Notre Dame's defense played hot and cold on Saturday but rose to the occasion in a win over BYU. EHansenND has more:
for no gain on fourth-and-1 at the Notre Dame 27-yard line late in the fourth quarter, and the Irish running game closed out a 28-20 upending of No. 16 BYU in a Shamrock Series matchup in Las Vegas.
The Irish are now 11-0 in the offsite home games that started in 2009 and have been played annually with three hiatuses. Some bewildering big-chunk plays given up in the second half marred what seemed like a significant step forward for defensive coordinatorThe Cougars ended up completing an 87-yard, 10-play scoring drive to close within 25-20, 42 seconds into the fourth quarter. But Notre Dame was able to answer back for first-year head coachput on a show with a school-record 11 catches for 118 yards and two TDs.