The Notre Dame Fighting Irish needed a big win on the road against the Syracuse Orange, and they won 41-24 because the Irish were bigger and stringer in the trenches.
The Irish got out of the gates with absolute quickness as Brandon Jospeh picked off Garrett Shrader and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown to put the Irish up 7-0 seven seconds into the game.
Unfortunately for the Irish, the next drive wasn’t as short for Syracuse. After getting great field position on the kickoff due to a personal foul flag on the Joseph TD, the Orange drove 54 yards in 7 plays to score on a 13 yard Shrader to Oronde Gadsden touchdown.