Notre Dame welcomes UGA

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame has had the Four Horsemen and a long history of star runners from George Gipp to Jerome Bettis. There was no record, though, of the Fighting Irish ever having three players in one game run for more than 100 yards.

That changed last week against Temple when Josh Adams (161), Dexter Williams (124) and quarterback Brandon Wimbush (106) each went over the century mark during a 4916 victory.

"It was awesome. It was a lot of fun," senior left tackle Mike McGlinchey said Wednesday. The Irish finished with 422 yards rushing.

"Four-hundred yards is no small feat, but we had a lot of mistakes that we need to clean up, and if we don't clean them up it's going to be a longer Saturday against Georgia," McGlinchey said. "It's just one of those things that, yeah, we did a great job (against Temple), we rushed for whatever many yards, we had three guys (over 100), whatever. But it doesn't guarantee anything against Georgia."

The No. 24-ranked Irish (10) host the No. 15 Bulldogs (10) on Saturday night.

While finding yards against Georgia figures to be tougher than against Temple, Notre Dame can't help but be encouraged by its season-opening effort.

Per school officials, the game marked the first time since at least 1954 that the Irish had three individuals eclipse 100 yards on the ground. Records beyond that are incomplete. With 606 yards of total offense, Notre Dame reached 600 for the first time since its 34-20 Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State in 2006.

It was the first time the Irish have cracked 400 on the ground since churning out 457 against UMass during a 62-27 win in 2015.