SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame lost fifth-year left guard and captain Alex Bars for the season during Saturday night’s 38-17 victory against No. 7 Stanford. Bars looks to have torn both his ACL and his MCL in the third quarter when multiple players rolled up on his leg from behind.
Irish head coach Brian Kelly said Sunday further testing will be needed to confirm that diagnosis, but team doctors are convinced of the worst.
“Our doctors feel the worst is possible here with the knee,” Kelly said. “Which is devastating for us, because we’re losing a captain, and we’re losing somebody that is respected and revered by so many in the program.