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The 1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football match is considered among the greatest and most controversial games in college football history played between Michigan State and Notre Dame. The game has been played in Michigan State's Spartan Stadium on November 19, 1966. Michigan State entered the contest 9--0 ranked No. 2, while Notre Dame entered 8--0 and rated No. 1. Notre Dame elected not to try for a score over the series. Notre Dame went on to acquire or share the national title in two polls (such as both AP and UPI); Michigan State won or shared in three minor surveys, and Alabama, who ended with all the only undefeated and untied album, won 2 minor polls. Notre Dame, which had last won a national championship in 1964 (non consensus), ranked No. 1 both the AP and Coaches' polls. Defending National Champion Michigan State, who had finished the 1965 year No. 1 in the UPI Coaches' survey, but had been upset by UCLA at the Rose Bowl the past year, entered the game ranked No. 2 in the polls. The Fighting Irish, whose bid for a national championship two decades earlier had been snuffed out by USC, were hungry, although the Spartans had history and home-field advantage in their side. This was the first time in 20 years that a college football matchup was awarded the"Game of the Century" tag by the national press, and ABC had the country's viewers in its grip, with equal portions Notre Dame fans and Michigan State fans. It was the tenth time at the 30-year history of this AP poll the No. 1 team played the No. 2 team. The Spartans had defeated Notre Dame the previous year 12--3 holding Notre Dame to minus-12 yards rushing. A fortuitous quirk in scheduling attracted these 2 teams together late in the season. They weren't even supposed to meet when the 1966 schedules were drawn up. Michigan State had only nine games scheduled (although they were allowed to possess ten) while Notre Dame was originally scheduled to play with Iowa that week, as had been the custom since 1945. However, in 1960, the Hawkeyes suddenly dropped the Irish from their schedule, from 1964 onward. Michigan State was accessible and agreed to return to Notre Dame's program in 1965--66. The match wasn't shown live on nationwide TV. Each team was allotted one national television appearance and also two regional television appearances every year. Notre Dame had utilized their nationwide TV slot in the season opening game against Purdue. ABC executives did not even want to demonstrate the match everywhere but the regional place, but pressure in the West Coast and the South (to the tune of 50,000 letters) made ABC air the game on tape delay. ABC relented and blacked from the Michigan State-Notre Dame match in two states (allegedly North Dakota and South Dakota), therefore it could theoretically be called a regional broadcast. It would also be the first time a school football game was broadcast to Hawaii and also to U.S. troops in Vietnam. [5] The official attendance was announced at 80,011 (111% potential ) and was the most attended match in Michigan State football history at the time (the present record is 80,401 on Sept. 22, 1990 vs. Notre Dame). Notre Dame was educated by Ara Parseghian and Michigan State was coached by Duffy Daugherty, both school legends. Much of the original ABC telecast footage resides. The second half is present in its entirety, as do both scoring forces beginning in the second quarter (Michigan State's field goal and Notre Dame's touchdown). Read more here: http://www.kreatekom.com/