The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions in a nail-biting 27-24 victory to advance to the national championship game.
A thrilling fourth quarter in the College Football Playoff semifinal game at Hard Rock Stadium saw Penn State and Notre Dame trade body blows. The Fighting Irish ended with a 27-24 victory. With the ball in the final minute and a chance to move into field goal range, Penn State turned the ball over when Drew Allar threw an interception to Christian Gray of Notre Dame .
This set up Notre Dame in plus territory, and after six plays, kicker Mitch Jeter snuck a 41-yard field goal inside the left upright, putting the team up for good with seven seconds left. Notre Dame will take on the winner of Friday’s Texas-Ohio State semifinal in the national title game on January 20. Penn State rolled early in the first half, scoring the game’s first 10 points before Notre Dame notched a field goal in the final seconds of the second quarter. This momentum carried into the second half with Notre Dame scoring the first 14 points off of impressive rushing touchdowns from quarterback Riley Leonard and running back Jeremiyah Love. Nicholas Singleton for Penn State pushed back, scoring touchdowns on consecutive drives to give him three on the day and giving the Nittany Lions the lead with 7:55 left in the fourth. However, the Fighting Irish rallied on their next drive when Leonard connected on a 54-yard score with Jaden Greathouse. Leonard threw for 223 yards with one touchdown and two picks while Allar was held to 139 yards through the air. Singleton and fellow running back Kaytron Allen finished with 84 and 82 yards, respectively, in the loss
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