Northwestern Ties Notre Dame Late In Fourth Quarter (Video)

By Jack Crosby | Nov 15, 2014

Nov 15, 2014; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver William Fuller (7) catches a pass for a touchdown as Northwestern Wildcats cornerback Nick VanHoose (23) defends in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /

Northwestern is doing a good job of trying to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the day on Saturday against Notre Dame.

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Last weekend the Notre Dame Fighting Irish dropped their second game of the season to a very good Arizona State team, so the loss wasn’t really heavily criticized. However, a loss to Northwestern on Saturday would draw a lot of ire from the national media, and that’s what may happen.

Late in the fourth quarter Notre Dame was just up 40-37. With time winding down on the clock, Northwestern was able to drive themselves into field goal range. With 19 seconds on the clock, the Wildcats needed to nail through a 45-yard field goal off the foot of Jack Mitchell.

And he nailed it.

Again, Notre Dame has had a great season, and their two losses were to two teams that they could get a pass for losing to. However, dropping one to a 3-6 Northwestern team will not go over well with the analysts and it certainly won’t go over well with the fans in South Bend.

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