ATLANTA — No. 12 Notre Dame extended its winning streak to five games with a 31-13 victory Saturday over Georgia Tech at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Fighting Irish fell behind 7-0 for the second consecutive game, but just like last week against Stanford, they took control shortly after and cruised to a comfortable win.
Quarterback Riley Leonard played well once again, completing 20 of 29 attempts for 203 yards while adding 51 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Here are some takeaways from another Notre Dame win:
Irish defense bottles up Yellow Jackets
Even with starting quarterback Haynes King sidelined by injury, Georgia Tech still figured to test Notre Dame with its running game considering the 100-plus starts along the Yellow Jackets line and the offense’s blistering production the past two weeks — 97 total carries for 616 rushing yards in wins over Duke and North Carolina…