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Watch Party Replay: UCLA vs. #10 Notre Dame (2006)


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What happened?

Brady Quinn threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Samardzija with 27 seconds left to give 10th-ranked Notre Dame an improbable 20-17 comeback victory over UCLA on Saturday.

It appeared as though Notre Dame had squandered its last chance to win when Quinn was stuffed on a fourth-and-1 from the Notre Dame 35 with 2:25 left. But the Irish held UCLA to three-and-out to give Quinn one last chance.

Because the Irish (6-1) were able to stop the clock twice with timeouts during the Bruins’ short series, they got the ball back with 62 seconds left. Quinn hit Samardzija with a 21-yard pass and David Grimes with a 14-yard pass to move to the UCLA 45. He then threw the TD pass to Samardzija, who cut inside safety Dennis Keyes at the 20-yard line. Keyes managed to knock Samardzija off balance, but the Notre Dame receiver kept his feet and made it to the end zone, keeping the Irish’s hopes for a berth in the Bowl Championship Series alive.

2006 vs. UCLA – 125 Years of Notre Dame Football

In one of the more memorable comebacks of the past decade in Notre Dame Stadium – Notre Dame held UCLA to a three-and-out when it had to, then scored in three plays to defeat the Bruins in 2006.

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