1924 Notre Dame

Because Notre Dame touchdowns this season are about as rare as Fighting Irish appearances in the Rose Bowl ... well, you get the idea.

In the Four Horsemen’s last ride, Notre Dame made its lone Rose Bowl appearance and defeated Stanford, 27-10. Pictured is Jim Crowley on a carry. Courtesy of Tournament of Roses archives.

Incidentally, here's this week's version of "This Date in college football history" from the National Football Foundation. Enjoy:

Sept. 25, 1920: California knocks off the rival San Francisco Olympic Club football squad 21-0 to start a 50-game winning streak from 1920- 25.

Sept. 26, 1998: Prairie View A&M ends the NCAA's longest losing streak at 80 games by downing Langston 14-12 in Prairie View, Texas. The skein began on Oct. 28, 1989, and lasted almost a full decade. The second-longest losing streak in NCAA annals belongs to Columbia - almost half the total amassed by PVA&M in the 1980s and 1990s.

Sept. 27, 1969: Rutgers and Princeton celebrate the Centennial of college football (first game played in 1869 between these schools) as the Scarlet Knights blank Princeton 29-0. Antique car parades and appearances by surviving members of both universities' 1927 teams mark the occasion, while RU quarterback Rich Policastro goes 14-for-19 passing for 164 yards and one TD to pace the attack.

Sept. 28, 1995: Rhode Island tight end Brian Foster sets a national record (all divisions) for receiving yards in a game by a TE with 327 as the Rams defeat Brown in the 70th annual Rhode Island Governor's Cup Game. The receiving yardage still is tops for NCAA FCS individuals for a single contest.

Sept, 29, 1894: Yale opens a record-setting 16-0 season (no scheduling limitations in those pre- NCAA-1906 days) by topping Trinity (Conn.) 42-0. The Bulldogs outscore their opponents by an average of 31-1 in going undefeated.

Sept, 30, 1972: Army celebrates "Earl Blaik Day" in honor of the tri-founder of the NFF & College Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame member with a 21-21 tie of heavily-favored Washington State. "We need to chase Washington State to the Pacific Northwest," Blaik tells the Michie Stadium crowd in a halftime address. He almost gets his wish as Black Knights' halfback Jimmy Hill scores twice, rushes 23 times for 88 yards, and leads a near-comeback before the game ends in a deadlock.

Oct. 1, 1904: Baseball Hall of Fame member Branch Rickey coaches his first game at Allegheny (Pa.) - a 5-0 win over Warren (Pa.). Rickey guides the Gators to a 5-5 record in '04 and coaches the 1905 squad to a 3-8 mark before going back to baseball. He later breaks the modern Major League Baseball segregation barrier by bringing former UCLA football standout Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.