Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM NOV. 18, 2023 27 tic performance on multiple fronts. It shouldn't be a complete surprise. Clemson is a talented football team that just so happens to have a poor record because of self-inflicted wounds in close losses. The Tigers tried to throw the game away on offense once again, unintentionally of course. Mafah even had a fumble late in the fourth quarter that gave the Irish a brief glimmer of hope. But Mafah also did enough early — and late, for that matter; 99 of his rush- ing yards came in the second half — to make it feel like the Louisville loss all over again for Notre Dame. The defense wasn't the main reason the Irish were defeated, but that side of the ball defi- nitely could have been a little better. "They were just physical up front, doing simple run schemes," Kiser said. "Able to do it well and executing well. We just felt like we couldn't get our feet in the ground early on. One of the keys to the game was start fast, and we cer- tainly didn't do that. "Toward the end of the game we felt pretty positive about what we were able to do, but obviously a little too late." ✦ NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Estimé 17 91 4 87 5.1 1 25 Hartman 7 81 13 68 9.7 1 38 Love 3 11 0 11 3.7 0 6 Faison 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 Payne 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 Price 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 3 Total 31 200 17 183 5.9 2 38 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Hartman 13 30 43.3 2 146 0 35 Total 13 30 43.3 2 146 0 35 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Estimé 4 33 0 22 Tyree 4 29 0 21 Faison 2 32 0 20 Flores 1 35 0 35 Merriweather 1 10 0 10 Staes 1 7 0 7 Total 13 146 0 35 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Tyree 2 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 0 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Price 1 26 0 26 Total 1 26 0 26 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 McFerson 6 50.2 56 0 0 0 3 0 Total 6 50.2 56 0 0 0 3 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Shrader 3 3 43 0 Total 3 3 43 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Kiser 7 2 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mills 5 3 8 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 Cross 4 3 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bertrand 4 2 6 0.5-1 0-0 2 0 0 Brown 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Jean-Baptiste 2 3 5 2.5-14 1-11 0 0 0 Liufau 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Morrison 3 1 4 1-3 0-0 3 0 0 Botelho 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Watts 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Osafo-Mensah 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Burnham 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vinson 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gray 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harper 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Love 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tuihalamaka 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 Watts 1 33 0 33 Total 1 33 0 33 CLEMSON INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Mafah 36 195 9 186 5.2 2 41 D. Thomas 3 16 0 16 5.3 0 10 Klubnik 3 2 13 -11 -3.7 0 2 TEAM 1 0 15 -15 -15.0 0 0 Total 43 213 37 176 4.1 2 41 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Klubnik 13 26 50.0 1 109 1 18 Total 13 26 50.0 1 109 1 18 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Collins 3 37 0 17 Stellato 3 27 0 14 Briningstool 2 13 0 11 Randall 2 1 0 4 Ennis 1 18 0 18 Brown 1 9 1 9 D. Thomas 1 4 0 4 Total 13 109 1 18 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Greene 6 57 0 16 Total 6 57 0 16 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Randall 1 15 0 15 Total 1 15 0 15 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Swanson 6 44.2 57 0 0 1 1 5 Klubnik 1 37.0 37 0 0 0 0 1 Total 7 43.1 57 0 0 1 1 6 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Weitz 1 1 21 0 Total 1 1 21 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Trotter 7 4 11 2.5-14 2-13 0 0 0 Carter 4 3 7 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Mukuba 4 2 6 1.5-2 0-0 1 0 0 Griffin 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Woods 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Barnes 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Orhorhoro 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Woodaz 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 X. Thomas 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Wiggins 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Capehart 1 1 2 1.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Denhoff 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Parker 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Davis 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Leigh 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Page 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McCloud 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Trotter 1 28 1 28 Griffin 1 15 0 15 Total 2 43 1 28 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: SAM HARTMAN RB: AUDRIC ESTIMÉ, Gi'Bran Payne, Jeremiyah Love, Jadarian Price WR: RICO FLORES JR., CHRIS TYREE, JADEN GREATHOUSE, Jordan Faison, Tobias Mer- riweather TE: HOLDEN STAES, Eli Raridon, Cooper Flana- gan, Davis Sherwood LT: JOE ALT LG: PAT COOGAN C: ZEKE CORRELL, Andrew Kristofic, Ashton Craig RG: ROCCO SPINDLER RT: BLAKE FISHER DEFENSE Vyper: JORDAN BOTELHO, Joshua Burnham DT: RYLIE MILLS, Jason Onye NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Gabriel Rubio 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: THOMAS HARPER, Clarence Lewis SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Christian Gray, Cooper Flanagan, Davis Sherwood, Junior Tuihalamaka, Chase Ketterer, Eli Raridon, Tobias Merriweather, Drayk Bowen, Nolan Ziegler Kickoff coverage: Jaylen Sneed, Junior Tuihala- maka, Drayk Bowen, Joshua Burnham, Jack Kiser, Clarence Lewis, Jaden Mickey, Ramon Henderson, Luke Talich, DJ Brown, Skip Velotta Punt return: Benjamin Morrison, Cam Hart, Jack Kiser, Junior Tuihalamaka, Ramon Hen- derson, Chance Tucker, Jaylen Sneed, Joshua Burnham, Luke Talich, Jordan Faison Punt coverage: Marist Liufau, JD Bertrand, Jeremiyah Love, Davis Sherwood, Jason Onye, Jack Kiser, Cam Hart, DJ Brown, Ra- mon Henderson Long snapper: Michael Vinson Holder: Bryce McFerson Kick returners: Gi'Bran Payne, Jadarian Price Punt returner: Chris Tyree Kickoff: Spencer Shrader Punter: Bryce McFerson