Indiana scored twice late to make the score deceptively close, but the Irish rolled through the Hoosiers to advance to the next round.
Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard celebrates his one-yard touchdown run with Jordan Faison against Indiana during the second half in the first round of the NCAA College Football Playoff, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend, Ind.SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jeremiyah Love tied the Notre Dame record with a 98-yard touchdown run, Riley Leonard added two more scores and the Fighting Irish shut down the highest-scoring team in the College Football Playoff, overwhelming Indiana 27-17 on Friday night.
“There’s no place like Notre Dame,” Leonard said. “This is why you come here, this is why I came here — to play for a championship.” “It’s all about finding a way to get another week,” Freeman said. “It wasn’t easy. But we’re going to enjoy this one and we’ll get another one.”Love finished with eight carries for 108 yards despite appearing to reinjure his left knee later in the first half.Leonard’s 1-yard TD run late in the fourth gave him 15 this season to break Notre Dame’s season record by a quarterback.
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