NCAA Game Summary - Notre Dame at Stanford

Stanford, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Notre Dame Fighting Irish made a goal- line stand last season, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in overtime en route to a perfect regular season and a BCS National Championship appearance.

This season, however, Stanford got some revenge by doing what they do best, running the football and daring the opposing defense to stop them.

Tyler Gaffney rushed for a career-high 189 yards with a touchdown on 33 carries to lead No. 8 Stanford to a 27-20 win over 25th-ranked Notre Dame at Stanford Stadium.

Anthony Wilkerson finished with 34 yards on five carries and a score as the Cardinal (10-2) outrushed Notre Dame 261-64 in the win.

Notre Dame (8-4) had a chance to tie it late but Wayne Lyons came up with his second interception of the day and Stanford ran out the final 2:24 of clock to secure the win.

Tommy Rees threw for 199 yards on 16-of-34 passing with two touchdowns and two interceptions.