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Why the Navy-Notre Dame Game Matters

South Bend, Indiana. November 3, 2007.

It’s the third overtime of Notre Dame and Navy’s annual game. Notre Dame has the ball, pushing towards the end zone. Navy is winning 46-38.

The Midshipmen had scored a touchdown and gotten their two-point conversion. The Irish needed to match that. Travis Thompson would earn the first six of those points on a touchdown rush. The next two would need to come from the conversion. Initially, it would fail, but a pass interference on Navy would give Notre Dame another shot from the one-yard line. They’d go back to Thompson, but the Midshipmen were there to stuff him, securing a historic victory.