Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 DEC. 5, 2020 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED yards on 11 plays and three posses- sions in the quarter. Stats: Notre Dame had 371 yards of total offense after three quarters (235 passing, 136 rushing) to the Tar Heels' 263 (176 passing, 87 rushing). Items: On Notre Dame's second se- ries, a 53-yard completion from Book to McKinley on the first play set up a 32-yard field goal attempt that Do- erer shanked to his right with 3:19 left, leaving the score 24-17 and the Tar Heels within striking distance … Fifth- year senior defensive end Adetokunbo Ogundeji stopped Williams on the next series for a one-yard gain on third-and-five, forcing another punt. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME, 31-17 Top Moment: With 5:52 left and clinging to a 24-17 lead, Notre Dame took possession at its 11-yard line and went into its four-minute offense to milk the clock en route to scor- ing. Eight plays later, Williams took it in from the 1-yard line with 1:20 remaining to conclude the 89-yard drive in eight plays that took 4:32. Feature Performer: Williams began the drive with a 47-yard burst, and during the quarter his eight carries netted 74 yards as the go-to figure when it comes to ball control. He also caught a pass. Stats: The Tar Heels, who were fourth nationally in total offense per game with 563.4, finished with 298 — with just 78 in the second half while going 0 of 6 on third down. Items: With the score still 24-17, North Carolina took over at its 33- yard line with 9:10 left and drove to a first down to the Notre Dame 41 … But an incomplete pass, no yards on a scramble, a sack by senior defen- sive tackle Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa and an unsportsmanlike penalty on Brown led to the punt and the Irish game-sealing drive. ✦ Sophomore running back Kyren Williams produced 144 total yards and scored three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) to lead the way for the Notre Dame offense. PHOTO BY ROBERT WILLETT, THE NEWS & OBSERVER NOTRE DAME 31, N. CAROLINA 17 Nov. 27, 2020 ✦ Attendance: 3,535 Kenan Stadium ✦ Chapel Hill, N.C. Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 14 3 7 7 31 North Carolina 14 3 0 0 17 ND NC FIRST QUARTER NC Simmons 6-yard pass from Howell (Atkins kick) 9:56 0 7 Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 2:54 ND Williams 2-yard run (Doerer kick) 5:19 7 7 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:37 NC Howell 1-yard run (Atkins kick) 2:59 7 14 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:20 ND Williams 4-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick) 1:05 14 14 Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards, 1:50 SECOND QUARTER NC Atkins 42-yard field goal 1:10 14 17 Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards, 4:40 ND Doerer 32-yard field goal 0:00 17 17 Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 1:10 THIRD QUARTER ND Skowronek 13-yard run (Doerer kick) 7:05 24 17 Drive: 13 plays, 97 yards, 5:22 FOURTH QUARTER ND Williams 1-yard run (Doerer kick) 1:20 31 17 Drive: 8 plays, 89 yards, 4:32 ND NC Total First Downs 25 14 Rushing 8 4 Passing 12 9 Penalty 5 1 Rushing Attempts 36 30 Yards Gained Rushing 216 113 Yards Lost Rushing 17 26 Net Yards Rushing 199 87 Net Yards Passing 279 211 Passes Attempted 33 27 Passes Completed 23 17 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 69.7% 63.0% Yards Per Attempt 8.5 7.8 Yards Per Completion 12.1 12.4 Total Offensive Plays 69 57 Total Net Yards 478 298 Average Gain Per Play 6.9 5.2 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 4-24 9-90 Punts: No.-Yards 5-215 7-354 Average Per Punt 43.0 50.6 Average Net Punt 43.0 49.4 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-8 1-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-18 0-0 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 35:04 24:56 Third-Down Conversions 4-11 2-11 Percentage 36.4% 18.2% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 6-21 2-15