Greatest Comeback win

Greatest comeback win


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BigOrangeAl 1979

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1991 Notre Dame trailed 31-7
2005 LSU. Trailed 21-0
2015 Georgia. Trailed 24-3
2016 Florida trailed 21-0
1987 Vandy trailed 28-3
1991 Sugar Bowl against Virginia trailed 16-0
1998 Arkansas trailed 21-3
 
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#4
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I've always said "we're a third quarter team". and I mean it. What haven't we comeback from to have won? We've snatched defeat from the jaws of victory more than once.
 
#5
#5
The LSU game was as much their ineptitude as it was us coming back.

Gotta be Miracle in South Bend

Edit - Upon second thought, the 98 game against Arky is neck and neck with the ND game.
 
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#11
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  • #5 ND hosting #13 UT
  • Lou Holtz vs Johnny Majors
  • The the Volunteers overcame a 24-point deficit, survived four turnovers--three of which resulted in Notre Dame touchdowns--and weathered a 315-yard performance by Irish rushers.
  • Andy Kelly completed 24 of 38 passes for 259 yards and three touchdowns.
  • ND owned a 31-7 lead with 23 seconds left in the first half when Tennessee cornerback Floyd Miley scooped up a blocked field goal and raced 85 yards for a touchdown.
  • At halftime, Majors scribbled on the locker room blackboard, “Tennessee 14, Notre Dame 10, Turnovers 21.”
  • Fortune flipped in the second half. Tennessee outscored Notre Dame 21-3.
  • Tennessee safety Dale Carter intercepted a pass by ND's Mirer. The ensuing drive, the Vols took the lead, 35-34.
  • With 4 seconds on the clock, Jeremy Lincoln's right buttock blocks the ND FG attempt to secure victory, 35 - 34.
  • Holtz: “I’ve been in this game a long time and that was as difficult a loss as I’ve ever been associated with--ever. It’s the most disappointed I’ve ever been in my life.”
  • Majors: “I can’t describe in words the meaning of this win and the way it happened.”
 
#12
#12
I was there on the 22 yard line west side, row 40. It happened right in front of me. I was ready to leave, and it happened. The AR qb put the ball on the ground. We recover, undefeated season, National champs after beating FSU. 1998.

I didn't care when AR beat us the following year. It had to have been a long year for Stoerner.

Had season tickets for 20 years. ND comeback was unbelievable. It just didn't mean as much.
 
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The ‘87 Vandy game was a lot of fun for me personally…. I had seats right in the middle of the Vandy section in the lower bowl
 

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