Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 17, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED to the Buchner touchdown with a 12-play, 74-yard drive that led to a field goal to re- take the lead … Buchner missed Lenzy on a would-be touchdown on a heave in the final minute of the half; Lenzy sprawled out, but the ball bounced off his hands. THIRD QUARTER MARSHALL 12, NOTRE DAME 7 Top Moment: Notre Dame had third- and-2 from its own 47-yard line. The Irish ran sophomore running back Audric Estime twice in a row up the middle, but he did not gain the necessary yardage. Feature Performer: Estime ran 5 times for 22 yards on that drive. But the 2 carries for 1 yard on the final 2 rushes of that stretch were backbreaking for the home team. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Mar- shall 101-68 in total yards. The Thun- dering Herd only had 4 passing yards, while Notre Dame had 69. Items: Notre Dame forced Marshall to kick a 20-yard field goal to go along with the 21-yard field goal the Herd had to settle for in the second quarter; if not for those red zone stops, Notre Dame would have been in even more trouble in the end … Buchner's best pass of the day was a 30-yard fade to Mayer that got an Irish drive going late in the quarter. FOURTH QUARTER MARSHALL 26, NOTRE DAME 21 Top Moment: Buchner walked into the end zone for his second score of the day on the first play of the quarter. Feature Performer: Mayer was tar- geted 7 times, and caught 4 passes for 38 yards and 1 touchdown in the quar- ter. The score came from junior backup Drew Pyne. Stats: Marshall outgained Notre Dame 102-92 in total yards. The Thundering Herd ran for 72 yards and owned the time of possession battle 8:16 to 6:44. Items: Laborn rushed 11 times for 76 yards to salt the game away … Bu- chner's pick-six was another throw he was unable to zip to the sideline or should not have thrown in the first place … Buchner was replaced mid- drive by Pyne on Notre Dame's next possession; Freeman said postgame he injured his shoulder … The Pyne touchdown toss was the third of his career. ✦ MAR ND SECOND QUARTER MAR Laborn 4-yard run (Verhoff kick missed) 14:18 6 0 Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 3:56 ND Buchner 1-yard run (Grupe kick) 3:00 6 7 Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 2:03 MAR Verhoff 21-yard field goal 0:15 9 7 Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards, 2:40 THIRD QUARTER MAR Verhoff 20-yard field goal 3:54 12 7 Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards, 4:10 FOURTH QUARTER ND Buchner 1-yard run (Buchner rush good) 14:57 12 15 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:57 MAR Miller 3-yard pass from Colombi (Verhoff kick) 5:16 19 15 Drive: 11 plays, 94 yards, 5:16 MAR Gilmore 37-yard interception return (Verhoff kick) 4:35 26 15 ND Mayer 5-yard pass from Pyne (Pyne pass failed) 0:14 26 21 Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards, 1:42 MAR ND Total First Downs 21 22 Rushing 12 8 Passing 8 11 Penalty 1 3 Rushing Attempts 50 37 Yards Gained Rushing 248 145 Yards Lost Rushing 29 15 Net Yards Rushing 219 130 Net Yards Passing 145 221 Passes Attempted 21 38 Passes Completed 16 21 Had Intercepted 0 3 Percent Completion 76.2% 55.3% Yards Per Attempt 6.9 5.8 Yards Per Completion 9.1 10.5 Total Offensive Plays 71 75 Total Net Yards 364 351 Average Gain Per Play 5.1 4.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-44 4-30 Punts: No.-Yards 6-193 4-169 Average Per Punt 32.2 42.2 Average Net Punt 29.7 43.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1--3 1-15 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-20 2-59 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 3-55 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 30:47 29:13 Third-Down Conversions 4-13 4-13 Percentage 30.8% 30.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 2-4 Percentage 0.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-14 3-17 MARSHALL 26, NOTRE DAME 21 Sept. 10, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Marshall 0 9 3 14 26 Notre Dame 0 7 0 14 21 The Fighting Irish had trouble corralling Marshall running back Khalan Laborn all game, and he finished with 31 carries for 163 yards and 1 touchdown. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER