Notre Dame started slow but finished fast in a 49-7 blowout of long-time rival Stanford on Saturday. The Cardinal started the scoring on the day, but then the Irish rattled off 49 straight points as Riley Leonard threw for three touchdowns and ran for another. Irish running backs Jadarian Price, Jeremiyah Love, and Ayneas Williams all found the endzone as well. Rylie Mills and Howard Cross provided pressure all day while Josh Burnham returned to action and made his presence felt with the play of the day on defense by intercepting an option pitch and nearly taking it to the endzone.
After a slow start on offense, the only thing that slowed down the Irish the rest of the day was a weather delay caused by lightning strikes in the area. The win pushed the Irish to 5-1 on the season.
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Yes, Riley threw the ball pretty well today. Still has a few bad throws, but may just have to live with that. The thing he gives you is remember when NotreDame got a holding penalty and had a 3rd and 19 and Stanford blitz and he escaped the pocket and ran 25 yards for a 1st down. That is what Angeli can’t do even though Angeli is pretty mobile and can escape and pick up yards for the 1st down he is not going to run for 25 yards on a 3rd and 20.
Best game yet for RL. He finally looks like a rean QB!!
Burnham made a super play on the laterl interception and the new RB, Kedrick, looks like Jerome Bettis.