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Notre Dame Football: Game-by-game predictions for 2021 season

By Connor Muldowney

Oct 12, 2019; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver Braden Lenzy (25) runs for a touchdown as USC Trojans safety Talanoa Hufanga (15) pursues in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 12, 2019; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver Braden Lenzy (25) runs for a touchdown as USC Trojans safety Talanoa Hufanga (15) pursues in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 27, 2020; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Sam Howell (7) runs for a touchdown ias Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Drew White (40) and cornerback Nick McCloud (4) defendn the first quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 27, 2020; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Sam Howell (7) runs for a touchdown ias Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Drew White (40) and cornerback Nick McCloud (4) defendn the first quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

Last season, Notre Dame marched into Chapel Hill and stole a win from a red-hot North Carolina team. You better believe Mack Brown and Co. haven’t forgotten.

Many believe North Carolina is the favorite to come out of the ACC Coastal this season and that would give them a shot at likely Atlantic champion Clemson in the conference title game. In order to prove they belong among the nation’s elite, they need to take down a team like Notre Dame in the final week of October.

This will be the perfect test for the Tar Heels who could very well be 7-0 overall at this point in the season if they win the games they’re supposed to and a victory here would put them right in that playoff conversation.

The offense will look a little different with guys like Michael Carter, Javonte Williams, Dyami Brown, and Dazz Newsome gone, but Sam Howell is still the quarterback and he’ll be in the Heisman race all year.

This will be yet another close game for the Irish, but they’ll fall short for a second straight game as the Tar Heels hit a game-winning field goal as time expires.

Mack gets his revenge.

Final Score: North Carolina 38, Notre Dame 35 (6-2)

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