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Northern Illinois beat Notre Dame

Northern Illinois2-016
No. 5 Notre Dame1-114Final
Sat, Sep 7 · Notre Dame Stadium · Crowd 77,622 · 65°, cloudyNBC

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

Northern Illinois beat No. 5 Notre Dame by 2 points.

Notre Dame was No. 5 in the AP poll before the game; Northern Illinois was not ranked.

How the game turned

Northern Illinois aheadNotre Dame aheadLow: 2%
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Q4 0:31 Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14

Northern Illinois 83% to win

Woodill 35-yd field goal, Northern Illinois goes ahead 16-14

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 8:28 · Northern Illinois 0, Notre Dame 7Northern Illinois's win chance fell from 3% to 2%.Leonard 11-yd TD run, Notre Dame goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q1 2:13 · Northern Illinois 10, Notre Dame 7Woodill 42-yd field goal, Northern Illinois goes ahead 10-7
  3. 3Q2 0:03 · Northern Illinois 13, Notre Dame 7Northern Illinois's win chance fell from 54% to 22%.Jeter 48-yd field goal blocked
  4. 4Q3 8:34 · Northern Illinois 13, Notre Dame 14Northern Illinois's win chance fell from 25% to 18%.Love 34-yd TD run, Notre Dame goes ahead 14-13
  5. 5Q4 0:31 · Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14Woodill 35-yd field goal, Northern Illinois goes ahead 16-14

Northern Illinois's lowest chance to win was 2 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Northern Illinois took the lead for good with 0:31 left in the 4th quarter, Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14.

What happened next

  1. Notre Dame went from No. 5 to No. 18 in the next AP poll.

  2. Notre Dame's next game: W 66-7 at Purdue, Sep 14

    7 days later

  3. Northern Illinois's next game: L 20-23 vs Buffalo, Sep 21

    14 days 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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