SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Navy did it to Notre Dame again — and this loss to the Midshipmen is even more costly.

Craig Schaefer sacked Jimmy Clausen in the end zone with 60 seconds left Saturday and Navy held on for a 23-21 victory, its second straight at Notre Dame Stadium.

“I love playing in South Bend,” safety Wyatt Middleton said.

No. 19 Notre Dame (6-3) scored with 24 seconds left on a 31-yard pass from Clausen to Golden Tate to cut the lead to two, but the ensuing onside kick went out of bounds.

The victory celebration by Navy (7-3) was a bit more subdued than two years ago, when the Midshipmen ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to the Irish by winning 46-44 in three overtimes.

“I wanted to run on the field and jump up and down, but I was kind of tired,” said Ram Vela, who had an interception and fumble recovery. “We’d done it before and we went into this game not really placing as much emphasis or too much importance on it. We just treated it like another game.”

Two years ago when Navy beat Notre Dame, the Irish were in the midst of a 3-9 season. The loss Saturday effectively ends any hope Notre Dame had for a Bowl Championship Series berth.

The last time an unranked Navy team beat a ranked Notre Dame team was 1936, the first year of the poll, when the Midshipmen won 3-0. It’s the type of loss that will no doubt fire up the critics of Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis.

“That comes with the territory. The sad part of that is that’s this job every week,” said Weis, who is 35-24 in five seasons at Notre Dame. “It’s a week-to-week deal.”

Ricky Dobbs threw a 52-yard touchdown pass and ran for another and fullback Vince Murray added a 25-yard TD run for Navy to lead the Midshipmen to consecutive wins in South Bend for the first time since 1961 and 1963.

Navy outrushed the Irish — who were playing without leading rusher Armando Allen Jr. because of an ankle injury — 348 yards to 60.

Clausen was 37-of-57 yards passing for 452 yards, all career highs. The 37 completions are a school record and the yardage is the fourth best in school history. But with Notre Dame down a touchdown with less than a two minutes left, Clausen was sacked on consecutive plays. The last one gave Navy its final two points.

The Irish managed to cut the lead to 21-14 when Michael Floyd caught a 12-yard TD pass from Clausen with 4:46 left. The game appeared over when Schaefer sacked Clausen with 60 seconds left. But Tate recovered the onside kick by Nick Tausch to give the Irish one last chance, and they converted it for a score.

Tausch, who had made a school-record 14 straight field goals, missed a 41-yard try wide left and a 30-yarder wide right.