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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1982)
7 p.m. EMU Ballroom FREE! Sponsored by UO Outdoor Program FIRST D€SC€NT of the KRRNflll RIV6R A ^lid*1 orns<*fH«ji«r) b\ Bum »* V of the Hin^lnvati Whitewater f *r***dito» Why ND is coming Dinner date sets up game By Doug Levy Of the Emerald Eugenians are rejoicing The Oregon Ducks are going to play host to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Columnist Steve Harvey, the enemy of every losing football coach in the land thanks to his Bottom Ten standings, must be happy too Harvey probably has his rout-of-the-week already picked Let's face it, Oregon versus Notre Dame in football is like Bette Midler versus Victoria Principal in a beauty contest — it just couldn't happen. But it will The Duck faithful can thank two people for this home and home football series (the Irish r A McKay’sOpen Pantry Delicatessen Broasted Chicken - by the bucket or the piece • Party trays made to order • Fresh home-made pizza • Fresh bagels and pocket bread • San Francisco style sour dough bread • 31 varieties Imported and Domestic cheese • 35 varieties lunch meat and sausages • Full line salad bar • Hot food to go • Fresh sandwiches made daily Hot or cold. Imported or Domestic foods with old-fashioned service — S fr H (Ireen Stamps, Too! 1960 Franklin Blvd. 655 W. Centennial Blvd. FEATURING Eugene 343-6418 Open 8 am to 8 pm daily Springfield 747-3023 / V. &mu_ Cultural Forum presents Dr. Alan Wolfe author of America’s Impasse: The Rise and Fall of the Politics of Growth will speak on ‘REAGANOMICS’ October 18th • 8:00 PM EMU Ballroom FREE defeated Oregon 41-0 at South Bend in 1976). It was Peter Murphy, a Notre Dame alum and president of the Murphy Co of Springfield, who pulled some strings And it was Len Casan ova, former Duck coach and athletic director from 1966-1970, who sealed the package The story unfolded 15 years ago In 1967, Grants Pass High School star running back and punter Mark Brandt decided to attend Notre Dame, thanks to the efforts of Murphy. "I help Notre Dame recruit the kids they want in Oregon, and Mark was an outstanding prospect," recalled Murphy. Brandt was successful at Notre Dame. He led the fresh man team in punting during the 1967 season. During spring drills, Brandt impressed coach Ara Parseghian enough that he was given an excellent chance at earning a starting receiver spot, and "he was definitely go ing to be the punter," said Murphy. But then a tragedy struck On Brandt's first weekend home, he and a group of friends were swimming in the Rogue River. Brandt got cramps, and drowned. Parseghian, extremely fond of the boy, had hoped to come to Oregon for the funeral, but his heavy volunteer involvement with multiple sclerosis prevent ed that Parseghian then asked athletic director Moose Krause to make the trip in his place Enter Casanova "Moose and I had been friends for many years," said Casanova, "and he came out to see the boy's family He met Peter Murphy there (at Grants Pass) " Murphy took over again. "After the services, Moose, who knew Len very well, asked if he could see Len I arranged a meeting between Moose, Len and myself " The three met at the Eugene Hotel and had dinner together During their conversation, the possibility of a game between Oregon and Notre Dame was mentioned. However, the game was basketball, not football "Originally, the plan that Cas and I had was to try for a bas ketball game, because we didn't think a football game would be possible," Murphy said. "But Cas got to talking about Autzen Stadium, and how it had a new artificial surface (installed in 1967).” Krause, upon hearing Casan ova talk about Autzen, was amazed that a stadium holding 40,000 people had been built for so little money, and he wanted to see the stadium. They drove to Autzen, and "Moose was so impressed, he said, 'Why not football?’," says Murphy. This led to the final step of negotiation. Casanova, Krause and Murphy drove to Portland to meet with another influential Notre Dame alumn. Bill Schmidt. Schmidt, owner of the Schmidt Steel Co. in Portland, knew all three of the men very well. "Bill was very ill at the time from a stroke, and when Moose saw him, he said, Bill, we re thinking about a football game between Oregon and Notre Dame' Bill's eyes just lit up," Murphy said On the way back from Port land, the deal was struck "Moose said, well, how do we work it', and that was it," said Casanova. "I think that original ly their guarantee was for $50,000, but it became $100,000 " "I'm delighted that we could get them (Notre Dame) to the coast," said Casanova This will be the first game in the North west for ND since 1949, when they played Washington, and the last until the Irish update their schedules in 1994 Ride safely through Fall Term ESGE FENDERS $12.95 UNION GENERATOR SETS $9.95 OPEN SUNDAYS 6th & HIGH H mite from campus 687-1775
