Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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18 NOV. 25, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Feature performers: On fourth- and-1 from the Notre Dame 46-yard line, Wake Forest junior running back Justice Ellison ran it up the gut. Gradu- ate student defensive tackle Howard Cross III and graduate student line- backer Jack Kiser were waiting for him. Cross and Kiser added 3 more tackles each in the quarter. Stats: Notre Dame averaged 5.9 yards per play to Wake Forest's 3.8. The De- mon Deacons won time of possession 10:12-4:48. Items: After Raridon's touchdown, Brown recovered Notre Dame's surprise onside kick … Estimé scored a 2-yard touchdown, his 14th of the season. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 45, WAKE FOREST 7 Top moment: Hartman ran play ac- tion and rolled to his right, where he found Greathouse streaking over the middle of the field. Greathouse caught it and sprinted down the right sideline for a 48-yard touchdown, his first since Week 2. Feature performer: Estimé carried 8 times for 55 yards, finishing the game with 115. He remained in the game be- cause he wanted to break 100 yards in "possibly" (per Freeman) his last game in South Bend. Mission accomplished. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Wake Forest 154-30. The Irish rushed for 6.4 yards per carry to the Deacs' 2.8. Items: Angeli entered the game in the fourth quarter and completed 3 of 3 throws for 36 yards and a touchdown. … That touchdown was a 17-yard score to freshman wideout Jordan Faison … Junior defensive tackle Jason Onye and senior defensive tackle Aidan Keanaaina split a sack. ✦ NOTRE DAME 45, WAKE FOREST 7 Nov. 18, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Wake Forest 0 7 0 0 7 Notre Dame 7 10 14 14 45 WF ND FIRST QUARTER ND Ford 12-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 0:54 0 7 Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, 4:41 SECOND QUARTER WF Carney 9-yard run (Dennis kick) 11:41 7 7 Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 4:07 ND Merriweather 35-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 7:06 7 14 Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards, 4:28 ND Shrader 37-yard field goal 0:05 7 17 Drive: 10 plays, 51 yards, 1:21 THIRD QUARTER ND Raridon 19-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 14:09 7 24 Drive: 1 play, 19 yards, 0:07 ND Estimé 2-yard run (Shrader kick) 5:22 7 31 Drive: 5 plays, 54 yards, 2:07 FOURTH QUARTER ND Greathouse 48-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 13:24 7 38 Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 2:03 ND Faison 17-yard pass from Angeli (Diomede kick) 3:56 7 45 Drive: 10 plays, 73 yards, 5:49 WF ND Total First Downs 14 25 Rushing 7 6 Passing 6 16 Penalty 1 3 Rushing Attempts 36 30 Yards Gained Rushing 157 149 Yards Lost Rushing 23 12 Net Yards Rushing 134 137 Net Yards Passing 98 313 Passes Attempted 21 34 Passes Completed 12 24 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 57.1% 70.6% Yards Per Attempt 4.7 9.2 Yards Per Completion 8.2 13.0 Total Offensive Plays 57 64 Total Net Yards 232 450 Average Gain Per Play 4.1 7.0 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 4-50 3-35 Punts: No.-Yards 4-183 2-64 Average Per Punt 45.8 32.0 Average Net Punt 32.5 32.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-13 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-54 1-26 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 19 Possession Time 31:26 28:34 Third-Down Conversions 5-13 5-10 Percentage 38.5% 50.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-2 1-1 Percentage 0.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 3-18 In what might have been his final game ever at Notre Dame Stadium, junior running back Audric Estimé ran 22 times for 115 yards and 1 touchdown. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER