Dec. 2, 1972

In high school in California, Anthony Davis once scored five touchdowns in a game. Today, against mighty Notre Dame, A.D. goes one better as he single-handedly dismantles the Fighting Irish. Southern Cal's sophomore speedster returns two kickoffs for touchdowns (97 yards to open the game and 96 after Notre Dame cuts its deficit to 25-23) and also scores on runs of 1, 5, 4 and 8 yards.

No other player has ever scored six touchdowns against Notre Dame. Davis' scintillating performance leads the No. 1 Trojans to a 45-23 victory before 75,243 fans in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The 5-foot-9, 185-pound tailback finishes with 99 yards on 22 carries, and becomes the first USC sophomore to pass 1,000 yards at a school that has produced Mike Garrett, Frank Gifford and Jon Arnett.

"Anthony Davis is the greatest I've ever seen on kickoff returns in college," says Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian. "We knew he was good, but we thought we could handle it."