The mission to take home the upset did not go as planned. Heading into South Bend for a battle with No. 11 Notre Dame (5-1), the Stanford Cardinal (2-4, 1-2 ACC

Notre Dame got a big blowout win over Stanford on Saturday. The Fighting Irish rolled over the Cardinal 49-7, and there were plenty of impact plays to choose from.

Notre Dame didn’t play ground and pound to get their yards against the Cardinal though. The majority of the rushing yards, 162 to be exact, came in the second half while Leonard was busy peppering the field with precision passes, going 13 of 18 for 146 yards with two touchdown strikes in the first half.