Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 28, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED three picks in one game … Freshman defensive end Boubacar Traore sacked Williams with time ticking close to zero, but he celebrated for too long with teammates in the backfield; Marcus Freeman called timeout to avoid a pen- alty, which allowed USC to kick a field goal as time expired. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 31, USC 13 Top Moment: Hartman connected with senior wide receiver Chris Tyree on a 46-yard touchdown pass to make it a 31-13 game. Feature Performer: Notre Dame tried to wear USC out with Estimé, who ran five times for 28 yards in the third quarter. Stats: Notre Dame outgained USC 91 to 72 in total yards. The Irish averaged 7.0 yards per play to the Trojans' 4.5. Items: USC running back Marshawn Lloyd got the edge for a 31-yard touch- down run to cut USC's deficit to 24-13; the Tyree touchdown came next … The Irish sacked Williams on back-to-back plays late in the quarter to get the ball back for the Notre Dame offense. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 48, USC 20 Top Moment: Notre Dame gradu- ate student corner Cam Hart stripped USC wide receiver Mario Williams of the ball, and Watts picked it up and ran 15 yards into the end zone for a touch- down that made it 48-20. Feature Performer: Sophomore running back Jadarian Price returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown to put Notre Dame ahead 38-20 with 8:50 left. Stats: USC outgained Notre Dame 40 to 30 in total yards. The Trojans aver- aged 2.7 yards per play to the Irish's 2.3. I te m s : USC w i d e o u t Z a c h a r i a h Branch returned a punt 60 yards to the Notre Dame 18 to set up the Tro- jans' only score of the quarter; Price answered with his TD … Sophomore linebacker Jaylen Sneed sacked Wil- liams on fourth down … Shrader sub- sequently made a 23-yard field goal … Watts forced a fumble with 2:56 left to effectively end the game. ✦ USC ND FIRST QUARTER ND Payne 4-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 11:30 0 7 Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 1:23 USC Lynch 25-yard field goal 1:13 3 7 Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards, 5:25 SECOND QUARTER ND Shrader 36-yard field goal 12:19 3 10 Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards, 3:48 ND Estimé 2-yard run (Shrader kick) 4:14 3 17 Drive: 1 play, 2 yards, 0:03 ND Estimé 1-yard run (Shrader kick) 1:30 3 24 Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards, 2:05 USC Lynch 48-yard field goal 0:00 6 24 Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards, 1:30 THIRD QUARTER USC Lloyd 31-yard run (Lynch kick) 7:20 13 24 Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards, 03:33 ND Tyree 46-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 3:54 13 31 Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, 3:20 FOURTH QUARTER USC Rice 7-yard pass from Williams (Lynch Kick) 9:04 20 31 Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards, 2:09 ND Price 99-yard kickoff return (Shrader kick) 8:50 20 38 ND Shrader 23-yard field goal 3:40 20 41 Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, 1:09 ND Watts 15-yard fumble return (Shrader kick) 3:27 20 48 USC ND Total First Downs 23 13 Rushing 6 7 Passing 13 6 Penalty 4 0 Rushing Attempts 37 29 Yards Gained Rushing 155 130 Yards Lost Rushing 52 5 Net Yards Rushing 103 125 Net Yards Passing 199 126 Passes Attempted 37 20 Passes Completed 23 13 Had Intercepted 3 0 Percent Completion 62.2% 65.0% Yards Per Attempt 5.4 6.3 Yards Per Completion 8.7 9.7 Total Offensive Plays 74 49 Total Net Yards 302 251 Average Gain Per Play 4.1 5.1 Fumbles: No.-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 9-75 5-54 Punts: No.-Yards 3-150 5-229 Average Per Punt 50.0 45.8 Average Net Punt 49.3 28.6 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-86 1-2 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-46 4-168 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-61 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-15 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 34:35 25:25 Third-Down Conversions 6-13 3-10 Percentage 46.2% 30.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-0 Percentage 33.3% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 6-44 The Fighting Irish intercepted reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams 3 times and sacked him 6 times. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER NOTRE DAME 48, USC 20 Oct. 14, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final USC 3 3 7 7 20 Notre Dame 7 17 7 17 48