No. 10 Miami hung on for a 27-24 win over No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday night.
The Hurricanes lost a 10-point lead over the course of the fourth quarter but got a 47-yard field goal from Carter Davis with 1:04 remaining for the win.
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Sunday’s game was Davis’ first as a Miami player after he transferred from Florida Atlantic and beat out former Texas kicker Bert Auburn for the starting job. Davis was just 4 of 11 on field goals in his FAU career and had made 3 of 9 kicks over 40 yards.
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Notre Dame didn’t have any timeouts remaining and didn’t get across midfield on its final drive of the game as Miami’s pass rush got to CJ Carr on back-to-back snaps to seal the game.
Davis’ first field goal of the game came with 9:42 to go and gave Miami a 24-14 lead. That field goal was set up after a deflected interception by defensive end Rueben Bain Jr. when the Hurricanes blew up a bubble screen.
However, Notre Dame tied the game with 3:21 to go when Carr rushed for a 7-yard TD. Miami’s offense had been stagnant for much of the fourth quarter. The Hurricanes gained just 6 yards on their three drives before Carr’s TD.
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But the Hurricanes’ offense got back going again when Miami needed points. Miami went 46 yards in nine plays to set up Davis’ field goal, though you can’t blame any Miami fan for wondering why the play-calling got so conservative on that final drive and in the fourth quarter overall.
Miami ran the ball on its final five plays of the drive to set up Davis’ long field-goal attempt. Part of that was to get Notre Dame to use all three of its timeouts. But it was a seemingly risky strategy to put a largely unproven kicker in that spot with a player like Carson Beck at quarterback.
The former Georgia starter was making his first start at Miami after transferring in the offseason and reportedly getting a $4 million NIL deal to play for the Hurricanes. Beck completed 20 of 30 passes Sunday night for 205 yards and two TDs as true freshman wide receiver Malachi Toney had six catches for 82 yards and a TD.
It’s by far the biggest win of the Mario Cristobal era for the Hurricanes. After 12 wins over Cristobal’s first two seasons in charge, Miami went 10-3 in 2024. However, Miami gave up 42 points in each of its last two games of the season and a 42-38 loss to Syracuse in the final week of the regular season knocked the Hurricanes out of the ACC title game and the College Football Playoff.
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Miami’s defense was much more of an asset than a liability Sunday night. Miami had three sacks of Carr and held the Irish to just 93 yards rushing. Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price had just 16 combined carries. Carr ended up leading the team with 11 carries, though college football statistics count sacks as rushing attempts.
Carr, the grandson of former Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, made his first start of his college career after beating out Kenny Minchey for the starting job. Carr completed 19 of 30 passes for 221 yards with two TDs and an interception.
Sunday night won’t define Notre Dame’s playoff chances
If there’s a school best-equipped to show how an early-season loss can’t define a team’s playoff fate, it’s Notre Dame. A season ago the Irish lost to Northern Illinois at home in Week 2 after beating Texas A&M on the road. Notre Dame promptly won 13 straight games after that NIU loss and made the national title game before losing to Ohio State.
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The Irish entered the season as the betting favorites to go undefeated in 2025. While that won’t happen, Notre Dame still has a schedule that sets up well for another run at the College Football Playoff. After playing Texas A&M in Week 3, Notre Dame has no games remaining against teams likely to be in Tuesday’s AP Top 25 and could be favored in every game remaining this season.
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