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Loghan Thomas In Beast Mode Might Be Notre Dame’s Biggest 2026 Surprise
Loghan Thomas has impressed Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fans in his 65 snaps during the 2026 season, but One Foot Down readers would still be very surprised if he supplants Boubacar Traore or Bryce Young in sacks this year. Thomas has two sacks and two hurries in the Irish’s last two games against Michigan […]
WEATHER REPORT UPDATE: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels
UPDATE Yeah… it’s an ACC game in October. The weather has took a turn and things will be a little wet, a little windy, and we may even see a little lightning. Prepare the hot dogs. Notre Dame is set to play its first ACC game of the season on Saturday when they travel to […]
The Anti-Preview: No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels
This week, Notre Dame travels to Chapel Hill for a NOONER against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Irish are 4-0 and ranked No. 3 in the country, and to be honest, they’ve looked every bit of a “top dog” as you’ll find in the country. The offense is incredibly efficient, and the defense has […]
Notre Dame Football: North Carolina Tar Heels Q&A with Tar Heel Blog
Alright y’all, it’s the weekend we’ve all been waiting for — the weekend that our beloved, undefeated, 3rd-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team hits the road to take on the GOAT football coach of all-time (Grumpiest of All-Time), Bill Belichick and his wild North Carolina Tar Heels program. Ole Bill has only been there […]
Notre Dame Football: Hot and Cold Takes VS the North Carolina Tar Heels
How’d We Do Last Week? As a refresher, each week I will feature the Most Accurate, Most interesting, and Most Wildly Inaccurate takes. Let’s get to it! Most Wildly Inaccurate Hand up! Bad take…James was second fiddle this game and had VERY modest production Most Interesting JellyDoughnuts and train takes? This rules Most Accurate Grumpy, […]
Nobody’s Gonna Score on Us: Notre Dame’s 1971 Shutout of North Carolina
On October 16, 1971, Notre Dame was undefeated, Richard Nixon was president, Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May” was near the top of the charts, and I was exactly ten days away from entering the world. Clearly, everyone was waiting for me. In the meantime, Notre Dame had a football game to play, and if you were […]
Notre Dame completes 2027 football schedule with addition of Virginia
Notre Dame had one open spot left for its 2027 football schedule, and now that spot is filled. On Wednesday, it was announced that the Irish will travel to Charlottesville to take on the Virginia Cavaliers at Scott Stadium. Notre Dame will now have 6 ACC games in 2027. Besides Virginia, the Irish will also […]
Three things I want to see when Notre Dame plays North Carolina
Here are three things that I want to see during Notre Dame’s upcoming game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill… AN OFFENSIVE LINE AWAKENING The Notre Dame running game has been under attack by fans and media alike throughout the first four games of the season. The initial takes centered around who was running the […]
Notre Dame Football 2026: Schedule, Stats, and Results after Week 4
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 4-0 and ranked No. 3 in the polls after 4 games of play. This week they travel to Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in a sleepy noon game on Tobacco Road. Seeing as how the Irish are 1/3 of the way done with their […]
One Foot Down Reacts: A Surprise in Our Future?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Notre Dame fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys: Good afternoon, and welcome back to One Foot Down Reacts. This week, we’re putting a fun twist […]
2026 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels
This week is a stark reminder of what Notre Dame football has become over the last decade. The Irish just wrapped up the Big Ten portion of its schedule which was something quite similar to what they had in 2013, and now they move on to the ACC schools (spread out for the remainder of […]
WEATHER REPORT: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels
Notre Dame is set to play its first ACC game of the season on Saturday when they travel to Tobacco Road to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels inside Kenan Stadium. We will be in the month of October come Saturday, and that should raise an eyebrow or two. Notre Dame has had some […]
When, Where, and How to Watch Notre Dame VS North Carolina Tar Heels
Notre Dame is 4-0 and ranked No. 3 in the nation after pummeling Purdue last week in West Lafayette. The Irish have the N0.1 ranked defense in the country and have only allowed three touchdowns all season, and they are only giving up 199.2 yards per game to its opponents. The Irish will look to […]
Three Things We Saw in Notre Dame’s Win Over Purdue
Hum, drum – another belting of the Purdue Boilermakers by Notre Dame took place Saturday in West Lafayette, with the Irish pulling out a 49-10 victory. As you have no doubt heard by now, this was the first team Marcus Freeman led out of September undefeated, and he did so in convincing fashion against their […]
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Injury report and depth charts for North Carolina Tar Heels
Notre Dame released its newest injury report and set of depth charts on Monday as the Irish prepare to travel to Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Irish got some bad news about WR Quincy Porter, who will miss the entire season after knee surgry scheduled this week. Notre Dame […]
Notre Dame WR Quincy Porter is OUT for the season with continued knee problems
Marcus Freeman started the weekly press conference with some bad news right away. Notre Dame WR Quincy Porter will miss the remainder of the season due to continued knee issues that require another surgery. Porter is a former 5-Star WR that came to Notre Dame from Ohio State via the transfer portal. While this injury […]
Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10: Online Overreactions
Welp. Another rivalry trophy belongs in the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. That’s yet another whomping of a team, and putting the Irish at 3-0 against the Big 10 this season. It wasn’t close against the Purdue Boilermakers, and that top defense continued to show it doesn’t mess around. Takes still fly online […]
Notre Dame Soccer and Volleyball get new Leprechaun logos
Notre Dame continues to add to its alternate leprechaun roster with two new logos. Notre Dame Athletics Unveils Two New Sports-Specific Leprechaun Marks SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame Athletics Department has unveiled its fifth and sixth sport-specific Leprechaun marks, with volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer the latest sports to receive […]
How Notre Dame’s opponents fared in WEEK 4 of the CFB season
Notre Dame’s 2026 college football schedule has been called many thing over the last eight months, but “tough” or anywhere near the word “hard” was certainly not among them. Still, some have mentioned that this Irish schedule could look a lot trickier as the season progresses. While they may eventually be true, it may not […]
Notre Dame remains No. 3 in AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll after wild CFB weekend
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain the No. 3 team in the nation according to both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll that came out on Sunday afternoon. It was a fantastic college football weekend full of upsets and good games, and as fun as all of that can be to involved with… the […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Notre Dame Fighting Irish 49, Purdue Boilermakers 10
Notre Dame is 4-0 after beating Purdue, 49-10. Here are some of the best images from the game in West Lafayette.
Notre Dame Football Stats: Week 4 Review of Win over Purdue
The Big Picture It’s four games, four wins for Notre Dame football. The Irish closed out Week 4 of college football’s 2026-27 season with a 49-10 win over the Purdue Boilermakers. Notre Dame kicked off the action with a 7-0 showing in the first quarter and followed that up with a 28-0 shutout in the […]
Notre Dame broke the Shillelagh Trophy after win over Purdue
This is one of those moments as a parent of children… seems all too familiar. You know — you don’t let your kids do something, and then you let them do something, and then after a time or two they break some stuff. Historically, Notre Dame doesn’t bring any of its rivalry trophies to the […]
Notre Dame puts it on EASY MODE with a 49-10 win over Purdue
Notre Dame travelled a couple hours south to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in an old timey rivalry game for the Shillelagh Trophy, and are going back home to South Bend as 49-10 winners. The Irish had little trouble in taking care of this one as the game was pretty much decided by halftime. Notre […]
GAME THREAD: No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Purdue Boilermakers
Notre Dame travels south today to take on the Purdue Boilermakers for the rights to the Shillelagh Trophy. This is the last leg of Notre Dame’s Big 10 portioin of its schedule, but who cares about that nonsense? What matters here is that this Irish team, which is ranked No. 3 in the country right […]
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