Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 4, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED and graduate student linebacker JD Ber- trand forced an errant Veilleux throw — right into the arms of sophomore cornerback Jaden Mickey, who took it 43 yards to the house, giving the Irish a 31-0 lead. Feature performers: The entire Notre Dame defense, which held the Panthers to 2.9 yards per play and inter- cepted them twice. From freshman cor- nerback Christian Gray's leaping, one- handed pick to a relentless pass rush to a run defense that allowed 5 yards on 5 rushing attempts (not including sacks), the Irish dominated the third quarter. Stats: The Irish outscored the Pan- thers 27-0 in the third quarter alone. Pitt won time of possession, 8:16 to 6:39. Items: Hartman found freshman wide receiver Rico Flores Jr. for a big gain on a 60-yard catch and run … Three plays later, sophomore running back Jadarian Price broke 2 tackles on his way to a 10-yard score … Senior safety Ramon Henderson recovered a muffed punt in the end zone for a sec- ond special teams touchdown … Es- timé scored his second touchdown on a 3-yard run. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 58, PITTSBURGH 7 Top moment: Notre Dame freshman tight end Cooper Flanagan caught his first collegiate pass for a touchdown. Sophomore quarterback Steve Angeli found him in the left corner of the end zone from 19 yards out. Feature performer: It's more for his cumulative effort, but Estimé. He scored his third touchdown of the game and 12th of the season on a 5-yard run. He finished the fourth quarter with 4 carries for 21 yards and the game with 19 for 114 and a long run of 33. Stats: Notre Dame controlled time of possession 11:04 to 3:56. The Irish picked up 8 first downs to the Panthers' 3. Items: Angeli played the entire fourth quarter and went 6 of 7 pass- ing for 92 yards and the touchdown … Pitt spoiled the shutout attempt with a 25-yard passing touchdown with 8:18 remaining. ✦ PITT ND FIRST QUARTER ND Tyree 82-yard punt return (Shrader kick) 7:18 0 7 SECOND QUARTER ND Estimé 15-yard run (Shrader kick) 10:07 0 14 Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards, 1:35 ND Shrader 23-yard field goal 0:00 0 17 Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 1:31 THIRD QUARTER ND Price 10-yard run (Shrader kick) 11:07 0 24 Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:33 ND Mickey 43-yard interception return (Shrader Kick) 10:12 0 31 ND Henderson recovered muffed punt in end zone (kick missed) 8:21 0 37 Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, 0:59 ND Estimé 3-yard run (Shrader kick) 2:21 0 44 Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 4:07 FOURTH QUARTER ND Estimé 5-yard run (Shrader kick) 9:47 0 51 Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards, 5:06 PIT Mumpfield 25-yard pass from Yarnell (Sauls kick) 8:18 7 51 Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:29 ND Flanagan 19-yard pass from Angeli (Yoakam kick) 3:41 7 58 Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards, 4:30 PITT ND Total First Downs 11 25 Rushing 3 7 Passing 7 17 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 19 33 Yards Gained Rushing 69 169 Yards Lost Rushing 16 14 Net Yards Rushing 53 155 Net Yards Passing 202 380 Passes Attempted 32 32 Passes Completed 16 24 Had Intercepted 4 2 Percent Completion 50.0% 75.0% Yards Per Attempt 6.3 11.9 Yards Per Completion 12.6 15.8 Total Offensive Plays 51 65 Total Net Yards 255 535 Average Gain Per Play 5.0 8.2 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-45 6-75 Punts: No.-Yards 7-289 2-76 Average Per Punt 41.3 38.0 Average Net Punt 23.9 41.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1--6 2-102 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-47 1-37 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 2-22 4-74 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 24:29 35:31 Third-Down Conversions 1-11 4-8 Percentage 9.1% 50.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 1-2 Percentage 0.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-6 2-13 Notre Dame forced Pitt into 5 turnovers and scored 3 touchdowns on defense and special teams, includ- ing one on this muffed punt by M.J. Devonshire. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER NOTRE DAME 58, PITTSBURGH 7 Oct. 28, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Pittsburgh 0 0 0 7 7 Notre Dame 7 10 27 14 58