IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Irish Rally Falls Short In Double Overtime At Texas; Longhorns edge Notre Dame 50-47 in season opener for both teams” – und.com

The 10th-ranked University of Notre Dame football team (0-1) rallied from a second-half 17-point deficit, but fell in double overtime to Texas (1-0), 50-47…. a back and forth battle all evening in front of a Texas record crowd of 102,315. … The Irish will return home to face Nevada in Notre Dame Stadium … Sept. 10, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC …. There were plenty of candidates for ‘the play of the game’ in a two-overtime thriller. Kizer’s 29-yard touchdown run, his drop-in-a-bucket 17-yard touchdown pass to Josh Adams to put the Irish ahead 35-31, or Isaac Rochell’s key tackle-for-a-loss on third down a 14:02 in the fourth quarter to get the Irish the ball to set the stage for the Kizer-to-Adams hook up, but there is little doubt as to the definitive play of the game: Shaun Crawford’s 98-yard blocked point-after-touchdown return for two points to tie the game at 37-37. … [There were] [n]o turnovers for Notre Dame.

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