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Notre Dame and the game that changed football : how Jesse Harper made the forward pass a weapon and Knute Rockne a legend /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maggio, Frank P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, [2007]
Edition:1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Subjects:
Harper, Jesse C., > 1883-1961.
Rockne, Knute, > 1888-1931.
Football coaches > United States > Biography.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) > History.
University of Notre Dame > Football > History.
Table of Contents:
  • A university is born on the frontier
  • A history of the early game, 1869-1905
  • Injuries and death lead to a crisis, 1906-1913
  • Jesse Harper before Notre Dame
  • Jesse Harper's first year at Notre Dame, 1913
  • The game that changed football : Notre Dame vs. Army, November 1, 1913
  • The final games of 1913
  • 1914 : mighty Yale is on the schedule
  • 1915 : the University of Nebraska makes its Notre Dame debut
  • 1916 : undefeated and never scored upon until Army turns the tables
  • 1917 : Harper's final season
  • Jesse Harper and Knute Rockne, 1918 to 1931
  • Jesse Harper returns to Notre Dame : 1931-1933
  • Reflections.