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Irish Return to Action vs. FSU

Notre Dame (2-0) will try to shake off three weeks of rust as the Fighting Irish host Florida State (1-2) on Saturday evening. Coach Brian Kelly’s squad was hit by a wave of COVID-19 in late September, but expects to have most of its starters available for this contest. Practice resumed this past weekend and…

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Irish Trounce Hapless Bulls

Notre Dame’s offense sprinted out of the gate and rolled to a 35-0 halftime lead on the way to a 52-0 romp over the South Florida Bulls. The Irish defense did its part by smothering the USF offense throughout the sun-soaked afternoon. Notre Dame’s special teams got into the act against their error-prone counterparts, scoring…

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Irish Have Room to Improve vs. USF

Notre Dame hosts the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference on Saturday in a hastily-arranged matchup that was announced on August 27. Both teams won their respective openers last week as the Fighting Irish beat Duke and the Bulls manhandled The Citadel. The game will be televised on the USA network, which is…

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Williams Lifts Irish Over Duke

Kyren Williams ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns, and added 93 yards on a pair of pass receptions to lead sluggish Notre Dame to a 27-13 victory over Duke in the season opener. Avery Davis caught a 17-yard scoring pass from Ian Book early in the fourth quarter to seal the win, while kicker…

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Irish Open ACC Slate with Duke

An odd thing happened to Notre Dame as its football team planned a trip to Ireland to face Navy on August 29 in the 2020 season opener. With the entirety of college football on the brink of cancellation due to the COVID-19 virus, the Fighting Irish brokered a deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)…

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