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Notre Dame trample Navy with final score 50-10 at the Emerald Isle Classic in Dublin

Fighting Irish defense allows nothing through as Midshipmen fail to make a move

DARA KELLY,

IrishCentral staff writer

Published Saturday, September 1, 2012, 12:54 PM

Updated Saturday, September 1, 2012, 1:14 PM

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Aviva Stadium Dublin - Notre Dame slam Navy 50 - 10

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The Notre Dame's Fighting Irish have won their match in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium against Navy, 50 – 10.

Brian Kelly’s Notre Dame team overwhelmed Navy in the first half, ending in a 27-3 lead. The Irish defense continued to pound Navy only allowing for one touchdown.

Trey Miller, Navy’s quarterback, did hit 14 of 19 pass attempts in the air, with a new move from coach Ken Niumatalolo, but the team averaged less that three yards per carry.

Theo Riddick and George Atkinson ran for first-quarter touchdowns, and tightend Tyler Eifert caught a five-yard touchdown pass.

Tuitt scooped up quarterback Trey Miller's fumble and rumbled to the end zone to put the Irish up 27-0 in the second quarter.

Navy kicked a 26-yard field goal before halftime and opened the second half with a three-pass drive capped by Shawn Lynch's 25-yard grab to make it 27-10. Atkinson and Riddick replied with two of Notre Dame's three second-half touchdowns.

In the second half Notre Dame kept up the pressure on the Midshipmen. Navy will have to regroup and reassess before they play against Penn State next week.

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IrelandNorth | Sep 03, 2012, 06:22 AM EDT

bogsidebunny! You obviously didn't read Ireland's quality broadsheet The Irish Times' coverage at the weekend. You're unlikely to find any mention of the event in Irish editions of British tabloids. On reading your predictably petulant, negative and pessimistic posts, Irish-America is likley to recognise these stereotypical characteristics of your Ulster-Scot diaspora in them.

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CitizenWhy | Sep 02, 2012, 06:09 PM EDT

Great event, but not a big deal win. Navy does not recruit for football, or give football scholarships.

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pilib04 | Sep 02, 2012, 02:40 PM EDT

Aviva's first sold out crowd!

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hermitTalker | Sep 02, 2012, 01:28 PM EDT

whatever about the media coverage of the actual game, they were apparently well behaved. There was a Mass at 11:15 AM on RET - national TV station which was very affirming of the history of ND and its early links with Irish Holy Cross priests and their football history and Irish Catholicism, as well as reference to the 244 Catholic Unis. and Colleges founded by the Church in the USA. The columnists and some media editorials here are so viciously anti-Church. Fair is fair but they repeat the same hackneyed litany every time.

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bogsidebunny | Sep 02, 2012, 05:45 AM EDT

Nary a word in the Irish press. The general attitude here is: "The Yanks had their pompous, overblown sissy football recreation, spend plent of money on crap souvenirs and ordered buckets of "Black & Tans" (????) at the pub. (racists yabbos). Now go back to America."

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firehawk | Sep 01, 2012, 02:51 PM EDT

from 1916uprising.ie

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firehawk | Sep 01, 2012, 02:50 PM EDT

Brilliant stuff great to see it

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