Irish FootballSunday, November 8
Notre Dame beat No. 1 Miami 31-24 and kept its playoff hopes alive
The Daily South Bend team
If you slept through it: Notre Dame beat No. 1 Miami 31-24 Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium, and the Irish (8-1) never trailed. They led 24-3 early in the third quarter before Miami (8-1) came back within a touchdown. CJ Carr completed 29 of 40 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Micah Gilbert.
Notre Dame beat Miami 31-24 on Saturday night
- Miami24Notre Dame31 (won)
Sources: WNDU, The Journal Gazette
The play of the night came with 3:36 left. On fourth-and-6, Miami's Darian Mensah threw to Elija Lofton in the end zone, and safety Luke Talich, a former walk-on, knocked the ball away. Officials ruled Lofton hadn't completed the catch. Miami coach Mario Cristobal said he was "beyond upset".
“This is as a good of a win as I've ever been a part of.”
- Next up: Boston College, next Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on WNDU
- First win over a No. 1 team since Nov. 7, 2020
- Unbeaten teams left: Utah and UCLA, both 9-0
- CFP committee's first rankings: Notre Dame at No. 11
CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns
- 319
- passing yards for Carr
- 3
- touchdown passes by Carr
- 29 of 40
- passes Carr completed
- 21
- point lead Notre Dame built before Miami's rally
Sources: The Journal Gazette, New York Post
Sources: WNDU, The Journal Gazette, Goshen News, the Guardian, New York Post