The team unveiled a different offensive look that fall under new coach Jess Harper and upset Army as Dorais completed of passes for yards, including a touchdown to Rockne, a third-team All-American. Rockne graduated with honors in , receiving a bachelor's degree in chemistry and pharmacology.
He considered going to medical school in St. Louis but stayed at Notre Dame to teach chemistry and serve as Harper's assistant. Notre Dame lost five games in his four years as an assistant. After rejecting Michigan State's head coaching offer in , Rockne took over for Harper, who resigned in early Rockne's first team went in a season shortened by World War I, and he began upgrading the schedule the next year.
The and teams were unbeaten, led by Gipp, a renegade who enjoyed pool, poker, partying and skipping classes. Though Rockne had a deserved reputation for toughness, his pragmatism helped him deal with Gipp's escapades. Rockne called the all-purpose back "the greatest player Notre Dame ever produced. The boom times were just starting, and when the Irish played Army in a crowd of 20, watched, a West Point record.
Notre Dame's own Cartier Field held 3,, far too small for the football revolution, but by , Rockne's last season, the school had a stadium seating 54, Thanks to Grantland Rice and other sportswriters, the fame of Notre Dame players grew as well.
After the small but shifty backfield of Crowley, Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller and Elmer Layden lifted the Irish to a victory over Army in , Rice penned a famous homage to the quartet that began, "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horseman rode again.
Supported by a line dubbed "The Seven Mules," Notre Dame won its first national championship that season, capped by a victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Rockne, who said the team was his favorite, sensed early on that the Horsemen would be special, describing them later as a "product of destiny. When the agreement went public, much to his embarrassment, he decided to stay at South Bend. The near-exit irritated some supporters but did nothing to slow his program.
Notre Dame lost only twice over the next two years, though one defeat brought adverse publicity. Frank Leahy finished with an record for an. Rockne is the longest-tenured coach in Notre Dame history at 13 seasons. Holtz, Parseghian and Leahy all lasted 11 seasons. No other Irish coach has lasted a decade at the school. Kelly will turn 60 in October, so he has more than a good chance to beat Rockne's record there, too. American Football. Notre Dame. James Franklin explains Penn State's fake field goal vs.
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