The situation was bleak. Notre Dame’s offense could not get out of its own way after the opening possession of the night. Duke rallied behind Riley Leonard and Justin Waters to take a 14-13 lead with nine minutes remaining. The Fighting Irish were one play away from a second consecutive loss and faced a fourth down, with 16 yards to go with 41 seconds on the clock. Piece of cake, right?
Well, not exactly. Things did not look good for the visitors as quarterback Sam Hartman took the shotgun snap. He could not find an open receiver but he escaped the pocket to his right and saw daylight.