Recovering an onside kick with 1:35 left in the fourth usually breathes life back into an offense, shifting the momentum of a game entirely, making the question not how could they score, but how couldn’t they. When the Notre Dame special teams unit got the ball back into Sam Hartman’s hands on Saturday night, for a moment, not even the 13-point deficit seemed too tall an obstacle to be overcome as the final seconds ticked away in Louisville. But instead of pulling off a Houdini-esq escape for the second week in a row, Hartman ended the game the same way he started it – with an interception.
Notre Dame Football: Vanishing Act
