Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 NOV. 14, 2020 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED total offense (91 of which came on the final drive) on 23 plays while Clemson had 145 on 21 plays. Notre Dame went 3 of 6 on third-down conversions while the Tigers were 0 of 3. Items: After Notre Dame forced a punt on the first play of the fourth quarter, a personal foul on Clemson on the fair catch gave the Irish possession at their 43- yard line, and a 29-yard catch-and-run by Mayer on third-and-seven set up a 44-yard field goal by Doerer and a 26-23 advan- tage with 11:37 remaining. Davis nearly held on to a pass into the end zone that was dislodged by safety Nolan Turner. On the first play after the kickoff, Uiag- alelei unleashed a deep ball to Cornell Powell, who came back on the ball for a 51-yard catch. Again, Clemson had to settle for three on a 30-yard Potter field goal to tie the game at 26 at the 9:42 mark … Clemson took its first lead of the game (33-26) with 3:33 left on a three-yard run by Etienne to conclude a 74-yard drive in 12 plays that took 5:41. The Tigers had a fourth-and-one at its 35 and opted to go for it, and Notre Dame jumped offside. Uiagalelei had a 10-yard scramble and also completed a 13-yard pass to Rodgers and a 14-yard middle screen to Powell on the play prior to the touchdown. FIRST OVERTIME TIED, 40-40 Clemson's first play was a 24-yard pass to Powell to the 1-yard line, and Uiagalelei bulled past the goal line on the ensuing snap. Notre Dame answered with a two-yard run by Williams, a 15-yard completion to Mayer, a five-yard toss to McKinley and then Williams powering over from the 3-yard line. SECOND OVERTIME NOTRE DAME, 47-40 Notre Dame had the initial possession this time and after offsetting penalties gave it a first down at the Clemson 20, Williams was thrown for a six-yard loss. Book answered with a 12-yard scram- ble followed by an 11-yard completion to fifth-year senior wide receiver Ben Skowronek. Two plays later, the line opened a huge hole on the right side for Williams' three-yard scoring run. The back-to-back sacks of Uiagalelei then resulted in the fourth-and-24 attempt that came up well short for Clemson, with McCloud recovering Galloway's fumble that he desperately tried to lateral. ✦ After taking over at the Irish 9-yard line with 1:48 remaining, fifth-year senior quarterback Ian Book directed a clutch eight-play, 91-yard drive to force overtime. He completed 22 of 39 passes for 310 yards with one score, plus had 67 rush- ing yards on 14 attempts. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS CU ND Total First Downs 22 22 Rushing 4 5 Passing 16 15 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 33 40 Yards Gained Rushing 73 230 Yards Lost Rushing 39 22 Net Yards Rushing 34 208 Net Yards Passing 439 310 Passes Attempted 44 39 Passes Completed 29 22 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 65.9% 56.4% Yards Per Attempt 10.0 7.9 Yards Per Completion 15.1 14.1 Total Offensive Plays 77 79 Total Net Yards 473 518 Average Gain Per Play 6.1 6.6 Fumbles: No.-Lost 3-3 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 4-46 7-50 Punts: No.-Yards 3-125 3-123 Average Per Punt 41.7 41.0 Average Net Punt 40.0 41.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-5 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 5-81 0-0 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-26 Miscellaneous Yards -2 0 Possession Time 29:38 30:22 Third-Down Conversions 4-15 10-19 Percentage 26.7% 52.6% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-8 2-14 CU ND FIRST QUARTER ND Williams 65-yard run (Doerer kick) 14:27 0 7 Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:33 ND Doerer 24-yard field goal 5:55 0 10 Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, 6:24 CU Powell 53-yard pass from Uiagalelei (Potter kick) 4:11 7 10 Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:44 SECOND QUARTER ND Doerer 27-yard field goal 13:09 7 13 Drive: 13 plays, 66 yards, 6:02 CU Potter 25-yard field goal 8:32 10 13 Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:32 ND Owusu-Koramoah 23-yard fumble recovery return (Doerer kick) 5:53 10 20 ND Doerer 45-yard field goal 2:41 10 23 Drive: 4 plays, -2 yards, 2:25 CU Potter 45-yard field goal 1:09 13 23 Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards, 1:32 THIRD QUARTER CU Potter 46-yard field goal 12:15 16 23 Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards, 2:45 CU Allen 10-yard pass from Uiagalelei (Potter kick) 4:12 23 23 Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards, 6:29 FOURTH QUARTER ND Doerer 44-yard field goal 11:37 23 26 Drive: 7 plays, 31 yards, 3:12 CU Potter 30-yard field goal 9:42 26 26 Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:49 CU Etienne 3-yard run (Potter kick) 3:33 33 26 Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards, 5:41 ND Davis 4-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 0:22 33 33 Drive: 8 plays, 91 yards, 1:26 OVERTIME CU Uiagalelei 1-yard run (Potter kick) 40 33 Drive: 2 plays, 25 yards, 0:00 ND Williams 3-yard run (Doerer kick) 40 40 Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 0:00 ND Williams 3-yard run (Doerer kick) 40 47 Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 0:00 NOTRE DAME 47, CLEMSON 40 (2OT) Nov. 7, 2020 ✦ Attendance: 11,011 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT1 OT2 Final Clemson 7 6 10 10 7 0 40 Notre Dame 10 13 0 10 7 7 47