HurricanesSunday, November 8
Notre Dame beats top-ranked Miami 31-24 in South Bend, ending the Hurricanes' perfect season
The 5AM Miami team
If you stayed up for it, you saw Miami take its first loss. Notre Dame held on to win 31-24 Saturday night, and the Hurricanes fell to 8-1. They played without Malachi Toney, who had ankle surgery, and trailed 24-3 early in the third quarter before Darian Mensah twice got them within a touchdown.
Notre Dame beat Miami 31-24 in South Bend
- Miami Hurricanes24Notre Dame31 (won)
Sources: CBS Miami, WPLG Local 10
Then came the play everyone's arguing about. With 3:36 left, tight end Elija Lofton appeared to catch a fourth-down touchdown in the end zone, but Notre Dame's Luke Talich knocked the ball away. Officials ruled it incomplete and upheld the call on a brief replay review.
“Really disappointed that they negated Elija Lofton's touchdown with two hands on the ball and two feet in bounds”
Mensah went 6 of 12 in the first half and finished with three touchdowns
- 6 of 12
- completions for 49 yards in the first half
- 24 of 43
- completions for 276 yards in the game
- 3
- touchdown passes, with one interception
Source: Miami Herald
The loss leaves two unbeaten teams in the FBS, Utah and UCLA, both 9-0. It's the first time since 2003 that only two teams got through nine games unbeaten.
- Notre Dame's CJ Carr: 319 yards, three touchdowns
- Miami's Cooper Barkate: 10 catches, 92 yards, two touchdowns
- Lofton: seven catches, 113 yards, one touchdown
Sources: CBS Miami, Miami Herald, WPLG Local 10, NBC 6 South Florida