Notre Dame 49-14 Army (Nov 23, 2024) Game Recap

NEW YORK — — Notre Dame’s tribute sport to its “4 Horsemen” became a reasonably good one-man present by Jeremiyah Love.

Love scored three touchdowns, tying a college report along with his eleventh straight sport with a dashing TD, and the No. 6 Preventing Irish ended No. 18 Military’s 13-game profitable streak with a 49-14 victory on Saturday night time at Yankee Stadium.

The sophomore had TD runs of 68 and 14 yards, ending with 130 yards on seven carries, and leaped over a defender on the objective line to complete a 6-yard scoring go from Riley Leonard.

“It’s virtually like he is anticipating what the protection goes to do and when he breaks by means of that second degree, I don’t see many individuals that may catch him,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman stated of Love, who had a 76-yard TD run final weekend in opposition to Virginia.

Leonard threw for 2 TDs and Jadarian Worth ran for 2 scores for the Irish (10-1), who received their ninth straight to enhance their Faculty Soccer Playoff possibilities. Notre Dame was No. 6 in these rankings this week and appears each bit like a nationwide title contender, permitting 14 or fewer factors in six straight video games.

“Everyone on our offense is a canine,” Love stated. “Coach Freeman calls us ‘savages’ and that’s actually what we’re. We’re simply persevering with to develop each single week and get higher.”

Military quarterback Bryson Day by day ran for 139 yards and each touchdowns, giving him 23 on the bottom this season. The loss by the Black Knights (9-1) left No. 1 Oregon as the one unbeaten staff in FBS. Military got here in main the nation with 334.9 yards dashing per sport however managed solely 207 in opposition to Notre Dame.

“We couldn’t keep on the sector and props to them,” Day by day stated. “They’re an important staff.”

Notre Dame beat Military for the sixteenth straight time within the first matchup the place each groups had been ranked since 1958, the Black Knights’ final victory. This assembly was scheduled to honor the a hundredth anniversary of Notre Dame’s 1924 victory in New York on the Polo Grounds, when Grantland Rice started his story in regards to the exploits of Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Don Miller and Elmer Layden with one of the vital well-known openings in historical past, writing: “Outlined in opposition to a blue-gray October sky, the 4 Horsemen rode once more.”

That quote lined the wall above Monument Park within the stadium’s outfield, behind the tip zone the place Notre Dame took a 14-0 lead on TD passes by Leonard on its first two possessions. Military reduce it to 14-7 on Day by day’s 4-yard run early within the second quarter, however the Irish went up by two TDs once more on Love’s 14-yard run that tied Wayne Bullock’s report of 11 straight video games with a dashing TD in 1973-74.

Military coach Jeff Monken stated enjoying the Irish at Yankee Stadium was an important expertise for his gamers, although wished they might have made it extra aggressive.

“I imply, each part they outclassed us,” Monken stated.

Notre Dame scored touchdowns on 4 of its six drives within the first half, then added one other 10 seconds into the second half when Love went 68 yards on the primary play to make it 35-7.

The takeaway

Military: Saturday’s sport was a high-profile assembly, however the Black Knights’ two most essential video games stay. Military will face No. 20 Tulane within the American Athletic Convention championship sport on Dec. 6, after which has its annual matchup with Navy on Dec. 14.

Notre Dame: With loads of playmakers on offense and one of many nation’s finest defenses, the Irish have not had something resembling an in depth sport in two months.

Ballot implications

With the staff proper above them falling earlier Saturday when No. 5 Indiana misplaced 38-15 to second-ranked Ohio State, the Irish might be a top-five staff within the subsequent AP ballot. Military hopes to remain above Tulane within the Faculty Soccer Playoff rankings (the Black Knights at No. 19 are one spot forward) in case they’re wanted as a tiebreaker to find out who’s the host staff within the AAC championship sport.

Up subsequent

Military: Hosts UTSA subsequent Saturday.

Notre Dame: Visits Southern California subsequent Saturday.

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