Notre Dame earned a 66-14 victory over New Mexico, and the Irish defense got the scoring started. Clark Lea's unit had some spotty moments, but it also had a lot of impressive ones.

It was certainly a good building block for the Irish defense. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell break down the performance of the Notre Dame defense in the victory.

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