Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 16, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 24, NC STATE 17 Top Moment: In a play that looked like it might turn the game in NC State's favor, Wolfpack sophomore defensive tackle Brandon Cleveland strip-sacked Hartman and graduate student defen- sive lineman Noah Potter recovered at the Notre Dame 17-yard line. The ensu- ing NC State drive resulted in a missed field goal. Feature Performer: Notre Dame sophomore tight end Holden Staes caught 2 passes totaling 68 yards in the span of three plays, including a 40-yard catch-and-run touchdown to put the Irish up 24-10. Stats: NC State outgained Notre Dame 125-88. … The Wolfpack con- verted 3 of 6 third-down attempts. Items: Armstrong hit senior wide receiver Keyon Lesane for 38 yards and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run later in the drive … Hartman completed 3 of 4 passes for 78 yards and the touch- down to Staes … NC State graduate stu- dent kicker Brayden Narveson nailed a 49-yard field goal. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 45, NC STATE 24 Top Moment: Tied between in- terceptions from senior safety Xavier Watts and graduate student safety DJ Brown on consecutive NC State drives. The turnovers, both in Wolfpack terri- tory, set up the Notre Dame touchdowns that closed out the Wolfpack. Feature Performer: Hartman com- pleted thr3ee of 4 passes for 57 yards with 2 touchdowns, a 35-yarder to Staes and a 10-yarder to junior tight end Da- vis Sherwood. Stats: NC State ran for only 10 yards on 8 carries. Notre Dame outscored NC State 21-7 but only outgained the Wolfpack 105-97. Items: Estimé notched his second touchdown of the game, a 7-yard score, with 10:42 left to play … NC State scored a late touchdown on a 23-yard pass from Armstrong to Clemson trans- fer Dacari Collins … Notre Dame sopho- more defensive tackle Donovan Hinish picked up his first career sack. ✦ ND NCSU FIRST QUARTER ND Shrader 54-yard field goal 3:18 3 0 Drive: 12 plays, 50 yards, 5:51 SECOND QUARTER ND Estimé 80-yard run (Shrader kick) 14:32 10 0 Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:13 NCSU Rozner 9-yard pass from Armstrong (Narveson kick) 1:16 10 7 Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards, 1:03 ND Greathouse 13-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 0:40 17 7 Drive: 3 plays, 78 yards, 0:30 THIRD QUARTER NCSU Narveson 49-yard field goal 7:27 17 10 Drive: 5 plays, 33 yards, 1:15 ND Staes 40-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 5:50 24 10 Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards, 1:30 NCSU Armstrong 1-yard run (Narveson kick) 2:55 24 17 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:55 FOURTH QUARTER ND Sherwood 10-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 11:38 31 17 Drive: 5 plays, 33 yards, 2:43 ND Estime 7-yard run (Shrader kick) 10:42 38 17 Drive: 3 plays, 16 yards, 00:36 ND Staes 35-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 4:35 45 17 Drive: 5 plays, 54 yards, 3:03 NCSU Collins 23-yard pass from Armstrong (Narveson kick) 2:03 45 24 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 2:32 ND NCSU Total First Downs 16 20 Rushing 6 5 Passing 10 10 Penalty 0 5 Rushing Attempts 37 30 Yards Gained Rushing 215 95 Yards Lost Rushing 45 11 Net Yards Rushing 170 84 Net Yards Passing 286 260 Passes Attempted 24 48 Passes Completed 15 22 Had Intercepted 0 3 Percent Completion 62.5% 45.8% Yards Per Attempt 11.9 5.4 Yards Per Completion 19.1 11.8 Total Offensive Plays 61 78 Total Net Yards 456 344 Average Gain Per Play 7.5 4.4 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 3-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 10-82 8-54 Punts: No.-Yards 6-304 6-243 Average Per Punt 50.7 40.5 Average Net Punt 43.8 37.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 4-41 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-45 2-52 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 3-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 32:53 27:07 Third-Down Conversions 5-14 8-19 Percentage 35.7% 42.1% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-7 4-37 NOTRE DAME 45, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 24 Sept. 9, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 56,919 Carter-Finley ✦ Raleigh, N.C. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 3 14 7 21 45 NC State 0 7 10 7 24 Graduate student quarterback Sam Hartman con- nected on 15 of 24 throws for 286 yards with 4 touchdowns. PHOTO BY LARRY BLANKENSHIP