November 29, 2025 Week 14 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

Notre Dame takes the belt, 49–20, on the road at Stanford.

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Recap

Notre Dame dominated Stanford for three quarters, building a commanding 42-6 lead behind a high-powered offense that scored six touchdowns before halftime. The Irish offense was relentless in the first half, with J.Love and J.Price punching in early touchdowns, followed by a spectacular 84-yard touchdown pass from J.Burnham to L.Talich, and A.Williams adding two more scores to give Notre Dame a 35-3 halftime advantage. Stanford mounted a desperate fourth-quarter comeback led by backup quarterback C.Mirer, scoring twice in the final period to make the final score 49-20, but it came far too late to threaten the outcome. Notre Dame's dominance in time of possession and third-down conversion efficiency (11-18 vs. Stanford's 8-19) proved decisive in claiming the College Football Belt.

Notre Dame's two early first-quarter touchdowns (J.Love and J.Price rushing scores) set the tone for a dominant performance
The 84-yard Burnham-to-Talich touchdown pass in Q2 exemplified Notre Dame's offensive explosiveness
Notre Dame's 35-3 halftime lead effectively decided the belt, as Stanford never seriously threatened despite late fourth-quarter scores
A.Williams' 51-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter put the game completely out of reach

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

By Quarter

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Stanford	0	3	3	14	20
Notre Dame	14	21	7	7	49

Pulled directly from CFBD’s play-by-play record, the same source as every score in the lineage.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

StanfordNotre Dame

Total yards312524

Rushing yards86187

Passing yards226337

First downs1624

3rd down conv.8/1911/18

Turnovers10

Penalties–yards3–233–35

Time of possession29:2530:35

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 8:43	Notre Dame	+2 yd	(08:48) Shotgun #4 J.Love rush left for 2 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:43 #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q1 1:52	Notre Dame	+1 yd	(01:58) Shotgun #24 J.Price rush middle for 1 yard gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:52 #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q2 14:33	Notre Dame	+84 yd	(14:44) No Huddle #40 J.Burnham pass complete short middle to #28 L.Talich caught at UND25, for 84 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:33, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q2 9:09	Notre Dame	+25 yd	(09:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short right to #22 A.Williams caught at STAN21, for 25 yards to the STAN13 (#32 M.Leigber), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Q2 7:26	Notre Dame	+2 yd	(07:32) Shotgun #22 A.Williams rush middle for 2 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:26 #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q2 2:38	Stanford	+39 yd	(02:41) #13 E.Kenney field goal attempt from 39 yards GOOD (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #93 P.Warford), clock 02:38
Q2 1:21	Stanford	+0 yd	(01:26) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass intercepted by #15 L.Moore at STAN45, End Of Play
Q2 0:17	Notre Dame	+12 yd	(00:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short left to #24 J.Price caught at STAN08, for 12 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:17, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q3 14:15	Notre Dame	+54 yd	(14:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep middle to #6 J.Faison caught at STAN23, for 54 yards to the STAN23, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Q3 12:43	Notre Dame	+6 yd	(12:46) Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short middle to #6 J.Faison caught at STAN00, for 6 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:43 #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q3 12:02	Stanford	+0 yd	(12:02) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete short right to #0 C.High caught at STAN20, for 0 yards to the STAN25 (#15 L.Moore)
Q3 2:09	Stanford	+44 yd	(02:13) #13 E.Kenney field goal attempt from 44 yards GOOD (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #93 P.Warford), clock 02:09
Q4 14:11	Stanford	+27 yd	(14:19) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete short middle to #86 S.Roush caught at STAN38, for 27 yards to the UND44 (#7 J.Stroman), 1ST DOWN
Q4 12:38	Stanford	+32 yd	(12:52) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete deep right to #0 C.High caught at UND09, for 32 yards to the UND09 QB hurried by #93 J.Dawson, out of bounds at UND09, 1ST DOWN
Q4 12:15	Stanford	+9 yd	(12:19) #2 E.Brown pass complete short right to #11 B.Farrell caught at UND00, for 9 yards to the UND00 QB hurried by #4 J.Ausberry TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:15 #13 E.Kenney kick attempt good (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #93 P.Warford)
Q4 9:08	Notre Dame	+51 yd	(09:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #22 A.Williams rush middle for 51 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:08, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q4 10:00	Notre Dame	-9 yd	(00:25) Shotgun #8 K.Minchey rush middle for 9 yards loss to the STAN15 fumbled by #8 K.Minchey at STAN10 recovered by UND #85 J.Larsen at STAN15, End Of Play
Q4 7:59	Stanford	+20 yd	(08:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete short right to #18 M.Libman caught at STAN43, for 20 yards to the STAN47 QB hurried by #56 E.Hughes (#24 M.Zackery IV), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Q4 5:28	Stanford	+30 yd	(05:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 C.Mirer rush left for 30 yards gain to the UND10 (#15 L.Moore), 1ST DOWN. #7 J.Stroman injured on the play
Q4 4:00	Stanford	+3 yd	(04:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 C.Mirer pass complete short left to #25 M.Brown caught at UND00, for 3 yards to the UND00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:00, 1ST DOWN #13 E.Kenney kick attempt good (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #93 P.Warford) #13 E.Kenney kick attempt good (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #47 A.Chavez)

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Elijah BrownStanford	18/37	204	5.5	1	1	48.2
Charlie MirerStanford	2/3	22	7.3	1	0	99.7
C.J. CarrNotre Dame	17/27	205	7.6	2	0	90.0
Joshua BurnhamNotre Dame	1/1	84	84.0	1	0	100.0
Kenny MincheyNotre Dame	5/8	48	6.0	0	0	95.2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cole TabbStanford	11	32	2.9	0	6
Sedrick IrvinStanford	10	29	2.9	0	5
Charlie MirerStanford	2	23	11.5	0	30
Caleb HamptonStanford	4	5	1.3	0	3
Caden HighStanford	1	2	2.0	0	2
Bryce FarrellStanford	1	1	1.0	0	1
Elijah BrownStanford	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
Aneyas WilliamsNotre Dame	10	83	8.3	2	51
Jeremiyah LoveNotre Dame	14	66	4.7	1	18
Jadarian PriceNotre Dame	6	15	2.5	1	6
C.J. CarrNotre Dame	4	15	3.8	0	7
Kenny MincheyNotre Dame	2	6	3.0	0	15
Nolan James Jr.Notre Dame	2	2	1.0	0	3

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Sam RoushStanford	4	73	18.3	0	27
Marcus BrownStanford	5	41	8.2	1	13
Caden HighStanford	4	34	8.5	0	32
Benjamin BlackburnStanford	2	27	13.5	0	14
Myles LibmanStanford	1	20	20.0	0	20
Bryce FarrellStanford	2	15	7.5	1	9
CJ WilliamsStanford	1	14	14.0	0	14
Cole TabbStanford	1	2	2.0	0	2
Luke TalichNotre Dame	1	84	84.0	1	84
Jordan FaisonNotre Dame	3	68	22.7	1	54
Jadarian PriceNotre Dame	3	40	13.3	1	14
Aneyas WilliamsNotre Dame	2	40	20.0	0	25
Micah GilbertNotre Dame	2	22	11.0	0	14
Malachi FieldsNotre Dame	3	22	7.3	0	10
Elijah BurressNotre Dame	3	21	7.0	0	12
Ty WashingtonNotre Dame	1	11	11.0	0	11
Eli RaridonNotre Dame	2	9	4.5	0	6
Will PaulingNotre Dame	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jeremiyah LoveNotre Dame	1	6	6.0	0	6
Jack LarsenNotre Dame	1	6	6.0	0	6

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Matt RoseStanford	9	2	0	0	0	0
Hunter BarthStanford	5	3	0	1	1	0
Mitch LeigberStanford	5	3	0	0	0	0
Clay PattersonStanford	5	1	0	0	0	0
Sam MattinglyStanford	4	4	0	1	0	0
Brandon NicholsonStanford	4	3	0	0	1	0
Darrius DavisStanford	4	2	0	0	0	0
Omar StaplesStanford	4	1	0	0	0	0
Chris GarlandStanford	3	3	0	0	1	0
Ernest CooperStanford	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tevarua TafitiStanford	3	1	0	0	0	0
Che OjarikreStanford	3	1	0	0	1	0
Gabe KaminskiStanford	3	0	0	0.5	0	2
Zach BuckeyStanford	2	1	0	0	0	0
Scotty EdwardsStanford	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jahsiah GalvanStanford	2	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony FranklinStanford	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jaivion GreenStanford	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chico HoltStanford	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam NeelyStanford	1	1	0	0	1	0
Kole BriehlerStanford	1	1	0	0	0	0
Donte UtuStanford	1	1	0	0	0	0
Charlie EckhardtStanford	1	1	0	1	0	0
Wilfredo AybarStanford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ese DubreStanford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zach RowellStanford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan WashingtonStanford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Braden Marceau-OlayinkaStanford	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Drayk BowenNotre Dame	7	3	0.5	0.5	0	0
DeVonta SmithNotre Dame	5	5	0	0	0	0
Leonard MooreNotre Dame	5	4	0	0	3	0
Jaylen SneedNotre Dame	4	4	0	0	0	0
Jalen StromanNotre Dame	4	3	0	0	0	0
Jaiden AusberryNotre Dame	4	2	0	0	0	2
Jordan BotelhoNotre Dame	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua BurnhamNotre Dame	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jason OnyeNotre Dame	3	2	0	0	0	0
Adon ShulerNotre Dame	3	2	0	0	0	0
Luke TalichNotre Dame	3	2	0	1	0	0
Madden FaraimoNotre Dame	2	1	1	1	0	1
Jared DawsonNotre Dame	2	1	0	0	0	1
Bryce YoungNotre Dame	2	1	0	0	0	0
Armel MukamNotre Dame	1	1	0	0	0	0
Elijah HughesNotre Dame	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dallas GoldenNotre Dame	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Zackery IVNotre Dame	1	1	0	0	0	0
Christian GrayNotre Dame	1	0	0	0	2	0
Cole MullinsNotre Dame	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Teddy RezacNotre Dame	1	0	0	0	0	0
Junior TuihalamakaNotre Dame	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Kenny MincheyNotre Dame	1	0	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Leonard MooreNotre Dame	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Caden HighStanford	2	32	16.0	17
Cole MullinsNotre Dame	2	23	11.5	13
Aneyas WilliamsNotre Dame	1	11	11.0	11
Matt JefferyNotre Dame	1	0	0.0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Emmet KenneyStanford	2/2	100.0	44	2/2	8
Erik SchmidtNotre Dame	0/0	0.0	0	7/7	7

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jordan FaisonNotre Dame	1	8	8.0	8	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Aidan FlintoftStanford	4	176	44.0	0	1	52
James RendellNotre Dame	3	133	44.3	0	2	47

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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