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Notre Dame Fighting Irish © |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
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Played September 9, 1974 at Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Notre Dame © | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Notre Dame |
7 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
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Georgia Tech |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets had their second shot at The Belt but this time with new coach Pepper Rodgers. Rodgers had led UCLA to a win in the first ever Belt game - an upset of defending National Champion Nebraska in 1972. Ara Parseghian’s 3rd ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish were defending National Champions with an 11-game winning streak & 5 successful Belt defenses. Notre Dame's RB Wayne Bullock scored 2 touchdowns & the Fighting Irish defense held Georgia Tech to just 31 yards passing in a 31-7 win to retain The Belt. The Yellow Jackets took a 7-0 lead when QB Rudy Allen threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to WR Jimmy Robinson. Bullock’s first touchdown came on a 1-yard run to tie the game at 7-7 & came after the Fighting Irish defense recovered a fumble at the Georgia Tech 14-yard line. Fighting Irish's PK Dave Reeve gave Notre Dame a 10-7 lead on the first play of the 2nd quarter when he connected on a 22-yard field goal. The Yellow Jackets then drove inside the Notre Dame 5-yard line before a goal-line stand by the Fighting Irish defense changed the momentum of the game. Notre Dame drove the length of the field with QB Tom Clements throwing to All-American WR Pete Demmerle for a 7-yard touchdown pass in the final minute of the half. Another Georgia Tech fumble in the 3rd quarter gave the Fighting Irish the ball at the Tech 22-yard line & Bullock carried the final yard for a 24-7 advantage. The 4th quarter saw an 80-yard scoring drive from Notre Dame with RB Al Samuel scoring on an 8-yard touchdown run. Clements finished with 170 yards passing with a touchdown while Allen threw for just 31 yards with a touchdown in the loss. Notre Dame finished 10-2; ranked 6th nationally in Parseghian’s final season while the Yellow Jackets finished the season at 6-5. Georgia Tech would play for The Belt again in 1994.
