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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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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…
With a record home crowd at a constant fever pitch, the Louisville Cardinals humbled Notre Dame with a 33-20 beating that was even more convincing than the final margin would indicate. The Fighting Irish offense was dysfunctional all evening while poor tackling and an unforgiveable penalty on Marist Liufau undermined the defense. Tailback Jawhar Jordan…
The situation was bleak. Notre Dame’s offense could not get out of its own way after the opening possession of the night. Duke rallied behind Riley Leonard and Justin Waters to take a 14-13 lead with nine minutes remaining. The Fighting Irish were one play away from a second consecutive loss and faced a fourth…
Notre Dame had the ball and a 14-10 lead with just over four minutes remaining but could not run out the clock. One last gasp was all Ohio State needed to pull out a last second victory with a 65-yard scoring march that broke the hearts of the Irish faithful. The ending was eerily reminiscent…