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20 NOV. 8, 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED ter … BC converted both of its fourth- down attempts. Items: Senior tight end Eli Raridon accounted for Notre Dame's longest play in the third quarter with a 30-yard reception from Carr … Junior kicker Marcello Diomede missed the extra point after Love's touchdown. He was the third placekicker Notre Dame used after redshirt senior Noah Burnette missed an extra point and freshman Erik Schmidt missed a 35-yard field goal in the second quarter. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 25, BOSTON COLLEGE 10 Top Moment: Love gave Notre Dame breathing room with a 94-yard touch- down run early in the fourth quarter. He started to his left and cut back up the middle to sprint through the secondary. Feature Performer: Redshirt soph- omore safety Adon Shuler ended BC's threat to cut into an eight-point lead by intercepting a poorly thrown pass by James. The Eagles faced third-and-7 at the Irish 23-yard line when James threw it to Shuler, who returned it 2 yards to the 6-yard line. Love's long touchdown came on the next play. Stats: Two of Notre Dame's 5 sacks in the game came in the fourth quarter from linebackers Drayk Bowen, a junior, and Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, a sopho- more … Notre Dame limited BC to 44 yards with minus-8 rushing yards. Items: Schmidt gave the Irish a suc- cessful extra point for the first time in the game following Love's touchdown … The Irish failed a fourth-and-2 with a fake punt that resulted in a 4-yard loss for Love … Johnson intercepted his second pass of the game with 1:41 remaining. ✦ ND BC SECOND QUARTER ND Fields 40-yard pass from Carr (Burnette kick missed) 14:52 6 0 Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 5:20 ND Pauling 44-yard pass from Carr (Love pass from Carr failed) 1:53 12 0 Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:30 BC Harris 25-yard pass from James (Lombardo kick) 0:22 12 7 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:31 THIRD QUARTER BC Lombardo 25-yard field goal 3:36 12 10 Drive: 21 plays, 74 yards, 11:20 ND Love 3-yard run (Diomede kick missed) 0:32 18 10 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:04 FOURTH QUARTER ND Love 94-yard run (Schmidt kick) 11:07 25 10 Drive: 1 play, 94 yards, 0:14 ND BC Total First Downs 22 21 Rushing 4 6 Passing 14 11 Penalty 4 4 Rushing Attempts 29 33 Yards Gained Rushing 173 52 Yards Lost Rushing 14 40 Net Yards Rushing 159 12 Net Yards Passing 299 269 Passes Attempted 26 45 Passes Completed 18 30 Had Intercepted 0 3 Percent Completion 69.2% 66.7% Yards Per Attempt 11.5 6.0 Yards Per Completion 16.6 9.0 Total Offensive Plays 55 78 Total Net Yards 458 281 Average Gain Per Play 8.3 3.6 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 7-67 9-80 Punts: No.-Yards 2-85 3-101 Average Per Punt 42.5 33.7 Average Net Punt 42.5 32.3 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-4 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-22 2-33 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 3-2 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 24:33 35:27 Third-Down Conversions 3-10 8-18 Percentage 30.0% 44.4% Fourth-Down Conversions 2-4 2-4 Percentage 50.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 6-33 0-0 NOTRE DAME 25, BOSTON COLLEGE 10 Nov. 1, 2025 ✦ Attendance: 44,500 Alumni Stadium ✦ Chestnut Hill, Mass. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 0 12 6 7 25 Boston College 0 7 3 0 10 Sophomore linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (left) compiled 9 total stops, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks against the Eagles. PHOTO BY NICK GRACE