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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com JUNE/JULY 2021 33 pletions of at least 20 yards — first to Evans (23 yards) and then twice to Keys (23 and 22 yards). He scram- ble — for a seven-yard touchdown right after to cap a four-play, 75-yard drive. SCORE: Blue 10, Gold 3 Gold Offense From Own 25, 13:18 Coan led a 14-play response that had Gold in position to tie the score. The drive was in danger of being a three-and-out, but Coan completed to Davis for 17 yards on third-and-12 and then found him again for 16 yards on the next play to cross the 50-yard line. Later, he found senior walk-on wide receiver Matt Salerno for consecutive catches — first a 12-yarder, then for 13 yards — that set up first-and-goal on the 9-yard line. The rest of the drive gained only three yards. Junior safety Litchfield Ajavon popped Wilkins on a quick slant to jar the ball out on first down. He also broke up a third-down pass for Flemister. Coan couldn't find Wilkins on fourth down from the 6-yard line and turned the ball over. Blue Offense From Own 25, 2:18 Tyree's six-yard carry on first down preceded two incompletions on throws intended for Keys. The drive went three-and-out. FOURTH QUARTER Gold Offense From Own 49, 15:00 The offense did nothing with ad- vantageous field position and went four-and-out when Ehrensberger bat- ted down Coan's fourth-down pass. Blue Offense From Own 44, 12:40 Buchner and Lenzy linked up for 18 yards on second down to cross midfield and then 37 yards on a go route to set up first-and-goal at the 1-yard line. Walk-on running back Leo Albano scored two plays later. SCORE: Blue 17, Gold 3 • Coan remained in the game even as more walk-ons and third-string- ers entered around him. Gold went three-and-out on its next possession. • Buchner and Keys connected once more for 17 yards on Blue's last drive of the game. Albano had 18 rushing yards on the drive, which ended when junior defensive end NaNa Osafo-Mensah strip-sacked Buchner. • Freshman quarterback Ron Pow- lus III came in for Coan on Gold's last drive and had one completion, an 11-yarder to Styles. ✦ BLUE 17, GOLD 3 May 1, 2021 ✦ Attendance: 6,195 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Gold 0 3 0 0 3 Blue 3 0 7 7 17 Qtr. Time Scoring Play Gold Blue 1st 2:59 Doerer 27-yard FG 11 plays, 66 yards, 4:12 0 3 2nd 1:25 Leonard 37-yard FG 5 plays, 21 yards, 2:05 3 3 3rd 13:18 Buchner 7-yard run (Leonard kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:42 3 10 4th 9:30 Albano 1-yard run (Leonard kick) 5 plays, 44 yards, 3:10 3 17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Gold Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Long Avg. Williams 3 16 0 16 0 10 5.3 Flemister 7 20 9 11 0 9 1.6 Assaf 1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0 Ketterer 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0 Coan 6 11 23 -12 0 6 -2.0 Totals 18 58 32 26 0 10 1.4 Blue Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Long Avg. Tyree 10 46 3 43 0 16 4.3 Albano 5 19 0 19 1 14 3.8 Buchner 3 10 4 6 1 7 2.0 Pyne 6 4 34 -30 0 4 -5.0 Totals 24 79 41 38 2 16 1.6 Gold Passing C-A-I Yards TD Long Sack Coan 18-32-1 197 0 32 4 Powlus 1-2-0 11 0 11 0 Totals 19-34-1 208 0 32 4 Blue Passing C-A-I Yards TD Long Sack Pyne 11-23-1 146 0 41 4 Buchner 6-9-0 140 0 37 1 TEAM 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 17-33-1 286 0 41 5 Gold Receiving No. Yards TD Long Davis 5 84 0 24 Takacs 3 32 0 25 Wilkins 2 35 0 32 Salerno 2 25 0 13 Williams 2 20 0 14 Styles 2 9 0 11 Berrong 1 3 0 3 Flemister 1 2 0 2 Selna 1 -2 0 0 Totals 19 208 0 32 Blue Receiving No. Yards TD Long Keys 5 115 0 41 Lenzy 5 88 0 37 Evans 3 59 0 32 Tyree 2 16 0 18 Berrong 1 8 0 8 Watts 1 0 0 0 Totals 17 286 0 41 Gold Punting No. Tds. Avg. Long In 20 TB Bramblett 4 184 46.0 52 2 1 Rittman 1 39 39.0 39 1 0 Blue Punting No. Tds. Avg. Long In 20 TB Bramblett 3 128 42.7 47 0 0 Gold Interceptions No. Yards TD Long Walters 1 0 0 0 Blue Interceptions No. Yards TD Long Simon 1 2 0 2 Gold Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL-Yds. Sacks-Yds. Liufau 5 0 5 2.0-12 1.0-4 Keanaaina 4 0 4 — — Wallace 3 1 4 — — Pryor 2 2 4 — — Bertrand 2 1 3 — — Tagovailoa-Amosa 2 1 3 1.0-6 1.0-6 Griffith 1 2 3 — — Henderson 2 0 2 1.0-3 — Hinish 2 0 2 1.0-8 1.0-8 Heemsoth 2 0 2 1.0-2 — Albano 2 0 2 — — Botelho 1 1 2 1.0-8 1.0-8 Love 1 0 1 — — Osafo-Mensah 1 0 1 1.0-7 1.0-7 Thorne 1 0 1 — — Gutzmer 1 0 1 — — Williams 1 0 1 — — Totals 33 8 41 8.0-46 5.0-33 Blue Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL-Yds. Sacks-Yds. Kiser 5 3 8 — — Bracy 4 0 4 1.0-2 — Brown 3 1 4 1.0-2 — Ajavon 2 2 4 — — Bauer 3 0 3 1.0-2 — Hart 1 2 3 — — Ja. Ademilola 2 0 2 2.0-7 1.0-5 Ghilotti 2 0 2 — — Ekwonu 1 1 2 — — Ju. Ademilola 1 0 1 1.0-5 1.0-5 Cross 1 0 1 1.0-5 1.0-5 Tyree 1 0 1 — — Scheidler 1 0 1 — — Foskey 1 0 1 1.0-8 1.0-8 Ehrensberger 1 0 1 1.0-3 — Aupiu 1 0 1 1.0-2 — TEAM 1 0 1 — — Barnes 0 1 1 — — Simon 0 1 1 — — Velotta 0 1 1 — — Totals 31 12 43 10.0-36 4.0-23 Senior linebacker Shayne Simon had an intercep- tion for the Blue defense, which did not allow a touchdown. PHOTO BY MIKE MILLER