Stanford Falls to No. 9 Notre Dame in Season Finale – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Luke Talich scored on an 84-yard go on a faux punt and No. 9 Notre Dame gained its tenth straight, routing Stanford 49-20 on Saturday evening after a scary second for star operating again Jeremiyah Love.

Afterward, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman mentioned he felt his crew has completed sufficient to be thought-about for the CFP.

“We have improved as much as anybody in the country, been playing as well as anybody in the country and we have, in my opinion, the best player in the country,” Freeman mentioned. “That’s what you want. You want the best teams in the country now. Who’s the best teams for the playoffs right now? I truly believe we’re one.”

The fourth-leading rusher within the nation and a Heisman Trophy contender, Love was shaken up after operating for a brief acquire halfway via the primary quarter. He remained down for a number of moments, walked to the locker room and didn’t return till the second half.

Love completed with 66 yards (8 after returning) and scored his twenty first landing of the season, breaking Jerome Bettis’ faculty document for general TDs whereas tying Audrice Estime’s document of 18 speeding touchdowns in a season.

“I went into the tent, like I was good immediately,” Love mentioned. “But they wanted to make sure I was good. Everything came out right. Just a bruise.”

Backups Jadarian Price and Aneyas Williams mixed for 178 whole yards of offense and 4 touchdowns.

CJ Carr threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns as Notre Dame (10-2) retained the Legends Trophy.

Elijah Brown handed for 204 yards and a landing with one interception for Stanford (4-8). Emmett Kenney added two discipline targets.

“The culture that the players set, the way we did things … we didn’t get as many wins as we want but we made progress there, too,” Stanford interim coach Frank Reich mentioned. “There’s a lot more wins coming to this program, trust me on that.”

Talich scored on a 4th-and-19 go from Joshua Burnham within the second quarter.

“Something we’ve been working on for a couple of weeks, and we knew if we got a certain look, we would check to it,” Freeman mentioned. “Then we got the look that we wanted, we checked to it, and we executed.”

The Irish scored touchdowns on every of their first 4 drives, led 28-3 at halftime then coasted. It’s the fourth time within the final eight seasons that Notre Dame has had a successful streak of 10 video games or longer.

The takeaway

Notre Dame: The Irish are in place to get within the playoffs. All 10 of the their wins have been by double figures.

Stanford: Former Cardinal quarterback Tavita Pritchard takes over as head coach subsequent season.