Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 12, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED sive lineman Walker Parks picked up an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for knocking down Irish defensive tackle Jayson Ademilola via a cheap shot as time expired in the half. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 14, CLEMSON 0 Top Moment: Pyne rolled to his right and delivered a dime to sophomore wideout Jayden Thomas for a gain of 15. It was Pyne's best throw of the night to that point. Feature Performer: Graduate stu- dent punter Jon Sot downed two punts inside the Clemson 10-yard line. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Clem- son 92 to 56 in total yards. The Irish rushed for 65 yards. Both teams were 1 of 3 on third down. The Irish possessed the ball for 8:17 and averaged 6.1 yards per play to the Tigers' 3.7. Items: Clemson switched quar- terbacks late in the quarter, replacing junior starter DJ Uiagalelei with true freshman Cade Klubnik … Klubnik's only pass attempt of the game was in- tercepted by Notre Dame freshman cor- nerback Benjamin Morrison; the pick gave Notre Dame the ball at the Clem- son 14 with 42 seconds left in the frame. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 35, CLEMSON 14 Top Moment: Mayer broke the Notre Dame record for career touchdown re- ceptions by a tight end with his 16th. It put the Irish ahead 35-7 and put an exclamation point on the victory. Feature Performer: Estime ran 8 times for 42 yards and a touchdown. Stats: Clemson outgained Notre Dame 154 to 93 in total yards. The Tigers passed for 113 yards. Notre Dame had 4 penalties for 52 yards. The teams combined to go 5 of 5 on third down. The Irish possessed the ball for 7:56. Clemson averaged 5.9 yards per play to Notre Dame's 5.8. Items: Morrison returned his second interception of the night 96 yards for a touchdown … Clemson finally got on the board with its first score with 10:14 left in the game … The Mayer touch- down capped an 11-play, 75-yard drive; it was the second 11-play touchdown drive of the night for the Irish. ✦ Freshman cornerback Benjamin Morrison had a career night with 7 tackles and a pair of inter- ceptions, the second of which he returned 96 yards for a touchdown that gave Notre Dame a 28-0 lead in the fourth quarter. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER NOTRE DAME 35, CLEMSON 14 Nov. 6, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Clemson 0 0 0 14 14 Notre Dame 7 7 0 21 35 CLEM ND FIRST QUARTER ND Kollie 17-yard blocked punt return (Grupe kick) 9:08 0 7 SECOND QUARTER ND Pyne 5-yard run (Grupe kick) 0:38 0 14 Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards, 5:47 FOURTH QUARTER ND Estime 2-yard run (Grupe kick) 14:37 0 21 Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 1:05 ND Morrison 96-yard interception return (Grupe kick) 12:58 0 28 CLEM Shipley 1-yard Run (Potter kick) 10:14 7 28 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 2:44 ND Mayer 17-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 4:16 7 35 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:58 CLEM Ngata 4-yard Pass from Uiagalelei (Potter kick) 1:35 14 35 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:41 CLEM ND Total First Downs 21 24 Rushing 7 17 Passing 9 6 Penalty 5 1 Rushing Attempts 25 47 Yards Gained Rushing 126 271 Yards Lost Rushing 36 8 Net Yards Rushing 90 263 Net Yards Passing 191 85 Passes Attempted 40 17 Passes Completed 27 9 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 67.5% 52.9% Yards Per Attempt 4.8 5.0 Yards Per Completion 7.1 9.4 Total Offensive Plays 65 64 Total Net Yards 281 348 Average Gain Per Play 4.3 5.4 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 7-55 5-67 Punts: No.-Yards 6-225 5-191 Average Per Punt 37.5 38.2 Average Net Punt 30.5 34.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-42 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-21 0-0 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-97 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 27:00 33:00 Third-Down Conversions 4-11 6-12 Percentage 36.4% 50.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-1 4-26