Notre Dame needed one stop to beat then-No. 6 Ohio State for the first time since 1936, and yet it couldn't finish the job. We've got to finish that game.”Chalk it up as yet another learning experience for the second-year Irish coach and his players. Political Cartoons View All 1176 ImagesA year ago, Freeman lost his first two games, at Ohio State, his alma mater, followed by an inexplicable home loss to Marshall. Notre Dame also wound up as one of three teams Stanford beat.

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