Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM NOV. 22, 2025 19 used a timeout with six seconds re- maining to set up a 21-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Eli Hol- stein as time expired. Carr buried Pitt with a 5-yard touch- down run on fourth-and-3 with 9:55 re- maining in regulation to end a 12-play, 65-yard drive that gave the Irish a 37-9 lead. Carr, who finished 21-of-32 passing for 212 yards with 2 touchdowns, threw 2 interceptions in a game for the first time this season, but it didn't matter because of all the plays his teammates made. "At the end of the day, we are less concerned with who made that big play," Freeman said, "and more con- cerned with, 'Hey, did you get your job done for the team?' "And that's the most satisfying thing. We did that enough today. Enough guys got their job done to win this game." FIRST QUARTER NOTRE DAME 14, PITT 0 Top Moment: Junior running back Jeremiyah Love juked right, put his foot in the ground and turned one of the nastiest spin moves you'll ever see on a football field. Pitt safety Kavir Bains- Marquez could only watch from his backside as Love raced 56 yards for the game's first touchdown. Feature Performers: Notre Dame's safeties, redshirt sophomore Adon Shuler and redshirt freshman Tae John- son. The former delivered a crushing — and legal — hit on third down dur- ing Pitt's first possession, which led to a fourth-down stop, and added a sack later in the frame. The latter intercepted true freshman Pitt quarterback Mason Heintschel and ran it back 49 yards for a touchdown. Stats: Notre Dame averaged 9.9 yards per play to Pitt's 1.4. The Irish averaged 13.0 yards per rush to the Panthers' (sack-adjusted) 2.7. Items: Redshirt junior defensive end Joshua Burnham sacked Heintschel twice … Redshirt senior wide receiver Malachi Fields delivered what would have been the top moment in any other quarter with an incredible one-handed catch for 35 yards on a free play thanks to a Pitt offsides penalty. SECOND QUARTER NOTRE DAME 21, PITT 3 Top Moment: Pitt jumped offsides again, so redshirt freshman Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr knew he had another free play. As soon as he saw that, he knew where the ball was going. Carr fired it toward the front-left corner of the end