Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ Purdue Boilermakers — Sep 26, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 September 26, 2026
Fighting Irish Notre Dame ND 4-0, 1-0 Away
49
Final
10
Boilermakers Purdue PUR 0-3, 0-2 Home
1 2 3 4 T
ND 7 28 0 14 49
PUR 0 0 3 7 10
Top Performers
Passing Yards
C. Carr QB ND
237 PASS
R. Browne QB PUR
111 PASS
Rushing Yards
A. Williams RB ND
80 RUSH
O.
O. Ijeboi PUR
41 RUSH
Receiving Yards
M. Gilbert WR ND
83 REC
T. M. Harris WR PUR
36 REC
Passing
Notre Dame
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
C. Carr 14/22 237 3 1 0 120.6
N. Grubbs 2/4 30 1 0 0 114.6
Purdue
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
R. Browne 18/28 111 0 0 4 72.2
E. Chuba 7/9 67 1 0 2 134.7
Rushing
Notre Dame
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
C. Carr 3 10 3.3 1 7
N. James 7 28 4.0 0 7
J. Walton 7 61 8.7 0 44
A. Williams 14 80 5.7 1 22
Purdue
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
R. Browne 6 -23 -3.8 0 9
O. Ijeboi 12 41 3.4 0 10
A. Harris 3 16 5.3 0 8
J. Gibson 6 12 2.0 0 5
E. Chuba 4 -6 -1.5 0 4
Receiving
Notre Dame
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
J. Faison 4 5 66 16.5 0 31 0
J. Greathouse 2 4 36 18.0 0 28 0
N. James 2 3 8 4.0 1 5 0
M. Gilbert 2 4 83 41.5 1 56 0
M. Jeffery 1 1 4 4.0 1 4 0
A. Williams 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
T. Washington 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
J. Flanigan 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
M. Graham 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
C. Flanagan 2 2 29 14.5 1 27 0
D. Faison 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
J. Bettis 1 2 26 26.0 0 26 0
Purdue
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
C. Magwood 2 7 14 7.0 0 9 0
X. Townsend 5 7 16 3.2 0 8 0
C. McCutchan 2 2 12 6.0 0 8 0
O. Ijeboi 2 3 6 3.0 0 5 0
A. Waseem 4 4 34 8.5 0 20 0
D. Morrissette 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
J. Gibson 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
T. M. Harris 3 3 36 12.0 0 19 0
J. Watson 2 3 8 4.0 0 5 0
A. Towns 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
B. Owens 2 3 23 11.5 1 14 0
Defense
Notre Dame
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
B. Young 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
D. Bowen 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
C. Gray 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Dunham 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
B. Traore 4 2 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
A. Shuler 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Sneed 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Viliamu-Asa 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. McKinney 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
F. Brewu 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
T. Gray 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Mukam 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
L. Moore 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. O'Brien 5 1 4 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
J. Ausberry 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Keeley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Thomas 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
B. Logan 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Sevillano 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
E. Ewetade 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Faraimo 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G. Sulfsted 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Pouncey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Golden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Zackery 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E. Long 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
H. Hines 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Saunders 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
T. Smith 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Neal 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Bradford 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
J. Slaughter 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
B. Ishmail 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Mangham 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lewis 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Denson 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
W. Berglund 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Correa 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 2 0
R. Lora 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Hayden 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Burgos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Newsome 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Lindsey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
W. Simms 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
I. Jeffries 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Wright 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Hope 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Goldsberry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Notre Dame
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
S. Porath 0/0 7/7 7 0
Purdue
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
J. E. Lozano 1/1 1/1 4 0
Returns
Notre Dame
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
J. Walton 1 27 27.0 0 27 0
Purdue
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
A. Harris 1 16 16.0 0 16 0
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Notre Dame
Purdue
444 Total Yards 218
19 First Downs 16
10 Passing 7
8 Rushing 8
1 Penalty 1
3/8 3rd Down Eff. 8/18
267 Passing Yards 178
177 Rushing Yards 40
1 Turnovers 1
1-15 Penalties 6-46
24:44 Possession 35:16
4/4 Red Zone 1/2
Play-by-Play
Q4 14 - 7 49 - 10
49 - 10 0:06
J. E. Lozano XP
49 - 9 0:06
B. Owens TD
XP S. Porath
49 - 3 4:05
TD M. Jeffery
48 - 3 4:05
XP S. Porath
42 - 3 13:30
TD C. Flanagan
41 - 3 13:30
Q3 0 - 3 35 - 3
35 - 3 4:10
J. E. Lozano FG
Q2 28 - 0 35 - 0
XP S. Porath
35 - 0 0:29
TD N. James
34 - 0 0:29
XP S. Porath
28 - 0 4:15
TD D. Bowen
27 - 0 4:15
XP S. Porath
21 - 0 5:47
TD C. Carr
20 - 0 5:47
XP S. Porath
14 - 0 14:56
TD A. Williams
13 - 0 14:56
Q1 7 - 0 7 - 0
XP S. Porath
7 - 0 4:09
TD M. Gilbert
6 - 0 4:09
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: ND +46 Times Tied: 0
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
September 26, 2026
Time
6:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m