Regular season ·

Notre Dame beat Florida State

No. 9 Notre Dame1-041
Florida State0-138Final
Sun, Sep 5 · Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla. · Crowd 68,316 · 82°, mainly clearABC

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 9 Notre Dame beat Florida State by 3 points in overtime.

How the game turned

Notre Dame aheadFlorida State aheadBiggest swingLow: 43%
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OT1 Notre Dame 41, Florida State 38

Notre Dame 100% to win

Doerer 41-yd field goal, Notre Dame wins it 41-38

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 12:49 · Notre Dame 7, Florida State 0Notre Dame's win chance rose from 69% to 83%.Coan 41-yd TD pass to Mayer, Notre Dame goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 10:05 · Notre Dame 7, Florida State 14Notre Dame's win chance fell from 64% to 53%.Travis 2-yd TD run, Florida State goes ahead 14-7
  3. 3Q2 2:21 · Notre Dame 17, Florida State 14Notre Dame's win chance rose from 57% to 71%.Coan 23-yd TD pass to Wilkins, Notre Dame goes ahead 17-14
  4. 4Q3 13:36 · Notre Dame 17, Florida State 20Notre Dame's win chance fell from 76% to 60%.Travis 60-yd TD pass to Douglas, two-point try fails, Florida State goes ahead 20-17
  5. 5Q3 11:52 · Notre Dame 24, Florida State 20Notre Dame's win chance rose from 60% to 80%.Coan 37-yd TD pass to Austin, Notre Dame goes ahead 24-20
  6. 6Q4 0:40 · Notre Dame 38, Florida State 38Notre Dame's win chance fell from 60% to 51%.Fitzgerald 43-yd field goal, ties it 38-38
  7. 7OT1 · Notre Dame 41, Florida State 38Notre Dame's win chance rose from 56% to 100%.Doerer 41-yd field goal, Notre Dame wins it 41-38

Notre Dame's lowest chance to win was 43 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

In overtime, Notre Dame's chance to win went from 56 percent to 99 percent when Notre Dame kicked a field goal.

The score went from Notre Dame 38, Florida State 38 to Notre Dame 41, Florida State 38.

The play: Doerer 41-yd field goal, Notre Dame wins it 41-38.

What happened next

  1. Notre Dame's next game: W 32-29 vs Toledo, Sep 11

    6 days later

  2. Florida State's next game: L 17-20 vs Jacksonville State, Sep 11

    6 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Sep 5, 2021: Notre Dame 52, Florida State 3, Nov 9, 2024

    about 3 years later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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