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On Jan. 19, 1974, Notre Dame men's basketball did something no one did in three years — beat UCLA and coach John Wooden, 71-70. The stunner halted the Bruins' streak at 88 in a row, a stretch ...

1/19/1974 - On this day in 1974 One of the longest college win streaks is ended when the UCLA's men's college basketball team's 88 game win streak comes to a...

Notre Dame had defeated UCLA 74-61 three years earlier. The Bruins didn’t lose again until that historic South Bend afternoon in 1974. It was an 88-game winning streak book-ended by losses to ...

Notre Dame scores the game's last 12 points to end UCLA's record 88-game winning streak, 71-70. It's the first loss for UCLA since Jan. 23, 1971 when the Bruins were beaten 89-82 by -- who else?

This rivalry existed from the desire of the Notre Dame athletic department to schedule the top schools for intersectional competition, much as the Notre Dame–USC football rivalry. UCLA and Notre Dame played 42 times between 1966 and 1995, and the height of the rivalry was when Notre Dame ended UCLA's consecutive game winning streak at 88 on ...

Notre Dame Beats U.C.L.A. in Last 29 Seconds, Ending Streak at 88 Clay's Shot Wins, 71‐70, as Irish Rally From 11 Point Deficit With 3 :32 to Go

In the shadow of The Stadium and The Gipper and The Golden Dome, on a leaden Saturday in South Bend, Dwight Clay stared opportunity in the face and never shivered. His jump shot with 29 seconds remaining wiped clean UCLA's 88-game winning streak and once again cast Notre Dame as the bad seed in the Bruins' victory garden.

The End of a Streak for the Ages. On January 19, 1974, one of the most remarkable runs in sports history came to an end. UCLA’s legendary 88-game winning streak—still the longest in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history—was snapped by Notre Dame in a nail-biting 71-70 victory.In just 3 minutes and 32 seconds, the Irish erased an 11-point deficit, culminating in Dwight Clay’s ...

On that date in 1974, the Irish ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak, an accomplishment that has not been approached in men's college basketball since. ... (UCLA first, Notre Dame second), it appeared to be a difficult task for Notre Dame to pull off the upset. The Bruins had been so dominant--having won each of the last seven NCAA championships ...

50 years later, Notre Dame's snapping of UCLA's win streak remains a landmark event in the history of basketball, even if the streak itself has already been surpassed numerous times.

🏀 Experience the historic moment as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Notre Dame's astonishing victory over UCLA, ending their 88-game winning streak! 🎉...

Pittsburgh native Dwight Clay hits the game-winning shot from the corner in Notre Dame’s 71-70 win over UCLA on Jan. 19, 1974, which put a halt to the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak.

Notre Dame had defeated UCLA, 74-61, on Jan. 30, 1971, ... 1974, the UCLA men’s basketball team’s 88-game winning streak ended at Notre Dame. “For 88 games, opponents had tried and failed to ...

So Notre Dame was bookends to the streak, the last opponent to beat the Bruins, and the next. Among those 88 victories in between, UCLA played the Irish four times — and won 114-56, 57-32, 82-56 ...

Dwight Clay stood alone in the right corner, the Notre Dame guard waving feverishly for the basketball. ... UCLA’s record 88-game winning streak was over.

Just so he can prove to doubters that he indeed was the Notre Dame guard whose decisive shot stirred a 71-70 upset that broke U.C.L.A.’s 88-game winning streak on Jan. 19, 1974.

But UCLA did not score another point. And Notre Dame scored the last 12 to win, 71-70. Pittsburgh-native Clay hit a corner shot with a half-minute left and Notre Dame led, 71-70. UCLA called time out with 21 seconds remaining, then set up quickly on offense to try to get a good shot. Actually, it got five of them -- and missed every one.

He was not Notre Dame's star or leading scorer, but when the Fighting Irish ended UCLA"s record 88-game winning streak 50 years ago, Dwight Clay -- the Iceman -- landed the clinching shot. Because ...

As it turned out, the Irish were bookends to the streak. Notre Dame ended it on Dwight (Ice Man) Clay’s 18-foot jump shot with 29 seconds to play. ... winning by 73-57. And once again, UCLA was ...