Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 NOV. 5, 2018 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Items: Perry's 58-yard scamper off the option pitch set up Abey's one- yard touchdown run to cut the deficit to 27-7 with 12:56 left … Notre Dame answered Navy's score on the open- ing possession with a 30-yard field goal by Doerer, the first attempt of his career, at the 8:41 mark … Abey scored his second touchdown from the 1-yard line with 5:03 remaining to conclude the second Navy posses- sion in the second half that covered 75 yards again, with a 34-yard catch by Mychal Cooper and a 22-yard run by fullback Anthony Gargiulo the big plays. FOURTH QUARTER: NOTRE DAME 44, NAVY 22 Top Moment: Once again, when Navy threatened to make a game of it by pulling within 37-22, the Irish answered with a 22-yard back-shoul- der touchdown pass from Book to Boykin on third-and-seven with 8:29 remaining to basically put the game away with the 44-22 margin. On that same drive, Book bought himself time on third-and-10 from the 50 be- fore connecting with Armstrong for a 27-yard gain. Top Performer: Perry continued to shine in the slot, finishing with 133 yards on 12 carries while also grab- bing three passes for 18 yards. Irish junior defensive end Julian Okwara, who recorded a sack earlier in the game, had two pass pressures in the fourth quarter, while junior safety Jalen Elliott intercepted a pass at his 2-yard line and returned it 21 yards on Navy's final drive. Stats: Notre Dame finished with 584 total yards (330 passing and 254 rushing), while Navy had 344 (292 rushing and 52 passing) — with 272 coming in the second half. Items: Navy safety Jacob Springer intercepted a Book pass and returned it 24 yards to the Irish 39, setting up fullback Mike Martin's 33-yard touchdown run through the middle, and a two-point pass reduced Notre Dame's lead to 37-22 with 12:42 left … Irish junior defensive end Jamir Jones recovered a dropped option pitch by Martin on third-and-one from the Irish 27 with Notre Dame leading 44-22. ✦ ND NAVY FIRST QUARTER ND Armstrong 1-yard run (Doerer kick failed) 9:38 6 0 Drive: 8 plays, 73 yards, 3:08 ND Williams 12-yard run (Doerer kick) 4:51 13 0 Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:31 SECOND QUARTER ND Williams 9-yard run (Doerer kick) 7:07 20 0 Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards, 5:27 ND Williams 2-yard run (Doerer kick) 1:04 27 0 Drive: 10 plays, 83 yards, 4:07 THIRD QUARTER NAVY Abey 1-yard run (Moehring kick) 12:56 27 7 Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 2:04 ND Doerer 30-yard field goal 8:41 30 7 Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 4:15 NAVY Abey 1-yard run (Moehring kick) 5:03 30 14 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:38 ND Boykin 4-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 1:04 37 14 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:59 FOURTH QUARTER NAVY Martin 33-yard run (Davis pass good) 12:42 37 22 Drive: 2 plays, 39 yards, 0:40 ND Boykin 22-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 8:29 44 22 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:09 ND NAVY Total First Downs 28 14 Rushing 13 11 Passing 14 2 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 43 48 Yards Gained Rushing 263 304 Yards Lost Rushing 9 12 Net Yards Rushing 254 292 Net Yards Passing 330 52 Passes Attempted 33 12 Passes Completed 27 4 Had Intercepted 1 1 Percent Completion 81.8% 33.3% Yards Per Attempt 10.0 4.3 Yards Per Completion 12.2 13.0 Total Offensive Plays 76 60 Total Net Yards 584 344 Average Gain Per Play 7.7 5.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 3-40 4-16 Punts: No.-Yards 3-119 5-189 Average Per Punt 39.7 37.8 Average Net Punt 39.7 37.8 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-41 0-0 Interception Returns: No-Yards 1-21 1-24 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 31:57 28:03 Third-Down Conversions 7-15 2-12 Percentage 46.7% 16.7% Fourth-Down Conversions 3-3 2-3 Percentage 100.0% 66.7% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-4 0-0 NOTRE DAME 44, NAVY 22 Oct. 27, 2018 ✦ Attendance: 63,626 SDCCU Stadium ✦ San Diego 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Notre Dame 13 14 10 7 44 Navy 0 0 14 8 22 The Irish defense — led by senior linebacker Te'von Coney's team-leading 14 tackles — sty- mied Navy's triple-option attack early, limiting it to just 70 rushing yards in the first half. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA