Florida State was defeated by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 52-3, on Saturday night in South Bend. The Seminoles were outscored 45-0 after the first quarter, including 31-0 in the second-half. The loss tied the largest margin of defeat in a regular season game during head coach Mike Norvell's five-year tenure in Tallahassee.

Notre Dame’s 52-3 victory — the largest in a rivalry highlighted by down-to-the-wire finishes — evened the series at 6-6 as the Seminoles fell to 1-9.

Riley Leonard rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another, and No. 10 Notre Dame heaped more misery onto Florida State by overpowering the Seminoles 52-3 on Saturday night.