​FOXBOROUGH, MA – OCTOBER 31: Jerome Bettis Jr. #8 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish catches a touchdown pass behind Cam Robinson #13 of the Navy Midshipmen during the second half at Gillette Stadium on October 31, 2026 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Big PictureNotre Dame football came out of their bye week with a decisive 35-13 win over Navy in Week 9. The Irish had a 14-13 edge in the game’s first half. They went 7-3 against the Midshipmen in the first quarter and Navy ended the second quarter with a 10-7 advantage. But Notre Dame shut out their opponent in the second half, going 14-0 in the third quarter and 7-0 in the fourth quarter. Through Week 9, the Irish are averaging 10.7 points scored in the first quarter, 12.8 in the second quarter, 7.5 in the third quarter and 9.2 in the fourth quarter.The team’s average point differential per game is 27, with the Navy point differential sitting at 22. They’re averaging 40.3 points scored per game and 13.4 points allowed by opponents.  Yardage SummaryNotre Dame was +181 in the total yardage category. They tallied up 426 yards of total offense against Navy and are averaging 442.7 yards of offense per game. The Irish offense produced 222 passing yards in Week 9 and they are averaging 256.7 passing yards per game. The overall passing line included 20 completions on 30 attempts, two touchdown passes and zero interceptions. It was the lowest passing yard production up to this point in the season.Passing Yards (Notre Dame)Passing Yards (Offense)Passing Yards (Differential)Week 123921722Week 236064296Week 3234123111Week 426717889Week 523420925Week 623714493Week 726123922Week 922233189The Irish recorded 204 rushing yards against the Midshipmen and are averaging 186 rushing yards per game through Week 9. It was a higher than average rushing performance for the team and their third highest rushing yard total so far. The overall production came on 29 attempts and 7.0 yards gained per attempt.Rushing Yards (Notre Dame)Rushing Yards (Offense)Rushing Yards (Differential)Week 11116744Week 21186454Week 316144117Week 417740137Week 524177164Week 636158303Week 7115121-6Week 9204212-8The Quarterback StatsCJ Carr took the majority of Notre Dame’s quarterback stats in Week 9. He closed out the game having completed 19 of his 29 attempts for a 65.5% completion rate and 210 yards. He also threw both of the team’s touchdown passes. Carr is averaging 231 yards thro0ugh the air per game and the Navy game was his second lowest production outing, trailing only the 181 passing yards in the Stanford rout. His utilization came back down to earth with 29 pass attempts this week compared with 49 attempts in the Week 7 loss to BYU. He also got back on track in terms of accuracy and impact. He had a 55.1% completion rate against BYU up to 65.5% this week and zero touchdown passes, back up to two this week. Passing YardsAttemptsCompletion RateTouchdownsWeek 12392965.5%