Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 7, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED touchdown drive to make the score 13-7 with 3:36 left in the quarter. At that point, it very much felt like the game was anybody's to win. Feature performer: Duke running back Jordan Waters had 6 carries for 22 yards on the Duke scoring drive. He capped it off with a 1-yard touchdown plunge. Stats: Duke outgained Notre Dame 84 to 62 in total yards. The Blue Devils averaged 4.9 yards per play to the Fight- ing Irish's 4.4. Items: Notre Dame senior wide re- ceiver Chris Tyree nearly lost a fumble diving to field a punt … Shrader made a 45-yard field goal … The two teams ex- changed three-and-outs after the Duke touchdown. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 21, DUKE 14 Top moment: With Notre Dame try- ing to run down the clock and set up for a medium-range field goal attempt trailing 14-13, Estimé effectively ended the game himself with a 30-yard touch- down scamper on a play in which he was clearly just trying to center the football at first. Instead, he found himself still churning and eventually standing in the end zone with the ball in his hands with 31 seconds left. Feature performer: Hartman com- pleted 4 passes for 52 yards and had a scramble for 17 yards on fourth-and-16 on Notre Dame's game-winning touch- down drive that started at the Irish's own 5-yard line with 2:35 remaining. He also threw a successful two-point conversion to freshman wideout Rico Flores Jr. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Duke 120 to 108 in total yards. The Fighting Irish averaged 7.1 yards per play to the Blue Devils' 6.0. Items: Duke scored a go-ahead touchdown and led for the first time all night with 9:17 left; the Irish went three-and-out on the ensuing drive … On third-and-4 from the Notre Dame 31 with less than three minutes left, the Irish defense swarmed Waters for a loss of 2 yards; then the Irish got the ball one last time, and the rest is history. ✦ NOTRE DAME 21, DUKE 14 Sept. 30, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 40,768 Wallace Wade Stadium ✦ Durham, N.C. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 3 3 8 21 Duke 0 0 7 7 14 ND DU FIRST QUARTER ND Estimé 6-yard run (Shrader kick) 11:00 7 0 Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards, 3:57 SECOND QUARTER ND Shrader 35-yard field goal 14:56 10 0 Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards, 1:33 THIRD QUARTER ND Shrader 45-yard field goal 9:17 13 0 Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards, 4:45 DU Waters 1-yard run (Pelino kick) 3:36 13 7 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:41 FOURTH QUARTER DU Jo. Moore 3-yard pass from Leonard (Pelino kick) 9:17 13 14 Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:27 ND Estimé 30-yard run (Flores pass from Hartman) 0:31 21 14 Drive: 10 plays, 95 yards, 2:04 ND DU Total First Downs 16 17 Rushing 6 8 Passing 8 8 Penalty 2 1 Rushing Attempts 32 40 Yards Gained Rushing 168 211 Yards Lost Rushing 9 22 Net Yards Rushing 159 189 Net Yards Passing 222 134 Passes Attempted 31 27 Passes Completed 15 12 Had Intercepted 0 1 Percent Completion 48.4% 44.4% Yards Per Attempt 7.2 5.0 Yards Per Completion 14.8 11.2 Total Offensive Plays 63 67 Total Net Yards 381 323 Average Gain Per Play 6.0 4.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 12-70 2-28 Punts: No.-Yards 6-233 6-227 Average Per Punt 38.8 37.8 Average Net Punt 34.3 37.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-4 1-7 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-55 2-44 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-12 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 28:15 31:45 Third-Down Conversions 3-15 6-15 Percentage 20.0% 40.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 3-3 1-1 Percentage 100.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-17 2-7 Junior running back Audric Estimé had 18 car- ries for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns, including the 30-yard game-winner with only 31 seconds remaining in the contest. PHOTO BY LARRY BLANKENSHIP