INSTANT RECAP: No. 13 Notre Dame football upends Tennessee State 56-3, improves to 2-0

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame Football wasn't jet lagged Saturday as the Irish opened their 2023 home season against Tennessee State with a convincing 56-3 win.

Notre Dame (2-0) returned from its 42-3 win over Navy in Dublin, Ireland last week to look sharp against the Tigers. It was the season-opener for Tennessee State — the first ever Historically Black College or University opponent for the Irish — which is coached by former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George.

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Postgame

▶ Quick observations from Notre Dame football's home opener vs Tennessee State

▶ Notre Dame 56, Tennessee State 3: How the points were scored

▶ Steve Angeli throws first two touchdown passes of his Notre Dame football career

6:40 p.m.; That's a wrap. FINAL: Notre Dame 56, Tennessee State 3

6:20 p.m. : Notre Dame 56, Tennessee State 3

Score: Gi’Bran 42-yard catch from Angeli (Zac Yoakam kick)

Drive: Seven plays, 84 yards in 3:34 after a Tennessee State punt.

Keys to the drive: The biggest play on the drive outside the touchdown was a 20-yard completion from Angeli to Rico Flores.

Heading into the fourth quarter, Irish up big

6:02 p.m. : Notre Dame 49, Tennessee State 3 - Irish defense gets on the board

5:59 p.m.: Notre Dame 42, Tennessee State 3 - Steve Angeli first career TD pass

Score: Jadarian Price 40-yard catch from Steve Angeli (Shrader kick)

Drive: Seven plays, 82 yards in 3:28 after a Tennessee State punt.

Keys to the drive: Estimé had a 26-yard run on the second play of the drive to get the offense moving. It’s the first career touchdown pass for Angeli.

5:35 p.m.: Second half underway. Sam Hartman's day is done

▶ Sam Hartman wins another battle of the beards

5 p.m.: Notre Dame 35, Tennessee State 3 - HALFTIME

Score: Holden Staes four-yard catch from Hartman at 0:15 (Shrader kick)

Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 38 seconds

Keys to the drive: After Tennessee State missed a field goal, the Irish marched down the field at a blistering pace to get one more score before halftime. The tight ends finally got involved in the offense for the first time this season, as Mitchell Evans caught three-straight passes for 49 yards. A 24-yard pass to Jaden Greathouse then setup the scoring play.has context menu

4:37 p.m.: Notre Dame 28, Tennessee State 3. Upset alert cancelled

Score: Estimé five-yard run at 5:17 (Shrader kick)

Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards in 2:55

Keys to the drive: A 23-yard pass from Hartman to Thomas on a 3rd-and-10 pushed the Irish into Tennessee State territory. Payne then had a 12-yard run to set up a goal-to-go scenario for the Irish.has context menu

Injury update: Devyn Ford will not return

4:23 p.m.: Notre Dame 21, Tennessee State 3

Score: Chris Tyree 24-yard catch from Hartman at 9:41 (Shrader kick)

Drive: 4 plays, 57 yards in 2:01

Keys to the drive: A Ramon Henderson interception set up the drive. Hartman then had a 27-yard pass to Jayden Thomas before the touchdown pass to Tyree.

4:15 p.m.: Notre Dame 14, Tennessee State 3

Score: Hartman five-yard run at 12:22 (Shrader kick)

Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards in 4:16

Keys to the drive: Estimé ripped off a 50-yard run on the first play of the quarter, setting up Notre Dame at the Tennessee State 19-yard line. Hartman also had a nice pass to Jadarian Price of 11 yards, setting up the goal-to-go scenario for the Irish.

4:09 p.m. : Notre Dame 7, Tennessee State, end of 1st Quarter

3:56 p.m Development: Tennessee State forces fumble on kickoff

Tigers with ball on Notre Dame 12

3:54 p.m.: Notre Dame 7, Tennessee State 3. Tigers came to play

Score: James Lowery 38-yard field goal at 2:44

Drive: 15 plays, 55 yards in 6:33

Keys to the drive: The Tigers picked up its first, first down of the drive on a pass interference penalty by Notre Dame safety Thomas Harper. They also had a nice pickup on a third-and-seven when quarterback Deveon Bryant connected with Chayil Garnett for 13 yards, getting Tennessee State into field goal range.has context menuComposeParagraph

3:40 p.m.: Notre Dame 7, Tennessee State 0

Score: Jeremiyah Love 36-yard run at 9:17 (Spencer Shrader kick)

Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:43 elapsed after the opening kickoff.

Keys to the drive: A nice nine-yard scramble run from quarterback Sam Hartman on a third-and-five kept the drive alive early. Along with Love, Audric Estimé, Gi’Bran Payne and Devyn Ford also had rushing attempts on the drive for the Irish.

3:34 p.m.: Underway at Notre Dame Stadium

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A little link between Notre Dame and Tennessee State

▶ Six decades ago, Tennessee State and Notre Dame football coaching legends swapped intel

Pregaming for Tennessee State

▶ Noie: Wide receiver receiver room for Notre Dame football sees surprise emerge in opener

▶ Injury update: Tight end Eli Raridon (knee) remains out for Notre Dame football

▶ Rare lung procedure doesn't stop Tyson Ford from beating the odds for Notre Dame football

▶ Icon Raghib Ismail longs for another national championship for Notre Dame football

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