Overview
- Notre Dame beat Navy 35-13 at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, improving the Irish to 7-1 while Navy fell to 2-6.
- Quarterback CJ Carr completed 19 of 29 passes for 210 yards and two touchdowns while Nolan James Jr. rushed nine times for 107 yards and two scores.
- Navy controlled the clock in the first half with a 23:33 to 6:27 time-of-possession edge, but Notre Dame adjusted at halftime and scored on its first three second-half possessions.
- The Irish played without multiple starting defensive pieces, which contributed to first-half struggles and leaves availability questions ahead of next week’s game against top-ranked Miami.
- The game was the 99th meeting in the series long dominated by Notre Dame and served as a tune-up that highlighted receiver depth and running-game bursts ahead of a critical late-season stretch.