Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 9, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED receiver Chris Tyree and 4 yards to sophomore tight end Holden Staes. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Ten- nessee State 259-24. The Irish averaged 11.3 yards per play to the Tigers' 1.7. Items: Senior safety Ramon Hender- son recorded an interception … Junior wide receiver Jayden Thomas had catches of 27 and 23 yards … Graduate student safety Antonio Carter II was ejected for targeting … Tennessee State missed a 35- yard field goal … Notre Dame only needed 38 seconds to score with 15 seconds left in the half; the Irish had four-straight gains of at least 13 yards, all passing plays. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 49, TENNESSEE STATE 3 Top moment: The first touch- down pass of Steve Angeli's career was a 40-yarder to sophomore running back Jadarian Price. The sophomore QB scram- bled away from multiple defenders and got the ball out to Price, who made one cut past a defensive back and was gone. Feature performer: Angeli got the most extensive game experience of his young career. He started the second half and connected on 5 of 7 passes for 64 yards with a touchdown in the third quarter. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Ten- nessee State 107-50. The Irish averaged 7.1 yards per play to the Tigers' 3.3. Items: Sophomore Bryce McFerson punted for the first time this season midway through the frame; the boot went for 54 yards … Senior corner Clar- ence Lewis had a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 56, TENNESSEE STATE 3 Top moment: Sophomore running back Gi'Bran Payne caught a short pass from Angeli and was off to the races for a 42-yard touchdown. Feature performer: Freshman quar- terback Kenny Minchey made his Notre Dame debut. He completed both of his pass attempts. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Ten- nessee State 105-27. The Irish averaged 8.8 yards per play to the Tigers' 2.3. Items: Notre Dame finished the game with consecutive rushing plays by walk- on running backs Skip Velotta and Sam Assaf. ✦ Sophomore running back Jadarian Price tallied his first career touchdown reception, taking a short pass from classmate Steve Angeli and galloping 40 yards for the score. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER TSU ND FIRST QUARTER ND Love 36-yard run (Shrader kick) 9:17 0 7 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:43 TSU Lowery 38-yard field goal 2:44 3 7 Drive: 15 plays, 55 yards, 6:33 SECOND QUARTER ND Hartman 5-yard run (Shrader kick) 12:22 3 14 Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:16 ND Tyree 24-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 9:41 3 21 Drive: 4 plays, 57 yards, 2:01 ND Estimé 5-yard run (Shrader kick) 5:17 3 28 Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 2:55 ND Staes 4-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 0:15 3 35 Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 0:38 THIRD QUARTER ND Price 40-yard pass from Angeli (Shrader kick) 1:06 3 42 Drive: 7 plays, 82 yards, 3:28 ND Lewis 33-yard interception return (Shrader kick) 0:19 3 49 FOURTH QUARTER ND Payne 42-yard pass from Angeli (Yoakam kick) 7:43 3 56 Drive: 7 plays, 87 yards, 3:34 TSU ND Total First Downs 12 26 Rushing 5 10 Passing 4 15 Penalty 3 1 Rushing Attempts 36 33 Yards Gained Rushing 102 236 Yards Lost Rushing 13 15 Net Yards Rushing 89 221 Net Yards Passing 67 336 Passes Attempted 22 30 Passes Completed 8 24 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 36.4% 80.0% Yards Per Attempt 3.0 11.2 Yards Per Completion 8.4 14.0 Total Offensive Plays 58 63 Total Net Yards 156 557 Average Gain Per Play 2.7 8.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-45 4-36 Punts: No.-Yards 6-241 2-86 Average Per Punt 40.2 43.0 Average Net Punt 35.7 33.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-27 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-76 1-8 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-33 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 1 0 Possession Time 26:16 30:59 Third-Down Conversions 4-14 9-11 Percentage 28.6% 81.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 Percentage 100.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 1-5 NOTRE DAME 56, TENNESSEE STATE 3 Sept. 2, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Tennessee State 3 0 0 0 3 Notre Dame 7 28 14 7 56