Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com NOV. 7, 2020 21 FIRST QUARTER NOTRE DAME, 7-0 Top Moment: After fielding the opening kickoff, Notre Dame milked 8:44 off the clock, covering 81 yards in 15 plays and capped by an eight- yard touchdown pass from Book to junior wideout Joe Wilkins Jr., the first score of his career. The Irish con- verted all four third-down situations, most notably a 10-yard completion to McKinley on third-and-nine from the Irish 35-yard line. Book completed all seven of his passes on the march to four different receivers. Williams added a 19-yard run to Georgia Tech's 24-yard line. Feature Performer: Book com- pleted 9 of 10 passes for 80 yards, with McKinley nabbing three for 28 yards. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Geor- gia Tech 128-6 in total yards while possessing the ball 12:19 to 2:41. The main reason was converting all five third-down situations. Items: On Notre Dame's second series, Book lost a fumble on a sack near midfield, but a personal foul on Georgia Tech tackle Djimon Brooks instead gave the Irish a first down at the Yellow Jackets' 30-yard line with less than a minute left. The quarter ended with Notre Dame at Georgia Tech's 13-yard line. SECOND QUARTER NOTRE DAME, 17-7 Top Moment: On the first play of the second quarter, Williams swept to his left and was stripped of the ball by Georgia Tech safety Junayeh Thomas. Cornerback Zamari Wal- ton scooped up the loose ball and re- turned it for a school-record 93-yard touchdown at the 14:42 mark to tie the game, 7-7. Feature Performer: Junior safety Kyle Hamilton had two tackles for loss, the second coming on fourth- and-two from the Notre Dame 45- yard line in which he stopped run- ning back Jahmyr Gibbs six yards behind the line of scrimmage. That set up a 32-yard field goal by senior Jonathan Doerer with 1:49 left that extended the Irish lead to 17-7. Stats: Notre Dame dominated in total yardage 240 (141 rushing, 99 passing) to 66, and owned the ball 20:33 to 9:27. Items: After Georgia Tech's fumble return for a touchdown, Notre Dame answered with a 75-yard scoring drive that ended with Williams' two- yard run at the 10:47 mark. High- lights of the drive were a 13-yard pass to senior slot receiver Avery Davis with a 15-yard personal foul added to it, and a 21-yard jaunt by freshman running back Chris Tyree the play prior to Williams' score … Following Hamilton's stop, Notre Dame drove to a first down at the Yellow Jackets' 14-yard line but three straight incomplete passes limited it to the field goal by Doerer. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME, 24-7 Top Moment: On the third play of the half, Georgia Tech freshman quarterback Jeff Sims connected with wideout Jalen Camp for a 39-yard gain to the Irish 22-yard line. But af- ter an offside by the Yellow Jackets, on the next play Hayes had a strip- Led by fifth-year senior defensive ends Ade Ogundeji (No. 91 ) and Daelin Hayes (No. 9), the Fighting Irish limited the Yellow Jackets to 238 yards of total offense while racking up five sacks and nine tackles for loss. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS NOTRE DAME 31, GEORGIA TECH 13 Oct. 31, 2020 ✦ Attendance: 11,000 Bobby Dodd Stadium ✦ Atlanta Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 10 7 7 31 Georgia Tech 0 7 0 6 13 ND GT FIRST QUARTER ND Wilkins 8-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 6:16 7 0 Drive: 15 plays, 81 yards, 8:38 SECOND QUARTER GT Walton 93-yard fumble recovery return (Kelley kick) 14:42 7 7 ND Williams 2-yard run (Doerer kick) 10:47 14 7 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:48 ND Doerer 32-yard field goal 1:49 17 7 Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards, 2:10 THIRD QUARTER ND Williams 4-yard run (Doerer kick) 10:43 24 7 Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:56 FOURTH QUARTER ND Flemister 3-yard run (Doerer kick) 12:59 31 7 Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards, 4:32 GT Mason 1-yard run (Sanders run failed) 7:15 31 13 Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 2:42 ND GT Total First Downs 24 17 Rushing 13 10 Passing 9 5 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 44 33 Yards Gained Rushing 245 129 Yards Lost Rushing 18 41 Net Yards Rushing 227 88 Net Yards Passing 199 150 Passes Attempted 26 26 Passes Completed 18 15 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 69.2% 57.7% Yards Per Attempt 7.7 5.8 Yards Per Completion 11.1 10.0 Total Offensive Plays 70 59 Total Net Yards 426 238 Average Gain Per Play 6.1 4.0 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-50 6-50 Punts: No.-Yards 3-119 4-165 Average Per Punt 39.7 41.2 Average Net Punt 38.7 36.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-3 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-39 1-10 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-93 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 36:54 23:06 Third-Down Conversions 10-15 5-12 Percentage 66.7% 41.7% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-2 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 5-34 2-10