It is an irony of Indiana sports.
Tony Hinkle’s greatest coaching victory came not at Butler University, nor in basketball. During World War II, he was coach of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team that beat Notre Dame 19-14 in football in 1943.
The magnitude of the upset —whose 75th anniversary is on Nov. 27 — cannot be overstated.
The Fighting Irish became college football’s national champions even in falling to 9-1. Notre Dame outscored its first nine opponents 326-50.
The Irish defeated two teams ranked No. 2 and two ranked No. 3 when they played them.