With it being Navy week I started to try and think of the most-memorable moments in the rivalry to me. For a series that has been played seemingly forever, I have very few actual lasting memories of it. With that said, a few did come to mind from games I remember watching.
2002 – A week after getting upset against Boston College, the Irish trailed 23-15 entering the fourth quarter before Carlyle Holiday threw two late touchdown passes, the final being the go-ahead score to Omar Jenkins to avoid a disasterous loss to a 1-7 Navy team.
2012 – Ten years later the Irish kicked off their season in Ireland, dismantling Navy 50-10. Stephon Tuitt’s fumble return for a touchdown helped blow things wide open on an afternoon that belonged to the Irish, even abroad in Dublin.
And the single worst in-game-decision Charlie Weis made at Notre Dame, which is saying something…