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Notre Dame vs Texas Review: Defense

D-Boyz!

On paper, this year’s Notre Dame defensive squad looked pretty tight, but you never completely know what you’ve got until that first game is played. Notre Dame’s “D-Boyz” came out full speed ahead against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday and never looked back.

How good was Notre Dame’s defense? Lets take a look at the production of the Longhorn offense to see how effective Notre Dame was on defense. Notre Dame held UT to eight first downs, 60 net yards rushing, 103 net yards passing, and UT only converted twice on third down. Twice. The ND defense had four sacks for 31 yards.