The Notre Dame season opener is so close, I can almost smell it. In just two short days Notre Dame will face off against the Naval Academy in Aviva Stadium, in Dublin, Ireland, this Saturday, August 26th. I have never attended a Notre Dame VS Navy game in Ireland before, so I am very much looking forward to making the trip this year. Today I’d like to look back at the 1996 match-up between Notre Dame and Navy that also took place in Dublin, Ireland. I am going to share an excerpt from the 1996 Scholastic Magazine Football Review, written by Jim Blaum.