No. 11 (AP) Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24
Summary[]
Joe Montana, who had missed the previous season due to injury, replaced the ineffective Rusty Lisch and his injured backup Gary Forystek, with Notre Dame trailing 24-14 in the third quarter.
Montana (9/14, 154 yards) rallied the Irish to 17 points and the victory, throwing a 13-yard touchdown pass to Ken MacAfee (9 receptions, 114 yards) with 1:39 left.
Purdue had built a lead behind Mark Herrmann, who threw a school-record 51 passes, completing 24 for 351 yards and three touchdowns but was also picked off four times.
Herrmann had topped 300 yards passing in the first three games of his career.
Scoring[]
ND 0, 14, 0, 17
PUR 10, 14, 0, 0
1st Quarter
PUR: Sovereen 25 yard field goal
PUR: Arnold 8 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)
2nd Quarter
ND: Eurick 6 yard pass from ??? (???)
ND: ??? 18 yard pass from ??? (Reeve kick)
PUR TD pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)
PUR TD pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)
3rd Quarter
No Scoring
4th Quarter
ND: Reeve 24 yard field goal...Montana hit MacAfee for 26 and Kris Haines for 25 and 19 before drive stalled at PUR 6
ND: MacAfee 13 yard pass from Montana (Reeve kick)
ND: Dave Mitchell 5 yard run (Reeve kick), 1:39
Stats[]
PUR: Mark Herrmann 24/51, 351 yards
Video[]
References[]
- 2010 Purdue football information guide
- 50 Years of College Football (Bob Boyles, Paul Guido)
- "Reserve Directs Irish Win." Palm Beach Post. 25 Sep 1977.