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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM OCT. 14, 2023 29 receiver Jordan Faison, never matched that energy. Junior offensive tackle Joe Alt felt something similar: Notre Dame never played with confidence. "I don't think they were physically more dominant than us," Alt said. "I think we just kind of got on our heels a little bit with our confidence level. I think we got to continue to be con- fident through our looks and trusting ourselves and trusting our abilities." Freeman, using the phrase "for what- ever reason" after acknowledging the Irish weren't prepared, did not have any answers. He did not look like he did dur- ing the game, either. At one point, after something went wrong for Notre Dame, ABC cameras caught Freeman with his hands on his knees and his head down. Freeman entered the press conference shaking his head. He stressed the need for self-reflection in the next 24-48 hours, but the damage is done. ✦ LOUISVILLE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Jordan 21 147 4 143 6.8 2 45 Guerendo 8 27 0 27 3.4 0 8 Huggins-Bruce 1 19 0 19 19.0 0 19 Turner 2 8 0 8 4.0 0 5 Conley 2 3 1 2 1.0 0 3 TEAM 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Plummer 4 3 15 -12 -3.0 0 3 Total 40 207 22 185 4.6 2 45 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Plummer 17 24 70.8 0 145 1 18 Total 17 24 70.8 0 145 1 18 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Thrash 8 75 1 14 Jordan 2 9 0 6 Gatewood 1 18 0 18 Huggins-Bruce 1 16 0 16 Thompson 1 7 0 7 Coleman 1 6 0 6 Kurisky 1 5 0 5 Turner 1 5 0 5 Calloway 1 4 0 4 Total 17 145 1 18 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Coleman 3 21 0 12 Total 3 21 0 12 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Travelstead 4 44.8 53 0 1 1 1 1 Total 4 44.8 53 0 1 1 1 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Travelstead 4 5 45 0 Total 4 5 45 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Quinn 4 6 10 0.5-3 0-0 0 0 0 Neal 2 6 8 0.5-2 0-0 1 0 0 Perry 2 4 6 0.5-0 0-0 2 0 0 Brownlee 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Reiger 3 1 4 2-12 2-12 0 1 0 Riley 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Wilson 2 2 4 0.5-4 0.5-4 0 0 0 Kelly 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Alderman 2 1 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Watts 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Edwards 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gillotte 1 1 2 1.5-14 1.5-14 0 0 0 Puryear 1 1 2 1.5-8 1-7 0 0 1 Duck 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Frierson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Clark 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hamilton 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Neal 2 38 0 34 Riley 1 0 0 0 Total 3 38 0 34 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Love 5 37 0 37 7.4 0 13 Estimé 10 26 6 20 2.0 0 6 Price 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 TEAM 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Payne 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Hartman 10 27 39 -12 -1.2 0 12 Total 28 92 48 44 1.6 0 13 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Hartman 22 38 57.9 3 254 2 36 Total 22 38 57.9 3 254 2 36 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Evans 4 71 1 26 Tyree 3 24 0 13 Flores 3 13 0 10 Faison 2 48 1 36 Thomas 2 33 0 28 Love 2 16 0 9 Staes 2 16 0 9 Merriweather 1 17 0 17 Estimé 1 9 0 9 Price 1 5 0 5 Payne 1 2 0 2 Total 22 254 2 36 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Price 2 57 0 37 D. Ford 1 15 0 15 Total 3 72 0 37 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 McFerson 4 42.5 47 0 0 1 0 0 Total 4 42.5 47 0 0 1 0 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Shrader 2 2 54 0 Total 2 2 54 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Bertrand 5 4 9 1.5-8 1-7 0 0 0 Brown 2 7 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cross 2 5 7 1.5-3 0-0 0 0 0 Kiser 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Liufau 2 4 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Morrison 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Jean-Baptiste 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mills 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hart 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 Osafo-Mensah 2 0 2 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 Botelho 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Burnham 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 D. Ford 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Watts 1 1 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Keanaaina 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fisher 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Henderson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mickey 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sneed 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: SAM HARTMAN RB: AUDRIC ESTIMÉ, Gi'Bran Payne, Jeremiyah Love, Jadarian Price, Devyn Ford WR: JAYDEN THOMAS, CHRIS TYREE, RICO FLORES JR., Tobias Merriweather, Jaden Greathouse, Jordan Faison TE: MITCHELL EVANS, Eli Raridon, Holden Staes, Davis Sherwood, Cooper Flanagan LT: JOE ALT LG: PAT COOGAN, Billy Schrauth C: ZEKE CORRELL, Andrew Kristofic RG: ROCCO SPINDLER, Billy Schrauth RT: BLAKE FISHER DEFENSE Vyper: JOSHUA BURNHAM, Jordan Botelho, Junior Tuihalamaka DT: RYLIE MILLS, Jason Onye, Aidan Keanaaina NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Donovan Hinish SDE: JAVONTAE JEAN-BAPTISTE, Nana Osafo- Mensah Mike: JD BERTRAND Will: MARIST LIUFAU, Jaylen Sneed Rover: Jack Kiser FS: DJ BROWN, Ramon Henderson SS: XAVIER WATTS BCB: CAM HART, Jaden Mickey FCB: BENJAMIN MORRISON, Christian Gray Nickel: CLARENCE LEWIS SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Jaden Mickey, Cooper Flanagan, Joshua Burnham, Davis Sherwood, Cam Hart, Xavier Watts, Chase Ketterer, Christian Gray, Drayk Bowen Kickoff coverage: Xavier Watts, Jaylen Sneed, Junior Tuihalamaka, Drayk Bowen, Joshua Burnham, Jack Kiser, Clarence Lewis, Jaden Mickey, Ramon Henderson, Luke Talich, DJ Brown Punt return: Benjamin Morrison, Cam Hart, Jack Kiser, Junior Tuihalamaka, Ramon Hen- derson, Chance Tucker, Jaylen Sneed, Marty Auer, Joshua Burnham, Luke Talich Punt coverage: Marist Liufau, JD Bertrand, Jer- emiyah Love, Devyn Ford, Davis Sherwood, Jason Onye, Jack Kiser, Cam Hart, DJ Brown Long snapper: Michael Vinson Holder: Bryce McFerson Kick returner: Gi'Bran Payne, Devyn Ford Punt returner: Chris Tyree Kickoff: Spencer Shrader Punter: Bryce McFerson