From The Locker Rooms….
| Autry Denson |
NOTRE DAME OUTSIDE LINEBACKER BERT BERRY
(On the game) “This was a great experience for mylast game. We wanted to go out in style this year. In yearspast, the seniors were not able to go out in style. We never letdown today, because we did not want to lose. This was a greatincentive for us today to do what we did.”
NOTRE DAME INSIDE LINEBACKER LYRON COBBINS
(On the week’s preparation) “Preparation was easythis week. We did not let the distractions bother us at all. Weknew we had a job to do and what we had to do to get it done.”
NOTRE DAME TAILBACK AUTRY DENSON
(On his 1,000 yard record) “It feels good to haveaccomplished this feat. Thanks to the offensive line for doingthe great job they have done all year. I could not have donethis without them. The defense has played great all year also,and they gave me many chances to accomplish this goal.”
RUTGERS DEFENSIVE TACKLE RASHOD SWINGER
(On the game) “They were a lot tougher and morephysical than we thought. It’s aggravating to get a surge andgive up the big plays.”
(On Holtz’s last game) “We thought it would work toour advantage, but it didn’t.”
RUTGERS QUARTERBACK MIKE STEPHANS
(On the offense’s performance) “We had one drivewhere we started moving the ball, but they kept coming at us.There was nothing we could do – we couldn’t block them.”
RUTGERS LINEBACKER RUSTY SWARTZ
(On the game) “We hurt ourselves a lot. It was goodto get the exposure to a big-time team. Their offense wasbigger, and they made the right adjustments. They reactedbetter.”