No. 17 Notre Dame righted itself with a 66–7 blowout win over Purdue one week after being upset by Northern Illinois. However, the Fighting Irish suffered some costly injuries in the game, losing two starting lineman for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Third-year right guard Billy Schrauth, meanwhile, could return in a few weeks for Notre Dame football after suffering an injury to his right ankle.

Notre Dame had been waiting for Jordan Botelho to have a season like this. The graduate student defensive end has the highest 2024 Pro Football Focus defensive grade of any of the Fighting Irish’s players on that side of the ball through three games.