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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
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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
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