The No. 17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are back home and looking to continue their winning streak after a dominant 66-7 victory over Purdue last week. The stunning Week 2 loss to Northern Illinois at home is still high on the agenda for Notre Dame fans, especially since another MAC school is coming to town this week in Miami (Ohio). In addition to this matchup with the unranked RedHawks, Notre Dame hosts No. 19 Louisville next week, but the Irish need to take care of business in Week 4 to avoid a pair of losses to unranked opponents derailing their aspirations for a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff later this fall.

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This is the second meeting between Miami (Ohio) and Notre Dame in program history, with Notre Dame winning their 2017 game 52-17. A win would be the RedHawk’s first away victory against a ranked opponent since 2003, when a Ben Roethlisberger-team defeated #20 Bowling Green for the 2003 MAC Championship.

Miami is coached by former Notre Dame assistant Chuck Martin, who is in his 11th season at the top job. The RedHawks have started the 2024 season 0-2, with losses to Northwestern and Cincinnati in their first two games. The 2023 MAC champions still have a chance to defend their conference title, as they don’t begin MAC competition until Oct. 5 when they visit Toledo.

After a crushing loss to Northern Illinois, Notre Dame was at full strength against Purdue, outscoring the Boilermakers 42-0 in the first half and outscoring them 362-38. The power of the Irish run game was on full display in the hands of running backs Jeremiyah Love And Jadarian Prize, and also QB Riley Leonard, who has 11 carries for 100 yards and 3 TDs to his name. The run game has been essential to Notre Dame’s success, but it’s hard to ignore the limitations of the passing game: Through three games, Leonard has yet to throw a passing touchdown. He’s the only quarterback in FBS this season with 75+ pass attempts and 0 TD passes, while backup QB Steve Angeli threw two touchdown passes after starting the second half of the upset victory.

But there’s no doubt that Saturday’s win gave Leonard and Notre Dame a much-needed course correction and confidence boost.

“My coaches and my teammates, all credit to them,” Leonard said after the win. “All credit to (Marcus Freeman). He took me into his office every day and said, ‘Hey, you’re the man. I trust you and I have all the confidence in the world in you.’ Those kinds of things built me ​​up and this game I was extremely prepared. All week I couldn’t wait to get back on the field and prove myself.”

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