Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 30, 2019 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED under duress on fourth-and-eight from the Georgia 38, fell incomplete. Standout Performers: The Fromm- to-Lawrence Cager combination ex- ecuted perfectly against some good Notre Dame coverage, with a 36-yard completion to Cager followed by a 15-yard touchdown on third-and- seven versus senior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. in a small window in the end zone. That put Georgia ahead 20-10 with 13:19 remaining. On Notre Dame's side, Book con- nected on 11 of 17 passes for 122 yards in the fourth quarter. Stats: The Irish totaled 139 yards in the quarter to the Bulldogs' 94. Items: Notre Dame picked up its initial first down of the second half after Georgia scored to make it 20-10 … Two plays later, following a 20- yard completion to sophomore tight end Tommy Tremble, on first-and-10 from the Georgia 45, a flea-flicker play resulted in Book running out of the pocket and throwing toward the sideline that Georgia safety J.R. Reed intercepted … Blankenship drilled his third field goal at the 6:54 mark, this one from 43 yards, to up the lead to 23-10. The Bulldogs opted not to go for it on fourth-and-one … Notre Dame responded by marching 75 yards in 10 plays and overcame a 15- year penalty to score on a four-yard pass from Book to Claypool with 3:12 remaining. ✦ ND UGA SECOND QUARTER ND Kmet 1-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 10:39 7 0 Drive: 5 plays, 8 yards, 1:43 UGA Swift 3-yard run (Blankenship kick) 2:27 7 7 Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 8:12 ND Doerer 27-yard field goal 0:00 10 7 Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards, 2:27 THIRD QUARTER UGA Blankenship 40-yard field goal 8:31 10 10 Drive: 4 plays, -1 yard, 1:27 UGA Blankenship 31-yard field goal 4:21 10 13 Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 2:36 FOURTH QUARTER UGA Cager 15-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick) 13:19 10 20 Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards, 3:59 UGA Blankenship 43-yard field goal 6:54 10 23 Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards, 4:17 ND Claypool 4-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 3:12 17 23 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:42 ND UGA Total First Downs 14 18 Rushing 3 7 Passing 10 11 Penalty 1 0 Rushing Attempts 14 33 Yards Gained Rushing 48 165 Yards Lost Rushing 2 13 Net Yards Rushing 46 152 Net Yards Passing 275 187 Passes Attempted 47 26 Passes Completed 29 20 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 61.7% 76.9% Yards Per Attempt 5.9 7.2 Yards Per Completion 9.5 9.4 Total Offensive Plays 61 59 Total Net Yards 321 339 Average Gain Per Play 5.3 5.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-0 4-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 12-85 6-43 Punts: No.-Yards 4-190 4-141 Average Per Punt 47.5 35.2 Average Net Punt 48.2 30.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1--3 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-9 2-20 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-11 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 25:29 34:31 Third-Down Conversions 4-13 4-11 Percentage 30.8% 36.4% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-0 Percentage 33.3% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 GEORGIA 23, NOTRE DAME 17 Sept. 21, 2019 ✦ Attendance: 93,246 Sanford Stadium ✦ Athens, Ga. Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 0 10 0 7 17 Georgia 0 7 6 10 23 A sure-tackling Fighting Irish defense held the high-powered Georgia offense to less than half of its scoring average (49.3) and nearly 135 yards below its rushing average entering the game. PHOTO BY KEN WARD/WPG