The No. 5 Spartans put on their best performance of the season in a 55-16 demolition of Penn State.
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Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer put his team ahead 36-35 with 30 seconds left with a 2-yard touchdown run, but Stanford reached Ukropina’s range for the game-winning score with help from a 15-yard facemask penalty and a 27-yard completion from Kevin Hogan to Devin Cajuste.
Coming into the 2015 season, many expected the Fighting Irish to land in the College Football Playoff. That is the most in a regular season since 11 in 1983, with Allen Pinkett mainly doing the honors. McCaffrey has scored 10 total touchdowns this season and will look to find the endzone against a stingy Notre Dame defense. The previous record was believed to be 10 by the 1988 national title team. But this is for sure: The committee has been watching Notre Dame closely. Junior cornerback Devin Butler became the most recent against Stanford in place of the injured KeiVarae Russell. Demetrious Cox returned a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown and Malik McDowell scored on a 13-yard interception return. They belonged to Irish fans who remembered all too clearly the debacle the last time Notre Dame chose to roll out green jerseys against the Eagles in November.
Not Adams and his 62-yard, third-quarter sprint.
Twenty-five times this season the Irish allowed touchdown drives of at least 75 yards.
J.W. Walsh passed for 325 yards and two scores, and James Washington caught seven passes for 169 yards for the Cowboys (10-2, 7-2, No. 11 CFP). Henry now has four 200-yard rushing games in SEC play this season.
Hogan came out of the gates firing, and found Remound Wright for a 1-yard score to cap off Stanford’s first possession.
Kevin Hogan threw four touchdown passes and Conrad Ukropina kicked a 45 yards field on the last play of the game to give N.o 9 Stanford a 38-36 win over No. 6 Notre Dame on Saturday night.
Oh, and one question, which I’ll put in Internet-crazy all caps: WHY IS MATTHIAS FARLEY COVERING DEVON CAJUSTE 1 ON 1 IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME WHEN CAJUSTE HAS UTTERLY DESTROYED NOTRE DAME ALL NIGHT?
Memphis 63, SMU 0 – Paxton Lynch tied the FBS record with seven TD passes in a half and led the Tigers (9-3, 5-3 American Athletic) to the home rout.
But the Irish settled for three field goals in the red zone, and missed a two-point conversion. Stanford had all three timeouts left, but it did not use them, letting Notre Dame kill some clock.
After a short run by Christian McCaffrey, Ukropina came on and drilled the field goal setting off a wild celebration with the fans rushing the field.
After squeaking past Boston College last week at Fenway Park, the Irish are in search of a big road win at Stanford. Plus the 14 red-zone turnovers the past two seasons also are No. 1 in the country. Notre Dame kept pace with Stanford through big strikes.
Brian Kelly’s Take “Our guys are very disappointed”. In several of their games they’ve done well in containing most offenses but if an opposing offense can get the ball to a speedy playmaker in the second level it can be a huge gain.
“It’s never about just one series or one play”. “I think he is one of the best players in America. I’m not saying Stanford should run some option plays, but they should rely on HB Counters to trick Smith and hopefully minimize his impact”. I love my team.
Ranked No. 4 in the country and unbeaten back in 2002, head coach Ty Willingham surprised his team with green jerseys before kickoff.
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“We got the ball, drove down and it was almost like it was meant to be”, he said. A Wright 1-yard run and a play-fake reverse-field pass to junior Austin Hooper accounted for the remainder of the scoring. The play was ruled a touchdown on the field, but replay appeared to show Kizer’s knee hitting the turf just before the ball crossed the plane. This could be good for Stanford if they don’t run with Hogan much, because if he stays home and spies on Hogan then his freak athletic ability is being wasted.
