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☘️@NDFootball's average victory margin over Navy in Marcus Freeman’s last three meetings: 38.3 points. Navy’s average margin of defeat in five losses this season: 6.2 points. ☘️
Through 7 games, @NDFootball’s top running backs:
Jonaz Walton: 57 carries, 426 yards, 7.5 avg.
Nolan James Jr.: 81 carries, 412 yards, 5.1 avg.
Aneyas Williams: 70 carries, 302 yards, 4.3 avg. ☘️
In the Marcus Freeman era, through 2025, Navy averaged 341.9 total yards per game—250.8 in five meetings with @NDFootball. This season, the Middies average 427.1 yards of offense; ND allows 235.0 per game. ☘️
It’s Navy week. In 1926, Knute Rockne skipped @NDfootball’s game at Carnegie Tech to scout Navy before the teams’ first meeting in 1927. Navy tied Army and finished unbeaten. In his absence, the Irish lost, 19–0. Even Rockne occasionally had a bad Saturday. ☘️
102 years ago today, just a week after Grantland Rice named Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, @NDFootball shut out Princeton, 12–0. "Sleepy Jim" Crowley scored both TDs as Rockne's Irish marched toward a perfect season and the 1924 national championship. ☘️
49 years ago this week, @NDFootball made history. @JoeMontana and the No. 11 Irish stunned No. 5 USC by emerging in green jerseys, and then crushed the Trojans 49–19. The 1977 Green Jersey Game became legendary, and ND went on to win the national championship. ☘️ #GoIrish
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Who does the blame fall on for the loss to BYU? Phil and Tim Prister from @irishillustratd weigh in.
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@NDFootball's 2026 schedule. #GoIrish ☘️
217 pass attempts. Two sacks. @NDFootball’s nation-leading 0.91% sack rate is in historic territory. Five regular-season games remain, but through seven, the Irish have set a remarkable pace.☘️
On this date in 2005, @Brady_Quinn threw six TD passes in @NDFootball's 49–23 win over BYU, tying the school record. Jeff Samardzija caught two, extending his streak of games with a TD reception to seven.☘️
BYU's Justin Kirkland laughed about deliberately using an illegal fake snap count that disrupted Notre Dame's play and contributed to a fumble, then lying to the officials about it. Bad enough. But watching the interviewers laugh along was absolutely cringeworthy. Hilarious.
My BYU fallout column is live (and FREE) on the Fighting Irish Preview website.
☘️@NDFootball's first loss in 399 days came against a BYU team that earned its victory. The officiating controversy deserves scrutiny, and the Irish have plenty to address. But championship dreams are intact. My morning- after take.🔗 ⬇️
Instant reaction to @NDFootball's first loss in 399 days. And yes, there's now a clock controversy, but no excuses. BYU earned it. Bachmeier was terrific. If we expect our team to play like champions, we should handle defeat like champions, too.
That's a Morning After Wrap.☘️
That's a wrap. Notre Dame 24, BYU 28. A heartbreaker.
6-1. Phil's quick breakdown.
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