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Recap - Fighting Irish Defeat Navy 51-14

Navy was unable to contain Jeremiyah Love on Saturday and the result was a 51-14 Week 9 loss against the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame was a favorite by -13.5 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 51.0.

Jeremiyah Love rushed for 102 yards, while Riley Leonard added 83 yards in the win. Jordan Faison and Beaux Collins added 52 and 42 receiving yards respectively.

Blake Horvath rushed for 129 yards for Navy, while Eli Heidenreich added 51 yards. Luke Hutchison threw for 0 yards for the Midshipmen, while receivers Alex Tecza and Brandon Chatman had 39 and 21 yards respectively.

Navy lost the offensive yardage battle to Notre Dame 466-310 yards in Saturday's game. Notre Dame had more first downs as that total ended up 20-17.

The time of possession battle favored Notre Dame as their offense was on the field for 30:29, longer than the 29:31 of their opponents.

Notre Dame heads into a 11 battle against Florida State. Navy, meanwhile, will have their next action against Rice.