First response

Interhall was a huge part of my experience at ND. I lived in Zahm Hall and played QB. My freshmen year (1991) I think we went 2-2 or 3-2, made it into the playoffs and then made it to the championship game as an underdog in the stadium against our arch-rival, Keenan Hall. We lost a close game, think it was 14-6 or around there. They ran a pitch pass with a clear offensive pass interference that wasn't called. My sophomore year we came back with a vengeance, we went undefeated and beat Keenan handily in the championship game. Zahm Hall bought a bench and decorated it for our season that was in our basement forever. My junior year, I studied abroad in Australia, so missed that season (but did meet my wife). Senior year, I moved to Lafayette Square and played for the Off Campus Crime. We were all seniors and a few of the guys were former scholarship wrestlers with time on their hands because they pulled wrestling while we were at ND. Those that didn't transfer were allowed to play interhall. Our defense was good. We didn't practice much. We had team meetings at Club 23 during the week. We made it to the playoffs and, if I remember right, we won a thriller OT game vs Stanford in the semi's. In the championship game, we played against my old dorm, Zahm Hall, AND Zahm's starting QB was my younger brother, Benji, who was a freshman living in Zahm. We ended up winning the game 21-14 or something like that. I was named the Observer's Player of the Year. I will try to find the picture of my brother and me after the game with our parents. See attached for team picture. I wish I had more pictures - not sure where they are. So, I played interhall 3 out of my 4 years, played in the stadium 3 times (one of the games we played while they were filming Rudy crowd scenes. Random "Rudy" chants during the middle of our game), won the title twice, POY and it was 100% my identity while at ND.

Second response

Just remembered - I was also the offensive coordinator for the Siegfried Slammers, girls' team, and they won the title our senior year, too. Their QB, Marcy something, was also Player of the Year.

AND, my daughter is a sophomore in Cavanaugh Hall and just caught the game-winning TD in the playoffs on Sunday.

My only recollection of interhall football is writing an article or two about it for the Observer in the mid-90s before I went on to other extracurricular activities, and I can't remember the dorms or players involved other than I probably included a pun or two in my stories. I didn't play interhall football but I appreciate its place on campus. It's one of the many things that makes Notre Dame unique.