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Notre Dame football: 10 greatest Fighting Irish quarterback-receiver duos

By Andrew Hughes

Slap the Sign takes a look at the 10 greatest quarterback-receivers duos in the history of the Notre Dame football program Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Slap the Sign takes a look at the 10 greatest quarterback-receivers duos in the history of the Notre Dame football program Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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Notre Dame football Football QB/REC Duo No. 4: Joe Montana and Kris Haines

  • Joe Montana: 1975 – 1978 (4,121 career yards passing, 25 touchdowns)
  • Kris Haines: 1975 – 1978 (1,350 career yards receiving, seven touchdowns)

While Joe Montana had a true favorite target on the Fighting Irish that wasn’t Kris Haines (more on that later), the big-play devastation between Montana and Haines helped keep defenses honest during a highly-successful mid-1970s run.

While Haines wasn’t the All-American hero in South Bend that many other great receivers were, his connection with Montana was one of the main keys to the program’s second-to-last championship as of this writing.

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