Hot day, SEC crowd, ND with a young OL, a few of whom are being introduced to college football for the first time.

A tough matchup for the Irish to open the season, but should be equally tough for A&M to score points.

See you back at kickoff

Go Irish!

ND won the toss and deferred

Jeter boots it out of the end zone

A&M starts on offense

1 and 10

11 personnel to start, slant hits for a 1st. Bowen on the tackle

1 and 10

High throw by Weigman, incomplete. Kiser blitzing on that play

2 and 10

Cross Dog, Moss gets it on the power. Gain of 3

3 and 7

Traore jumped. Incomplete, but free 5 yards

3 and 2

Light box, Moss gets the corner. Sneed runs him out. Converted

1 and 10

Mills great job at POA, stuff on 1st down

2 and 8

Mills jumped, but I think he got back. Refs didn't care. Gave it to A&M for another free 5 yards

2 and 3

BMo on the blitz, pressure on Weigman, but hit the hot to the TE. 1st down

A&M at the ND 24

1 and 10

Pressure from Burnham with nothing open downfield. Weigman scrambles for 7

Pressure from the blitz, Traore forces the quick throw and lucky for A&M that it wasn't picked

3 and 3

Blitz forces the quick check on the swing, ball was too far in front. Good recovery by ND to force a FG attempt

Good from 34

3-0 A&M

Couple of costly penalties

Swing to Love gets a couple. Thought Love needed to cut inside of the block from Greathouse

2 and 7

Quick hitch to Greathouse, Leonard awesome job handling a bad snap. Convert the 1st

1 and 10

Love inside zone gets one

Empty on 2 and 9

Quick hitch to Faison gets them into 3 and 5

Leonard scramble for the 1st. Great job seeing and taking it

Slides and dirty hit by Dalton Brooks. He's going to get tossed

1 and 10 with an extra 15 tacked on

ND at the A&M 35

Counter to Price and TFL. Not good up front, but that will set up to an RPO later

2 and 13

Miscommunication, Leonard thought Faison was going out. Incomplete

3 and 13

Screen to Collins gets them 10. Great job and gives ND a shot at a FG

Jeter's kick is good

3-3

Jeter boots it out of the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

Two TEs on the first play, bad throw by Weigman

2 and 10

KVA with first tackle of his career. Sneed blew it up in the backfield on the blitz and made that play

3 and 10

Another offside, clap getting Sneed to jump that time.

Doesn't matter though because Gray gets called for PI. Grabbed jersey

3 and short

Sneak converts, false start on A&M. 1st Q week one stuff

3 and 6

Pressure from Botelho and Shuler on the blitz. PBU by Gray and nice stop for the Irish

C Mark Nabou down after that play. Walked off, so think he's ok

Faison fair catch at the ND 13

Leonard stumbles and gets only a few on the QB sweep out of empty

2 and 7

Leonard off to Collins and lucky it wasn't picked. Another empty look

3 and 7

Leonard great job avoiding a sack. Pendleton blown assignment. Short arm the thow to Price or else it could have been a huge play

3 and out

Not a great punt by Rendell, but good roll

The next drive eraased what I wrote, but the gist is that Hinish was getting moved off the ball too much. A&M driving running the ball

3-3 end of 1Q

Mills and Hinish inside

Shuler misses the tackle on the screen, but forced it inside and A&M will attempt a 49 yard FG

It's good

6-3 A&M

Blitz forced Leonard to get rid of the football quickly and off to Raridon

2 and 10

Kris Mitchell on the comeback, first down. Great ball on time by Leonard

1 and 10

Great job by Leonard navigating the pocket and finding Thomas. Got some YAC and another 1st

1 and 10

Spin move by Scourton disrupts the play. Got Knapp there, Leonard got back to the LOS

Bubble on 2nd down to Harrison gets nothing

3 and long

Nothing there and pressure on the left side. Knapp and Price missed the LB

ND will punt

Timeout ND to avoid a delay of game

Bussey short return to the 17

Howard Cross back in the game, bad miss by Weigman on overthrow leads to Shuler pick

ND in business

2 and 7 after Love gets 3 inside

QB sweep gets close to the 1st, but Flanagan gets called for a hold

Collins screen gets a big gain to give them a shot on 3rd down. Great job by Craig on that play

PI on 3rd down on the fade to Greathouse. CB got in his body and didn't turn

1 and goal

Only about a yard for Love inside

Denbrock has to dial up a rub route here or something. Leonard missed Love against a safety. He had him beat.

3 and goal

Leonard forced out of the pocket, was looking for Evans and Price, but couldn't hit

Scourton is down. Limping off after the play. Doesn't look great

Jeter in for a chip shot and it's good

6-6

Bussey return gets to the 19

1 and 10 after a quick first down by A&M

Reed-Adams the starting RG down on the field after the play. He limps off

Great job by Rod Heard coming downhill for a TFL

2 and 12

Lucky to not have it picked. BMo and Bowen all over the stop route

3 and 12

And there is Howard Cross with the first sack of the night

Big stop for ND

Quick correction, it was Ford and not Price on that last play on 3rd and goal. Thought it was 24 and 22

1 and 10

Inside to Price and maybe two

2 and 8

Faison slant gets the 1st down, but he hobbles off. Hip drop tackle

Holding call on Craig knocks out a 37 yard by Price. Oof

1 and 14

Love hits with a big play to make up for the next one. Gets the corner

1 and 10

In to Mitchell is incomplete

2 and 10

Great job by Love to making a move inside and getting 10

1 and 10

False start, ball was late being snapped.

1 and 15

Pop pass sweep to Harrison gets about 7

2 and 8

Ball batted down when Leonard pulled it on the RPO. Scourton is back in the game and made the play

3 and 8

Swing to Ford. Was hoping to catch them in a pressue. No dice

ND takes it to the 2 minute warning (they call it timeout, but come on)

Rendell will punt, short kick, but bounce helps

A&M starts at the 11

Short gain to Walker on the out

2 and 7

About yard and Marcus Freeman calls a timeout to stop with 1:17

3 and medium

Thomas gets some YAC and gets 10

58 seconds left

A&M timeout

1 and 10

Deep and not open. BMo there

2 and 10

Watts with a pick!

ND football with 46 seconds left and now will have a shot to get into FG range

Screen play and it's a hold on Knapp

I don't think that's a hold, but that was the call

Changes the dynamic and ND runs it out

Will go into halftime with it tied at 6

ND gets the ball to start the half

Jayden Harrison gets to the 24 on the return

1 and 10

Flanagan out wide on the slant, gets about 9

2 and 1

Love gets back to the LOS. Stewart in there to blow it up

3 and 1

Love looks like he was just short.

4th and inches and ND wanted to go, they didn't reset the play clock

ND wasted a timeout because of it. Denbrock and Freeman were pissed

Leonard QB power and ND converts. Wow, big guts to make that call on the 34

Leonard missed Ford and Leonard got his hand hit by Scourton

2 and 10

Safety blitz and blows up the play

3 and long

Leonard scrambles gets about 9

4th and short near midfield and ND is going to go

Leonard got it on the power. I think it's a first down. They will measure, it says it is short, but it was a bad spot

They are reviewing it

It looked clearly like he had it, but ACC review team must have got the call

Stuff on 1st down, BMo just missed breaking up the 2nd down pass, Walker gets the 1st

Stuff on 1st down with ball at ND 40

Weigman pressured by Mills, thrown away by Weigman

Huge 3rd down and 9

A&M tried to catch them with a run, short gain

A&M is going to go on 4th and 8

Huge stop for the ND defense

Weigman with a bad throw, didn't give his guy a chance

Leonard bobbled the snap, scrambled and got four

Corner route to Flanagan gets 16

1 and 10 in A&M territory

Flanagan on the RPO from Leonard and Thomas gets called for OPI. Ball was thrown over the LOS and that's why it was called

Collins on the out gets them about 11

2 and 14

JD Price with a house call!

46 yards after he bounces it. A&M went two high

ND 13-6

Jeter boots it out of the end zone

1 and 10

Moss inside zone gets a few

Hot to the back vs the blitz, Moss gets it to 3 and short

Converted

After a first down, big time thump by Bowen on 1st down. Donny Hinish getting off the block on the slant with a stuff

3 and 10

Pressure forced Weigman to scramble and he gets 5. A&M is going to go here

False start on A&M. The RT

4 and 10

Punt into the end zone

1 and 10

QB power gets 7

2 and 3

Almost picked, hitch to Thomas, Didn't come back to it.

3 and 3

Mistake by Knapp and Leonard gets destroyed, but ball gets out

3 and out

1 and 10

Moss gets 12

Weigman scrambles on 1 and 10 after pressure from Mills

2 and 4 around midfield when they come back for the 4th

13-6 Irish

Moss gets 7 to get a 1st

Incomplete to Moss on the next play

2 and 10

Kiser with a big stick on Moss in the hole, but hands to the face gets called on Cross

1st down

Shuler great job on the wheel route. Incomplete to the TE

2 and 10

EJ Smith gets 14 when ND gets caught on the Cross Dog

Mickey gets called for PI in the end zone

Thought it was tow guys fighting for it, but I get it

Sneed TFL on 1 and goal

2 and goal at the 3

Weigman QB keep and stuffed at the 2. Bowen great job

Moss gets in on 3 and goal

Extra point good

Tie ball game

1 and 10

Price stuffed inside on 1st down. Turner just beasted vs Pendleton

Comeback to Collins gets a 1st

1 and 10

Back shoulder to Colllins is incomplete

2 and 10

Price tackled for loss, just screaming downhill with the boundary safety

3 and 13

Pendleton jumps early

3 and 18

Greathouse on the screen gets about 8

It was the smart call. Just want to get it and flip the field

Great punt to the 15 by Rendell

Nothing for Moss on 1st down on the stretch

2 and 10

Crosser rocked by Gray. 3 and 9

Moss had the first down on the out route, but had to come back to it and was short of the sticks.

3 and out for A&M

Put downed at the 15. 62 yards, sheesh

Leonard keep on the read and gets 9

2 and 1

TFL against Love, blitz by the safety meant Leonard had to give. Loss of 4

3 and 5

Leonard on the money to Greathouse on the out.

1st and 10

Collins back shoulder huge catch. almost a stupid play after he hits the corner. Get him off the field to calm him down.

They are reviewing it. Honestly, I don't know if it's conclusive. But who freaking knows with these ACC officials. They say it stands

1 and 10

QB sweep and another first

1 and 10 at the A&M 40

Love breaks free and gets the ball close to the red zone. Another first down

1 and 10 with under three minutes to go

Love jump cut gets about a yard

2 and 9 at the 2 minute warning

2 and 9

And Jeremiyah Love with a 21-yard dagger!

ND up 20-13 with 1:54 to go

Tremendous job by the left side of the line to seal that play

Touchback

1 and 10

A&M all three timeouts left

Weigman throws it away on first down. Botelho got some pressure on the stunt

2 and 10

Weigman gets rid of the football because Kiser was in his face. Miscommunication with the WR

3 and 10 run it with Moss and they get 8

A&M going to go on 4th and 2. Their backup C went down on that play. Now down to the 3rd stringer

Gray jumps the slant on 4th and 2 and it's a turnover on downs!

ND football! Let's goooooooooooo

1:34 to go

Blitz off the edge almost blows up the mesh. That was scary

2 and 14

1:30 to go, only one timeout left

Love chews up nine seconds for a few yards. Final timeout by A&M with 1:21 left

Love gets about 5, clock ticking down

ND brings on Jeter for a 46 yard FG to ice the game

And it's through. ND up 23-13

30 seconds left

Clock ran out, ND finished it

The haters better step up and give their kudos to this tough and gritty Irish team led by the tough and gritty coach.

Huge win for Notre Dame and huge win for Marcus Freeman

See everyone in the post-game show