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Notre Dame Football: A look back at the legendary Reggie Ho

By Daniel Morrison

SOUTH BEND, IN - AUGUST 30: The mural at the Hesburgh Library, commonly known as "Touchdown Jesus" is seen on the campus of Notre Dame University before a game between the Norte Dame Fighting Irish and the Rice Owls at Notre Dame Stadium on August 30, 2014 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN - AUGUST 30: The mural at the Hesburgh Library, commonly known as "Touchdown Jesus" is seen on the campus of Notre Dame University before a game between the Norte Dame Fighting Irish and the Rice Owls at Notre Dame Stadium on August 30, 2014 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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The Reggie Ho Game. (Photo by Bernstein Associates/Getty Images)
The Reggie Ho Game. (Photo by Bernstein Associates/Getty Images) /

Notre Dame Football: The Reggie Ho Game

It turns out their kicker was a small walk-on, who looked nothing like a football player, Reggie Ho. Carefully, Ho traced his steps, putting extra torque on his hips as he drilled two first-half field goals.

Ho would hit another field goal in the fourth quarter before Michigan took the lead with five minutes remaining. Ho was set up to become the hero and save the season from a disaster in Week 1. It would be a chip shot, snapped from the nine-yard line, a 26-yard kick, but under pressure, and Ho being a walk-on could have anything happen.

In Ho’s case, he drilled it. Notre Dame 19 Michigan 17.

The party was on in South Bend, as the game became known by legend as, “The Reggie Ho Game.” The four kicks that Ho made tied the then-record for field goals made in a game by a Notre Dame kicker, with four.  Ho didn’t join the party, though. Instead, he went to the library to study.

That’s who Reggie Ho was, hard-working, driven, and humble. That’s who he is today, too.

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