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Northwestern Knocks Off Notre Dame In Overtime (Video)

Nov 15, 2014; South Bend, IN, USA; Northwestern Wildcats wide receiver Kyle Prater (21) catches a pass in the end zone for a touchdown against Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety Drue Tranquill (23) at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 15, 2014; South Bend, IN, USA; Northwestern Wildcats wide receiver Kyle Prater (21) catches a pass in the end zone for a touchdown against Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety Drue Tranquill (23) at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

Notre Dame suffered their third loss of the season on Saturday, although unlike the other two, this one won’t be excused. 

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Well, there was a time when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were considered a legitimate College Football Playoff threat. Those thoughts are now gone, completely, after what happened on Saturday night.

Notre Dame suffered their third loss of the season on Saturday night, however, unlike their losses to good Florida State and Arizona State teams, this one to a 3-6 Northwestern team won’t be brushed to the side.

Yes, you read that correctly. 3-6 Northwestern took it to the Irish on Saturday, and they capped off their amazing outing with this 41-yard field goal from Jack Mitchell in overtime to get the win.


Well now that was definitely something that not a lot of people saw coming, but it happened nonetheless. Now all of the Notre Dame praise will more than likely be thrust out the window as they try and regroup from this and come back strong.

It was indeed a pretty good season for Notre Dame to this point, but this is a huge black eye on the 2014 campaign.

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