Notre Dame seeking run-game fixes after opening-day dud: 'We'll get better'

[ASFN Admin]

Notre Dame averaged 2.76 yards on 26 designed run plays and won a game. Notre Dame still scoring 41 points and defeating Florida State in its 2021 opener Sunday is a testament to the strengths it has elsewhere – an aggressive quarterback, an elite tight end and a go-to No. 1 receiver. The trio of Jack Coan, Michael Mayer and Kevin Austin Jr. delivered many of the big plays that kept the Irish offense buoyant despite its absent run threat.

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