No. 12 Notre Dame knocks error-prone No. 24 Navy from unbeaten ranks

Jeremiyah Love ran for 102 yards, scored 2 touchdowns and extended his streak of rushing for a TD to 8 games successful starring No. 12 Notre Dame to a 51-14 triumph complete No. 24 Navy, knocking nan uncharacteristically mistake-prone Midshipmen from nan unb...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jeremiyah Love ran for 102 yards, 2 touchdowns and extended his streak of rushing for a TD to 8 games successful starring No. 12 Notre Dame to a 51-14 triumph complete No. 24 Navy connected Saturday, knocking nan uncharacteristically mistake-prone Midshipmen from nan unbeaten ranks.

Love scored connected runs of 64 and 2 yards and backmost Riley Leonard ran for a touchdown and threw 2 much arsenic nan Fighting Irish (7-1) hit Navy (6-1) for nan seventh consecutive clip successful this 97th meeting, which was played astatine MetLife Stadium.

The Midshipmen, who had not mislaid a fumble each season, mislaid 5 and that led to 28 points for nan Irish, pinch Jaylen Sneed recovering a Blake Horvath fumble successful nan extremity area for a touchdown.

Love's shorter TD run, a 6-yard TD walk from Leonard to Kris Mitchell and a precocious 4-yard TD tally by Kedren Young besides followed turnovers, including 2 connected muffed punts.

Leonard vanished 13 of 21 for 178 yards, adding a 37-yard TD flip to Beaux Collins successful helping nan Irish triumph their sixth consecutive pursuing a stunning nonaccomplishment to Northern Illinois successful Week 2.

The Irish led 31-7 astatine nan half and ne'er were threatened.

Horvath scored connected a 47-yard tally for Navy and vanished pinch 129 yards connected 14 carries. Eli Heidenreich scored connected a short tally for nan different touchdown.

Notre Dame outgained Navy 466-310 pinch nan 51 points being nan astir allowed by nan Midshipmen this season.

Notre Dame: The Irish knew they had to beryllium businesslike connected discourtesy to support Navy from moving its ball-control offense, and they did conscionable that. Leonard and nan discourtesy are rounding into shape and it now has scored astatine slightest 30 points successful 4 consecutive games. The defense has been bully each play and thing changed against Navy.

Navy: Horvath is an outstanding backmost and nan discourtesy tin spell up and down erstwhile it doesn't cough up nan ball. Navy's defense could not grip Notre Dame's size, velocity and talent, and nan bad position its discourtesy placed it in.

The Irish played good isolated from for a mates of busts connected runs by Horvath. It would not beryllium a astonishment if they moved up. Navy played its worst crippled successful years and it astir apt will sound them retired of nan poll.

UP NEXT:

Norte Dame: has a bye and returns Nov. 9 astatine location against Florida State.

Navy: astatine Rice connected Saturday.

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