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Throwback Thursday - Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Indiana Hoosiers, 1951

With Notre Dame on a bye week, I thought this Throwback Thursday would be the perfect time to look back on a thrilling past matchup with the Indiana Hoosiers—especially with Indiana making waves in college football this season. Our rivalry with Indiana may not be an annual event, but each encounter has its own memorable twists and turns. One game that stands out is Notre Dame’s 1951 victory under Coach Frank Leahy, a game where the Fighting Irish turned a question mark into an exclamation point. A young, mostly inexperienced Irish team showed up in full force, defeating Indiana 48-6 in front of nearly 56,000 stunned fans.