It was 1966 and my parents to took me and my best friend up to ND to watch them play Duke....
This was in the glory days of Hanratty & Seymour, Alan Page, Rocky Bleier, Nick Eddy just to name a few.
ND slaughtered Duke, 64-0
But, one thing about that game that I will always remember happened in the first half when the ND guy dressed as a Leprechaun ran out on the field with his Wire-Haired Terrier dog and started dancing his Irish Jig and getting the students riled up... When he finished his dance he sat down cross-legged in the middle of the field and crossed his arms....
As soon as the "Leprechaun" sat down, the Wire-Haired Terrier jumped up on his shoulder and started humping it so fast I thought the dog was going to break the guys shoulder... the guy pushed the dog off and, again, the dog jumped back on and started humping some more.... finally the "Leprechaun" stood up and ran off the field with the dog chasing after him!!
My friend and I were only about 13-14 at the time and we started laughing so hard we spit out our Cokes through our noses... My mom didn't think it was something we should be laughing at so she gave both of us a hard elbow in the side.... It did temper our laughter a little but the snickers went on for the rest of the game
Oh, and the game you ask?..... as I said, 64-0. Duke was really bad.
This was in the glory days of Hanratty & Seymour, Alan Page, Rocky Bleier, Nick Eddy just to name a few.
ND slaughtered Duke, 64-0
But, one thing about that game that I will always remember happened in the first half when the ND guy dressed as a Leprechaun ran out on the field with his Wire-Haired Terrier dog and started dancing his Irish Jig and getting the students riled up... When he finished his dance he sat down cross-legged in the middle of the field and crossed his arms....
As soon as the "Leprechaun" sat down, the Wire-Haired Terrier jumped up on his shoulder and started humping it so fast I thought the dog was going to break the guys shoulder... the guy pushed the dog off and, again, the dog jumped back on and started humping some more.... finally the "Leprechaun" stood up and ran off the field with the dog chasing after him!!
My friend and I were only about 13-14 at the time and we started laughing so hard we spit out our Cokes through our noses... My mom didn't think it was something we should be laughing at so she gave both of us a hard elbow in the side.... It did temper our laughter a little but the snickers went on for the rest of the game
Oh, and the game you ask?..... as I said, 64-0. Duke was really bad.
Last edited:
