Notre Dame's offense was anything but explosive against Cal with the exception of two plays that were set up for success in the middle of the field by Tommy Rees
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The first five series were awful for the Irish, but you have to crawl before you can walk and they crawled to a victory with a running game that continued to churn out positive yards
It was (very) ugly to watch at times, but Notre Dame needed this one in the worst way and finally got the result they wanted with the offensive and defensive lines leading the way
In a game that came down to the final possession, Notre Dame won, 24-17. It's the program's first victory since Marcus Freeman took over as head coach last December.