Notre Dame’s 70-7 blowout win over the Syracuse Orange on Saturday set all kinds of records.
The No. 9 Fighting Irish had never before scored 35 points in a quarter. Not once in Notre Dame’s storied history had that happened. The most points Notre Dame ever scored in a quarter was 47 versus Rose Poly in a 102-0 win in 1914.
Box scores are unreliable before the 1950s, but Notre Dame either scored the most first-half points it ever has, or the most since at least 1943.
The 70 points put up by the Fighting Irish are the most since they scored 69 against Georgia Tech in 1977, and the first time they had 70 or more since beating Haskell 73-0 in 1932.
The defense set a program record with 16 tackles for loss.
Running back Jeremiyah Love is the third FBS player since 1996 to have three touchdowns and 170 yards in fewer than 8 carries. Clyde Edwards-Helaire did it in 2019 against Arkansas and Desmond Ridder did it in 2020 against SMU.
Love had his sixth two-touchdown game this season. The Notre Dame record is seven, set by Jerome Bettis in 1991. Love ties Vagas Ferguson and Allen Pinkett.
Notre Dame is the sixth FBS team with two pick-sixes in the same game this season.
The last time Notre Dame had its first three scores come via defense or special teams was in 2002 against Purdue.
Finally, the Irish handed Syracuse its worst loss since 1893, when it fell to Union 66-0.
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