Check one more day off the calendar as we have just 67 more to go until we get Notre Dame football officially back in our lives. We’ll be breaking down plenty of position battles, starting spots and everything regarding the 2020 Fighting Irish football team.
Yesterday we counted down by looking at the Notre Dame/Pitt rivalry that has been played 68 times. Today we look back at a memorable run before a forgettable collapse.
67: Josh Adams touchdown run length against Virginia Tech in 2016
Already leading 24-21 late in the third quarter against Virginia Tech, 4-6 Notre Dame was looking to have a chance to perhaps get into a bowl game if they could finish that win off and then get an upset at USC a week later.
Josh Adams then took a handoff at his own 33 yard line and ran 67 yards in a sign of things to come for the Irish in 2017, as he put Notre Dame up 31-21.
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The bad news was that Notre Dame couldn’t finish the deal and wound up falling to 34-31 and ultimately finished the year just 4-8.
It was an impressive highlight for Adams however who found the end zone 21 times that year and 41 times with Notre Dame.