Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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28 DECEMBER 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED way of changing the tone and the feeling of a game. Six plays into the second half, the Irish were putting one together. Those six snaps led to Notre Dame to USC's 23-yard line, where it started with a fresh set of downs after sophomore running back Audric Estime's 9-yard burst on third-and-4. The ground game was alive after a dormant first half. Ju- nior tight end Michael Mayer had back- to-back catches. Rolling, indeed. Like a boulder. Un- til the Irish obstructed their own path. That seventh play was the Irish's first big mistake of the game on an evening where they could afford none. Junior quarterback Drew Pyne fum- bled on a mesh point exchanged with Estime, ending a drive destined to end in points and giving USC possession. Notre Dame trailed 17-7 when it hap- pened. Seven plays later, the Trojans reached the end zone and pushed their lead to a three-score advantage. That play wasn't the exact moment the needle hit the balloon on Notre Dame's comeback hopes, but it wasted a prime opportunity to pull closer and apply some pressure on USC. The Irish never had a better chance to do so af- terward. SOUTHERN CAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Jones 25 163 9 154 6.2 0 24 C. Williams 9 54 19 35 3.9 3 19 Addison 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13 Brown 2 7 0 7 3.5 1 5 TEAM 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Barlow 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 Total 39 237 33 204 5.2 4 24 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long C. Williams 18 22 81.8 0 232 1 31 Total 18 22 81.8 0 232 1 31 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Williams 4 37 0 14 Addison 3 45 0 23 Washington 3 34 1 18 McRee 2 37 0 31 Brown 2 24 0 12 Rice 1 25 0 25 Jones 1 16 0 16 Jackson III 1 9 0 9 Ford 1 5 0 5 Total 18 232 1 31 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Williams 2 42.0 58 0 1 1 1 1 Total 2 42.0 58 0 1 1 1 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Lynch 1 1 31 0 Total 1 1 31 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Gentry 7 2 9 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Shaw 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bullock 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Goforth 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Lee 4 0 4 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 Ta'ufo'ou 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Blackmon 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Byrd 2 0 2 1-10 1-10 0 0 0 Pili 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 M. Williams 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Covington 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tuipulotu 1 1 2 1-6 1-6 0 0 0 Wright 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Taleni 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McCutchin 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Moore 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Outlaw 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Bullock 1 11 0 11 Total 1 11 0 11 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Estime 6 44 1 43 7.2 0 24 Diggs 12 38 4 34 2.8 1 6 Tyree 2 24 0 24 12.0 0 18 Evans 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Pyne 5 8 19 -11 -2.2 0 7 Total 26 114 24 90 3.5 1 24 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Pyne 23 26 88.5 1 318 3 30 Total 23 26 88.5 1 318 3 30 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Mayer 8 98 2 24 Styles 4 34 0 16 Colzie 3 75 1 30 Diggs 3 32 0 15 Estime 2 31 0 30 Thomas 2 23 0 18 Lenzy 1 25 0 25 Total 23 318 3 30 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Tyree 3 45 0 15 Styles 1 37 0 37 Total 4 82 0 37 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Sot 1 39.0 39 0 0 1 0 0 Total 1 39.0 39 0 0 1 0 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Grupe 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Bertrand 6 3 9 1.5-4 0-0 0 0 0 Watts 5 4 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Foskey 4 1 5 2.5-13 1.5-11 0 1 0 Ja. Ademilola 3 2 5 2-11 0.5-5 0 0 0 Ju. Ademilola 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Liufau 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brown 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lewis 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Morrison 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Joseph 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kiser 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Henderson 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Mickey 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cross 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Botelho 1 0 1 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 Colzie 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Griffith 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: DREW PYNE RB: LOGAN DIGGS, Audric Estime, Chris Tyree WR: JAYDEN THOMAS, BRADEN LENZY, Lorenzo Styles, Deion Colzie, Matt Salerno TE: MICHAEL MAYER, MITCHELL EVANS, Holden Staes LT: JOE ALT LG: JARRETT PATTERSON C: ZEKE CORRELL RG: JOSH LUGG RT: BLAKE FISHER DEFENSE Vyper: ISAIAH FOSKEY, Jordan Botelho DT: JAYSON ADEMILOLA, Howard Cross III, Chris Smith, Gabriel Rubio SDE: RYLIE MILLS, Nana Osafo-Mensah Mike: JD BERTRAND Will: MARIST LIUFAU Rover: JACK KISER Strong Safety: BRANDON JOSEPH, Houston Griffith Free Safety: XAVIER WATTS, DJ Brown Boundary CB: BENJAMIN MORRISON Field CB: JADEN MICKEY, Clarence Lewis Nickel: RAMON HENDERSON SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff coverage: Junior Tuihalamaka, Jordan Botelho, Houston Griffith, Jack Kiser, Clar- ence Lewis, Xavier Watts, Prince Kollie, Jaylen Sneed, Ramon Henderson, DJ Brown Kick return: Junior Tuihalamaka, Skip Velotta, Deion Colzie, Jayden Thomas, Prince Kollie, Barrett Liebentritt, Davis Sherwood, Matt Salerno, Audric Estime, Gi'Bran Payne Punt return: None (Notre Dame did not send its normal punt return and punt block team on the field. Both of USC's punts were quarter- back pooch kicks against the defense.) Punt coverage: Lorenzo Styles, Braden Lenzy, Jack Kiser, JD Bertrand, Marist Liufau, Prince Kollie, Houston Griffith, Alexander Ehrens- berger, Davis Sherwood Kickoff: Zac Yoakam Placekicker: Blake Grupe Punter: Jon Sot Long snapper: Michael Vinson Holder: Jon Sot Kick Returner: Chris Tyree, Lorenzo Styles Punt Returner: Matt Salerno