The 1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team's starting quarterback was born in what year?
1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Irish, coached by Dan Devine, ended the season with 11 wins and one loss, winning the national championship. The Fighting Irish won the title by defeating the previously unbeaten and No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl Classic by a score of a 38–10. The 1977 squad became the tenth Irish team to win the national title and were led by All-Americans Ken MacAfee, Ross Browner, Luther Bradley, and Bob Golic. Junior Joe Montana, a future Pro Football Hall of Famer, was the team's starting quarterback.
Ralph Guglielmi Ralph Vincent Guglielmi (June 26, 1933 – January 23, 2017) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played high school football in Columbus, Ohio at Grandview Heights High School, college football at the University of Notre Dame and was drafted in the first round of the 1955 NFL Draft. Guglielmi was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.