USC-Notre Dame Stories


Bill Stern was a nationally known radio broadcaster in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. I am skeptical if these stories about 1931 and 1938 USC-Notre Dame games are true, but Stern made them interesting. Listen to the first few minutes.

30 thoughts on “USC-Notre Dame Stories

  1. Amazing find by you Scott – have to say – amazing! We won again for the last time in 1939 until 1967 @ Notre Dame

  2. Bill Stern was the first one to call the Rose Bowl, “The Granddaddy of them all”. He coined that phrase during the 1939 Rose Bowl between USC and Duke. Stern was one of the best!

        • Keith Jackson is credited with the phrase

          mr. Jackson recently passed away and it was mentioned in numerous news columns throughout the country

  3. Since we’re on the subject of Notre Dame football. Knute Rockne was 5′-8″ and weight 145 pounds when he played football at Notre Dame University. He died in a airplane crash in 1931 at the young age of 43.

  4. 10:30 PM Eastern Time? I guess East Coast Bias existed back in the 1930’s as well.

  5. He names the actress, so it would seem true…Bill Stern was a good one to listen to back then, I did

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