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Monday, November 9, 2026

Notre Dame beats No. 1 Miami 31-24 at home

Plus, a data center plan for South Bend and S.R. 2 office hours Thursday.

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Notre Dame holds off No. 1 Miami 31-⁠24 and boosts its playoff case

Notre Dame beat Miami 31-⁠24 on Saturday night

  • Miami24
    Notre Dame31
    FinalNotre Dame improved to 8-1 and never trailed.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

If you watched Saturday night, you saw No. 4 Notre Dame hold off No. 1 Miami 31-24 at Notre Dame Stadium. CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Micah Gilbert, and the Irish never trailed.

Carr completed 29 of 40 passes. Miami got within a touchdown twice, and with 3:36 left Elija Lofton appeared to catch a fourth-down touchdown. Luke Talich knocked the ball away, and officials ruled it incomplete. It was Notre Dame's first win over a top-ranked opponent since Clemson in November 2020.

Carr completed 29 of his 40 passes

29 of 40

  • completed
  • 11 fell incomplete

Source: The Journal Gazette

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  • Records: Notre Dame 8-1, Miami 8-1
  • Unbeaten left in FBS: Utah and UCLA, both 9-0
  • Next game: Boston College, at home on Saturday
  • Next CFP rankings: Tuesday, Nov. 10

The committee had the Irish at No. 11 in its first rankings, so this was likely the signature win they needed. Notre Dame now sits third in the AP poll. "This is as a good of a win as I've ever been a part of," coach Marcus Freeman said.

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News Notes

Holtz tribute

Notre Dame players wore a LOU sticker on their helmets Saturday to honor , who led the program from 1986 to 1996. Holtz died in March at 89 and went 100-30-2 over 11 seasons. His 1988 team went 12-0 and won the national title. ABC57WNDU

Lou Holtz won the 1988 national title at Notre Dame

100-30-2
Holtz's record over 11 seasons, 1986 to 1996
12-0
in the 1988 national championship season
31-30
win over then-No. 1 Miami in 1988

Source: WNDU

Box score

Notre Dame rushed for 93 yards on 29 carries, while Miami's Darian Mensah threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns. The South Bend Tribune graded the Irish offense a B+. Carr had 205 first-half air yards on 18-of-26 passing and spread the ball to 10 different receivers. USA TODAYSouth Bend Tribune

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S.R. 2 study

The study team is hosting community office hours Thu., Nov. 12, to hear about transportation needs on a 13-mile stretch of S.R. 2 from US 20 in La Porte County to the 31 Bypass in St. Joseph County. In South Bend, drop by the St. Joseph County Library's Western Branch, 611 S. Lombardy Dr., from 12 to 2 p.m. ET. A second session is at the La Porte County Library's Rolling Prairie Branch, 1 E. Michigan St., from 3 to 5 p.m. ET. WIMS AM 1420ABC57

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South Bend has a long habit of tinkering. On Nov. 8, 1907, the Tribune reported that five local residents had been granted patents, for inventions including a trolley wheel, a beveling machine, guard rails for street cars and a reinforced interlocking concrete wall. Not a bad week for local ingenuity. We'd say the city was building something.

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  1. Sat., Nov. 14Notre Dame hosts Boston College today as NBC mourns Dan Hicks
  2. Fri., Nov. 13Dan Hicks dies at 64; Irish host Boston College Saturday
  3. Thurs., Nov. 12Notre Dame jumps six spots to No. 5 in the CFP rankings
  4. Wed., Nov. 11Notre Dame jumps to No. 5 in the CFP rankings
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Notre Dame beats No. 1 Miami 31-24 at home

Plus, a data center plan for South Bend and S.R. 2 office hours Thursday.

The TLDR

  1. Notre Dame holds off No. 1 Miami 31-24 at home
  2. Irish now No. 3 in the AP poll; CFP rankings Tuesday
  3. Holtz tribute, game numbers and a data center plan
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