orange Bowl on the line, and they didn't do it. The end.
Florida state had one of most talented team in the country that year and me personally I think Florida state played Notre dame on their own field Florida state would have beat them but what I didn't like was that Committee didn't try and get a rematch between Notre dame and Florida and Sent West Virginia to the Cotton bowl and play Texas A&M
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Boston college killed Notre Dame football. Notre Dame was never the same after this loss
Holtz leaving and some bad hires did that.
ND itself killed ND football with bad hires and the unwillingness to relax education standards to attract better recruits. But yes, bad HC hires over the decades have set the program back decades and the help they have had from the media over the decades is no longer there. Wouldnt be surprised if ND tries to rekindle the catholics vs convicts rivalry
And also ND missed the bus on trying to get into a conference ie big 10 big 12 instead of feigning a conference alignment with the ACC which will be another dead conf in a year or two
I recall this season. Undefeated Notre Dame had a bye week, giving them 2 weeks to prepare at home vs. undefeated Florida State. Florida State was an awesome team, steamed rolled my team, Clemson. Florida State had an away game a week before at Maryland, I think and traveled to South Bend. Notre Dame played so smart, great home crowd, beating the more talented Florida State. Unfair? Country loved it as most hated Florida State. Anyway, Notre Dame felt they were invincible, just beating the best team in the nation. Just one more game and they were in the championship game. And this was that game. Started off flat, but great come back by Notre Dame. Only to be ruined by a clutch game winning field goal by BC (which should've been blocked). But wow, what a football game, the best atmosphere, football weather. This was the last time Notre Dame was truly great.
Great summary. And to think, with instant replay BC woulda had another TD and we wouldn’t have had that theatrical game winning FG.
Holtz rubbing it the previous year, motivated BC more than anything else. That one faked punt when they were up big hurt the program more than anything else could have. Karma.
Boston College was gunning for Notre Dame all season after being embarrassed the previous year 54-7. Dad and I were worried about this game all year, especially after BC beat a decent Virginia Tech team. This was the death of the true ND football this day. I am happy to have a coach now that can at least give us consistent winning seasons, but against elite opponents now, we're just ants.
Nebraska would have pounded ND that year
no way to know
Osborne Huskers beat up on generally mediocre Big 8s only to struggle badly against solid post-season competition
As a BC fan I loved every second of this.
All started in 92 with the fake punt: Irish were already rolling by almost 40… Eagles 🦅 never forget 😂
Just brought back memories. I was devastated and crying as a kid. My life was over. 😢😢😢
I bet on this game and won $500 dollars while i was in the Navy, Ivan Boyd is my cousin, he set up the winning FG to win the game plus he had 2 TD.
Lou Holtz was a good coach. He was also good, with his overcharged mouth, at pouring salt in a wound. No one was better at firing up an opponent then Holtz.
I respected Notre Dame, but I was rooting for BC all the way in this one.
Best game I ever went to. Go BC
There’s always a dropped INT in these situations on the last drive. Also, they filmed “Rudy” at halftime of this game. All of the in game scenes.
I feel for Bercich in this situation, although he would later redeemhimself in the Cotton Bowl with a key play late. The more underrated missed interception that undermined ND's title chances happened the week before. Up 31-17 late in the 4th, ND missed a potential game-clinching interception - or perhaps more correctly for the situation, a knockdown - on a 4th down for FSU, instead tipping the pass in the air where it was eventually caught for a TD. That, combined with Holtz's penchant for conservatism at the end of games (with a shanked punt and faked FSU injury for good measure), set the stage for a thrilling finish, but also left the impression that the game was tight the whole way. The reality was that ND was up double digits for a good portion of the contest.
It would have been interesting to see how the pollsters would have treated the Top 5 had ND held on for a more comfortable 2 TD victory. Would FSU have dropped farther than #2? Perhaps ND would have gotten the mulligan that FSU received instead? Maybe WVU gets a crack at the Orange Bowl? Certainly it was one of the bigger "what ifs?" in ND history.
Also one small nit if I may: the Rudy game was in 1992 (the 54-7 game that others here have mentioned). The movie was released several weeks before this game. :)
Here's to NOT repeating history this coming Saturday!
Rudy was filmed the year before this
Rudy was offsides
@@Coolidge2329 Rudy was actually filmed during the ND/PSU game the year before.
Rudy was filmed at the BC/Notre Dame in '92, not this one.
I cried after this game like a baby my dad had taken me to the FSU game the week before and I thought ND was unstoppable I remember all week leading up to the BC game my brother was worried he said don’t sleep on BC ND could come out flat oh boy was he right, I never quite got over that loss it still stings after 28 years.
This has GOT to be the greatest college football game of all time. Wow.
This was the beginning of the end for notre dame and it was beautiful
i cried watching this game....never been so made in my life.... this game still hurts me.
Haha go BC
I don't think Notre Dame football has ever recovered from this game.
This has to be the most devastating loss in Notre Dame history. Who was the penalty on the kickoff right before Boston College's last drive? That free 15 yards made their game clinching FG a lot easier.
Head coach Tom Coughlin takes down his first dynasty.
Yep. When the Giants played the undefeated Patriots I remembered that Coughlin was BC's coach in this game and wondered if he could do it again!
His 90s Jaguars also own the final playoff victory ever over Elway (96 playoffs, Elway won the 97 & 98 Super Bowls), and ended Dan Marino’s career. Legend slayer.
Notre Dame was no "dynasty".
@@fantasticvoyage262not a Notre Dame fan but between the end of 87 and this game, Holtz's Irish invariably played excellently against the best strength of schedule year in and year out, winning one national championship and coming damn close 3 more times
@@aaronrider4051 That may be true. But in no way, shape, or form were they a dynasty.
This is the game that has cursed Notre Dame ever since. They have not won a National Title since.
Haven’t been able to win a major bowl since either
Great game, great upload!
As a Noles fan this game saved our season!
Yeah because ND kicked your ass the week before
@@stephenarato5391 its all good at the end of the day who got the ring? Because we handled ours after playing notre dame as where you guys? Well not so much. You beat us, and that can be your little substitute national championship! Kinda like the participation kids get now. In the annals of history your just the team who happened to beat the best team. Just like whoever else beat the last umpteenth 1 lose champs since then. Only the fans of that team will remember.
Lps Layla T other teams lost late in the year and still got to play for the National championship and they lost their conference title game
@@stephenarato5391 the ranking systems changed dramatically since then. Like 2003 Oklahoma had no business playing for the title. If 89 notre dame played during this era they would've probably ended up being champs despite losing the last game. If I was a Notre dame fan I would feel the same way you do. But im a noles fan and fortunately thevvoting worked in our favor. If anything West Virginia got screwed over more the Notre dame or anyone that year going into the bowls. Regardless of their outcome in the bowl.
I agree about Oklahoma. Nebraska got destroyed by Colorado and they made the championship game and got destroyed by miami
My 1 full year at FSU was 1993 and what I remember is the huge crowd gathering around the TVs in the athletic dorm while this game unfolded nobody could believe it ND losing to an average BC team then coming all the way back to tie only to lose on a last second fg.
The emotional roller coaster was unbelievable.The entire FSU campus erupted when that kick went good.ND hasn't fully recovered though Brian Kelly is a helluva good coach and has them going good now,Clemson,Alabama,Georgia rule cfb and its hurting the interest of the sport to be so regional,nobody west of the rocky mts gives a flying f*** about the sport anymore.
FSU sucks today willie taggart is a joke and a horrible hire he'll be fired at seasons end.ND????
I still get queasy when I watch this game. To come back the way we did, and then lose. That 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty after we had BC pinned at their 10 was killer, and the interception dropped by Bercich that would have sealed it, I guarantee you Pete Bercich still has nightmares about that drop. In my opinion the most painful loss I've ever witnessed. To beat Florida State only 7 days earlier then this, the Big Guy upstairs has a sick sense of humor sometimes lol
☘️ GO IRISH!!!☘️
And to think, if we had instant replay the game woulda been out of reach with that BC touchdown in the 4th qtr that the ref called out of bounds. And BC dropped an easy first down at the ND 5 yd line after that onsides kick. And then missed the chip shot FG one play later. This coulda been a 51-17 beat down very easily.
@@JohnnyHads whole game would have been different if there had been instant replay
I watched this game on my TV in my apartment building in Boston, MA. It was a cold, cloudy day.
I could literally hear my neighbors screaming and jumping up and down on all sides of me, upstairs and down. This was one of thee most memorable games I ever watched.
We had it, we lost it, we won it !
I remember with 1 minute left, the kick off he fumbling, trying to run gets tackled on the 9 yard line, I'm like.. This is over, so frustrating. But then the personal foul brought it out to the 24. I was like.. meh, this might be doable.
The momentum shifts were incredible.
Notre Dame football lost the immortal prestige after this game
UIJames Bowman Is great as Lou Holtz was and despite all the talent that Notre Dame had, this was the peak for Notre Dame Football under Holtz. It’s like the magic ran out but at the same time Boston College came to play.
Yep. They never recovered.....
Anthony Broaddus Yep even though Brian Kelly has had winning seasons, it just doesn’t feel right still because they can’t get it done against the top teams.
I agree - Notre Dame has not been the same since. I think Brian Kelly has done a tremendous job with Notre Dame, but every when they match up in a BCS/Playoff/New Years Six game, they haven't been competitive.
James, also, Notre Dame had to take notice that their 10-2 team from last year could not find a place in one of the 8 New Years Six slots outside of the playoff. I remember in 1994 the Fiesta Bowl did all they could to get a 6-4-1 Notre Dame team into their game. Now, none wanted a 10-2 Notre Dame team.
Coughlin is the owner of three of the biggest upsets in football in the modern era. This, Jags/Broncos Jan 97, Super Bowl XLII.
Whenever I watched college football with my kids, when they were young. They would say... "Dad, there is no way a team can come back from 17 points down with 4 minutes left in the game.
I'd say.. "Kid, this is college football not the pros. Momentum swings are everything and they often come late as that is when champions rise to the occasion.
Proud BC Alum here. This game was well before my time at BC, and I can confidently say that this historic game has yet to be eclipsed by BC's annually, and continually, embarrassingly sorry BC football team. Our intro into the ACC has been a bloodbath (now in our 19th year) and we continue to be brutalized by the conference year, after year, after year, after year...and it really sucks. All about not admitting students based solely on their athletic merit...but I mean, C'mon, BC!!
What a GREAT game!! I was rooting for BC, but didn't have much hope they would win. Foley screwed up big time with the fumbles and stuff. But in the end when BC needed him most, he came through!!
Second greatest moment in BC football history. The greatest? As if anyone doesn't know. "Caught by Boston College! I don't believe it! It's a touchdown! The Eagles win it! I don't believe it! Phelan is at the bottom of that pile!" Or "Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown Boston College! He did it! He did it! Flutie did it!"
SICKENS ME TO THIS DAY, BUT ND WILL BE BACK AND FREEMAN WILL LEAD US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PETE BERCICH, ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS CATCH THE INTERCEPTION, GAME OVER, A LOT OF MISTAKES IN THE GAME THOUGH THAT COST THE IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honest question: bigger impact on BC football? This win or the comeback loss at home to WV a week later? Man, they had separate unbeaten teams in November on the ropes in back to back weeks, and nearly pulled off both upsets.
One of the only good moments as a Boston College fan
You still got the Doug Fluttie moment against Miami and this one. I was like 4 months old when the hail mary play happened. I loved both of these moments because it came at the expense of Miami and ND. I am a FSU fan by the way. lol
Realistically I would have turned it down a notch after Florida State too.
40:28 That poor ND player buried under a pile of ecstatic BC players 🤣
This, along with Flutie's Hail Mary, are my two favorite BC memories. Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks when Gordon hit that field goal. There are two teams I root for-BC and anyone playing Notre Dame. Go Eagles!!
Rudy, Yes the movie Rudy is a major contributor to this games outcome.
While Notre Dame was beating up Boston College in November of 1992, filming for the movie took place during halftime., Actors film crews actors and all the rest pissed off red ass Tom Coughlin (I agree, and I’m an ND fan at that game) he told team and Pete Mitchell they’d be back. Notre Dame beat Florida st in the game of the century the previous week which was a meaningless game, unless you’re Florida state, that loss didn’t count
Many Boston college fans in stands at Notre Dame as Rudy carried off after Georgia tech game
🕊🌹🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻🌹🕊
This allowed Florida State back into the Orange Bowl where they beat Nebraska to win their first national championship game.
How many national championships were robbed from teams because there was no playoff. This is a perfect example. Notre Dame beats Florida St. They both have one loss, Florida St. Wins National championships.
WVU got the shaft. Nebraska ranked #1 (11-0) , WVU #2 (11-0) at end of regular season.. should have been playing each other.
Great revenge after game of the century
That kick should have sent West Virginia to the Orange Bowl, NOT Florida State.
Bull. Shit.
WVA were frauds and Florida proved that in the Sugar Bowl.
TennesseeGentleman FSU was nothing to shout about. Outside of the Orange Bowl and Nebraska, They beat a bunch of average teams.
Lost to ND, but the media basically was so hellbent on wanting Bowden to win.
@@chrisuncleahmad Really? Florida was SEC Champion that year and we beat them like drums on the road. Nebraska would have housed ND BTW. No one deserved that title more than FSU. It was their year.
TennesseeGentleman it was their year..... to get incredibly lucky.
Bowden basically needed a gift from B.C.
Does anyone know who the personal foul was on for the last kickoff (38:38)? It looks like it's the ref right in front of us calling the penalty but I don't see anything worthy of a flag. If anything, it looked like number 57 of BC might have gotten away with a late hit (although I think that was a good no-call). Either way, I don't think BC wins the game without that penalty and it looked like it may have been a phantom call.
47 will live with that one forever
the fact that Notre Dame could have won and should have won is just crazy....the personal foul after the TD to take the lead, the dropped INT I can remember watching this game I was 12 and I was happy as hell they lost lmao
There are only a few times in my life when I vocally yelled in joy at a sporting moment on TV. This was one of them. I was 14 years old watching this downstairs in my basement. I miss those days.
Mike Mamula, the combine king.
Great game will never forget it. Glenn Foley was plucky. And that crazy knuckle ball kick to win it.
GWFG at 40:15 and it sounds like someone near a mic but not ON a mic says, "He missed it," as the kick comes off the kicker's foot.
I was a BC frosh for this game, and the entire campus lost its damn mind for a day straight. Huge crowd to meet the team buses at 1, 2 in the morning when they returned home.
I understand Notre Dame choked but they were still robbed out of a national championship that year. The only reason FSU won it was because Bobby Bowden hadn't won it yet.
It was Bobby's turn, but there was some "Notre Dame fatigue" as well. Every year there was a new kid on the block for the writers to pump up and Lou and ND showed up to kick their asses. Miami, check. West Virginia, check. Colorado, check. FSU, check.
There were reports of cheering in the press box at Northwestern when the final score for this game was announced. Writers (who voted in the polls) were tired of ND, so they dropped all the way to #4 after this while FSU remained #2 after the loss to ND. Total BS.
It was the exact opposite argument from what was used to prop up Miami in '89. ND was #1 all year and played the hardest schedule in the country (by far) but Miami beat them straight up. In '93 ND won the head-to-head but FSU had the "better loss."
This was a "bad" loss for ND. They should have easily handled BC. Plus they struggled against A&M in their bowl.
@@GentlemanJack295 TAMU was 11-1 and #7 - not a pushover, and FSU also struggled, with Nebraska missing the game-winning field goal.
BC was 7-2 and #17 at game time. They finished 9-3 and #13. ND should have won, but if FSU was better than ND, they should have won that game, too.
Eric Daniel TAMU wasn’t that good like WVA which was undefeated. Florida showed that. We beat Nebraska so close doesn’t matter and Nebraska was far better than A&M. The rules then were different than today and the ones who decided the NC felt FSU the better team for the season then ND. It was unanimous too BTW.
@@GentlemanJack295 TennesseeGentleman not unanimous, ftr. FSU received 42 #1 votes in AP vs 12 for ND. Coaches poll was closer with 36 for FSU and 25 for ND.
And you can't say that one lackluster win doesn't matter but another does. If beating TAMU in the state of Texas by 3 is lackluster, then beating Nebraska by 2 on a missed FG in Florida is equally unimpressive.
And the game that mattered most occurred in November when FSU had a chance to beat ND straight up and wasn't good enough. Honestly, they looked soft in that game. ND was the only team that really came out and punched them in the mouth and they couldn't respond. Charlie Ward was pretty awesome, but his defense got pushed around.
I will still never understand how ND losing by 2 to an excellent and very hot BC team meant FSU got to jump ND when FSU LOST to ND
Because ND lost AT HOME to 17th ranked BC...Late in the season.
FSU goes ON THE ROAD and beats the top 10 Gators.
NUFF SAID.
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@@langstondah7350 How does losing "late in the season" matter? Secondly, absolutely NONE of this utter nonsense changes the fact that FSU lost to ND!
@aaronrider4051
You lost at home to BC, who you should've throttled, we lost on the road to the number 2 team in the last seconds.
There is no comparison...
You choked. Take the L and move on!!!
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@@langstondah7350 I'm not a Notre Dame fan, retard, and FSU LOST TO NOTRE DAME!!!!
@@langstondah7350 and don't give me that last second crap. ND led virtually the entire game and was clearly superior. Your run defense got abused
i am still haunted by this game. we could have had another national championship. I cried at this game.
Michael Eh the College Football Playoff sucks. Plus Nebraska was undefeated so that’s why the awarded FSU the title.
@Michael They lost at home to a weaker opponent. If they had beaten Florida St. on the road it would have been a different story. Made complete sense.
@Michael it wasn't overtime. ND was lucky to even be in the game. They got totally outplayed. But my point still stands. They lost at home to a 17th ranked team. Florida state lost on the road to the #2 team. The right choice was made.
@Michael 24-21 is a convincing bowl win? ND blew it, period, end of story. Definitely the right choice. Only ND fans are blinded to it.
The final score was 41-39, nothing else matters. In the 4th qtr BC got conservative and ND had nothing to lose, that's even more common now than it was then. The fact that ND did come back, and STILL couldn't stop BC from scoring with 60 seconds left tells me the opposite of what your saying. All they had to do, was stop the #17 team from gaining more than 40 yards in 50 seconds, at home, with a guaranteed trip to the Orange Bowl on the line, and they didn't do it. The end.
Heartbreak Hotel!!!!
Florida state had one of most talented team in the country that year and me personally I think Florida state played Notre dame on their own field Florida state would have beat them but what I didn't like was that Committee didn't try and get a rematch between Notre dame and Florida and Sent West Virginia to the Cotton bowl and play Texas A&M
Where would nebraska have gone?????
Tomorrow...Fredo is dealt with...don't ever take sides against the family.
I’ll go to my grave saying this 1993 Notre Dame team was better than the 1988 team.
God I love to see these cheaters lose!
How does that guy not intercept that ball. Jfc
How in the hell does FSU win the title with a direct loss to Notre Dame. They both ended the season with one loss
They beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and Nebraska was Undefeated.
How the fuck did we lose????
No defense
might have something to do with the fake punt up 37-0 in 1992..lol
Love that Dirty Water!
Freaking personal foul and a dropped interception cost ND a National Championship
Dropped interceptions happen, it sucks, but part of the game. No excuse for a personal foul in that situation. Just stupidity.
That personal foul on the kickoff needed to be investigated.......what a crock
Dont feel so bad.those plays shouldnt have mattered. Bc touchdown called back with 1 minute to go in 3Q. Turned ball over on downs next play.
ND underestimated the fight in BC. THATS why didnt deserve any of the Natty.
GO NOLES
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that unsportsmanlike call on the kick off to start BC's last drive cost ND the game. What a fool that clown must of felt like.
Was it a legit penalty? I never saw the replay?