In the movie Rudy - members of the team offer to give up their spot so Rudy can play. Who's spot was taken?

It would have been one of these 4 guys I think as Rudy was listed just as a DE :LE Ross Browner and Tony Zappala or RE Willie Fry and John Galanis. In reality, Coach Devine had announced that Rudy would dress for the Georgia Tech game during practice a few days before. The dramatic scene where his teammates each lay their jerseys on Coach Devine's desk in protest never happened, though according to Ruettiger, Devine was persuaded to allow him to dress only after a number of senior players requested that he do so. Also, Coach Devine had agreed to be depicted as the "heavy" in the film for dramatic effect but was chagrined to find out the extent to which he was vilified, saying "The jersey scene is unforgivable. It's a lie and untrue." After Parseghian stepped down after the 1974 season, Dan Devine was named head coach. In Ruettiger's last opportunity to play for Notre Dame at home, Devine put him into a game as defensive end against Georgia Tech on November 8, 1975. In the movie Rudy, Devine is given a somewhat antagonistic role, not wanting Rudy to dress for his last game. However, in actuality, Devine came up with the idea to dress Rudy.

In the final play of Ruettiger's senior season with the Fighting Irish, he recorded a sack, which is all his Notre Dame stat line has ever shown. Ruettiger actually played for two plays. The first time he was unable to get to the quarterback, but on the second play he sacked the Georgia Tech quarterback, Rudy Allen. Ruettiger was carried off the field by his teammates following the game.

Ruettiger was the first of only two players in Notre Dame history ever to be carried off the field by his teammates. The other is Marc Edwards.

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In the movie Rudy - members of the team offer to give up their spot so Rudy can play. Who's spot was taken?

There is this one part of the movie where the team comes in and offers to give up their spot so Rudy can play - is that part real and if so - which player didn't play so Rudy could?

I checked it out and Raiders is right. Check out this quote.....

After Parseghian stepped down after the 1974 season, Dan Devine was named head coach. In Ruettiger's last opportunity to play for Notre Dame at home, Devine put him into a game as defensive end against Georgia Tech on November 8, 1975. In the movie Rudy, Devine is given a somewhat antagonistic role, not wanting Rudy to dress for his last game. However, in actuality, Devine came up with the idea to dress Rudy.

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That scene was made up.

Coach Dan Devine never had a problem with letting Rudy play in a game, but agreed to be portrayed as the "bad guy" because the movie needed an antagonist.

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