It would later be replaced by the Bowl Alliance, BCS, and later the College Football Playoff systems, which took greater steps to prevent a split national championship from ever happening again.
After West Virginia quarterback and Heisman candidate Major Harris separated his shoulder on the third play of the game, Notre Dame took control to claim their record eleventh national championship.
[3] Coach Nehlen later admitting that WVU had to abandon a large portion of its gameplan due to the injury of Harris.
They were NG Jim Gray, OG John Stroia, and productive reserve running back Undra Johnson also left the game early with a knee injury on his first carry.
Early in the second quarter, Rodney Culver added a 5-yard touchdown run to increase Notre Dame's lead to 16–0.
[8] Notre Dame retained its top ranking in the final AP poll and West Virginia fell to fifth.