No. 8 BYU upsets No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo

No. 8 BYU beat No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 on Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium, in the first top-10 matchup ever played there. It was BYU's first win over an AP top-two team since the Cougars beat No. 1 Miami in 1990. ^[1]

Quarterback Bear Bachmeier accounted for four touchdowns: one passing, two rushing and one receiving. He ran 5 yards for a score on the opening drive, and on a trick play in which Kyler Kasper caught a lateral, Bachmeier took a screen pass 15 yards for another. ^[1]

Notre Dame's Boubacar Traore was ejected for targeting on the first drive after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Bachmeier. Just before halftime, Irish quarterback CJ Carr fumbled while trying to spike the ball with six seconds left, and BYU recovered after a review to lead by 11 at the break. ^[1]

Notre Dame came back with help from a muffed punt by Cannon DeVries and a BYU fake punt. Jonaz Walton ran 3 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown and then ran in the two-point conversion to put the Irish up by three. ^[1]

Bachmeier threw an interception, but BYU's defense got a stop, and he then hit Walker Lyons for a 6-yard touchdown with 1:47 left. Notre Dame converted a fourth-and-5 at the BYU 14 with 10 seconds to go, but Carr's last pass fell incomplete. ^[1][6] The Big 12 said afterward that its review found time remained on the clock when the ball hit the ground and the replay crew incorrectly cleared the play. ^[6]