Notre Dame played its best football of the year to stuff 14th ranked Utah by 28-3 in the final home game of the season. The Irish celebrated their first win on Senior Day since 2007 as students streamed onto the field to enjoy the moment immediately following the game. Notre Dame dominated the Utes in…
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Still Hurting Irish Host Utah
Utah will visit Notre Dame on Saturday for the first-ever football game between these schools. The Utes are 8-1 after suffering a merciless 47-7 drubbing at the hands of third-ranked TCU last week, and hope to resume their winning ways against the 4-5 Irish. Notre Dame is coming off a bye week that followed two…
Get Used To It
Notre Dame managed to stumble into another inexplicable defeat on Saturday, as the Irish handed a 28-27 gift to the previously unheralded and decidedly mediocre Tulsa Golden Hurricane. The visitors had taken the lead with 3:23 remaining on a 27-yard field goal, but freshman quarterback Tommy Rees led Notre Dame well within kicker David Ruffer’s…
Grieving Irish Host Tulsa
When the Tulsa Hurricanes arrive at Notre Dame this weekend to play their first-ever football game against the Irish, they will find a campus that is in shock and mourning over the tragic death of fellow student Declan Sullivan on Wednesday. The junior was serving as a videographer for the team’s practice session when his…
Irish Embarrassed by Navy
Navy shredded the hapless and ill-prepared Notre Dame defense for 367 rushing yards and humiliated the Irish by 35-17 in the Meadowlands. Fullback Alexander Teich ripped off huge chunks of real estate on his way to 241 yards of total offense, and quarterback Ricky Dobbs accounted for four touchdowns. Notre Dame dropped to 4-4 on…