age 43 in the crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air airliner in Kansas; he was on his way to help in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame. The crash site is located in a remote expanse of Kansas known as the Flint Hills and now features a Rockne Memorial. As Notre Dame's head coach from 1918 to 1930, Rockne posted what has remained for decades the all-time highest winning percentage (.881) for a football coach in the NCAA's flagship FBS division. During his 13-year tenure as head coach of the Fighting Irish, Rockne collected 105 victories, 12 losses, 5 ties and 3 national championships. Rockne also coached Notre Dame to five undefeated and untied seasons. Heartley Anderson (1931–1933) Through game broadcasts via radio, Notre Dame football gained a nationwide following of “subway alumni”, Catholics who became fans whether or not they attended the university. Former Saint Louis head coach Heartley “Hunk” Anderson was promoted from assistant coach and took the helm of the Irish after Knute Rockne's death, leading them to a record of 16 wins, nine losses, and two ties. Anderson was a former Irish player under Rockne and was serving as an assistant coach at the time of Rockne's death. Anderson resigned as Irish head coach after the 1933 season to accept the position of head football coach at NC State. Notre Dame finished 6–2–1 in 1931. The Irish began the season with a 25–0 win over Indiana, ⁣ Notre Dame tied Northwestern in the season's second game. Anderson's squad then demolished Drake by a score of 63–0. After defeating Pittsburgh by a score of 25–12, the Fighting Irish shut out their next three opponents: Carnegie Mellon, Pennsylvania and Navy. The Irish lost a heartbreaker by a score of 16–14 to USC on November 21 that snapped the Irish's 26-game non-losing streak. Army shut out the Irish by a score of 12–0 on November 28 to finish the Irish's season. The Irish went 7–2 in 1932. Anderson's team began with three blowout victories: 73–0 over Haskell, ⁣ 62–0 over Drake and 42–0 over Carnegie Mellon. The Irish then faced Pittsburgh in front of a then-record crowd of 62,000, losing by a score of 12–0. Notre Dame bounced back to win its next four: 24–6 over Kansas, ⁣ 21–0 over Northwestern, ⁣ 12–0 over Navy and 21–0 over Army in front of a new