Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 1, 2018 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED offense drove 74 yards, highlighted by a 30-yard flip from Book to Arm- strong on a crossing route, and then a seven-yard toss from Book on an- other crossing play to junior Chase Claypool for the touchdown. That enabled the Irish to take a command- ing 35-13 lead at the 9:56 mark. Standout Performer: The Irish of- fense scored touchdowns on all three possessions with drives of 74, 71 and 47 yards. Stats: Through three quarters, Notre Dame ran the ball 30 times (209 yards) and threw it 30 times (com- pleting 21 for 273 yards). Wake's For- est's 76 total plays accounted for 316 yards (200 rushing and 116 passing). Items: Armstrong's one-yard touchdown run at 5:15 extended the lead to 42-13 … He had a 28-yard run during the 71-yard drive … An in- terception by junior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. on the first play thereafter set up Book's two-yard scoring run at 4:18 to make it 49-13 … Replacing injured quarterback Sam Hartman, Wake Forest's Kendall Hinton tal- lied on a 23-yard counter run with 44 seconds remaining to make it 49-20. FOURTH QUARTER: NOTRE DAME 56, WAKE FOREST 27 Top Moment: Book's third rushing touchdown of the game, from one yard out with 11:27 left, expanded the lead to 56-20. Standout Performer: Wake Forest backup quarterback Jamie Newman, after a slow start, finished strong with 73 yards on eight rushing at- tempts, and added 29 passing yards. Stats: Notre Dame finished with 566 total yards (325 passing and 241 rushing). It threw the ball 36 times and ran it 40. Defensively, the Irish recorded 10 tackles for loss, five QB hurries and three sacks. Items: Newman scored on a 15- yard run with 4:53 remaining to round out the scoring … Irish fresh- man quarterback Phil Jurkovec was inserted for the first time this season at the 4:53 mark … The three-and-out saw him run for seven yards and go 0-of-2 passing … He took two knees on the second possession to run out the clock. ✦ NOTRE DAME 56, WAKE FOREST 27 Sept. 22, 2018 ✦ Attendance: 31,092 BB&T Field ✦ Winston-Salem, N.C. Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 21 21 7 56 Wake Forest 3 10 7 7 27 ND WF FIRST QUARTER WF Sciba 30-yard field goal 5:19 0 3 Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 0:41 ND Armstrong 30-yard run (Yoon kick) 3:06 7 3 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:13 SECOND QUARTER WF Sciba 39-yard field goal 14:56 7 6 Drive: 12 plays, 54 yards, 3:10 ND Wright 3-yard pass from Book (Yoon kick) 11:25 14 6 Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 3:31 ND T. Jones 4-yard run (Yoon kick) 9:19 21 6 Drive: 2 plays, 4 yards, 0:10 WF Colburn 2-yard run (Sciba kick) 6:26 21 13 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:53 ND Book 2-yard run (Yoon kick) 5:24 28 13 Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:02 THIRD QUARTER ND Claypool 7-yard pass from Book (Yoon kick) 9:46 35 13 Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards, 3:18 ND Armstrong 1-yard run (Yoon kick) 5:15 42 13 Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards, 2:25 ND Book 2-yard run (Yoon kick) 4:18 49 13 Drive: 3 plays, 47 yards, 0:47 WF Hinton 23-yard run (Sciba kick) 0:44 49 20 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:34 FOURTH QUARTER ND Book 1-yard run (Yoon kick) 11:27 56 20 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:17 WF Newman 15-yard run (Sciba kick) 4:53 56 27 Drive: 13 plays, 79 yards, 6:34 ND WF Total First Downs 28 27 Rushing 15 15 Passing 11 9 Penalty 2 3 Rushing Attempts 40 61 Yards Gained Rushing 252 290 Yards Lost Rushing 11 31 Net Yards Rushing 241 259 Net Yards Passing 325 139 Passes Attempted 36 31 Passes Completed 25 16 Had Intercepted 0 1 Percent Completion 69.4% 51.6% Yards Per Attempt 9.0 4.5 Yards Per Completion 13.0 8.7 Total Offensive Plays 76 92 Total Net Yards 566 398 Average Gain Per Play 7.4 4.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 4-37 3-23 Punts: No.-Yards 3-101 6-251 Average Per Punt 33.7 41.8 Average Net Punt 33.7 32.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-58 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-20 4-67 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-17 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 26:01 33:59 Third-Down Conversions 4-9 11-21 Percentage 44.4% 52.4% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-18 1-4 Fifth-year senior linebacker Drue Tranquill led the way for a defense that recorded 10 tackles for loss, five QB hurries and three sacks. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA