The eye-popping FBS feat hasn’t been seen in 30 years

The Notre Dame football program absolutely destroyed Syracuse on Saturday. Notre Dame dismantled injury-depleted Syracuse team 70-7 in a record-breaking performance by the Fighting Irish. They made FBS history in multiple categories during Saturday’s utterly dominant effort.

Notre Dame had 24 carries for 329 yards against Syracuse on Saturday. According to OptaSTATS, that’s the fewest rushing game with 300+ yards rushing by any FBS team in the last 30 seasons.

Heisman Trophy candidate Jeremiah Love did most of the work, turning eight carries into 171 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

Love scored his 20th touchdown of the season, matching the Notre Dame record set by the legendary Jerome Bettis in 1991.

“It’s a great honor to be there with some Notre Dame legends,” Love said. “I couldn’t have accomplished that goal without the (offensive) line, without the defense getting the ball back, without the receivers making great blocks, without CJ (Carr) breaking the game open. It’s a group effort.”

Notre Dame set a modern-era scoring record, surpassing Georgia Tech’s 69 points in November 1977. The last time Notre Dame scored 70 points in a game was a 73-point game against Haskell in 1932.

Meanwhile, Syracuse hasn’t given up 70+ points since allowing 75 points to the Union back in 1891.

Oddly enough, the Fighting Irish had already wrapped up the win before Love and the offense even took the field.

They scored 21 points on defense and special teams before the first offensive drives. They returned two interceptions for touchdowns as well as a blocked punt.

“Obviously, a unique play,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a game like that, 21 points on the board and the offense wasn’t on the field.”

It may take a moment for the Fighting Irish to bask in their dominant victory. But they must realize that victory will not come so easily next week.

Next up for Notre Dame is a trip to Stanford on November 29th at 10:30pm ET.