{
  "id": 5997069,
  "title": "Notre Dame’s next two opponents open season with wins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/notre-dames-next-two-opponents-open-season-with-wins",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-06T15:46:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-next-two-opponents-154658191.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The incoming Notre Dame football opponents for the 2026 season both secured wins in their week 1 games. Rice will take on the Irish on September 12 after dominating Houston Christian 31-3, with Tyvonn Byars rushing for a career-high 104 yards. Michigan State, coached by Pat Fitzgerald, overcame a Toledo rally to defeat Toledo 30-20, with quarterback Alessio Milivojevic throwing for 247 yards. Notre Dame will host Rice at 3:30 p.m. ET and face Michigan State at 7:30 p.m. ET, marking the beginning of a new era in the Megaphone Trophy rivalry.",
  "summary": "Rice unveiled a punishing ground game, while Michigan State showed late-game poise. Here’s what Notre Dame can expect from its next two foes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "The experts agree: BYU’s game against Notre Dame is its most important game on the schedule — and it’s not even close",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/the-experts-agree-byus-game-against-notre-dame-is-its-most-important",
        "published": "2026-09-05T10:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}