Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 19, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 35, NAVY 32 Top Moment: Graduate student Matt Salerno snagged an onside kick with 1:21 remaining to ensure a Notre Dame victory. Feature Performer: Navy senior Maasai Maynor replaced starting quar- terback Xavier Arline, who left with an injury, and accounted for 58 yards and a touchdown in trying to mount the Mid- shipmen's comeback. Stats: Navy outgained Notre Dame 115 to 9 in total yards. The Irish had -26 yards rushing because of 4 Navy sacks. The Irish possessed the ball for 8:55 but only averaged 0.6 yards per play. Navy averaged 6.4. Items: Arline's third to last play of the game was a 23-yard touchdown pass to pull Navy within 35-24 after he scored himself on a 2-point con- version … Pyne hit sophomore wide receiver Deion Colzie for a gain of 21 on third-and-15, but he was sacked twice on the next three plays, which halted the Irish drive … Maynor threw a 20- yard touchdown pass with 1:21 left and the Midshipmen converted on another 2-point try, but it was too little, too late. ✦ ND NAVY FIRST QUARTER ND Estime 30-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 10:36 7 0 Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 4:24 ND Lenzy 38-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 4:28 14 0 Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards, 2:42 NAVY Fofana 36-yard run (Nichols kick failed) 2:19 14 6 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:09 SECOND QUARTER ND Tyree 5-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 12:27 21 6 Drive: 10 plays, 83 yards, 4:52 NAVY Arline 2-yard run (Nichols kick) 7:49 21 13 Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 4:38 ND Pyne 11-yard run (Grupe kick) 2:19 28 13 Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards, 1:18 ND Thomas 37-yard pass from Pyne (Grupe kick) 1:10 35 13 Drive: 1 play, 37 yards, 0:07 THIRD QUARTER NAVY Nichols 26-yard field goal 4:59 35 16 Drive: 16 plays, 72 yards, 10:01 FOURTH QUARTER NAVY Walker 23-yard pass from Arline (Arline rush good) 14:47 35 24 Drive: 1 play, 23 yards, 0:06 NAVY Haywood 20-yard pass from Maynor (Terrell rush good) 1:21 35 32 Drive: 11 plays, 88 yards, 2:57 ND NAVY Total First Downs 15 18 Rushing 6 10 Passing 8 5 Penalty 1 3 Rushing Attempts 34 46 Yards Gained Rushing 105 266 Yards Lost Rushing 39 11 Net Yards Rushing 66 255 Net Yards Passing 269 108 Passes Attempted 21 13 Passes Completed 17 6 Had Intercepted 1 1 Percent Completion 81.0% 46.2% Yards Per Attempt 12.8 8.3 Yards Per Completion 15.8 18.0 Total Offensive Plays 55 59 Total Net Yards 335 363 Average Gain Per Play 6.1 6.2 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 8-57 4-30 Punts: No.-Yards 4-162 5-155 Average Per Punt 40.5 31.0 Average Net Punt 40.5 31.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-71 3-53 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 1-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 29:21 30:39 Third-Down Conversions 6-13 3-11 Percentage 46.2% 27.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 1-1 Percentage 100.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-4 5-30 NOTRE DAME 35, NAVY 32 Nov. 12, 2022 ✦ Attendance: 62,124 M&T Bank Stadium ✦ Baltimore 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 14 21 0 0 35 Navy 6 7 3 16 32 Slotback Vincent Terrell Jr. and the Midshipmen outscored the Fighting Irish 19-0 in the second half, but their comeback bid fell just short. PHOTO BY TAVAN SMITH