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Four-panel full-color comic: Lambeau Field opener, tight halftime scoreboard, second-half Notre Dame touchdown drives, and a 41–13 final celebration.
From a 13–10 halftime squeeze to a 41–13 statement: Notre Dame’s Lambeau opener in four beats. · Comic: Topics / Drew’s Comic Newsroom. Source: ESPN.

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No. 4 Notre Dame leaves no doubt, rolls Wisconsin 41–13 at Lambeau

What happened No. 4 Notre Dame opened its season Sunday night at Lambeau Field in Green Bay and eventually looked like the national-title pick many expect, beating Wisconsin 41–13. The first half did not match the hype. Wisconsin, a three-touchdown underdog, outgained the Irish early, stuffed the run at 1.8 yards per carry, and kept the scoreboard tight at 13–10. Quarterback CJ Carr completed just 9 of 16 before the break; the Irish managed almost no third-down conversions. Coach Marcus Freeman’s halftime message was blunt: stop assuming the future will be easy and play the next snap.

The second half flipped the script in a hurry. Notre Dame scored on long touchdown drives of 70, 75, and 88 yards, while the defense held Wisconsin to three points and added a 55-yard pick-six from cornerback D.J. McKinney midway through the third quarter. Running back Aneyas Williams piled up most of his 90 rushing yards and two scores after intermission, Nolan James Jr. hauled in a 28-yard touchdown catch from Carr, and Carr himself completed 10 of 13 for 133 yards and a score in the second half alone as the offense found a rhythm that had been missing.

It was the first college football game at the Packers’ home since Wisconsin’s 2016 upset of LSU, and the setting magnified every early mistake. The Irish still left Green Bay with a 28–3 closing act and a final of 41–13, turning a nervous opener into the kind of margin that travels well in September highlight packages.

Why it matters Early September has been a trap door for Freeman’s teams—six of twelve losses under him came in August or September, including last year’s 0–2 start that helped slam the College Football Playoff door. A slow start against a Big Ten foe on a national stage would have restarted that narrative immediately. Instead, the committee-backfield experiment after NFL departures got a public stress test, Carr showed he can check into cleaner plays and stay out of bad down-and-distance, and the defense proved it can take the ball away when the game stretches.

Conclusion The Irish still have to prove they can steamroll less forgiving nights, and Wisconsin showed enough first-half fight to remind everyone that “easy path” talk is cheap. For one Sunday in Packers country, though, Notre Dame answered the early-season doubt machine the only way that counts: leave no doubt after the break, bank the confidence Freeman says a 41–13 final buys, and carry that second-half identity into the next kickoff.

Source: ESPN