Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 27, 2021 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED that this Irish team is worthy of con- sideration. Walk-on senior quarterback Cole Capen coming in late to help finish the game with his first career appear- ance is a worthy honorable mention. Feature Performer: With the game in hand, Kelly emptied his bench and called on freshman Audric Estime to finish things up, and his bruising tail- back responded with six carries for 61 yards in the frame. Stats: Neither team scored in the fourth quarter … Determined to pre- serve the shutout, Notre Dame's backup defenders held Georgia Tech to only 13 total yards on its eight offensive plays. Items: Estime recorded all six of his carries on Notre Dame's final drive of the game, a possession in which the Irish burned the last 5:48 of the clock to close out the dominant win … The Irish held the Yellow Jackets 0 of 2 on third- down attempts for the quarter and 3 of 15 (20.0 percent) for the game. ✦ GT ND FIRST QUARTER ND Doerer 41-yard field goal 12:35 0 3 Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards, 2:25 ND Kiser 43-yard interception return (Doerer kick) 10:33 0 10 ND Williams 9-yard run (Doerer kick) 4:57 0 17 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:29 ND Mayer 52-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 0:08 0 24 Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 1:22 SECOND QUARTER ND Diggs 5-yard run (Doerer kick) 10:41 0 31 Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:45 ND Diggs 20-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 7:21 0 38 Drive: 4 plays, 60 yards, 1:47 ND Williams 1-yard run (Leonard kick) 1:29 0 45 Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards, 3:01 THIRD QUARTER ND Doerer 26-yard field goal 6:45 0 48 Drive: 6 plays, 86 yards, 3:02 ND Tagovailoa-Amosa 70-yard fumble return (Bryan kick) 4:50 0 55 GT ND Total First Downs 11 23 Rushing 5 10 Passing 6 12 Penalty 0 1 Rushing Attempts 35 33 Yards Gained Rushing 187 242 Yards Lost Rushing 59 30 Net Yards Rushing 128 212 Net Yards Passing 96 302 Passes Attempted 28 26 Passes Completed 14 18 Had Intercepted 1 0 Percent Completion 50.0% 69.2% Yards Per Attempt 3.4 11.6 Yards Per Completion 6.9 16.8 Total Offensive Plays 63 59 Total Net Yards 224 514 Average Gain Per Play 3.6 8.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-40 3-32 Punts: No.-Yards 10-354 3-114 Average Per Punt 35.4 38.0 Average Net Punt 29.7 38.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 3-37 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 5-113 1-51 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-43 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-70 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 30:39 29:21 Third-Down Conversions 3-15 5-11 Percentage 20.0% 45.5% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 Percentage 0.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-22 6-47 NOTRE DAME 55, GEORGIA TECH 0 Nov. 20, 2021 ✦ Attendance: 70,011 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame 24 21 10 0 55 Graduate student quarterback Jack Coan connected on 15 of 18 passes for 285 yards with two scores to help the Irish build a 45-0 halftime lead. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER