Notre Dame Leaves No Doubt Blowing Out Boston College

Quick, remind me again what happened back in 1993 after Notre Dame beat a No. 1 team from Florida 31-24...

The upset loss to Boston College that season will forever be a part of history, but Marcus Freeman's Notre Dame squad made certain that history wouldn't repeat itself Saturday, leaving no doubt in the 41-7 victory.

Notre Dame moves to 9-1 on the year and closes the home portion of the regular season against SMU, who was blown out by Wake Forest on Saturday. Before we turn the page to the final home game, though, let's take a look at what transpired against Boston College.

Notre Dame Avoids the Let Down

It's natural. We see it all over college football on a seemingly weekly basis. A team picks up a huge win and sleepwalks through the next week, sometimes losing but often simply not looking the part.

Marcus Freeman made it an emphasis to avoid doing so this week and Notre Dame responded, scoring on its opening drive that went 66 yards in nine plays, capping it with a 26-yard pass from CJ Carr to Micah Gilbert, and getting Notre Dame in front early.

The defense outscored Boston College in the first half on its own, 7-0, and the offense scored on four of five first-half possessions.

Letdown avoided.

Notre Dame Run Game Dominates

Nolan can't be stopped‼️#GoIrish☘️ | @nolan_james1

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— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) November 14, 2026

Remember way back in September when Notre Dame's run game couldn't generate an explosive play?

That feels like a lifetime ago, and on Saturday, it was plenty explosive, rushing for almost seven yards per carry and 276 yards for the game.

Jonaz Walton exploded with a 50-yard run, Jordan Faison had an impressive end around that went for big yards, and Nolan James, Jr. averaged more than five yards a carry while finding the end zone yet again, as he has in every game this season.

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Notre Dame's Pass Rush Dominates Again

A week after making life difficult for Darian Mensah of Miami, Notre Dame made it a pure hell for Boston College quarterback Mason McKenzie. I don't have official numbers, but for this exercise, the eye test will be plenty.

It was nearly every time McKenzie dropped back that he was forced to scramble or try and just chuck the ball away.

Boston College put up just 51 pass yards as a result, despite throwing 24 times. Oh, and it was officially sacked four times as well.

Luke Talich Does it Again

Luke Talich makes big plays.#GoIrish☘️ | @LukeTalich

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— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) November 14, 2026

If you told me before the year that the player I wound up liking the most on this 2026 Notre Dame squad was a white boy from Wyoming who is a former walk-on, I would have thought that meant things had gone horribly wrong.

Instead, safety Luke Talich has emerged as a legitimate star on this defense, despite beginning the year second on the depth chart.

Talich didn't make as significant of plays this week as he did with the interception and pass break-up that helped beat Miami, but he ended with another six tackles and a sack.

1993 Can Stay in 1993

Yes, Boston College pulled a historic upset against Notre Dame in 1993 and every chance it gets, it likes to bring that up.

I guess if there was no other history to your program outside of Doug Flutie completing a long pass one time and Frank Leahy leaving it for Notre Dame, then it'd get brought up a lot, too.

Notre Dame extended its winning streak over Boston College to 11 games on Saturday, beating the Eagles by an average score of 24.6-10 in that time.

Congratulations again on what happened in 1993, though.

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