Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM JUNE/JULY 2023 19 Stats: The Gold team outgained the Blue team 70 to 37 in total yards. The Gold team had 6 first downs to the Blue team's 2. The Gold team possessed the ball for 9:57 to the Blue team's 5:03. Both teams averaged 3.7 yards per play. Items: Freshman wide receiver Jaden Greathouse caught 3 of his 11 passes for 32 yards in the second quarter … Tight ends Davis Sherwood and Holden Staes both had first-down catches in the frame … Sophomore quarterback Steve Angeli replaced Hartman with five min- utes left in the quarter; he completed 3 of 4 passes for 37 yards in the quarter and led the Gold team into Blue team territory, but time expired at the 45- yard line. THIRD QUARTER GOLD 21, BLUE 0 Top Moment: Sophomore linebacker Nolan Ziegler sacked Angeli on fourth- and-2 from the Blue team's 40-yard line with 4:42 left in the quarter. Feature Performer: Ziegler had three of his game-high 10 tackles in the third. He consistently showed up with his ball tracking and physicality. Stats: The Gold team outgained the Blue team 53 to 11 in total yards. The Gold team had 3 first downs to the Blue team's 0. The Gold team possessed the ball for 8:10 to the Blue team's 6:50. The Gold team averaged 3.5 yards per play to the Blue team's 1.0. Items: Buchner played the first two series of the half for the Blue team; his side went three-and-out then turned the ball over on downs in four plays … There were a combined 4 turnovers on downs in the quarter … Freshman quarterback Kenny Minchey debuted in the game taking over for Buchner with 4:42 left in the quarter … Minchey's lone series of the frame resulted in a turnover on downs; he completed 1 of 3 throws for 7 yards … Minchey mis- fired on a pass intended for wide-open freshman wideout Braylon James on fourth-and-4. FOURTH QUARTER GOLD 24, BLUE 0 Top Moment: Sophomore defen- sive end Joshua Burnham strip-sacked Minchey for a loss of 19 yards. He deci- sively won a one-on-one battle against projected starting right tackle Andrew Kristofic to get to the quarterback. Feature Performer: Walk-on run- ning backs Isaiah Dunn and Sam Assaf combined for 7 carries to keep the clock moving with weather conditions dete- riorating. The game had already been decided, so they were called upon to get everybody into the locker room without needless injuries. Stats: The Gold team outgained the Blue team 7 to minus-8 in total yards. Neither team had a first down. The Blue team possessed the ball for 7:43 to the Gold team's 7:17. The Gold team averaged 0.7 yards per play to the Blue team's minus-0.7. Items: Walk-on kicker Zac Yoakam made a 28-yard field goal early in the quarter … The Gold team lost 18 yards when a ball got behind Angeli on a misplayed snap … Walk-on quarter- back Dylan Devezin played the final two plays of the game. He was intercepted by senior safety Xavier Watts on a pass intended for James on the last play of the game. ✦ GOLD 24, BLUE 0 April 22, 2023 • Attendance: 32,942 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Gold 14 7 0 3 24 Blue 0 0 0 0 0 Qtr. Time Scoring Play Gold Blue 1st 12:41 Thomas 9-yard pass from Hartman (Yoakam kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, 2:19 7 0 1st 7:33 Hartman 1-yard run (Yoakam kick) 6 plays, 69 yards, 3:07 14 0 2ns 8:03 Salerno 13-yard pass from Hartman (Yoakam kick) 10 plays, 55 yards, 4:47 21 0 4th 12:48 Yoakam 28-yard field goal 8 plays, 39 yards, 4:39 24 0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Gold Rushing Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Payne 11 51 4.6 0 30 Assaf 14 42 3.0 0 9 Hartman 1 1 1.0 1 1 M. Salerno 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 Angeli 7 -38 -5.4 0 1 Totals 34 48 1.4 1 30 Blue Rushing Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Estimé 5 20 4.0 0 8 Dunn 3 8 2.7 0 4 Tyree 1 3 3.0 0 3 Dixon 1 2 2.0 0 2 Buchner 4 -11 -2.8 0 3 Minchey 3 -17 -5.7 0 3 Totals 17 5 0.3 0 8 Gold Passing Com. Att. Pct. Yards TD Int. Hartman 13 16 81.3 189 2 0 Angeli 8 12 66.7 72 0 0 Totals 21 28 75.0 261 2 0 Blue Passing Com. Att. Pct. Yards TD Int. Buchner 8 18 44.4 44 0 1 Minchey 2 7 28.6 7 0 0 Devezin 0 2 0.0 0 0 1 Totals 10 27 37.0 51 0 2 Gold Receiving No. Yards Avg. TD Long Greathouse 11 118 10.7 0 21 Thomas 4 71 17.8 1 46 M. Salerno 2 33 16.5 1 20 Sherwood 2 25 12.5 0 14 Payne 2 14 7.0 0 9 Totals 21 261 12.4 2 46 Blue Receiving No. Yards Avg. TD Long Colzie 2 18 9.0 0 11 Staes 2 17 8.5 0 14 Tyree 2 14 7.0 0 15 Estimé 2 1 0.5 0 1 Merriweather 1 2 2.0 0 2 Flores 1 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 10 51 5.1 0 15 Gold Punting No. Avg. Long In 20 TB C. Salerno 2 39.0 52 2 0 Blue Punting No. Avg. Long In 20 TB McFerson 4 39.0 52 0 0 Gold Defense Solo Ast. Total Sacks TFL Int. PBU Sneed 3 4 7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Watts 2 4 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 0 Ehrensberger 2 4 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Keanaaina 2 4 6 0.0-0 1.0-4 0 0 Hinish 1 3 4 0.0-0 1.0-1 0 0 Ausberry 2 1 3 0.0-0 1.0-1 0 1 Tucker 0 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Botelho 1 0 1 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 Cross 1 0 1 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 Auer 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Henderson 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Gobaira 1 0 1 0.0-0 1.0-1 0 0 Burnham 1 0 1 1.0-19 1.0-19 0 0 Ford 1 0 1 0.0-0 1.0-19 0 0 Mickey 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 0 Totals 20 14 34 3.0-32 8.0-58 2 1 Blue Defense Solo Ast. Total Sacks TFL Int. PBU Ziegler 9 1 10 1.0-3 1.0-3 0 0 Auer 5 1 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Brown 5 1 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Zinter 4 2 6 0.0-0 2.0-4 0 0 Bowen 3 2 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Onye 3 0 3 1.0-4 1.0-4 0 0 Morrison 3 0 3 0.0-0 1.0-8 0 0 Barnes 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 Onyiuke 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Rubio 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Liufau 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Tuihalamaka 2 -0 2 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 Dunn 0 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Colzie 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Ford 1 0 1 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 Lewis 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Gobaira 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Mills 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Sanfo 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Rullo 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 Totals 47 14 61 4.0-19 7.0-31 0 1