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Watch how BYU and its fans celebrated a program-defining victory — beating No. 2 Notre Dame
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When CJ Carr’s final pass of the night hit the ground harmlessly Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium — even amidst some controversy over the final play — it set off a celebration for BYU football fans.
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‘Relationships matter’: How BYU’s long-standing kinship with Notre Dame enabled Saturday’s top-10 showdown
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Watch how BYU and its fans celebrated a program-defining victory — beating No. 2 Notre Dame
If you need another reason to cheer against Notre Dame in Saturday night’s big game against BYU, then pull up a chair. As my mother (never) said, if you haven’t got something nice to say about someone, come sit next to me. Notre Dame is unbeaten in five (easy) games and ranked No. 2 in the country.
In what the school considers its first season of intercollegiate football, Brigham Young University went 1-5 in 1922, and failed to score in four of those six contests. To remedy the bleak situation, then-BYU athletic director Eugene L.
BYU has done it. The Cougars pulled off arguably the biggest win in program history Saturday night in a 28-24 thriller over No. 2 Notre Dame. Social media was on fire following BYU’s victory. Here are some of the top reactions online.
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Bear Bachmeier threw a go-ahead touchdown pass with 1:47 left and then No. 8 BYU stopped No. 2 Notre Dame at the goal line to preserve a riveting 28-24 victory Saturday night. Bachmeier ran for two TDs, caught another and had 224 yards passing to help the Cougars (6-0) beat the [.
PROVO, Utah — Bear Bachmeier threw a go-ahead touchdown pass with 1:47 left and then No. 8 BYU stopped No. 2 Notre Dame at the goal line to preserve a riveting 28-24 victory Saturday night. The thriller capped a wild Saturday in which five of the top 8 teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same regular…
Pandemonium in Provo. BYU secured arguably its biggest win in program history Saturday night, stunning No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 at a wild LaVell Edwards Stadium. The Cougars are now 6-0 on the season, poised to vault up the national rankings and deeply entrenched in the College Football Playoff mix.
PROVO, Utah (ABC4) —In one of the biggest games ever played at LaVell Edwards Stadium, No. 8 BYU delivered one of the biggest wins in program history. Bear Bachmeier accounted for all four Cougar touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with less than two minutes remaining, and BYU’s defense held on…
No. 2 Notre Dame played for a No. 1 ranking on an upset Saturday and carried a season motto “Leave No Doubt” into Provo, where disrespected No. 8 BYU lay in wait. The Cougars ended up leaving no doubt in a historic 28-24 win over Notre Dame, a national darling program that had six plays inside BYU’s…
Forty-two years after a series of fortunate events throughout the 1984 college football season — surprising upset losses by teams ranked ahead of them in the polls — enabled the upstart BYU Cougars to win their first and only national championship, history is starting to repeat itself.
The Big 12 acknowledged its replay crew erred in ending No. 8 BYU’s 28-24 win over No. 2 Notre Dame: one second remained after the final incomplete pass, and Notre Dame should have had another play from the BYU 8-yard line.
After No. 8 BYU held on to defeat No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 Saturday night in Provo, the Big 12 issued a statement acknowledging that the game clock should have had one second left following the first-down incomplete pass thrown by Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr.
PROVO, UTAH – OCTOBER 17: CJ Carr #13 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looks up at the jumbo tron during a reply during the first half against the BYU Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium on October 17, 2026 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by Bryan Byerly/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)
Undefeated no more. Notre Dame’s perfect 2026 record was spoiled Saturday night in Provo, as double-digit underdog BYU scored a historic 28-24 upset victory over the No. 2-ranked Irish. “Give a lot of credit to coach (Kalani) Sitake and the BYU team.
Bear Bachmeier threw a go-ahead touchdown pass with 1:47 left and then No. 8 BYU stopped No. 2 Notre Dame at the goal line to preserve a riveting 28-24 victory
The Big 12 Conference just added insult to the injury. There should have been one second added to the clock. Instead, Notre Dame football dropped its first game of the season 28-24 at the hands of BYU. "Following the Big 12's review of the final play of Saturday's Notre Dame-BYU game, it was determi…
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