Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 DECEMBER 2021 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED touchdown Notre Dame allowed was its first given up since Oct. 30 against North Carolina … Sophomore running back Chris Tyree's 33-yard run in the last play of the quarter was his longest rush of the season. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 45, STANFORD 14 Top Moment: Williams' 12-yard touchdown with 0:58 seconds left gave him his 17th touchdown of the year, and it also put him over 1,000 yards on the season. He's just the fifth running back in Notre Dame history to have back-to- back 1,000-yard seasons. Fea t u re Pe r fo r m e r : Fre s h m a n quarterback Tyler Buchner scored on a 33-yard rush, and he also had gains of 11 and 12 yards on the ground. He also completed a pass to Mayer. Stats: Stanford outgained Notre Dame 148-128 in total yards. The Car- dinal averaged 11.4 yards per play to the Irish's 8.5. The Irish had six first downs to the Cardinal's five. Items: Mayer broke the single-sea- son school record for receptions (64) by a tight end with a 34-yard grab from Coan midway through the fourth quarter … Coan went over 300 passing yards for the first time since the season opener at Florida State … Kelly became the first coach in Notre Dame history with four 11-win seasons. ✦ ND STAN FIRST QUARTER ND Lenzy 16-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 9:39 7 0 Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards, 3:00 SECOND QUARTER ND Takacs 2-yard pass from Coan (Doerer kick) 14:30 14 0 Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 3:40 ND Doerer 36-yard field goal 11:27 17 0 Drive: 5 plays, 5 yards, 2:23 ND Williams 1-yard run (Doerer kick) 4:47 24 0 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:09 THIRD QUARTER STAN Jones 5-yard run (Karty kick) 13:06 24 7 Drive: 2 plays, 13 yards, 0:39 ND Coan 1-yard run (Doerer kick) 11:31 31 7 Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:35 FOURTH QUARTER ND Buchner 33-yard run (Doerer kick) 14:33 38 7 Drive: 3 plays, 72 yards, 0:35 STAN Yurosek 49-yard pass from McKee (Karty kick) 11:44 38 14 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:49 ND Williams 12-yard run (Doerer kick) 0:58 45 14 Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards, 5:26 ND STAN Total First Downs 27 11 Rushing 10 5 Passing 13 5 Penalty 4 1 Rushing Attempts 35 22 Yards Gained Rushing 194 77 Yards Lost Rushing 25 22 Net Yards Rushing 169 55 Net Yards Passing 341 172 Passes Attempted 36 25 Passes Completed 27 20 Had Intercepted 1 0 Percent Completion 75.0% 80.0% Yards Per Attempt 9.5 6.9 Yards Per Completion 12.6 8.6 Total Offensive Plays 71 47 Total Net Yards 510 227 Average Gain Per Play 7.2 4.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties: No.-Yards 4-35 9-64 Punts: No.-Yards 5-212 8-372 Average Per Punt 42.4 46.5 Average Net Punt 42.4 46.5 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 3-72 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-23 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 34:10 25:50 Third-Down Conversions 2-11 3-11 Percentage 18.2% 27.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 Percentage 100.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-15 2-16 NOTRE DAME 45, STANFORD 14 Nov. 27, 2021 ✦ Attendance: 31,571 Stanford Stadium ✦ Palo Alto, Calif. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 17 7 14 45 Stanford 0 0 7 7 14 Senior defensive end Justin Ademilola recorded a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery all in one play. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL