Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com NOV. 9, 2019 25 I'm putting any words in their mouths, they didn't think that he was going to make it through the summer. "But he wanted to play in his senior year, it was important to him. So it's great to see him have some success." IRISH PLAY 'TIGHT' ON OFFENSE The Notre Dame offense did not come storming out of the gate against Virginia Tech as many Irish fans hoped they would. Senior quarterback Ian Book was tentative to throw the ball into cover- age, threw two interceptions and was quick to escape the pocket whenever he sensed pressure from the Hokies front. "I think we started tight," head coach Brian Kelly said after the game. "I think that the turnovers kind of contributed to that. Everybody now is kind of like, 'I don't want to make a mistake,' instead of just be who you are, keep playing, be aggressive." The loss of senior right guard and team captain Robert Hainsey early in the first quarter did not do anything to solve the offensive woes for the Irish. Playing with a completely new right side of the line in fifth-year se- nior right guard Trevor Ruhland and junior right tackle Josh Lugg, Notre Dame was slow to get the run game going early. Ruhland knew how hard it was going to be for Lugg to come into the game cold. NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Book 13 54 4 50 3.8 1 13 Armstrong 19 47 10 37 1.9 0 11 Smith 3 14 0 14 4.7 0 10 Davis 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 TEAM 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Total 38 122 16 106 2.8 1 13 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Book 53 29 54.7 2 341 2 30 Total 53 29 54.7 2 341 2 30 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Claypool 8 118 0 30 Finke 5 56 0 20 Armstrong 4 49 0 26 Kmet 4 28 1 10 Davis 3 22 0 12 Lenzy 2 25 0 19 McKinley 1 26 0 26 Keys 1 13 0 13 Tremble 1 4 1 4 Total 29 341 2 30 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Finke 4 24 0 16 Total 4 24 0 16 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Keys 3 38 0 20 Total 3 38 0 20 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Bramblett 6 38.8 52 0 0 3 2 1 Total 6 38.8 52 0 0 3 2 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Doerer 0 1 0 0 Total 0 1 0 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR White 4 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bilal 5 2 7 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Vaughn 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Crawford 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pride 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Kareem 3 1 4 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 Hamilton 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Ja. Jones 2 1 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Owusu-Koramoah 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 Gilman 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hinish 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Okwara 1 1 2 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 Tagovailoa-Amosa 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ja. Ademilola 0 1 1 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 0 Elliott 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Hamilton 1 5 0 5 Total 1 5 0 5 VIRGINIA TECH INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Patterson 19 84 7 77 4.1 0 20 McClease 13 34 2 32 2.5 0 8 Keene 2 3 1 2 1.0 0 3 Turner 2 5 15 -10 -5.0 0 5 Total 36 126 25 101 2.8 0 20 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Patterson 28 9 32.1 1 139 1 50 Total 28 9 32.1 1 139 1 50 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Hazelton 5 63 1 28 Turner 2 58 0 50 Grimsley 2 18 0 11 Total 9 139 1 50 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Farley 1 3 0 3 Total 1 3 0 3 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Romo 8 44.2 58 0 1 1 1 2 Total 8 44.2 58 0 1 1 1 2 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Johnson 2 2 44 0 Total 2 2 44 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Ashby 11 2 13 3-10 0-0 0 1 0 Floyd 6 1 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hollifield 5 2 7 2-3 1-0 0 0 0 Deablo 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Ladler 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Chatman 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tisdale 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Garbutt 2 2 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Farley 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Crawford 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hewitt 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Waller 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Murray 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Belmar 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Griffin 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Quillen 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kendricks 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thompson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pollard 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Patterson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Hollifield 1 0 0 0 Deablo 1 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 0 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: IAN BOOK RB: JAFAR ARMSTRONG, Jahmir Smith, Avery Davis WR: CHASE CLAYPOOL WR: CHRIS FINKE, Lawrence Keys III WR: JAVON MCKINLEY, Braden Lenzy TE: COLE KMET, Tommy Tremble, Brock Wright LT: LIAM EICHENBERG LG: AARON BANKS C: JARRETT PATTERSON RG: TREVOR RUHLAND RT: ROBERT HAINSEY, Josh Lugg DEFENSE SDE: KHALID KAREEM, Ade Ogundeji DT: MYRON TAGOVAILOA-AMOSA, Jayson Ademilola NT: KURT HINISH, Ja'Mion Franklin Drop: JULIAN OKWARA, Jamir Jones Mike: DREW WHITE Buck: ASMAR BILAL Rover: JEREMIAH OWUSU-KORAMOAH Stud: JALEN ELLIOTT Whip: ALOHI GILMAN Free: Kyle Hamilton Field CB: DONTE VAUGHN, TaRiq Bracy Boundary CB: TROY PRIDE JR., Shaun Crawford SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff Coverage: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Bo Bauer, Troy Pride Jr., Asmar Bilal, Jamir Jones, Chase Claypool, Jalen Elliott, Jordan Genmark Heath, Ovie Oghoufo, Paul Moala Kick Return: Bo Bauer, Jordan Genmark Heath, Jonathan Jones, Jack Lamb, Paul Moala, Jamir Jones, Tommy Tremble, Patrick Pelini, Shayne Simon, Colin Grunhard, John Lager Punt Coverage: Bo Bauer, Brock Wright, Joshua Lugg, Dillan Gibbons, John Dirksen, Chase Clay- pool, Jalen Elliott, Asmar Bilal, Kyle Hamilton, Paul Moala Punt Return: Temitope Agoro, Houston Griffith, Jack Lamb, Patrick Pelini, Bo Bauer, Jonathan Jones, Shayne Simon, Cameron Ekanayake, Paul Moala, Braden Lenzy Kickoff: Jonathan Doerer Placekicker: Jonathan Doerer Punter: Jay Bramblett Long/Short Snapper: John Shannon Holder: Jay Bramblett Kick Returner: Lawrence Keys III Punt Returner: Chris Finke Others: None