SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — C.J. Carr threw for 218 yards and three touchdowns and No. 10 Notre Dame beat Navy 49-10 on a snowy Saturday night for its seventh consecutive victory.
Carr completed 13 of 16 passes
and Notre Dame (7-2) led 42-10 when he gave way to backup quarterback Kenny Minchey late in the third quarter.
Jeremiyah Love gained 94 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns. He scored on a stunning 48-yard run where he went down but didn’t touch the turf, rolling off adefender and racing to the end zone after regaining his footing.
Aneyas Williams added a 54-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
Navy (7-2) played without quarterback Blake Horvath after he was injured last week in a 31-17 loss to North Texas
Braxton Woodson started in place of Horvath and gained 101 yards on 23 carries. He scored Navy’s lone TD on a 2-yard run that tied it at 7.
Navy entered the game leading the nation in rushing (317 yards a game). The Midshipmen gained 154 yards on the ground in the first half, but were limited to 52 in the second.
Notre Dame: The Irish, No. 10 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, picked up style points with the dominating victory.
Navy: The Midshipmen look to re-group after back-to-back losses.
Navy: Hosts USF next Saturday.
Notre Dame: At at Pittsburgh next Saturday
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