The Virginia Tech Hokies traveled to South Bend, Indiana, to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the very first time in program history. VPI is coming off a stunning loss against conference rival Georgia Tech. Notre Dame’s season has been an incredible disappointment, and the pre-season College Football Playoff hopefuls need to win today and next week, against USC, simply to qualify for a bowl berth. Under cloudy skies and suffering from a 26-degree wind chill, the Hokies and Fighting Irish took the field.
The Fighting Gobblers kicked off to Notre Dame to start regulation.