By BRIAN MAHONEY
Notre Dame’s tribute recreation to its “Four Horsemen” become a fairly good one-man present by Jeremiyah Love.
Love scored three touchdowns, tying a college document along with his eleventh straight recreation with a speeding TD, and the No. 6 Preventing Irish ended No. 18 Military’s 13-game profitable streak with a 49-14 victory on Saturday evening 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 cross from Riley Leonard.
“It’s almost like he’s anticipating what the defense is going to do and when he breaks through that second level, I don’t see many people that can catch him,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman stated of Love, who had a 76-yard TD run final weekend towards Virginia.
Leonard threw for 2 TDs and Jadarian Value ran for 2 scores for the Irish (10-1), who gained their ninth straight to enhance their School Soccer Playoff probabilities. 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.
“Everybody on our offense is a dog,” Love stated. “Coach Freeman calls us ‘savages’ and that’s really what we are. We’re just continuing to grow every single week and get better.”
Military quarterback Bryson Every 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 group in FBS. Military got here in main the nation with 334.9 yards speeding per recreation however managed solely 207 towards Notre Dame.
“We couldn’t stay on the field and props to them,” Every day stated. “They’re a great team.”
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 one 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 some of the well-known openings in historical past, writing: “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again.”
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 minimize it to 14-7 on Every 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 document of 11 straight video games with a speeding TD in 1973-74.
Military coach Jeff Monken stated enjoying the Irish at Yankee Stadium was an ideal expertise for his gamers, although wished they may have made it extra aggressive.
“I mean, every phase 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 recreation was a high-profile assembly, however the Black Knights’ two most necessary video games stay. Military will face No. 20 Tulane within the American Athletic Convention championship recreation 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 haven’t had something resembling an in depth recreation in two months.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
With the group proper above them falling earlier Saturday when No. 5 Indiana misplaced 38-15 to second-ranked Ohio State, the Irish may very well be a top-five group within the subsequent AP ballot. Military hopes to remain above Tulane within the School 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 group within the AAC championship recreation.
UP NEXT
Military: Hosts UTSA subsequent Saturday.
Notre Dame: Visits Southern California subsequent Saturday.
