SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Brandon Wimbush, a junior making his first career start, threw for two touchdowns and ran for 106 yards and another touchdown to lead Notre Dame to a 49-16 season-opening victory over Temple on Saturday.
Wimbush threw touchdown passes to Equanimeous St. Brown and Nic Weisher and completed 17 of 30 passes for 184 yards with one interception.
Temple, the defending American Athletic Conference champion, didn't score a touchdown until Logan Marchi connected with Keith Kirkwood in the end zone to cut the score to 28-10 with six minutes left in the first half.