Riley Leonard passed for one touchdown and rushed for two more as No. 10 Notre Dame cruised past Florida State 52-3 on Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.
Jadarian Price added 95 rushing yards and a touchdown for Notre Dame (8-1), which won its seventh in a row. Leonard completed 14 of 27 passes for 215 yards and a touchdown and carried the ball 11 times for 70 yards and two scores.
Lawrance Toafili had 16 carries for 77 yards to lead the Seminoles (1-9), whose nightmare season continued with their sixth consecutive loss. Brock Glenn completed 5 of 18 passes for 52 yards and two interceptions, and Luke Kromenhoek completed 5 of 8 passes for 37 yards.
Notre Dame outgained Florida State 453-208.
Notre Dame built a 21-3 lead at halftime thanks to a pair of long rushing touchdowns and a shorter passing strike.
Leonard started the scoring with a 34-yard scramble to the end zone on the opening drive. He made a pair of defenders miss and sprinted down the left sideline before leaping past another defender on his way across the goal line.
After a Florida State field goal, Notre Dame struck again with a 65-yard rushing touchdown by Price. He found a hole and won a footrace down the left sideline.
Leonard added a 12-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Evans with 17 seconds left in the half.
By the end of the third quarter, Notre Dame increased its lead to 31-3.
Leonard scored from 6 yards out for his second rushing touchdown of the game and 13th of the season. The Fighting Irish added a field goal late in the third quarter.
Three more Notre Dame touchdowns in the fourth quarter added to Florida State's misery.
Jeremiyah Love scored on a 1-yard run with 10:53 remaining to cap a seven-play, 65-yard drive.
Backup quarterback Steve Angeli got in on the action with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Deion Colzie with 4:06 to go.
The final touchdown belonged to the Notre Dame defense. Luke Talich intercepted a pass by Glenn and returned it 79 yards to the house with 1:23 remaining.
--Field Level Media
Florida State | Notre Dame | |
Lawrance Toafili | Player | Jadarian Price |
16 | Attempts | 7 |
77 | Yards | 95 |
4.8 | Avg Yards | 13.6 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
0 | Long | 0 |
Florida State | Notre Dame | |
Lawayne McCoy | Player | Jaden Greathouse |
2 | Receptions | 5 |
22 | Yards | 66 |
11.0 | Avg Yards | 13.2 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
0 | Long | 0 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Florida State | 208 | 120 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
Notre Dame | 453 | 201 | 252 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 |