It was just two short weeks ago when Notre Dame went on the road, allowed touchdowns on the first two North Carolina possessions, and then held the Tar Heels to just three points the rest of the way in the 31-17 Irish victory.
Fast forward to today and North Carolina’s highly touted offense was on full display, blasting Miami for 62 points in their 62-26 win at Hard Rock Stadium.
Michael Carter and Javonte Williams, the same running back tandem that Notre Dame held to just 85 yards on 19 carries two weeks ago, ran for an NCAA record 544 yards.
That total is the most ever by a pair of teammates in NCAA history, besting Jarvis Thrasher (324) and Quincy Daniels (199) who combined for 523 yards as teammates with Division-III Mary Hardin-Baylor in 2007.
Carter won the teammate battle in yardage, finishing with 308 yards and a pair of scores. Williams however found the end zone more, finding pay dirt three times while rushing for 236 yards.
As a team North Carolina wound up with 554 total rushing yards and an additional rushing touchdown from quarterback Sam Howell.
The 778 total yards by North Carolina on Saturday were a record for most ever allowed by a Miami football team.
If for some reason you weren’t already incredibly impressed with how well Notre Dame’s defense has performed this season then this should at least give a little bit more validation to that seeing as North Carolina did this against what was a top ten team.