Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Navy Midshipmen Match Player Stats On Nov 01, 2014

No. 7 Notre Dame 49, Navy 39: Everett Golson threw for three touchdowns and ran for three more to lead the Irish to a wild win over the Midshipmen at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

Golson was 18-of-25 for 315 yards and rushed nine times for 33 yards for Notre Dame (7-1), which racked up 533 yards of total offense. Tarean Folston rushed 20 times for 149 yards and a score, while Chris Brown had two receptions for 82 yards and C.J. Prosise had two catches for 77 yards and a score.

Keenan Reynolds passed for 118 yards and two touchdowns for Navy (4-5), which was 3-of-5 on fourth-down conversion attempts. Noah Copeland rushed 16 times for 138 yards while Chris Swain scored rushing and receiving touchdowns for the Midshipmen.

The Irish looked like they'd make it a blowout early on, scoring on a 78-yard pass from Golson to Prosise on the second play from scrimmage and adding three more scores - two Golson touchdown passes and a Golson scoring run - in the first 23 minutes to take a 28-7 lead. But the Midshipmen had two scores in the final 2:30 of the first half, with Brown scoring on an 18-yard run and Austin Grebe hitting a 44-yard field goal on the last play before halftime to cut the lead to 28-17.

Geoffrey Whiteside ran 13 yards for a score to cut the deficit to four with 7:29 to go in the third, and just over three minutes later, Navy took the lead on Swain's 4-yard scoring scamper. But the Irish responded with a pair of scores on runs by Golson and Folston, and held off a rally by the Midshipmen - who pulled within three on Swain's touchdown catch with just 4:18 to play - with Golson going in from 8 yards out with 1:27 to play to clinch the victory.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Golson has thrown an interception in five straight games. … Joe Schmidt, Notre Dame's leading tackler, went out of the game in the third quarter with a leg injury and didn't return. … Notre Dame leads the series 75-12-1.