Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 OCT. 23, 2021 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED in the third quarter. He ran for 25 yards in the frame. Notre Dame rode him on carries of five and three yards before the 10-yard touchdown run on third-and- two from the 10. Stats: Virginia Tech outgained Notre Dame 84 to 60, but the two sides were almost even in yards per play. The Hok- ies averaged 4.4 yards while the Irish averaged 4.3. Items: Notre Dame made another red zone stop, holding the Hokies to a 26-yard field goal … Buchner threw an interception that was returned 26 yards for a touchdown by Waller, which gave Virginia Tech a 22-21 lead with 50 sec- onds left in the quarter … Notre Dame stopped the Hokies' ensuing two-point conversion attempt. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 32, VIRGINIA TECH 29 Top Moment: There's nothing like a game-winning kick. Doerer had the game on his right leg, and he brought it home for the Irish with a pure boot inside the right upright. With only 17 seconds remaining, the Irish celebrated as they should have — like the game was all but over. Feature Performer: Coan. He came in cold having not taken a snap since the first quarter and looked much better than he did at the start of the game. He spread the ball around to wide receivers who hadn't caught a pass all game until the last few minutes. It was a clinic on how to orchestrate a late-game comeback. Stats: Notre Dame exploded for 156 yards while Virginia Tech only mustered 42. The Irish averaged 6.8 yards per play to the Hokies' 2.6. Items: Penalties were the story of the quarter until Coan's heroics; Wil- liams was called for clipping on the play prior to Buchner's second interception of the game and junior safety Kyle Ham- ilton was called for roughing the passer moments before Burmeister's rushing touchdown … Williams was evaluated for a concussion after a hit by Virginia Tech's Dax Hollifield was flagged for targeting. ✦ Coan was awarded a game ball by head coach Brian Kelly after coming off the bench to lead two scoring drives in the final 3:55 that produced 11 points and gave the Irish a 32-29 win over the Hokies. PHOTO COURTESY OF NOTRE DAME ND VT FIRST QUARTER VT Blackshear 7-yard run (Romo kick) 3:21 0 7 Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:54 SECOND QUARTER VT Romo 19-yard field goal 10:35 0 10 Drive: 14 plays, 59 yards, 6:17 ND Buchner 3-yard run (Doerer kick) 6:51 7 10 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:44 ND Williams 8-yard pass from Buchner (Doerer kick) 0:32 14 10 Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 0:59 VT Romo 52-yard field goal 0:00 14 13 Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 0:24 THIRD QUARTER VT Romo 26-yard field goal 8:53 14 16 Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 6:01 ND Williams 10-yard run (Doerer kick) 4:27 21 16 Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards, 1:56 VT Waller 26-yard interception return (Blumrick pass failed) 0:50 21 22 FOURTH QUARTER VT Burmeister 19-yard run (Romo kick) 3:55 21 29 Drive: 8 plays, 56 yards, 3:43 ND Davis 4-yard pass from Coan (Austin pass from Coan) 2:26 29 29 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:29 ND Doerer 48-yard field goal 0:17 32 29 Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 1:39 ND VT Total First Downs 21 20 Rushing 9 8 Passing 10 10 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 43 37 Yards Gained Rushing 185 160 Yards Lost Rushing 12 26 Net Yards Rushing 173 134 Net Yards Passing 221 174 Passes Attempted 26 33 Passes Completed 15 16 Had Intercepted 2 1 Percent Completion 57.7% 48.5% Yards Per Attempt 8.5 5.3 Yards Per Completion 14.7 10.9 Total Offensive Plays 69 70 Total Net Yards 394 308 Average Gain Per Play 5.7 4.4 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 7-70 5-40 Punts: No.-Yards 6-293 6-294 Average Per Punt 48.8 49.0 Average Net Punt 43.0 45.7 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 3-15 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 6-137 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-10 2-40 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 28:27 31:33 Third-Down Conversions 3-12 7-16 Percentage 25.0% 43.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-10 2-12 NOTRE DAME 32, VIRGINIA TECH 29 Oct. 9, 2021 ✦ Attendance: 65,632 Lane Stadium ✦ Blacksburg, Va. Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 0 14 7 11 32 Virginia Tech 7 6 9 7 29