October 10, 2026 Week 6 · Regular Season Belt defended

Notre Dame defends the belt, 58–7, at home over Stanford.

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Notre DameAP No. 3 58

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Stanford 7

AP poll, week 6: Stanford unranked at Notre Dame No. 3 · No. 1 that week: Texas. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Notre Dame came in 315 days into reign #332, which began with a win over Stanford, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. The reign is still going — 6 defenses and 316 days so far.

For Stanford this was its 20th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 6 times before.

It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Notre Dame led the belt series 1–0; all-time Notre Dame leads 2–0.

AI-Written

Recap

Notre Dame dominated Stanford from start to finish, establishing control early with two first-quarter touchdowns capped by a short Carr-to-Greathouse pass to make it 14-0. The Irish offense was relentless in the second quarter, with J. Walton breaking free for a 97-yard touchdown run and C. Carr connecting with A. Williams on a spectacular 70-yard bomb to the end zone, pushing the lead to 37-0 by halftime. Stanford's lone score came midway through the third quarter when D. Warren found B. Blackburn in the end zone, but Notre Dame answered immediately with a 40-yard Walton rushing touchdown and added another score in the fourth quarter to seal the 58-7 victory and retain the belt. The Irish's defense forced three turnovers while their offense racked up 598 total yards and converted 8 of 13 third downs, dominating time of possession 36:44 to 22:50.

Walton's 97-yard TD run in Q2 that put Notre Dame up 23-0 and broke the game wide open
Carr's 70-yard touchdown pass to Williams late in Q2 that extended the lead to 37-0 before halftime
Stanford's fumble recovery by Warren early in Q4 that led nowhere, exemplifying their offensive struggles throughout
B. Traore's interception of Warren in Q2 and subsequent return to the Stanford 19-yard line setting up a Notre Dame field goal

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
Notre Dame	14	23	7	14	58
Stanford	0	0	7	0	7

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

Notre DameStanford

Total yards598202

Rushing yards36158

Passing yards237144

First downs269

3rd down conv.8/132/11

Turnovers03

Penalties–yards4–286–55

Time of possession36:4422:50

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 14:48	Stanford	-2 yd	(14:52) Shotgun #8 D.Warren sacked for loss of 2 yards to the STAN18 (#5 B.Traore), fumble by #8 D.Warren recovered by UND #4 J.Ausberry at STAN18, End Of Play
Q1 13:06	Notre Dame	+2 yd	(13:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 N.James Jr. rush right for 2 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:06 #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q1 2:55	Notre Dame	+3 yd	(02:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short right to #1 J.Greathouse caught at STAN00, for 3 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:55, 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q1 2:49	Notre Dame	+27 yd	(02:55) #36 M.Drescher kickoff 65 yards to the STAN00 #5 C.Davis Jr. return 27 yards to the STAN27, out of bounds at STAN27
Q1 0:00	Notre Dame	+52 yd	End of 1st quarter.
Q2 14:48	Notre Dame	+97 yd	J. Walton run for 97 yds, for a TD (S. Porath KICK) (S. Porath PAT MISSED)
Q2 13:54	Stanford	+18 yd	(14:07) Shotgun #8 D.Warren pass intercepted by #5 B.Traore at STAN37 #5 B.Traore return 18 yards to the STAN19 (#0 C.High), out of bounds
Q2 12:27	Notre Dame	+33 yd	(12:29) #35 S.Porath field goal attempt from 33 yards GOOD (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci), clock 12:27
Q2 8:20	Stanford	+37 yd	(08:35) #37 A.Flintoft punt 48 yards to the UND24 #6 J.Faison return 37 yards to the STAN39 (#82 T.Kuo)
Q2 7:05	Notre Dame	+31 yd	(07:12) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 N.James Jr. rush middle for 31 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:05, 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q2 3:26	Notre Dame	+70 yd	(03:35) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep left to #22 A.Williams caught at STAN42, for 70 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:26, 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q2 3:21	Notre Dame	+22 yd	(03:26) #36 M.Drescher kickoff 64 yards to the STAN01 #5 C.Davis Jr. return 23 yards to the STAN24 (#44 R.Dunham) PENALTY STAN Holding (#36 T.Williams) 10 yards from STAN23 to STAN13
Q3 4:37	Notre Dame	+30 yd	(04:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep left to #17 E.Burress caught at STAN04, for 30 yards to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:37, 1ST DOWN #36 M.Drescher kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q3 3:04	Stanford	+52 yd	(03:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 D.Warren pass complete deep left to #0 C.High caught at UND28, for 52 yards to the UND06 (#28 L.Talich), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY UND Roughing The Passer (#3 J.Sneed) 3 yards from UND06 to UND03, 1ST DOWN
Q3 2:43	Stanford	+3 yd	(02:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 D.Warren pass complete short right to #88 B.Blackburn caught at UND00, for 3 yards to the UND00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:43 #13 E.Kenney kick attempt good (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #47 A.Chavez)
Q4 13:47	Notre Dame	+40 yd	(13:53) No Huddle-Shotgun #20 J.Walton rush right for 40 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:47, 1ST DOWN #36 M.Drescher kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q4 13:28	Stanford	+21 yd	(13:47) #8 D.Warren pass complete short left to #11 J.Hall caught at STAN40, for 21 yards to the STAN46, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Q4 11:58	Stanford	-7 yd	(12:17) No Huddle-Shotgun Stanford rush middle for 7 yards loss to the STAN43 fumbled by Stanford at STAN48 recovered by STAN #8 D.Warren at STAN43, End Of Play
Q4 3:00	Notre Dame	+3 yd	(03:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Osborne rush middle for 3 yards gain to the STAN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:00 #36 M.Drescher kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Q4 1:26	Stanford	+0 yd	(01:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 C.Mirer pass intercepted by #24 M.Zackery IV at UND25, End Of Play

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

Notre Dame

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
C.J. Carr	14/20	181	9.1	3	0
Noah Grubbs	5/7	56	8.0	0	0

Stanford

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Davis Warren	12/22	144	6.5	1	1
Charlie Mirer	0/1	0	0.0	0	1

Rushing

Notre Dame

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jonaz Walton	13	181	13.9	2	97
Nolan James Jr.	10	73	7.3	2	31
C.J. Carr	5	41	8.2	0	14
Javian Osborne	6	31	5.2	1	13
Aneyas Williams	7	28	4.0	0	9
Kedren Young	3	13	4.3	0	6
Team	3	-6	-2.0	0	0

Stanford

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Micah Ford	13	48	3.7	11
Charlie Mirer	1	7	7.0	7
Chris Davis Jr.	2	6	3.0	4
Sedrick Irvin	1	2	2.0	2
Davis Warren	2	2	1.0	4
Caleb Hampton	1	0	0.0	0
Team	1	-7	-7.0	0

Receiving

Notre Dame

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aneyas Williams	1	70	70.0	1	70
Elijah Burress	1	30	30.0	1	30
Jaden Greathouse	3	30	10.0	1	16
Jonaz Walton	2	28	14.0	0	16
Jack Larsen	2	21	10.5	0	14
Jordan Faison	3	16	5.3	0	11
Ian Premer	1	14	14.0	0	14
Micah Gilbert	1	10	10.0	0	10
Jerome Bettis Jr.	1	5	5.0	0	5
Devin Fitzgerald	1	5	5.0	0	5
Mylan Graham	2	5	2.5	0	4
James Flanigan	1	3	3.0	0	3

Stanford

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Caden High	3	64	21.3	0	52
Benjamin Blackburn	3	27	9.0	1	12
Jonanthony Hall	1	21	21.0	0	21
Nico Brown	2	16	8.0	0	13
Jordan Onovughe	2	15	7.5	0	10
Micah Ford	1	1	1.0	0	1

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Defense

Notre Dame

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Drayk Bowen	6	5	0	0	0	0
Luke Talich	5	5	0	0	0	0
Loghan Thomas	4	3	0	0	0	0
Boubacar Traore	2	2	1	1	0	1
Dylahn McKinney	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ja'Kobe Clapper	2	2	0	0	0	0
Keon Keeley	2	1	0	0	1	0
Rodney Dunham	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Sneed	1	1	0	0	0	1
Adon Shuler	1	1	0	0	0	0
Armel Mukam	1	1	0	0	0	0
Francis Brewu	1	1	0	0	0	0
Teddy Rezac	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ethan Long	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden Sanders	1	1	0	0	2	0
Ebenezer Ewetade	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Young	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tionne Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Gray	0	0	0	0	0	1

Stanford

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Sam Mattingly	11	8	1	1	1
Jahsiah Galvan	8	5	1	0	0
Jaivion Green	7	5	0	0	0
Gabe Kaminski	5	4	0	0	0
Lonnie McAllister III	4	4	0	0	0
Leroy Bryant	4	3	0	1	0
Dre Pollard	3	3	0	1	0
Tevarua Tafiti	2	2	0	0	0
Braden Marceau-Olayinka	2	2	0	0	0
Ernest Cooper	2	1	1	0	0
Kole Briehler	2	1	0	0	0
Charlie Eckhardt	2	0	0	0	0
Zach Rowell	1	1	0	0	0
Scotty Edwards	1	1	0	0	0
Omar Staples	1	1	0	0	0
Tyler Kuo	1	1	0	0	0
Connor Bachhuber	1	1	0	0	0
Darrius Davis	1	1	0	0	0
Landon McComber	1	1	0	0	0
Bo Tate	1	1	0	0	0
Caden High	1	1	0	0	0
Sarrel Howard	1	1	0	0	0
Jaylen'Dai Sumlin	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Johnson	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Notre Dame

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jaiden Ausberry	0	0	1

Stanford

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Davis Warren	1	1	0
Team	1	0	0

Interceptions

Notre Dame

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Boubacar Traore	1	18	0
Mark Zackery IV	1	0	0

Stanford

No recorded stats in this category.

Kick Returns

Notre Dame

No recorded stats in this category.

Stanford

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chris Davis Jr.	4	81	20.3	27	0

Kicking

Notre Dame

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Spencer Porath	1/1	100.0	33	4/5	7
Micah Drescher	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Stanford

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Emmet Kenney	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punt Returns

Notre Dame

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jordan Faison	2	47	23.5	37	0

Stanford

No recorded stats in this category.

Punting

Notre Dame

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jasper Scaife	2	76	38.0	0	2	44

Stanford

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Aidan Flintoft	8	380	47.5	0	3	53

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401858257) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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