NBC Sports: FBS 1993- Pittsburgh Panthers @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Full Game

Source:NBC Sports- WR Lake Dawson would also go on to play in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Source:The Daily Press 

"Notre Dame handed Pittsburgh a stinging defeat as the Irish marched to a 44-0 victory. 

The full game is available for a limited time only exclusively on The Fighting Irish Youtube channel. For more games check out the full "The Vault: ND on NBC" playlist." 

From the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Talk about your total mismatches: the Pittsburgh Panthers have a great football tradition, at least until went downhill in the early 1990s and were no longer a winning program, let alone a consistent bowl team or national championship contender. Perhaps the main reason why head coach Johnny Majors left the Tennessee Volunteers, where he built a consistent Southeast Conference contender there in the 1980s, was to rebuild the Pittsburgh Panthers football program. 

And then you look at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where they were a bowl team every year under head coach Lou Holtz, except his first season in 1986, won the national championship in 1988, contended for the national championship in 1989 and were looking to win another championship in 1993, and are playing the Pittsburgh Panthers who entered this game at 1-3. It's hard to see how the Panthers can even compete with the undefeated Irish, especially at Notre Dame.

CBS Sports: FBS 1982- Pennsylvania Nittany Lions @ Alabama Crimson Tide: Full Game

Source:CBS Sports- one of players for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

"October 9, 1982 - #3 Penn State @ #4 Alabama" 

From Football Fury

This game was played at Birmingham Legion Field, in Birmingham, Alabama (naturally) but this was essentially home game for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Birmingham is only about a hour north of Tuscaloosa where the Crimson Tide play most of their home games every year. The Pennsylvania Nittany Lions (as I call them) coming down from State College, which is just outside of Philadelphia, about 1500 miles from Birmingham. 

I give you this geographical information because I want to bore you into a coma. Actually, there's another reason. This was a road game (essentially) for the Nittany Lions and yet they go down to Alabama and beat an excellent Crimson Tide team on the road. 

CBS Sports: FBS 1985- Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ Miami Florida Hurricanes: Full Game

Source:CBS Sports- graphic from this game.

"MIAMI VS. NOTRE DAME NOV 30TH,1985 FULL GAME MICHAEL IRVIN JIMMY JOHNSON" 

From Lubbock Texas

You can make a pretty good case that this is the game that started the Notre Dame/Miami Florida rivalry because Miami was about to become the college football program of the 1980s. Notre Dame replaces Gerry Faust with Lou Holtz, who simply wanted to bring a national championship back to Notre Dame and make them a national football power again. And the Hurricanes simply dominated the Fighting Irish in this game 58-7. You had to think that Lou Holtz pointed to this game and to use it as the marker, the team (meaning Miami Florida) that the Irish have to beat to get back to the top of college football again.