Blue and Gold Illustrated

Nov 4, 2022

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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20 NOV. 5, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED … The Orange scored 10 points in the frame's final five minutes to pull within a touchdown. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 41, SYRACUSE 24 Top Moment: Senior defensive tackle Howard Cross III tipped a pass and senior linebacker Marist Liufau intercepted it to turn the tide back in Notre Dame's favor. Feature Performer: Estime scored both of his rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter, one from 11 yards out and the other from 2 yards out. He also had a gain of 28 on the Irish's final field goal drive of the game. Stats: Syracuse outgained Notre Dame 95 to 85 in total yards. The Irish picked up 74 yards on the ground in a close-out effort. Notre Dame was 3 of 5 on third down, while Syracuse was 1 of 3. The Irish possessed the ball for 9:40 and ran 19 plays to Syracuse's 18. The Irish averaged 4.5 yards per play even while keeping it on the ground for all but two plays. Items: Senior cornerback Clarence Lewis came away with the Irish's third punt block in the last two games; it set Estime up for his 2-yard score that put the Irish ahead 38-17 with 7:47 left … Freshman quarterback Steve Angeli got some handoff reps with the Irish nurs- ing their lead late. ✦ On the first play from scrimmage, senior safety Brandon Joseph intercepted a pass and returned 29 yards for a touchdown to stake the Irish to a quick 7-0 lead. PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX ND SYR FIRST QUARTER ND Joseph 29-yard interception return (Grupe kick) 14:53 7 0 SYR Gadsden 13-yard pass from Shrader (Szmyt kick) 11:11 7 7 Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 3:34 SECOND QUARTER ND Diggs 3-yard run (Grupe kick) 8:23 14 7 Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards, 6:25 ND Thomas 3-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 0:17 21 7 Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 1:01 THIRD QUARTER ND Grupe 31-yard field goal 7:41 24 7 Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:54 SYR Szmyt 54-yard field goal 4:57 24 10 Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 2:44 SYR Tucker 4-yard run (Szmyt kick) 0:25 24 17 Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards, 2:21 FOURTH QUARTER ND Estime 11-yard run (Grupe kick) 9:11 31 17 Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards, 3:43 ND Estime 2-yard run (Grupe kick) 7:47 38 17 Drive: 1 play, 2 yards, 0:03 SYR Adams 13-yard pass from Del Rio-Wilson (Szmyt kick) 5:44 38 24 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:03 ND Grupe 20-yard field goal 1:58 41 24 Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 3:45 ND SYR Total First Downs 22 15 Rushing 15 4 Passing 6 10 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 56 25 Yards Gained Rushing 255 90 Yards Lost Rushing 9 29 Net Yards Rushing 246 61 Net Yards Passing 116 225 Passes Attempted 19 36 Passes Completed 9 16 Had Intercepted 1 2 Percent Completion 47.4% 44.4% Yards Per Attempt 6.1 6.2 Yards Per Completion 12.9 14.1 Total Offensive Plays 75 61 Total Net Yards 362 286 Average Gain Per Play 4.8 4.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 7-60 3-30 Punts: No.-Yards 5-200 6-192 Average Per Punt 40.0 32.0 Average Net Punt 38.6 24.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-47 2-7 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-33 2-48 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 2-29 1-34 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 37:40 22:20 Third-Down Conversions 6-15 4-13 Percentage 40.0% 30.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 0-2 Percentage 100.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 4-18 1-1 NOTRE DAME 41, SYRACUSE 24 Oct. 29, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 49,861 JMA Wireless Dome ✦ Syracuse, N.Y. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 14 3 17 41 Syracuse 7 0 10 7 24

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