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20 OCT. 29, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED version on fourth-and-2. He scored the touchdown from 2 yards out, too. Stats: UNLV outgained Notre Dame 91 to 68. Notre Dame only completed 2 of 5 passes in the frame. UNLV secured 4 of its 11 first downs in the third quar- ter. The Rebels were still 0 of 3 on third down, while Notre Dame was 2 of 4. Items: Grupe missed a 42-yard field goal … Pyne again looked for Mayer on a third-down play, and again it did not work … Diggs and Tyree combined to run 7 times for 33 yards to get the Irish down to the UNLV 29-yard line at the end of the quarter. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 44, UNLV 21 Top Moment: Graduate student wide receiver Braden Lenzy put a bow on the Irish's win with a 4-yard touch- down on a jet-sweep flip pass. Feature Performer: Diggs carried 10 times for 48 yards in the fourth quarter alone. Stats: The two teams tied with 73 yards apiece. Notre Dame ran for 59 yards. Pyne was 3-of-3 passing for 14 yards. The Irish possessed the ball for 8:38. Items: Tyree scored an 8-yard rush- ing touchdown … Irish linebacker JD Bertrand was called for targeting for the third time in the last five games, but the penalty flag was picked up upon review … The Irish could not stop UNLV on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line on the Rebels' lone score of the quarter. ✦ UNLV UND FIRST QUARTER UND Estime 12-yard run (Grupe kick) 12:35 0 7 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:25 UND Grupe 43-yard field goal 10:06 0 10 Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards, 2:07 UNLV Younge-Humphrey 2-yard run (Gutierrez kick) 9:10 7 10 Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:56 UND Mayer 20-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 6:24 7 17 Drive: 2 plays, 20 yards, 0:08 UND Grupe 27-yard field goal 3:58 7 20 Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 0:48 UND Grupe 46-yard field goal 1:18 7 23 Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 1:12 SECOND QUARTER UND Evans 1-yard run (Grupe kick) 4:10 7 30 Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards, 3:04 THIRD QUARTER UNLV Bailey 2-yard run (Gutierrez kick) 8:06 14 30 Drive: 9 plays, 76 yards, 3:43 FOURTH QUARTER UND Tyree 8-yard run (Grupe kick) 11:59 14 37 Drive: 13 plays, 62 yards, 7:10 UNLV Younge-Humphrey 1-yard run (Gutierrez kick) 8:02 21 37 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:57 UND Lenzy 4-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 2:55 21 44 Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards, 5:06 UNLV UND Total First Downs 11 23 Rushing 4 15 Passing 6 8 Penalty 1 0 Rushing Attempts 28 47 Yards Gained Rushing 188 225 Yards Lost Rushing 42 2 Net Yards Rushing 146 223 Net Yards Passing 153 205 Passes Attempted 33 28 Passes Completed 17 14 Had Intercepted 0 1 Percent Completion 51.5% 50.0% Yards Per Attempt 4.6 7.3 Yards Per Completion 9.0 14.6 Total Offensive Plays 61 75 Total Net Yards 299 428 Average Gain Per Play 4.9 5.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-45 4-34 Punts: No.-Yards 9-292 2-87 Average Per Punt 32.4 43.5 Average Net Punt 22.8 43.5 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 6-67 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-24 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-6 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 26:02 33:58 Third-Down Conversions 0-12 9-17 Percentage 0.0% 52.9% Fourth-Down Conversions 2-3 0-1 Percentage 66.7% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 4-33 NOTRE DAME 44, UNLV 21 Oct. 22, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 73,165 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final UNLV 7 0 7 7 21 Notre Dame 23 7 0 14 44 Junior tight end Michael Mayer continued his stellar season with 6 catches for 115 yards and 1 touchdown. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER