Marshall University stunned college football fans after they beat Notre Dame, who were​​ the 20.5-point favorites, 26-21 in their second game of this season according to SI.com.

“Marshall-Notre Dame has that weird September feeling [where] you tune into the third quarter and it’s like, 20-17,” analyst Kirk Herbstreit said.

The Fighting Herd came into the weekend with just an 11.2 percent chance to upset the Irish, according to SI.com. Notre Dame, at the time, was ranked sixth in the nation in contrast to Marshall who was then unranked, according to ESPN.

“We expected to win. We talked about this summer being a team that expects to win every time we touch the field,” Marshall head coach Charles Huff said.

While the Fighting Herd were the eventual winners, the game never turned heavily to either side’s favor until the second half of the fourth quarter. This was when Marshall senior Devin Miller caught a three-yard touchdown pass to put the Fighting Herd up to 19-15 with just under five minutes left in the fourth quarter. On just the next Irish rush, Marshall cornerback Steven Gilmore caught a pick-six to put his team up to 26-15.

“I’m really proud of their competitive spirit, the consistency of what we needed to do to come out with a win,” Huff said.

The Notre Dame defense held strong for the remainder of the game, and the Irish were able to throw for one last touchdown to put themselves within 5 at 26-21. With a failed two-point conversion, however, Notre Dame’s hopes of a way back into the game was squandered, as with possession of the ball. Marshall would then kneel and secure the upset, according to UND.com.

“We all have to look at ourselves, starting with the head coach on down and say, ‘Okay, what do I have to do? What do we have to do to fix the issues that we’re having, and not just focus on the end result,” Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said.

This loss marked the first 0-2 start to the season by Notre Dame since 2011, along with the first 0-3 start to a coaching career by any Notre Dame football coach. Along with that, it erased the Irish’s 42-game win streak against unranked opponents. On the other side of the coin, this was Marshall’s second career win against a top 10 ranked opponent in school history, according to the NY Post.