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College Football Playoff

Friday, December 20, 2024 | 8 p.m. ET No. 7 Seed Notre Dame 27, No. 10 Seed Indiana 17 Notre Dame Stadium | South Bend, Indiana
TV: ESPN and ABC
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL
IU #10 Indiana (11-2) 0 3 0 14 17
UND #7 Notre Dame (12-1) 7 10 3 7 27


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Attendance:
77,622
Kickoff Time:
8:10 p.m. ET
End of Game:
11:36 p.m. ET
Game Duration:
3:26


SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Jeremiyah Love tied the Notre Dame record with a 98-yard touchdown run, Riley Leonard added two more scores and the Fighting Irish shut down the highest-scoring team in the College Football Playoff, overwhelming Indiana 27-17 on Friday night.

The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish (12-1) won their 11th straight - and their first playoff victory. They'll face second-seeded Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman earned the biggest win of his three-year career by extending his Irish record to 12 victories over ranked teams in three seasons.

Tenth-seeded Indiana (11-2) completed a magical season by finishing with its second fewest points this season on a cold, brisk night in the first CFP game ever played on a campus site. Both of the Hoosiers' losses came to top-five opponents. Indiana set a single-season school record for wins but still hasn't won at Notre Dame since 1898.

Notre Dame took control on its third offensive play when Love scooted around the right side of Indiana's defense, eluded one tackle and sprinted down the sideline to make it 7-0. He matched Josh Adams' longest run in school history, set in 2015 against Wake Forest. It was also the longest run in CFP history.

Love finished with eight carries for 108 yards despite appearing to reinjure his left knee later in the first half.

Indiana never recovered after Notre Dame made it 14-0 early in the second quarter.

Leonard's 1-yard TD run late in the fourth gave him 15 this season to break Notre Dame's season record by a quarterback.

Indiana scored both of its touchdowns in the final 1:27.

Notre Dame made it 14-0 on Leonard's 5-yard TD pass to Jayden Thomas early in the second quarter. The Irish settled for three more field goals, and the defense took care of the rest - allowing just one field goal.

Leonard was 23 of 32 with 201 yards and one interception. Notre Dame receiver Jordan Faison caught seven passes for 89 yards.

Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke turned in another poor game against a top defense, finishing 20 of 33 with 215 yards, with two TDs and one interception and the Hoosiers rushed for just 63 yards.


SCORING SUMMARY

QTR TIME SCORE
(V-H)		 TEAM SCORING PLAY DRIVE
1st 10:57 0-7 Notre Dame Jeremiyah Love 98 yd rush (Mitch Jeter kick) 1-98
(00:14)
2nd 12:52 0-14 Notre Dame Jayden Thomas 5 yd pass from Riley Leonard (Mitch Jeter kick) 16-83
(09:08)
2nd 03:26 3-14 Indiana Nicolas Radicic 34 yd FG 9-48
(04:00)
2nd 00:07 3-17 Notre Dame Mitch Jeter 49 yd FG 12-52
(03:13)
3rd 04:21 3-20 Notre Dame Mitch Jeter 33 yd FG 11-28
(06:42)
4th 04:50 3-27 Notre Dame Riley Leonard 1 yd rush (Mitch Jeter kick) 9-78
(05:44)
4th 01:27 11-27 Indiana Myles Price 7 yd pass from Kurtis Rourke (Elijah Sarratt pass from Kurtis Rourke) 12-76
(03:17)
4th 00:25 17-27 Indiana Omar Cooper Jr. 23 yd pass from Kurtis Rourke (Elijah Sarratt pass from Kurtis Rourke failed) 8-50
(00:59)


INDIANA STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
WR 13 Elijah Sarratt
WR 3 Omar Cooper Jr.
WR 4 Myles Price
TE 44 Zach Horton
OL 56 Mike Katic
RB 6 Justice Ellison
OL 65 Carter Smith
OL 74 Bray Lynch
OL 75 Trey Wedig
OL 77 Tyler Stephens
QB 9 Kurtis Rourke
POS. NO. DEFENSE
DB 1 Shawn Asbury II
LB 2 Jailin Walker
LB 21 Rolijah Hardy
DB 22 Jamari Sharpe
DB 25 Amare Ferrell
LB 4 Aiden Fisher
LB 41 Lanell Carr Jr.
CB 5 D'Angelo Ponds
DL 6 Mikail Kamara
RB 8 Kaelon Black
DL 99 James Carpenter

INDIANA RESERVES

0 - Coby Andison, 12 - Terry Jones Jr., 13 - Cedarius Doss, 17 - Ty Son Lawton, 18 - Solomon Vanhorse, 19 - Josh Sanguinetti, 19 - Miles Cross, 24 - Bryson Bonds, 34 - Jeff Utzinger, 39 - Nicolas Radicic, 43 - Derek McCormick, 45 - Trey Walker, 46 - Isaiah Jones, 47 - Mark Langston, 5 - Ke'Shawn Williams, 7 - Jacob Mangum-Farrar, 78 - Cooper Jones, 8 - CJ West, 80 - Charlie Becker, 86 - Brody Foley, 88 - Sam West, 9 - Jamier Johnson, 91 - Daniel Ndukwe, 92 - Marcus Burris Jr., 94 - James Evans, 95 - Tyrique Tucker, 97 - Mario Landino.

NOTRE DAME STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
WR 10 Kris Mitchell
QB 13 Riley Leonard
RB 4 Jeremiyah Love
WR 5 Beaux Collins
OL 50 Rocco Spindler
OL 54 Anthonie Knapp
OL 59 Aamil Wagner
OL 74 Billy Schrauth
OL 78 Pat Coogan
TE 87 Cooper Flanagan
TE 9 Eli Raridon
POS. NO. DEFENSE
S 0 Xavier Watts
S 1 Jordan Clark
CB 15 Leonard Moore
LB 24 Jack Kiser
CB 29 Christian Gray
LB 34 Drayk Bowen
LB 40 Joshua Burnham
DL 56 Howard Cross III
S 8 Adon Shuler
DL 9 RJ Oben
DL 99 Rylie Mills

NOTRE DAME RESERVES

0 - Deion Colzie, 1 - Jaden Greathouse, 10 - Loghan Thomas, 13 - Ben Minich, 16 - James Rendell, 2 - Rod Heard II, 2 - Jayden Harrison, 20 - Aneyas Williams, 21 - Kedren Young, 22 - Devyn Ford, 23 - Kennedy Urlacher, 24 - Jadarian Price, 25 - Preston Zinter, 25 - Dylan Devezin, 26 - Chris Salerno, 28 - Luke Talich, 3 - Jaylen Sneed, 30 - Bryce Young, 35 - Jake Tafelski, 35 - Teddy Rezac, 37 - Max Hurleman, 38 - Davis Sherwood, 39 - Rino Monteforte, 4 - Jaiden Ausberry, 41 - Donovan Hinish, 44 - Junior Tuihalamaka, 55 - Chris Terek, 6 - Jordan Faison, 72 - Sam Pendleton, 75 - Sullivan Absher, 77 - Ty Chan, 79 - Tosh Baker, 83 - Jayden Thomas, 84 - Kevin Bauman, 88 - Mitchell Evans, 90 - Eric Goins, 96 - Joseph Vinci, 97 - Gabriel Rubio, 98 - Mitch Jeter.


 
 
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TEAM STATISTICS IU UND
First downs 17 20
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 11
Penalty 1 1
Rushes-Yards 27-63 35-193
Passing Yards 215 201
Passes Comp-Att-Int 20-34-1 23-32-1
Total Offense
(Plays-Yards)		 61-278 67-394
Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-9
Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-18 2-65
Punts (Number-Avg) 6-33.7 2-34.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Sacks By
(Number-Yards)		 2-6 3-18
Penalties-Yards 5-46 6-35
3rd Down Conversions 4-of-12 7-of-13
4th Down Conversions 1-of-1 0-of-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Indiana - Justice Ellison, 11-37; Ty Son Lawton, 10-34; Myles Price, 1-2; Kurtis Rourke, 5- -10.

Notre Dame - Jeremiyah Love, 8-108,1 TD; Jadarian Price, 11-32; Riley Leonard, 11-30, 1 TD; Aneyas Williams, 4-24.
Passing: Indiana - Kurtis Rourke, 20-33-1, 215, 2 TD.

Notre Dame - Riley Leonard, 23-32-1, 201, 1 TD.
Receiving: Indiana - Myles Price, 5-56, 1 TD; Ke'Shawn Williams, 5-45; Elijah Sarratt, 4-67; Justice Ellison, 2-6; Omar Cooper Jr., 1-23, 1 TD; Ty Son Lawton, 1-10; Zach Horton, 1-7; Miles Cross, 1-1.

Notre Dame - Jordan Faison, 7-89; Aneyas Williams, 4-15; Beaux Collins, 2-18; Jeremiyah Love, 2-18; Mitchell Evans, 2-17; Jayden Thomas, 2-13, 1 TD; Kris Mitchell, 1-11; Jadarian Price, 1-8; Jaden Greathouse, 1-8; Eli Raridon, 1-4.
Punting: Indiana - James Evans, 6-202, 33.7.

Notre Dame - James Rendell, 2-68, 34.0.
Returns: Indiana - Punt: None; Kickoff: Solomon Vanhorse, 1-18; Intercept: D'Angelo Ponds, 1-3.

Notre Dame - Punt: Max Hurleman, 1-9; Kickoff: Jayden Harrison, 2-22; Jordan Faison, 1-43; Intercept: Xavier Watts, 1-0.
Field Goals: Indiana - Nicolas Radicic, 1-1 (34 Good).

Notre Dame - Mitch Jeter, 2-3 (49 Good, 33 Good, 37 Blocked).
Tackles:
(Solo-Assist-Total, Sacks-Yds, TFL-Yds)		 Indiana - Aiden Fisher (5-5-10, 0, 1.5-3); Jailin Walker (4-6-10, 0, 1.0-3); James Carpenter (6-1-7, 1-5, 2-9); Shawn Asbury II (3-4-7, 0, 1-1); Amare Ferrell (2-5-7, 0.5-1, 2-8); CJ West (2-4-6, 0, 1.5-1); Terry Jones Jr. (2-2-4, 0, 0); Jamari Sharpe (2-2-4, 0.5-0, 0.5-0); Rolijah Hardy (1-3-4, 0, 0.5-1); Mikail Kamara (0-3-3, 0, 0); Mario Landino (2-0-2, 0, 0); Ke'Shawn Williams (1-1-2, 0, 0); D'Angelo Ponds (0-2-2, 0, 0); Isaiah Jones (1-0-1, 0, 0); Lanell Carr Jr. (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jamier Johnson (0-1-1, 0, 0); Bryson Bonds (0-1-1, 0, 0).

Notre Dame - Xavier Watts (5-5-10, 0, 0.5-0); Jordan Clark (5-0-5, 0, 1-1); Jack Kiser (4-1-5, 0, 0); Adon Shuler (3-2-5, 0, 0); Jaiden Ausberry (2-1-3, 0, 2-3); Joshua Burnham (2-0-2, 0, 1-3); Rylie Mills (2-0-2, 1-8, 1-8); Jaylen Sneed (2-0-2, 0, 1-1); Loghan Thomas (2-0-2, 1-2 1-2); Christian Gray (1-1-2, 0, 0); Drayk Bowen (1-1-2, 0, 1.5-2); Rod Heard II (1-1-2, 0, 0); Leonard Moore (1-1-2, 0, 0); Gabriel Rubio (0-2-2, 0, 0); Bryce Young (1-0-1, 1-8 1-8); Chris Salerno (1-0-1, 0, 0); RJ Oben (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jaden Greathouse (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jeremiyah Love (0-1-1, 0, 0); Deion Colzie (0-1-1, 0, 0); Junior Tuihalamaka (0-1-1, 0, 0); Howard Cross III (0-1-1, 0, 0); Ben Minich (0-1-1, 0, 0).