Oh man, this was absolutely brutal. In the third quarter of Notre Dame vs. USC at Memorial Coliseum, head referee Ron Cherry took a hard hit from USC linebacker Michael Hutchins. It looked like Cherry painfully took Hutchins’ helmet directly to the face.
Notre Dame-USC ref takes a helmet to the face in brutal collision
This looked quite painful.
Cherry was down for a couple of minutes on the field afterwards. Fortunately, he was able to get up and walk under his own power, but the hit took him out for the rest of the game.
Some good news:
It’s clear Hutchins hit Cherry completely unintentionally — you can see his head was down towards the field while he was running, as if he didn’t know Cherry was even standing there.
USC would end up beating Notre Dame 45-27, bringing the Fighting Irish’s record to 4-8.
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