Notre Dame entered Saturday needing a statement win over Miami to strengthen its College Football Playoff resume after being left out of last season’s 12-team field because of a head-to-head tiebreaker loss to the Hurricanes.
Mission accomplished.
The Fighting Irish held off a late Miami rally, getting a game-clinching stop and takeaway on the Hurricanes’ final possession to secure a 31-24 win at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 7. As Jaiden Ausberry recovered a Leonard Moore-forced fumble to end the game, fans stormed the field to celebrate Notre Dame’s biggest victory of the season.
SCENES IN SOUTH BEND! NOTRE DAME UPSETS NO. 1 MIAMI!
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The win provides Notre Dame with its first ranked win of the season after the Fighting Irish fell short of securing that feat on Oct. 17 against BYU…