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Notre Dame
3–0 · FBS Independents
Final
27 – 10
Michigan State
2–1 · Big Ten
Saturday, September 19, 2026 · 7:30 PM ETNotre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, INNBC/Peacock

Notre Dame 27, Michigan State 10 Recap

Line Score
1 2 3 4 Final
Notre Dame 10 7 3 7 27
Michigan State 0 10 0 0 10

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Betting Lines

Provider Spread Total ND ML MSU ML
Bovada Notre Dame -29.0(open -30) 51.5(open 52) -10000 +1600
DraftKings Notre Dame -28.5(open -29.5) 51.5(open 53.5) -5000 +1800

Weather

Cloudy
Temp
69.3°F
Humidity
87%
Precip
0.00 in
Pressure
0.0 mb

Game Stats

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Notre Dame Stat Michigan State
20 First downs 11
395 Total yards 167
18/24 Completions / Attempts 9/18
234 Passing yards 123
161 Rushing yards 44
4/12 (33%) 3rd-down conversion 4/11 (36%)
0 Turnovers 2
3 / 30 Penalties / Yards 2 / 30
37:02 Time of possession 22:58
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Notre Dame Metric Michigan State
+12.16 Total PPA −5.04
+11.79 Passing PPA −3.69
+1.16 Rushing PPA +0.04
48.5% Success rate 37.5%
56.9% Standard-downs SR 44.1%
23.5% Passing-downs SR 21.4%
ELO & Win Probability
Pregame Postgame Δ Postgame Win Prob
Notre Dame 2,070 2,061 −9 99.4%
Michigan State 1,528 1,537 +9 0.6%

Top Performers

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Passing CJ Carr
18/24Cmp 234Yds 0TD 0INT
Rushing Nolan James Jr.
26Att 121Yds 4.7Y/A 1TD
Receiving Micah Gilbert
8Rec 170Yds 21.3Y/R 0TD
Tackles Drayk Bowen
8Tot 7Solo 0TFL
Defense Adon Shuler
1INT 3Tot 0PBU

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