Today is the 40th anniversary of Pitt's infamous 19-9 season opening loss to Notre Dame. It was Sherrill's head coaching debut at Pitt, but Matt Cavanaugh's broken radius and a turnover epidemic doomed the Panthers. SI did a full story on the game:
https://www.si.com/vault/1977/09/19/621965/maybe-its-the-luck-of-the-irish
Short game highlight film here:
I posted the SI story, the video, and some newspaper clippings on my Pittsburgh sports history Twitter account, @PGH_Sports_History.
https://www.si.com/vault/1977/09/19/621965/maybe-its-the-luck-of-the-irish
Short game highlight film here:
I posted the SI story, the video, and some newspaper clippings on my Pittsburgh sports history Twitter account, @PGH_Sports_History.