Impressive. Winning is all that matters at the end of the day, but how many do you think were squeakers against shitty teams, ala BC last year?
I didn't look back through Kelly's record in 4 point games but I did for Holtz out of curiosity.
Lou was 11-10 in his ND career with an impressive 1 pt win over ARMY in '95.
He also lost the opener that year to the Mildcats when the Northwerstern had a 2 pt lead with ND in possession on the last drive of the game. ND got down inside the 10. Then Powlus took the snap and pivoted to drop back when the ND center or guard stepped back onto Powlus's pivot foot sending him sprawling ... game over.
Lou also had a miserable loss to Air Force in '96 when ND rushed for about 60 some yds the week after rushing for 260 or so against UW in a romp over the ranked Huskies. The crusher in the AF game was when ND had the ball to start OT and Powlus was blindsided and fumbled for a turnover. Everybody remembers the Powlus fumble but few recall that ND's left tackle a 300 pounder was tossed to the ground by a 240 pound Falcon DE leaving him an unimpeded blindside blowup of Powlus. The next week against Navy in Croke Park, Holtz shook-up the OLine starting a freshman DL, Jim Jones at RG.