by Leprechaun Express & Steve Welsh
Scores and some other key plays from ‘Notre Dame’s’ 25-10 road win in Chestnut Hill, including Jeremiyah Love’s 3- and 94-yard touchdown runs and CJ Carr’s 40- and 44-yard touchdown passes to Malachi Fields and Will Pauling. (SCW – Nov. 2, 2025)
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After ‘Notre Dame’s’ solid 25-10 road win over Boston College in Chestnut Hill Saturday, the Fighting Irish finally returned to the top-10 in the AP and Coaches Poll, amidst renewed reshufflings occasioned by multiple ranked teams picking up losses. Georgia Tech, Miami (Fla.) and Vanderbilt had been ranked ahead of the Irish but lost in upsets and dropped below them.
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Head coach Marcus Freeman, quarterback CJ Carr and linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa talk with reporters after the Fighting Irish 25-10 road victory over Boston College in Chestnut Hill on All Saints Day 2025. (SCW – Nov. 1, 2025)
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Scores and some other key plays from the Fighting Irish 25-10 road win at Boston College, including Jeremiyah Love’s 3- and 94-yard touchdown runs and CJ Carr’s 40- and 44-yard touchdown passes to Malachi Fields and Will Pauling. (SCW – Nov. 1, 2025)
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With 1:53 left in the first half, ‘Notre Dame’ had a 1st and 10 at the Boston College 44. Quarterback CJ took the snap out of the shotgun and dropped back to around his own 46. Meanwhile, wide receiver Will Pauling streaked down the right hash about 12 yards before a quick, smooth move where he stepped one foot to
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Eight seconds into the second quarter, on 4th down and 6 at the Boston College 40, ‘Notre Dame’ quarterback CJ Carr opened the scoring throwing, under pressure, a 40-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Malachi Fields. After the Irish extra-point attempt hit the upright and bounced wrong, the score remained 6-0. The touchdown capped off an 85-yard drive that took
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After leading 10-7 at halftime, the Irish outscored the Wolfpack 26-0 in the second half to win 36-7. They outgained NC State 485 yards to 283 on the day, limiting the Wolfpack to 51 yards rushing. Sophomore QB CJ Carr threw for 342 yards on 19/31 passing (62%) with 2 TDs and 1 INT.
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After pulling away in the second half to beat a good, yet unranked, NC State team 36-7, ‘Notre Dame’ climbed three spots in the latest AP Poll to now sit at #13. With the regular season nearly half-done, the Irish (4-2) are one of only two 2-loss teams in the top-25, and are ranked ahead of multiple undefeated and 1-loss
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[Click here for info about Peacock online streaming service as a special subscription within Amazon Prime Video] The #16 Fighting Irish and the Wolfpack kick off shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET, 2:30 CT, 1:30 MT, 12:30 PT, in The House That Rockne Built, on the (Comcast-owned, NBC-related) Peacock online streaming service, and on ‘Notre Dame’ Football Radio, SiriusXM 129, online
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After ‘Notre Dame’s’ solid 28-7 win over Boise State at home on “Irish Wear Green” day, the Irish climbed five spots and jumped well into the top-20 at #16 in the AP and the Coaches Poll. Five top-20 teams lost over the weekend, three of them to unranked opponents. That included two then-top-10 teams, Penn State and Texas, losing to
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#22 ‘Notre Dame’ Fighting Irish (1-2) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (2-2) Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, 11 a.m. CT ABC, Sirius XM 129, ‘Notre Dame’ Football Radio [PDF 86pp] ‘Notre Dame’ game notes The Fighting Irish road game with Arkansas at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville is scheduled for 11 a.m. local
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In “Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame” by Jim Dent, we are taken back to Hall of Fame Coach Ara Parseghian‘s first team meeting as Notre Dame head football coach, in a Golden Dome auditorium: “… You know what it takes to win. Just look at my fist. When I make a fist, it’s strong and you can’t
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After throttling Purdue 56-30 on Saturday, the Fighting Irish merely hold steady at #21 in the Coaches Poll and jump only two spots to #22 in the AP. Nevertheless, the Irish (1-2) are the only team with a losing record ranked at all. Indeed, they are ranked ahead of multiple 4-0 or 3-0 undefeated teams, as well as a team
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‘Notre Dame’ may be heavy favorites against Purdue, yet, aside from sitting at 0-2, the Irish might literally have storms on the horizon when they take on the Boilermakers. The latest forecast warns of a better-than-even chance of thunderstorms rolling in during the second half. The Irish already have a need for faster starts and sustained momentum, and the prospect
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It may be true, at least at the moment, that #16/17 Texas A&M is the only remaining top-25 Irish opponent. Yet it seems a bit silly to couch “must-win” game status within the notion that an 0-1 ‘Notre Dame’ is somehow a playoff contender. Nevertheless, there still should be a sense of urgency to “right the ship” addressing weaknesses and
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Marcus Freeman speaks with the media as the #8 Fighting Irish prepare to take on the #16/17 Texas A&M Aggies this coming Saturday in prime-time on NBC.
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Another week into the season, ‘Notre Dame’ is now the only winless team in the top-25.The Irish rise to #8 in both the AP and Coaches Poll, still sitting at 0-1 after an early bye week. One recalls how, in Lou Holtz’s first game at ‘Notre Dame,’ the Irish became the first, possibly only, team to open the season unranked,
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During his brief head coaching tenure, Marcus Freeman has gone 2-4 the week after a long-distance night game, 1-3 against unranked opponents. More than a third of Freeman’s total career losses as a head coach have come the week after a long-distance night game, 4 losses out of 11. Curiously enough, the only opponent he has beaten the week after
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Notre Dame’s first New Year’s Day football game was not the 1925 Rose Bowl, when Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen and the Seven Mules beat Stanford to cap off a 1924 National Championship season. According to the Notre Dame Football Media Guide’s game-by-game history, Notre Dame’s first New Year’s Day game was on January 1st, 1894, in a regular season
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[click here to jump to polls] After undefeated Notre Dame (7-0) rallied to beat Pitt (3-4) by a score of 19-14 — and half of the previous top-10 lost — the Irish jumped into the top-4 in both the Coaches Poll and the AP. The Irish rose to #4 from their previous #5 spot. This threshold, of course, will grab
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The Catholic Faith regards abortion, the deliberate killing of innocent human life in her mother’s womb, as such a serious evil that Catholic Canon Law provides automatic excommunication for abortion. Yet Notre Dame’s football schedule and conference affiliations are riddled with open and notorious abortion providers and trainers of abortionists. The University of Pittsburgh is one of them.
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[click here to jump to polls] After their strong road win over Wake Forest, Notre Dame sustained their #8 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls, as the Irish head into a two-game gauntlet against the only ranked opponents still looming on their schedule. In the next two weeks, Notre Dame has #7 Stanford at home before taking on Virginia
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[click here to jump to polls] Notre Dame’s preseason #11/12 ranking should be enough of a perch for them to attempt what has become an annual Road to Plausibility. (By comparison, it might be a little hard to think of Notre Dame making a would-be “national title run” since, according to the official record books at least, they have not
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[click here to jump directly to depth charts] Notre Dame and Wake Forest depth charts follow below in a responsive layout, with parallel dual columns on a regular desktop or laptop view; with smaller screens, columns might jump down and stack up. Keep in mind that Brian Kelly sometimes features extensive rotation at some positions. This year, right tackle, especially, is a shared position. … Alizé Mack is still
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As of the wee hours of the night heading into game day, Notre Dame still has tickets available for general public sale for Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest in Notre Dame Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, kickoff shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET. As of this posting, there still are a limited number of tickets available, ranging from $70 to $110.
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Reality imitates overhype in the NCAA’s inaugural College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings of 2017, with Notre Dame penciled into the playoff at the #3 spot. Georgia, source of Notre Dame’s sole loss, is at #1, in part because of their 1-point win over Notre Dame. The committee chairman reportedly credited Georgia and Notre Dame’s strength of schedule as factors in
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