Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 17, 2020 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED a 13-yard jaunt, with a 17-yard re- ception by McKinley in between … Florida State cut it to 28-20 with a 26- yard field goal by Fitzgerald to cap a 66-yard drive, with the running of La'Damian Webb pacing the attack. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME, 42-26 Top Moment: When FSU scored a touchdown on the initial posses- sion of the half to draw within 35-26, Notre Dame responded with an 85- yard drive in eight plays, capped by a four-yard sweep by Book at the 8:40 mark. Highlighting the march were 11- and 38-yard completions to McKinley, plus a 13-yard toss to senior slot receiver Avery Davis. Feature Performer: In addition to his receiving and blocking, McKinley forced a pass interference call as well during the touchdown drive. Stats: Notre Dame had 479 yards of total offense through three quarters (285 rushing, 194 passing), and Florida State 298 (166 passing, 132 rushing). Items: Florida State opened the second half with a 30-yard pass to Terry, and six plays later Webb scored from seven yards out. The two-point conversion was dropped, leaving the score 35-26 with 12:25 remaining … Notre Dame senior kicker Jonathan Doerer was wide left on a 45-yard field goal attempt with 3:31 left to keep the score 42-26. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME, 42-26 Top Moment: With the score still 42-26, Florida State faced third-and- goal at the 5-yard line when a Tra- vis pass toward the pylon was in- tercepted by Crawford near the goal line and returned 23 yards with 8:21 left. That ended the threat of FSU coming potentially within one score. Feature Performer: Tyree had seven carries for 40 yards during the quarter, putting him over the 100- yard rushing mark, the first Irish freshman back to do so since Josh Adams at Stanford in 2015. Stats: Notre Dame finished with 554 yards of total offense to Florida State's 405, notably a 353-153 advan- tage in rushing. Items: Following Crawford's in- terception, Notre Dame drove to the FSU 2-yard line, but a toss sweep on fourth-and-goal with Tyree was stopped short of the goal line with 1:52 left in the contest. ✦ After allowing 17 points in the first quarter, the Fighting Irish limited the Seminoles to just nine points the rest of the way. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS FSU ND FIRST QUARTER FSU Fitzgerald 42-yard field goal 12:03 3 0 Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 2:07 ND Mayer 8-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 10:43 3 7 Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:20 ND Williams 46-yard run (Doerer kick) 6:10 3 14 Drive: 5 plays, 76 yards, 2:19 FSU Travis 4-yard run (Fitzgerald Kick) 02:51 10 14 Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards, 1:13 FSU Terry 48-yard pass from Travis (Fitzgerald kick) 0:38 17 14 Drive: 4 plays, 71 yards, 1:13 SECOND QUARTER ND Williams 1-yard run (Doerer kick) 12:27 17 21 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:11 ND Tyree 45-yard run (Doerer kick) 5:25 17 28 Drive: 4 plays, 81 yards, 1:50 FSU Fitzgerald 26-yard field goal 1:17 20 28 Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards, 4:08 ND Lenzy 6-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 0:11 20 35 Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 0:58 THIRD QUARTER FSU Webb 7-yard run (2-point try failed) 12:25 26 35 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:35 ND Book 3-yard run (Doerer kick) 8:40 26 42 Drive: 8 plays, 73 yards, 3:39 FSU ND Total First Downs 18 25 Rushing 6 15 Passing 11 8 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 40 42 Yards Gained Rushing 199 354 Yards Lost Rushing 46 1 Net Yards Rushing 153 353 Net Yards Passing 252 201 Passes Attempted 31 25 Passes Completed 17 16 Had Intercepted 1 0 Percent Completion 54.8% 64.0% Yards Per Attempt 8.1 8.0 Yards Per Completion 14.8 12.6 Total Offensive Plays 71 67 Total Net Yards 405 554 Average Gain Per Play 5.7 8.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties: No.-Yards 7-59 4-28 Punts: No.-Yards 6-264 3-119 Average Per Punt 44.0 39.7 Average Net Punt 45.0 39.7 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1--6 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-66 3-90 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-23 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 32:08 27:52 Third-Down Conversions 2-14 2-8 Percentage 14.3% 25.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 3-3 1-2 Percentage 100.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 4-22 NOTRE DAME 42, FLORIDA STATE 26 Oct. 10, 2020 ✦ Attendance: 10,409 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend, Ind. Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Florida State 17 3 6 0 26 Notre Dame 14 21 7 0 42