Notre Dame earned a 28-3 victory over Miami (Ohio) this weekend to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Irish defense had an overall outstanding performance in the win. That unit isn't a finished product yet, and there are certainly areas where improvement can and must still happen, but the good clearly won the day.

Riley Leonard accounted for 297 yards of total offense and three touchdowns as No. 17 Notre Dame shook off a sluggish offensive start to beat Miami (Ohio) 28-3 on Saturday.

Miami's Mychal Yharbrough forced a fumble on the opening possession of the third quarter, which Luke Evans recovered for the Red and White. Although the score remained 14-3 for most of the period, Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love raced 15 yards to the end zone to extend the home team's advantage at the 4:20 mark.