Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 OCT. 15, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Feature Performer: Mayer moved the chains on third-and-13 four plays before the touchdown. Notre Dame's only second-half touchdown was May- er's doing. Stats: BYU outgained Notre Dame 119 to 83. BYU averaged 9.2 yards per play to Notre Dame's 5.9. Notre Dame possessed the ball for 8:23. BYU was 3 of 3 on third down, while Notre Dame was 2 of 3. Items: Pyne made a circus play in which he circled out of pressure and flipped the ball to Estime for a 13-yard gain … Freshman cornerback Jaden Mickey had poor coverage on Kody Epps' 53-yard touchdown … Sophomore linebacker Prince Kollie had a 6-yard sack … Corners Cam Hart and Bracy combined for a 2-yard tackle for loss on the next play, but BYU converted on third-and-18 on a simple rushing play. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 28, BYU 20 Top Moment: The Notre Dame de- fense stuffed BYU on fourth-and-1 from the Irish 27 with 3:37 left. BYU never got the ball back. Feature Performers: Estime and Diggs combined for 101 rushing yards. Estime had a 46-yard scamper. Diggs ran for 33 yards on one crucial play on Notre Dame's final possession. Stats: Notre Dame outgained BYU 154 to 94. Notre Dame averaged 8.1 yards per play. BYU averaged 7.8. Notre Dame possessed the ball for 11:00. The Irish were 3 of 4 on third down, while the Cougars were 0 of 2. Items: BYU gained 43 yards on the ground and scored a touchdown on the quarter's first two plays … Pyne threw his second interception of the season on Notre Dame's next possession … BYU went three-and-out thereafter … BYU stopped Notre Dame on third and goal from the 3; the Irish tried a tunnel screen to Mayer, but he only gained a yard … Estime ended the game by gain- ing four yards on third-and-4 with just less than 2 minutes left. ✦ NOTRE DAME 28, BYU 20 Oct. 8, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 62,742 Allegiant Stadium ✦ Las Vegas 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final BYU 6 0 7 7 20 Notre Dame 3 15 7 3 28 BYU ND FIRST QUARTER ND Grupe 26-yard field goal 11:25 0 3 Drive: 8 plays, 36 yards, 3:26 BYU Epps 2-yard Pass from Hall (J. Smith kick failed) 4:32 6 3 Drive: 7 plays, 26 yards, 3:49 SECOND QUARTER ND Mayer 24-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 14:19 6 10 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:13 ND Kiser sacked Hall in end zone for safety 6:50 6 12 ND Thomas 30-yard pass from Pyne (Pyne pass to Mayer failed) 1:03 6 18 Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 5:42 THIRD QUARTER ND Mayer 19-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 8:05 6 25 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 6:55 BYU Epps 53-yard pass from Hall (J. Smith kick) 5:27 13 25 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:38 FOURTH QUARTER BYU Brooks 28-yard run (J. Smith kick) 14:18 20 25 Drive: 10 plays, 87 yards, 4:41 ND Grupe 20-yard field goal 6:07 20 28 Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 4:47 BYU ND Total First Downs 13 24 Rushing 9 10 Passing 4 14 Penalty 0 0 Rushing Attempts 29 45 Yards Gained Rushing 171 238 Yards Lost Rushing 15 4 Net Yards Rushing 156 234 Net Yards Passing 120 262 Passes Attempted 17 28 Passes Completed 9 22 Had Intercepted 1 1 Percent Completion 52.9% 78.6% Yards Per Attempt 7.1 9.4 Yards Per Completion 13.3 11.9 Total Offensive Plays 46 73 Total Net Yards 276 496 Average Gain Per Play 6.0 6.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 1-5 1-10 Punts: No.-Yards 3-138 2-113 Average Per Punt 46.0 56.5 Average Net Punt 44.0 35.5 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-42 1-6 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-4 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 1-6 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 19:05 40:55 Third-Down Conversions 3-9 11-16 Percentage 33.3% 68.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 2-10 Junior quarterback Drew Pyne played all the right cards again in passing for 262 yards and 3 touchdowns against the Cougars. PHOTO BY DAVID BECKER