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Marcus Freeman reacts after Notre Dame upset by Marshall (0:56)

Marcus spoke after Notre Dame fell to 0-2. It was :56

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One of the biggest upsets of the young college football season happened when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell to the Marshall Thundering Herd.

According to Front Office Sports, Marshall was paid over a million dollars to make the trip to South Bend to play Notre Dame.

The College Football Playoff could be impacted by Week 2 results.

There are many shocking figures associated with the game. There are more numbers behind Marshall's big win.

Notre Dame's loss is a bad start for first year head coach Marcus Freeman. He is the first head coach in school history to lose his first three games, including last season's Fiesta Bowl loss against Oklahoma State.

Since 2000, Notre Dame has lost its first two games of the season, joining Florida State and Michigan.

Saturday's loss was the Fighting Irish's first against an unranked team since 1996, when they lost to Air Force.

The first victory against a top 10 ranked team was by Marshall. In 2003 the first came against the No. There are six Kansas State.

Notre Dame dropped its first two games to start the season for the first time since 2011; they were ranked in the AP Top 10 in both games.

Marshall ran for over 200 yards on the ground as a team and senior running back Khalan Laborn led the way with 163 rushing yards. Laborn had the most rushing yards against Notre Dame in the last two years.

Notre Dame had a 42 game winning streak against unranked opponents. The school lost to an unranked group of 5 team for the first time.

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