1987 #4 Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh No Huddle

[Applause] as the rain continues to come down here in pittsburgh billy owens at the left of your screen michael hadley in the lower right hand corner here we go gradle all set to booting near side the 35-yard line back deep number one is billy owens number 10 is michael hadley it is end over end hadley at the 10. gets outside nice return bumped out of bounds at the 27-yard line he's a senior as you look at his numbers they don't look too bad except for the eight interceptions four of those were last week freda's right 42 craig hayward 34. hayward the tailback he's got the football blocking over the right side by ed miller and mark stapnoski let's meet now the defense for the art you just saw craig hayward all 260 pounds of him ridic a converted defensive back just a freshman and a good one the young tight end eric seaman williams is excellent so is osborne they're solid receivers but they have to get the ball from janella hurry up offense for pittsburgh now second down and a long five hayward blocking on the right side again by roman matus and mark stefanoski here are the tackles roman matus has worked his way up he was second on the depth chart early in the year now this is the best part of the team the offensive line they graded very highly last week and they've been strong stepnowski and hurry up offense strong side formation to the right that's where semen the tight end is aligned hayward across the 40. a pickup of two it's second down and eight let's take a look now at the irish defensively run three has played exceptionally well this year kunz has been out for three weeks he did not play against purdue he was injured but he's back full strength the outside backers are excellent figaro and all-american candidate daryl flash gordon on the other side princess pritchett had a bleeding ulcer two weeks ago but he's back and bolt car is the leading tackler we'll see the rest of them after the play williams and osborne are the wide outs fumble janella picks it up gives to hayward doesn't want it and craig rambles back to about the 39-yard line cornerbacks for notre dame both good players and they do not pass that well pittsburgh to the outside the safety south second in the nation he's got three interceptions streeter can come up and hit you [Applause] on third and 10 janella sends it deep incomplete at the 27-yard line standing back at his own 26. high spiraling kick brown at the 20. a three-yard punt return good coverage andrezak completing almost 58 of his passes but he has yet to be tested in the fourth quarter johnson caught two big ones last week as a receiver green a great all-purpose back he does it all terrell now a starter heck a good tight end but tim brown is the big guy you'll see him going deep spruell an excellent offensive lineman this offensive line has four fifth year seniors on it and they're tremendously strong tim brown at the top of your screen the backs are johnson 22 the tailback mark 3 24. green will carry big hole left side blocking by tom freeman so let's take a look at that pit defense there's been some injuries on the defensive line spidler a true freshman john carter moves from end into tackle he's a good one that won't hurt neither will moving carnell smith up he was a backup but he's a good player grossman may be the best of the bunch olsoski coming back after injury zeke gatsan look out he's a blitzer he's got 15 sacks reggie ward the senior out of long beach number 83 wide to the left along with tim brown number 81 they're at the top of your screen second and a short one androsak bends in three will carry for the first down up to the 35-yard line tim brown gets a rest alonzo jefferson the senior out of west palm beach checks in mark green convoy around that right side dives to the 40. picks up four yards in the middle of [Music] exams airborne gets it to brown brown and you can see the elusive speed as he fights his way up to the 45-yard line and johnson in the met backfield on and driven back at the line of scrimmage out of racine wisconsin terrell austin is back deep not a very good kick short wobbly austin fields at the 24 and goes down immediately osborne wide to the right hayward in the backfield the lone running back [Music] check it that is louis riddick number five out of quakertown pennsylvania reggie williams wide to the left down at the bottom of your screen and number 34 the junior out of passaic craig hayward is back in canelo chased out of the pocket a little shovel pass to hayward [Laughter] goes the other way dives down to the 46. [Music] wide open that's a first down to the tight end eric seaman the freshman from westchester pennsylvania henry tooten wide to the right bill osborne to the near side that's osborne in motion that's hayward in motion big hole left side dean caliguire opening up that hole tonight joe mccall is next when he gets 16 more yards like houdini slides down to the 31. daryl gordon otherwise this will be like the gong show he won't be around at the end third and seventh [Applause] [Music] that will be a first down and a touchdown billy osbourne no good missed the extra point with 602 left to go the panthers lead six nothing of the panthers facing the unbeaten irish ranked number four strike first they lead six nothing where the panthers have struck first against unbeaten notre dame squib kick at the 15. brown got to the ball and gets to the 26-yard line the backs are anthony johnson 22 mark green 24. [Applause] [Music] picked off by pittsburgh at the 39-yard line gary richards first and ten pittsburgh they scored first here comes hayward again and the big back lumbers down to the 35 hosea hurd and henry tooten wide at the top of your screen on second and seven janella his last was 31 yards for a score over the middle a low one inside the 20 to henry tooten on a curl [Applause] oh that's close that looks like it hit the green carpet first and ten they give them the reception at the 18-yard line of the irish riddick first and goal pittsburgh at the five panthers lead six nothing craig stopped at the line of scrimmage second in goal from the five second down and five janella bends in there's riddick stopped and wrestled out of bounds and a penalty flag comes down that will be a very costly penalty because by wednesday he wanted the experience going up against notre dame it's paid off how's that for a collision at the one ned bolcard second and goal from the one janella ran backwards got to about the half yard line caliguire now number 64. a guard is in the backfield blocking for haywood who scores 64 dean caliguire lined up in the backfield that's 265 pounds blocking for 260 pounds back reggie williams wide to the right seaman is the tight end fred is right in the backfield with hayward janella dances fires two points is good reggie williams on a post pattern [Applause] janella the senior much maligned the coach thought on monday at practice that he would not start it would be one of two freshmen but two scoring drives as janella makes good on the two-point try finding reggie williams and a slant in 14-nothing pin over unbeaten notre dame a little shell shock right now unbeaten and untied you come into pittsburgh and you're behind fourteen nothing with two minutes left in the first quarter [Applause] francisco across the 30-yard line for andres act his last pass picked off by gary richard that set up that scoring drive and set up the short field green hammers his way up across the 35-yard line little flare out way too high for a wide open mark green there is a real surprise braxton banks 39 checks in for the irish and out of the pocket it's a floating pocket looks fires timmy brown loose football the panthers have it at the 26 yard line quinton jones [Applause] janella looks deep dancing feet fires dropped at the 40-yard line reggie williams had it [Applause] roughing the passer against the irish two key turnovers and the face mass penalty inside the five that gave pitt a couple of extra down motion by osborne he's got a 31 yard touchdown run motion on the right side of the line [Applause] well [Music] [Applause] hayward never quite had his balance that's the end of the first quarter two pittsburgh scoring drives a two-point conversion and the panthers lead the unbeaten irish 14 to nothing panthers ball at their own 43 second and 13 janella to hayward this fires a little bit too far that's all all year the rest of those points mistakes janella can't run for the first down he's got it and more out of bounds adam walker 29 checks in at wide out along with henry tooten 81 first and ten riddick former defensive back with four five speed down to the 27 and chris getz number 72 now the new right tackle dives down to the 25-yard line first and ten for the pittsburgh panthers they lead 14-0 there goes hayward and iron head bangs it down to the 20-yard line hurdles over one man and gets down to about the 17-yard line where the panthers have a commanding 14-nothing lead at the 16-yard line of notre dame it's third and one unbalanced line to the right and that's why iron man this defense with their backs up against it now look at that stat notre dame was just one first down they haven't had the ball [Applause] look at that extra effort they had him stopped at the 10. he kept the knees turning and watch number 64 dean caliguire in the backfield blocking for iron heads great barrel is down inside the five they have been behind by but not by this point right and hayward in the backfield [Applause] well he cleared air traffic control second and goal from the two third and goal from the two caliguard was in checks out riddick checks back in number five play action fake this will be a touchdown sal janella and look at the panthers rallying around their senior quarterbacks they knew that the pressure was on him all week he even made some remarks to the local press bill osborne van horn one for two on the night 21-0 pit the pit panthers they were a touchdown underdog against the fourth ranked team in the country they lead by three touchdowns jeff van horn the southport out of spokane washington line drive tim brown dribbles it at the 15. penalty flags are down and so is brown at the 36. you already have been [Applause] tim brown in the backfield nothing doing around the right side the pitt defense always tough has not given up a first half touchdown since the first play as you saw androsak out of the pocket looks fires behind the intended receiver reggie ward oh ezekiel they want to stay away from him third and ten contact was made it really allows notre dame to do some different things to changing it to third and five for the irishes they're faced with fourth and 11. vince phelan line drives it terry up terrell austin great field position for the pit panthers so he'll reload the gun and try again motion by osborne and not much motion this time by the pit offensive front lone running back hayward janella caught at the 26-yard line facing sal janella this week [Applause] on third and three janella needs a block will get the first down close to the 22-yard line looks at first and ten from the 22. motioned by joseah hurd hayward he got the last five on his own for 19 carries 47 yards for hayward second and seven [Applause] riddick blocking on the right side i want to see what tim looks like at two in the morning first and goal from the two caliguire lines up in the backfield again hayward again touchdown again one for two on the extra point snap is high osborne pulls it down and there are penalty flags down procedure against pitt another one by jeff van horn is no good he's one for three after the penalty was stepped off 3 55 left to go foge is having a very tough homecoming former head coach here at pitt and the pitt offense responded to the challenge van horn squibb ones again brown will get it at the seventh runs into his own man and trips at the 21. andrezak works with mark greene for the near side alonzo jefferson top of the stream andrezak [Applause] throws that one out of bounds and they've had a rough time now what does that play called signaling to the pit defense tim brown back in motion they need eight andraszak misfires too high for brown at the 39. malin will cut it to tara austin at the 33 it's a couple of blocks kennedy flag is down and so is terrell austin at the 45. flipping pittsburgh i think good football strategy just dictates to play it close to the best close to the ball you'll find number 34 craig hayward [Music] williams wide to the left osborne to the near side iron head cracks it to the 27. wes pritchett on the stop third and seven will they put it up i'll bet not i bet wrong going for the downs incomplete at the 35 hit against michigan state 66 and 70 yards tim brown back deep rash hung a beauty brown drops it the panthers dive for it at the 25 but the irish get it back george streeter irish have all three with restored androsac airborne flares it out to green green will try to get out of bounds to stop the clock but a penalty flag notre dame offense a potential big play into the short side of the field how about a fly pattern to tim brown they've got one-on-one coverage at the top of the screen [Music] [Applause] mark green not much doing stopped at the 17-yard line single coverage again on tim brown will they test it androzak across the line of scrimmage out of bounds will stop the clock at the 21. brown and terrell slotted out wide to the left on third and 13. brown got it first down and we'll try to get out of bounds dances down loses the ball but out of bounds on the post dropped at the 23 into double coverage to take advantage of the receiver as we pointed out at the top of the show always knows where he's going the defenders do not not utilizing brown to the best of their ability andres rolling left throwing right against the grain whether he can win a high school you see you see that he cannot control the game from the wide receiver position how about the two fumbles left throwing right incomplete behind tim brown andrezak one for six 24 yards this quarter incomplete on fourth down androzak is down at the 35-yard line motion offense decline first down nothing to lose by getting in field goal position janella hot hand early safety valves it to hayward down to the 33 there goes terry andrezak janella throws it up into the tuba section looking in the direction of reggie williams and there are six seconds left on the clock from the left hash mark a 50-yard try out of the hold of billy osbourne he's missed two extra points wide to the left and a 50-yarder is short and also wide to the left time has expired here in pittsburgh 56 500 the 49th renewal of pitt and notre dame the irish came in unbeaten and untied ranked number four in the country and so far it's been all pit they lead 27-0 against the irish let's go back to the studios scores and highlights with our game day host tim brando there is tim brown who has fumbled twice once on a punt once after catching a pass from andrezak when he was breaking it for a 35-yard effort so here we go the second half is underway it's pit and notre dame greene will not give the ball up to brown green heads for the center and to the 34-yard line the new quarterback is tony rice he is a six-footer 197 pounds a sophomore i did check on androzek they said he was okay so there's not an injury that brought rice in the game [Music] bryce two out of three on the year won't get a chance to throw it in the grasp of who else number 26 zeke gadson did not have a job when camp opened up rice spreading out will fire brown is open got it at midfield troy washington has brown pittsburgh cannot get lackadaisical against notre dame reggie ward and brown wide to the top of your screen smith on the sack take a loss but they'll break a big one too [Applause] rice dives over the right side they told me he was fighting brown and ward wide to the left [Applause] rice better unload pet defense unloads on rice zeke gadson led the way there gatson got him phelan is back deep terrell austin will await the punt it is high austin fields looking 22. no return the score also reflects kevin the confidence of that young man sal janella senior out of san mateo california [Applause] there goes iron head cold rush there for the pitt panthers second and two hayward cracks it across the 32. you just got to step forward and do something motion by michael stewart and forward motion by iron man [Applause] motion bill osborne they could start him on the track team and the high hurdles [Applause] defense first down says hogan's two he likes oogie's on his pizza adam walker 29 checks in iron head gets the rest riddick bangs across the left side blocking up front by dean caliguire [Applause] found his receiver that's a close to first down this could be a turning point in the career of sal genoa hayward checks back in on third and four motion by osborne [Applause] about three yards shy of first down yardage [Music] and now quickly out comes the punt team trying to catch notre dame but the chinese bandits played at lsu chinese fire drill john rask will try to put it out of bounds inside the ten and he sails this one nine yards deep in the end zone irish with a ball tony rice the sophomore quarterback works with brown and ward wide outs left and right rice looks for ward picked up and dropped by gary richard he had an interception in the first half say that richard might be the best cornerback in the country [Applause] rice close to first down yardage he'll get it if he crossed the 30. he'll have to break four [Applause] slithers forward for seven tough yards straight ahead goes anthony johnson out of south bend alonzo jefferson number three checks in wide left rice stumbles gets back to the line of scrimmage falls forward and falls into jerry ososki [Applause] [Music] wide open rice finds pat terrell terrell finds the 31-yard line and gary richard and quentin jones terrell was a quarterback at lakewood high school in saint pete converted to a wide receiver first and ten from the 31 on the dive ricky waters the freshman out of harrisburg pa one of the things that lou holtz has said to us in the two notre dame games that we have done his passing game is not up to caliber to be a top team braxton banks number 39. blitz rice got his man that's braxton banks bumped out of bounds at the 15. [Applause] touchdown notre dame the irish trying to claw their way back into it score with 4 33 left to go in the third quarter 10 for 10 on the extra points this year is 11 for 11. [Applause] a lot of seams in this defense osaski is out of the picture the rest of the defense overruns it rice big and strong for a young guy able to drag him into the end zone a 20-point lead for pitt but this one is far from over irish getting back into it they'll sure make you a lot of friends on your team low kick fielded at the eight by billy owens fights his way forward up to the 25-yard [Applause] line [Applause] penalty flag is down and so is craig hayward with the faith that foes and the rest motion by billy osbourne there goes reddick and riddick will go close to first down yardage up near the 34-yard line for stop 10 carries 53 yards for riddick riddick and walker in the backfield motion by osborne on third and two [Applause] nothing doing adam walker is stuffed by the notre dame defense would like to break one here about 60 yards snap is high rest pulls it down it's blocked out of bounds inside the 20. the irish on a roll blocked by todd light here we go notre dame first and ten at the 19 of pitt heck and jacobs is the irish lineup with a double tied in bryson at quarterback for terry andrezak out with a broken shoulder and there goes mark green number 24 single coverage on tim brown again rice will look for him he's covered and rice stutter steps down to the 11 yard line third and two rice inside the 10 quentin jones again he's got to make a decision and get into the hole immediately and try and stuff it all he needed was three inches his initial surge gave him the first down they're knocking on the doors we'll start the fourth quarter pitt leads by 20 but the irish are coming back and previously unbeaten irish of notre dame first and goal from the nine rice at quarterback full house backfield mark greene down to the one and a half yard line the ball just outside the one [Applause] touchdown notre dame braxton banks extra point try is perfect throttle 12-12 on the year and the 25th head coach at this great university knows that his team is clawing and scratching back into this football game they're down by 13 14 21 left to play reggie williams was to the upper left-hand side the kick is high but not very deep billy owens at the nine explodes to the 30 and beyond great return for bill owens at the 37-yard line [Applause] janella's going the whole way at quarterback [Applause] iron head across the 40-yard line up to the 42 second and 5. craig again cracks it over the left side blocking by caliguire [Applause] quick snap janella blitzes on dances out of it the irish have got him wes pritchett prize guess who's back deep number 81 it's hanging high brown fields it and goes down at the 15 and a flag is down flipping against the irish green and brochton banks for the running back tony rice and quarterback bends in from his own end zone we'll look for brown streaking down the right side incomplete at the 40th pit second and 10. [Music] left and right a little draw goes to banks bangs his way across the 10 up near the 12. big five yards necessary for notre dame terrell wide to the top of your screen brown in the slot rice won't get it that way osaski the middle linebacker phelan will punt austin is back deep this is a line drive austin on the dead run at the 41. hammers his way to the 30 and the panthers have good field position young man gaining confidence with every snap he played a great first quarter the jury was out until sal led pittsburgh to two quick first touchdown hayward barrels around the left side down to the 23. [Applause] osbourne in motion first down for pitt they keep it on the ground line of scrimmage the 17 of notre dame frank inside the 15. williams wide to the right heard wide left down inside the 10 caliguire in the backfield hayward at the five brandy wells rode him out of bounds

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Published: Thu Jul 30 2020