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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM SEPT. 13, 2025 29 better feel for what our offense needs in the moment," Carr said. "A lot of the time, it's going to be Jeremiyah Love. On the pick, should have just given him the ball specifically and cost us a big play. We've just got to keep growing." Notre Dame waited too long to course correct. Love finished the first half with just 4 carries for 13 yards. By the time he recorded his fifth carry, the Irish were trailing 21-7 in the third quarter. Price gave Notre Dame's rushing at- tack some life in the second quarter. He ripped off runs of 14 and 30 yards to put the Irish in scoring position. But he squandered his momentum with a fum- ble on second-and-goal at the 3-yard line. Fortunately for Notre Dame, Carr recovered the loose ball for a loss of four and bailed out Price with a touchdown pass on the next play. Also, to Carr's credit, he gained 40 rushing yards when excluding his 3 sacks. Carr took on the challenge of be- ing an additive to the rushing attack, and his 7-yard touchdown run tied the game with 3:21 remaining in the fourth quarter. But Carr's more elusive team- mates should have been given more op- portunities to help him. — Tyler James MIAMI VS. NOTRE DAME QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON Miami 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Total Time of Possession 9:24 7:29 9:27 7:37 16:53 17:04 33:57 Third-Down Conversions 2-5 0-1 2-3 1-5 2-6 3-8 5-14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 Average Field Position MIA-37 MIA-30 MIA-20 MIA-39 MIA-34 MIA-32 MIA-33 Notre Dame 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Final Time of Possession 5:36 7:31 5:33 7:23 13:07 12:56 26:03 Third-Down Conversions 1-3 2-3 1-2 0-1 3-6 1-3 4-9 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Average Field Position ND -22 ND -24 ND -31 ND -28 ND -23 ND -29 ND -26 PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards MIA ND Nega ve 3 5 0-5 40 28 6-9 15 11 10-19 8 7 20-29 2 2 30-39 0 1 40-49 0 0 50 or more 0 1 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) No Poss. TD FG Score Miami 4 2 1 1 Notre Dame 3 3 0 0 BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) Notre Dame • 2-10 MIA33 Price rush for 30 yards to MIA3 • 1-10 MIA40 Carr pass to Fields for 26 yards to MIA14 • 1-10 ND25 Carr pass to Raridon for 65 yards to MIA10 Miami • 3-10 ND28 Beck pass to Toney for 28 yards and a touch- down Junior running back Jeremiyah Love was limited to just 33 yards on 10 carries against the Hurricanes active defensive front. PHOTO BY LARRY BLANKENSHIP MISCELLANEOUS NOTES • The attendance of 66,793 for the Notre Dame Miami matchup was a record for the reconfigured Hard Rock Stadium. • Notre Dame is now 18-9-1 overall and 6-8-1 on the road against Miami. • Redshirt senior wide receiver Malachi Fields made a catch on Notre Dame's second drive, moving his streak of consecutive games with at least one reception to 28 games, which is tied for the eighth-best streak among active FBS players. • Junior running back Jeremiyah Love made his 18th consecutive start for the Irish ver- sus the Hurricanes, which ties Ryan Grant (2001-04) for the seventh-longest streak for an Irish running back since 1983. • Redshirt senior defensive end Jordan Botelho made his 51st career appearance for Notre Dame this evening, becoming the 19th Notre Dame player to appear in 51 or more career games. • Redshirt freshman wide receiver Micah Gilbert recorded his first career reception for a first down in the second quarter. On the same drive, he then tallied his first career touchdown catch. • Redshirt sophomore defensive end Bouba- car Traore and Luke Talich both notched career his in tackles, with 6 and 4, respectively.