{"id":834,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/834","headline":"BYU stuns No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24, stopping Irish at the goal line","dek":"Bear Bachmeier threw a late go-ahead touchdown and BYU's defense held at the eight-yard line as time expired to hand Notre Dame its first loss.","body":"BYU beat Notre Dame 28-24 on Saturday, handing the No. 2 Fighting Irish their first loss of the season and pushing the Cougars to 6-0.\n\nBYU scored first on an 11-play, 75-yard drive and led 14-7 at halftime. Notre Dame clawed back after the break, outscoring the Cougars 6-0 in the third quarter, but the deficit from the first half proved too much to overcome. Quarterback Bear Bachmeier threw a costly interception in the fourth quarter just after BYU had surrendered its lead, but he responded by leading a go-ahead touchdown drive that finished with less than two minutes left.\n\nThat set up one last stand for the BYU defense. Notre Dame drove all the way to the eight-yard line, but the Cougars stopped them with an incompletion as time expired to seal the 28-24 win.\n\nThe loss drops Notre Dame to 6-1 on the season. BYU, now the No. 8 team in the country, moved into strong position for a College Football Playoff push after a program-defining win over a top-tier opponent.","published_at":"2026-10-19T00:03:39.222210+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame Football Stats: Week 7 Review of Loss to BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-football-stats-week-232004352.html"},{"outlet":"Defector","publisher":"Defector","title":"What’s The Point Of All These Reviews?","url":"https://defector.com/whats-the-point-of-all-these-reviews"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"BYU spent decades fighting for respect, and a win over Notre Dame finally delivered it","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/byu-fighting-for-respect-notre-dame-win/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"BYU caps insane college football slate with upset of No. 2 Notre Dame","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/18/sports/byu-caps-insane-college-football-slate-with-upset-of-no-2-notre-dame/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"BYU outlasts Notre Dame, caps upset with stop in end zone","url":"https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50207876/no-8-byu-rallies-outlasts-no-2-notre-dame-move-6-0"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame vs. BYU live score, updates: Can Cougars pull off upset against Irish?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/live/notre-dame-vs-byu-live-score-updates-can-cougars-pull-off-upset-against-irish-233224023.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"BYU vs. Notre Dame recap, results: Irish lose 28-24 on last-second incompletion in Cougars' end zone","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/byu-vs-notre-dame-recap-033448371.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame asked for BYU. 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