Let’s take a look back at the day Rick Mirer, Rodney Culver, and the Irish silenced the critics and took down Indiana 49-27. The following excerpt is from the 1991 Football Review in Vol.

With Notre Dame trailing, 16-9, quarterback Rick Mirer threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jerome Bettis on fourth down. Mirer then completed a 2-point conversion to Reggie Brooks with 20 seconds ...

In the years that followed the ’83 draft, some of the first-round failures include Rick Mirer, Ryan Leaf, Jim Druckenmiller and Akili Smith. In more recent drafts, Brandon Weeden, E.J. Manuel ...

With Notre Dame trailing 16-9 late, a touchdown pass from Rick Mirer to running back Jerome Bettis put the Irish an extra point away from tying the score. But with college football still years ...