RIP Dick Enberg, remembering one of the great calls in college basketball history. I didn’t know until years later that he was also the play by play man for UCLA basketball at the time. You certainly couldn’t tell in his call of this comeback, he realized the magnitude of the moment and called it like the pro he was.

I was 15 when this game was played and I remember watching it at my neighbors house. Notre Dame scored the last 12 points to win it. We both went crazy when the Irish won it. One of my favorite sports memories!

I Remember Watching this game as a kid back in January 1974. Great 😃👍 Game.

Notre Dame was undefeated themselves, ranked #2 in the country.... and it was STILL a monumental upset. That tells you how UCLA was viewed at the time.

I was in junior high school when I saw this game on tv.. have always been a Notre Dame fan.. can't begin to describe how happy and proud I was that day... The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88 game winning streak!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one could take that from us!!

I was 8 years old. Had never watched a college basketball game in my life. My dad and I were watching the game and he bailed right around the time ND started their comeback. Don't know what he was doing, but when I told him what happened he didn't believe me until he watched the news that night.

I saw this game back in 1974 when I was 15 yrs old. I will never forget the excitement and exultation when my team (Notre Dame) upset top-ranked UCLA!!!!

I saw this game inside the arena. 11,000 fans almost on top of the court . Greatest sports moment in my life. The last 3 minutes seemed to take an eternity. Until I just watched this ancient Video I did not know that the great Dick Elbert was calling the game. I can still remember the roars from the crowd.

I still amazed how UCLA won 88 straight games . 3 years without losing. Unbelievable achievement. I remember this game

I lived in Niles, Michigan then, a few miles north of Notre Dame. Was age 11 then and attended many ND games that year but not this one. What a great team with Adrian Dantley, John Shumate, Gary Brokaw, Dwight Clay and others. I think Toby Knight was a reserve on this team if memory serves. Always remember Brokaw going pro after his sophomore year. Dantley went pro after his junior year. He was a scoring machine at ND. What a great time to be at ND. They won the NC in football in '73 or '74 too. Love hearing a young Dick Enberg call this game.

Watched this game. It was a Saturday afternoon game. Then watched Bruins hammer the Canadiens 8-0 in the old Forum. Days long gone by.

I saw this when it happened when I was in 3rd grade. The fact that there was no shot clock back then really augmented the excitement and the incredible nature of this comeback......coming back from being down by a score of 70-59 with 3 minutes and 22 seconds left to play and no shot clock was absolutely amazing.

I was 11 years old, and I’ll never forget watching this game on our black and white tv. UCLa games were all they put on Tv, and Walton had looked nothing but invincible for his entire career. Watching this now, I’m stunned at how many calls Notre Dame got in those final four minutes. The traveling on the court length pass would have been dissected to hell in this day and age.

I was a senior in high school at this time. I watched it at home. I was a big ND football fan in those days and this was a huge game, a game of the ages!

Tommy Curtis had no chance to travel, he caught the pass and immediately dribbled. His Basket ends their miracle rally. Defender fell down so the uncontested momentum killing layup becomes a turnover. Ucla got completely screwed 🤔🙄 that was a legit basket taken away

I was a young 15yr old adolescent and LOVED basketball. I watched this game on a black n' white TV set. That was when collegiate basketball had a lot of young talent, David Thompson, Tommy Burleson, Erine "D" from Providence, etc... John Wooden...what a pillar of CHARACTER....RIP

I was a junior at Notre Dame in 1974, and we had season tickets in the first two rows on the baseline where Dwight hit the game winner . I still get scared when I watch this video.

I remember this game very well, we (my family) were huge NC State fans & hated UCLA's guts because Wooden & his Bruins were unbeatable for many years. That's why there's a mob scene on the court at the end--any basketball team defeating UCLA during the 1960s to the mid 70s was as rare as a stumbling across an albino cobra. But the 1973-74 season was not their year. First this loss to ND, then I think they were beat by 2 colleges in Oregon, then NC State beat them during the Final Four. Next year the Bruins won the title--again--but Wooden retired after that season.

As a side note, Notre Dame beat UCLA on January 23, 1971 in South Bend. Then UCLA started its 88 game winning streak which was broken by Notre Dame January 19, 1974. Sandwiched in between those two Notre Dame victories was UCLA had its 88 game winning streak.

This is just awesome .......... Loved it as HS kid!

I was 13 and this was probably the first time I’d watched a complete college basketball game. I know I didn’t understand the significance of it being UCLA’s first loss in three years but I liked Norte Dame and Adrian Dantley.

1974 UCLA was an awesome team, but all you hear is about them coughing up late leads to Notre Dame and N.C. State. There is a lot of pressure always being on top of the mountain!

Back when Notre Dame was very popular in Los Angeles. They would play Football with USC alternativing Home Fields Annually(Like they still do Today), then they would play 2 Games of Basketball with UCLA(One on Each Home Floor). God I miss those days!

If you meet John Shumate, ask him about the game in Los Angeles Jan. 26, 1974 when UCLA ended Notre Dame's 1-game winning streak. :)

I was there. One of my best memories at ND. We had no idea that would happen. Oh, and that was me with the crazy blonde kid on his shoulders at the end. Made him famous! What a laugh we had later!

Notre Dame came in to play Indiana at Assembly hall in '73 and we were sitting under ND's basket when they came out to warm up ... Man-oh-man, you should have seen the legs on Adrian Dantley - they looked like tree trunks!

I remember being so shocked when the final buzzer sounded that for quite a while I couldn't speak.

I was 8 when this historic upset occurred. I was rooting for Notre Dame in the epic 1973 national championship game too...as a Celtic fan it was great to see 7 ft 1walton help us win a championship in 1986 , he would've been a top 5 center all time if not for the injurys

I was at that game. A sophomore from Marquette visiting my best friend who was at ND. Unbelievable!

If my memory serves me correctly, Notre Dame went to Pauley a week later & got clobbered.

143 game winning streak for Bill Walton between high school and college....mercy, that's got to be some kind of record...

If I had been alive watching this game I would’ve thought, “no way!” This came out of nowhere. Incredible!

I was 15 then. Unbelievable comeback, 12-0 run by ND against the #1 team.

Great Win by Notre Dame One week later in Los Angeles UCLA 94 Notre Dame 75

I remember it well I was 9. I remember Enberg saying 71 to 70!

Remember also that UCLA lead by 17 in the first half. Walton had hurt his back vs Wash st. so they kept him out of the prior 3 games so he could play, that's how big this game always was. He actually wore a tight back brace like a corset. This is Notre Dames' greatest moment in one of the great rivalries of yesteryear.

I was at that game with my brother in law. What a game!

I became an irish fan because of this game, no championships, but a ton of memories!

I am a Tar Heel fan but this rivalry in the 70s was unique as they always played a home and away each year. Never believe this ever happened between 2 non conference foes.

I watched this game many , many. Years ago. Wow!

That head fake Shumate did on Walton at 1:15 is an all-time classic!

I watched this game live. UCLA’s streak was legendary and so was its center, Bill Walton.

Back then, ucla was on every week. The early game was a minor conference match up. Then ucla and whoever they kicked the crap out of. Except this week. TVS was an early precursor of espn, and showed a lot of reg season hoop games. Good bar trivia: notre ended UCLA's 88 game hoop streak. Irish also ended Oklahoma's 47 game football win streak.

This is the year that UCLA's consecutive National Championship streak (7) ended, when North Carolina St. beat them in the National Semi-Finals (aka The Final Four). They rebounded to win the next year though, in Walton's last year.

UCLA had some open looks, but nothing went down for them in the last 3 and a half minutes. This defeat was earth-shaking news in '74. One week after this game, UCLA blew the Irish out at Pauley.

Unforgettable game. At the time I was 11 and the biggest UCLA basketball fan. After all these years...these painful words still ring as clear today in my mind as it did that day decades before..."Into Walton...Trgovich, Meyers...its all over.

Adrian Dantley the most under rated collegiate basketball player of all time!!!!

I watched this game on 6abc on January 19 1974

UCLA was a juggernaut in those days, and Walton was a beast. The younger fans don’t realize how dominant he was, they think of him as this goofy guy who does color on games. IMO the 2nd best college player I ever saw.

Hello Mark Massey of Niles..went to many great Notre Dame games. Saw ND beat UCLA 95-85 in 1976..Had only Shumate and Brokaw stayed the next year!

I missed this game,as I forced to work overtime that Saturday.Then we went on strike on Monday.

I remember watching this braodcast live on TV as a kid, and all I remembered to this day was Shumate throwing the ball up in the air at the end. I always wondered how close the ball came to going thru the UCLA hoop on the way down, but I'm guessing the buzzer went off before he tossed it anyway.

Dantly was from Washington DC where I grew up hence DC had a lot of ND fans, he came to my summer BB camp and was a great guy, played one on one with him. Believe he now lives in DC and does great community work in the city. Great attitude

UCLA's first loss since January 23, 1971 which was against Notre Dame. Just like in football, Notre Dame was the bookend of the longest unbeaten streak in college basketball.

00:57 143 games in a row without losing-Mind-boggling.

Classic moment in sports history.

Helluva comeback by the irish, I was 14 when I watched this game and still irish basketball fan, call me loyal!

Of all of the basketball games that I've seen, none were more thrilling then this game. I was fourteen, and was seeing a UCLA game for the first time. Notre Dame's shooting got very hot, and UCLA's, cold. Notre Dame's defense was intense, and superb. I believe Notre Dame traveled to Los Angeles one week later, and lost to the Bruins in a rematch. I remember thinking at the time that the regular season rematch was unusual in itself; UCLA belonged to the old Pac-8 Conference, and Notre Dame was an Independent. UCLA's 1974 season didn't necessarily improve after that point; they would lose back-to-back games against Oregon and Oregon State, and would lose to N.C. State in double-overtime in the national semi-finals. What an era, however! The Bruins would return the next year and win it all, in John Wooden's final year as coach.

Only 10 yrs old at the time & living in Toledo, OH. UCLA, the Wizard & Walton were my idols. TOTALLY devastated by this loss. The only comparable feeling was when we got absolutely robbed in the ‘72 Olympic b-ball game. Wow...seems like only yesterday!!😳😳

Amazing game, I still remember watching it, all these years later

I remember watching this game as a fifteen year old with my Dad. Great game.

No shot clock. No 3-pt line. No dunking. No official review of an out of bounds play. You can say all you want about how today's athletes are better than they were 40+yrs ago, and there's no question they are.....but with the possible exception of Christian Laettner's shot vs Kentucky, this is the greatest college basketball game I have ever seen. I was 13 at the time, watching it in my basement in Bellwood, IL. on a 13 inch black and white portable tv. Only one timeout called in the last 2 minutes and only one foul (offensive). Today's college game in comparison, makes me sick !

WOW 😲😳 This is Now 50 Years Ago. I'm getting Old.

5th grade. Dad loved the Bruins. Me the Irish. He was stunned as UCLA collapsed. Brokaw and Shumate and Dantley then Clay with the dagger.

I was there as a Freshman. After game pulled Gary Brokow's green wrist band off his arm. Damn wish I had kept it.

The whole country (except for UCLA fans) were Notre Dame fans that day!

I heard of this while at Cameron indoor stadium while Duke lost to my Tar Heels at home! The only time I ever got to see a Duke UNC game in person! They announced this ucla ND score over the PA system and everybody went nuts! Then Carolina went on to beat Duke 72-71 at the buzzer when Bobby Jones stole an inbounds pass and layer it up with 4 seconds! What a great day in college basketball!

I remember watching that game when I was in the 6th grade. Nowadays, college basketball is never been the same as it was.

These two teams should revise this rivalry again like they had 50 years ago.

Classic I was 16 watching from my mom's bedroom in the bronx 😊

Dick Enberg as always was magical. A week later UCLA beat Notre Dame in Pauley coasting to a 19 point win 94-75 so yes, this was huge. Bill Walton said he didn't know why he didn't set himself and just shot this spinning shot. 1974 was a horrible year for the UCLA Dynasty. They made the cover of Sports Illustrated by losing both games on their Oregon trip and then blowing late leads in Reg & OT to North Carolina St. who they dominated and beat by 18 earlier in the year for the Wolfpacks only loss. Notre Dame eventually lost to Michigan in the Semi's as well. Late turnovers were huge issues in these games with some pretty poor passing. UCLA would win the title without Walton the next year beating Kentucky for Wooden's final game.

Epic moment from the Hoosier State...

and I remember thinking of Enberg as a game show host at the time (which he sometimes was.) I hadn't known he was a sports announcer too.

homer travel call on TC... Wilkes did hook tho. Game broke my heart, Huge Walton fan!

UCLA played Notre Dame at Pauley the following Saturday and dominated them in a 94-75 win.

John Wooden didnt call a timeout until ND took the lead

Dick enberg was a cadillac among VW's, you were the best!

the game that was the beginning of the end of the UCLA dynasty

Today(January 19, 2020) will be The 46th Anniversary of this Game.

i was 13 years old when this was played and like Mark I watched it on a black and white TV . Think it made the cover of Sports Illustrated that week. Irish were sporting some good looking uniforms. Dwight Clay,,,I could tell 99.9% of my friends that name and they would have no idea who I was talking about

What is not stated is that ND was the last team to beat UCLA three years earlier. ND was the last team to beat UCLA before the streak started.-- I was a student at ND at the beginning of the 88 winning streak- ND beat UCLA behind Austin Carr's fantastic game. What a game- three years later I saw the game that broke the 88 game winning streak, but by then I was a grad and saw it on tv.

Man, Bill had the shot He wanted! Just couldn't hit it! Good ole' Dick Enberg! This is coming from a Kentucky fan!

UCLA basketball was a GOD back than

A short lived joy as UCLA put a 30 point trouncing on a week later. But this failure to close out haunted UCLA when NC State came back in OT in the tourney.

Watching this video I can still hear my mom screaming when then won😮 I was upstairs in my room at the time….

I was 13 in in Bloomington,Ind visiting a friend at an apartment ,when all the collage kids came rolling out into the parking lot whooping and hollering . That's how I learned ND had won.

If you ever meet Bill Walton, never, EVER mention this game in his presence.

I saw it live In Phila on Ch 6 as well !!!

wow the last few minutes of game time without any free throws, no wonder basketball was better back then

Who won the following week ?

No fouls in the last 3:22. Classic!

It was kind of surprising that they blew an 11 point lead with just over 3 to go they also had conference losses to the Oregon schools and the loss to NC State that snapped a 38 game tournament streak and 7 consecutive NCAA Championships records that may never be broken

When UCLA called timeout with a dozen seconds left Coach Wooden asked Sam Gilbert if he bought any players for the stretch run!!!!!

What an ending. Go Irish!

I was seven years old and my Dad called me over to watch the end.

Seems fixed in retrospect‼️🤔 Wooden not a timeout till they trailed, "phantom traveling call on a sure UCLA Basket 🏀

What cracks me up about this video is the ND female cheerleader talking smack to Curtis after he travels.

My sentiments mirror Chris Hagee and UncleMikeNJ. I look at it over and over, just to see if the result changes, BUT IT NEVER DOES !!! UCLA's rout the following week, softens the pain just a little. 3 CALENDAR YEARS W/O A LOSS !!! UNHEARD OF !!!

A tragic day

Digger had that place jumping when he was coaching the Irish.