In honor of the 30th reunion of the 1977 National Championship, and the upset of Texas in the Cotton Bowl how about a tribute to one of the greatest teams ND ever had to bring back the Memories. Maybe like the captians and key players from that season to remind us of happier times!
Thanks
That is a great idea. I will start but I don't have pics.
Vagas Ferguson is from my home town and a fellow alum of Richmond High School. I remember watching the Cotton Bowl with just about every Italian Catholic in our town. My grandfather was scheduled to have surgery that day but talked the surgeon into rescheduling and then they both watched the game in my grandfather's hospital room.
Vagas, Lamar Lundy (Fearsome Foursome with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Rosey Grier) and Weeb Eubank (NY Jets Coach 69 Super Bowl) are all from Richmond. But Vagas is the favorite football son after that Cotton Bowl game.
"A consensus All-America pick in 1979 . . . finished his career as Notre Dame's all-time leading groundgainer with 3,472 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns . . . first Irish rusher to gain more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons with 1,437 in 1979 following 1,192 in '78 . . . member of 1977 national championship team . . . named outstanding offensive player of 1978 Cotton Bowl with 100 rushing yards and three TDs . . . finished fifth in '79 Heisman Trophy voting . . . holds all-time record for rushing yards in a game with 255 vs. Georgia Tech in 1978, and in a season with 1,437 (an average of 130.6 per game) . . . has record for rushing attempts in a season with 301 as well as per-game record at 27.4 . . . participated in 1980 East-West Shrine game and Japan Bowl . . . selected in first round of 1980 NFL draft by New England Patriots as 25th overall pick and played four years in NFL with New England, Houston and Cleveland . . . athletic director at Richmond (Ind.) High School, his alma mater. "
