Notre Dame has had trouble this season getting off to a good start, and they got off to a terrible start against the Stanford Cardinal and were shutout in the first half. The Irish managed just 106 yards on 23 plays in the first half, with 2 three and outs, a turnover on downs, and a fumble.
It was brutal.
Meanwhile, the Cardinal weren’t lighting the world on fire offensively, but their first drive of the game went 66 yards on 8 plays for a touchdown. Stanford would add a field goal as the second quarter came to a close, and the teams went into the lockers with a 10-0 advantage for David Shaw’s boys.