Joe Montana Debunks Iconic Moments from Rudy The movie Rudy has long been celebrated as a heartwarming underdog story, but according to Joe Montana, one of Notre Dame's most legendary quarterbacks, much of the film's narrative is more fiction than fact. In a 2021 appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, Montana, who was a member of the 1975 Notre Dame team, revealed that many of the movie's most beloved moments simply didn’t happen. One of the most iconic scenes in the film shows Rudy’s teammates lay