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Estime Steamrolls Stanford

Audric Estime capped his stellar collegiate career with a dominant performance as Notre Dame shook off its early miscues to crush Stanford by 56-23 on Saturday. Estime scored four touchdowns and ran for 238 of the 381 rushing yards the Irish hung on the physically overmatched Cardinal. Notre Dame actually trailed by 16-14 after 20…

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Irish Put Wake to Sleep

Sam Hartman shook off a slow start and proceeded to throw four touchdown passes as Notre Dame coasted to a 45-7 victory over Wake Forest on Senior Day. Audric Estime ran for 115 yards and a score while backup quarterback Steve Angeli joined the party with a scoring strike to Jordan Faison. Meanwhile, the Fighting…

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Tigers Punt Pathetic Irish

Notre Dame spotted Clemson ten first half points with a pick six and a fumbled punt and the Fighting Irish could not recover in a 31-23 defeat. A sputtering offense could find no traction in the final 20 minutes even though the defense tightened up and gave them numerous opportunities. Punter Aidan Swanson pinned Notre…

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Irish Obliterate Panthers

Notre Dame scored in all three phases of the game and blew open a physical contest with a 27-0 third quarter as the Fighting Irish romped to a 58-7 victory. Chris Tyree’s electric 82-yard punt return opened the scoring while backup quarterback Steve Angeli led two impressive fourth quarter scoring drives to close out the…

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Watts Electrifies the Irish

Notre Dame turned two first-half interceptions by safety Xavier Watts into 14 points, and Watts provided a final exclamation point with a late scoop and score as the Fighting Irish routed archrival USC by 48-20. Al Golden’s defense was phenomenal. The Irish forced five turnovers, stopped the Trojans twice on fourth down, sacked Caleb Wiliams…

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