Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 8, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED was set up by back-to-back penal- ties that put the ball inside the 1-yard line; North Carolina head coach Mack Brown was hit with one of them for un- sportsmanlike conduct for arguing a pass interference call on the prior play … Senior linebacker Marist Liufau reg- istered his first half sack of the season … Notre Dame turned the ball over on downs at the North Carolina 25 after an unsuccessful QB sneak from Pyne; UNC scored on an 80-yard pass on the very next play after an offensive penalty made it first-and-15 … Junior corner Clarence Lewis was beaten in coverage on the long score. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 45, NORTH CAROLINA 32 Top Moment: Junior running back Chris Tyree scored his first rushing touchdown of the season early in the frame to give the Irish a 45-20 lead. Feature Performer: It was once again Estime who carried 8 times for 65 times in the fourth quarter alone. He nearly capped a hat trick in the touch- down department if not for the goal line fumble. Stats: North Carolina outgained Notre Dame 128-82. Seventy-six of the Irish's yards came on the ground. The Tar Heels averaged 8.0 yards per play to the Irish's 4.6. Notre Dame possessed the ball for more than 10 minutes. Items: Senior linebacker JD Bertrand was penalized for tar- geting for the second game in a row on a hit following UNC tight end Bryson Nesbit's 23- yard reception … Two Notre Dame penalties set up a 4-yard touchdown pass from Maye to running back Omarion Hamp- ton with 9:47 left … The Tar Heels were unsuccessful on a two-point try for the sec- ond time in a row … UNC re- ceiver Antoine Green caught his second long touchdown of the game on a 64-yarder on fourth-and-21 … Senior corner Cam Hart let Green run right past him in prevent defense … Green picked up UNC's fifth personal foul/unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of the game after the score. ✦ ND UNC FIRST QUARTER UNC Downs 4-yard pass from Maye (Burnette kick) 9:53 0 7 Drive: 12 plays, 76 yards, 4:59 SECOND QUARTER ND Mayer 10-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 12:57 7 7 Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards, 3:48 ND Styles 30-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 10:01 14 7 Drive: 3 plays, 66 yards, 1:26 UNC Downs 3-yard pass from Maye (Burnette kick) 6:55 14 14 Drive: 9 plays, 76 yards, 3:00 ND Estime 1-yard run (Grupe kick) 2:37 21 14 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:18 ND Grupe 40-yard field goal 0:23 24 14 Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards, 1:52 THIRD QUARTER ND Diggs 29-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 12:18 31 14 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:42 ND Estime 1-yard run (Grupe kick) 10:21 38 14 Drive: 7 plays, 15 yards, 1:52 UNC A. Green 80-yard pass from Maye (Maye pass failed) 4:08 38 20 Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:11 FOURTH QUARTER ND Tyree 1-yard run (Grupe kick) 13:04 45 20 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 6:04 UNC Hampton 4-yard pass from Maye (Maye pass failed) 9:47 45 26 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:17 UNC A. Green 64-yard pass from Maye (Maye pass failed) 1:44 45 32 Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 1:36 ND UNC Total First Downs 35 18 Rushing 17 7 Passing 12 7 Penalty 6 4 Rushing Attempts 51 28 Yards Gained Rushing 302 103 Yards Lost Rushing 15 37 Net Yards Rushing 287 66 Net Yards Passing 289 301 Passes Attempted 34 32 Passes Completed 24 17 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 70.6% 53.1% Yards Per Attempt 8.5 9.4 Yards Per Completion 12.0 17.7 Total Offensive Plays 85 60 Total Net Yards 576 367 Average Gain Per Play 6.8 6.1 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-46 9-64 Punts: No.-Yards 1-54 5-242 Average Per Punt 54.0 48.4 Average Net Punt 51.0 39.8 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 3-43 1-3 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-25 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 38:13 21:47 Third-Down Conversions 8-14 6-14 Percentage 57.1% 42.9% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 2-2 Percentage 0.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-20 1-7 NOTRE DAME 45, NORTH CAROLINA 32 Sept. 24, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 50,500 Kenan Stadium ✦ Chapel Hill, N.C. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 0 24 14 7 45 North Carolina 7 7 6 12 32 Sophomore running back Audric Estime accounted for 134 of Notre Dame's 287 yards rushing and scored a pair of touchdowns. PHOTO BY KAYDEE GAWLIK