It wasn’t an ideal start for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but they managed to stay steady to get a 45-24 win over the Stanford Cardinal in Palo Alto — thanks in large part to 4 Ian Book touchdown passes. The field conditions are almost always horrible on The Farm, and the rain this week only added more awful to the community college field.
Stanford jumped all over Notre Dame early with an opening drive touchdown that looked efficient and well designed against this Clark Lea defense. Notre Dame was able to quickly counter with a long drive that ended with a Tony Jones Jr.