Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 20, 2021 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED once again on a 15-yard connection into the left corner of the end zone toward the end of the quarter. The score put Notre Dame ahead by four touchdowns. Feature Performer: Bauer was all over the stat sheet with a couple tack- les, a sack and one pass broken up. He made the most of his first career start by disrupting the Cavaliers' offense in a variety of ways. Stats: Virginia gained 108 yards to Notre Dame's 69, but the Irish still ended up on the right side of the score- board in the quarter. The Irish gained 6.9 yards per play to Virginia's 4.2. Items: Virginia missed a 44-yard field goal on its first drive of the quar- ter … Coan was intercepted on Notre Dame's second play of the quarter when he overthrew a deep shot intended for Austin … Notre Dame had a fumble re- covery reversed by video review … The Irish punted for the first time in the game with less than eight minutes re- maining in the quarter … Mills recorded a sack on a fourth-and-five play from the Notre Dame 28-yard line … A 31- yard end-around from Lenzy set up the Austin touchdown. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 28, VIRGINIA 3 Top Moment: Senior safety DJ Brown put the game on ice with an interception in the end zone with 29 seconds left. All Notre Dame had to do from there was kneel down once for it to be official. Feature Performer: True freshman quarterback Tyler Buchner got to com- mand an entire series with the game in hand in the fourth quarter. Notre Dame drove 85 yards in eight plays before stalling inside the 10-yard line on a lost fumble. Buchner accounted for 44 of the yards. Stats: Notre Dame gained 90 yards to Virginia's 78. The Irish had three of their seven sacks in the final frame. Items: Virginia broke the shutout with a 34-yard field goal with 12:16 remaining in the quarter … Freshman linebacker Prince Kollie got extended playing time with the game in hand. ✦ NOTRE DAME 28, VIRGINIA 3 Nov. 13, 2021 ✦ Attendance: 48,584 Scott Stadium ✦ Charlottesville 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 14 7 0 28 Virginia 0 0 0 3 3 ND UVA FIRST QUARTER ND Mayer 6-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 4:53 7 0 Drive: 6 plays, 43 yards, 2:40 SECOND QUARTER ND Lenzy 4-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 14:11 14 0 Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 3:28 ND Williams 22-yard run (Doerer kick) 4:33 21 0 Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:13 THIRD QUARTER ND Austin 15-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 1:41 28 0 Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards, 2:20 FOURTH QUARTER UVA Farrell 34-yard field goal 12:16 28 3 Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards, 4:25 ND UVA Total First Downs 23 17 Rushing 9 9 Passing 13 8 Penalty 1 0 Rushing Attempts 38 30 Yards Gained Rushing 260 123 Yards Lost Rushing 11 41 Net Yards Rushing 249 82 Net Yards Passing 174 196 Passes Attempted 24 34 Passes Completed 18 18 Had Intercepted 1 2 Percent Completion 75.0% 52.9% Yards Per Attempt 7.2 5.8 Yards Per Completion 9.7 10.9 Total Offensive Plays 62 64 Total Net Yards 423 278 Average Gain Per Play 6.8 4.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-32 6-51 Punts: No.-Yards 1-0 4-136 Average Per Punt 0.0 34.0 Average Net Punt 0.0 34.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-14 2-44 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 2-14 1-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 29:41 30:19 Third-Down Conversions 7-11 5-14 Percentage 63.6% 35.7% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 1-3 Percentage 33.3% 33.3% Sacks By: No.-Yards 7-34 0-0 Senior linebacker Bo Bauer started for Drew White (illness) and led the team in tackles with nine. He also had 1.5 sacks. PHOTO BY KEITH LUCAS/SIDELINE MEDIA