Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 DECEMBER 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 49, STANFORD 16 Top moment: Estimé's fourth and final touchdown of the game was an impressive one in which he burned the defense around the left edge to make it 49-16 Notre Dame. Feature performer: This was Es- timé's best frame; he ran 11 times for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Stan- ford 165 to 59. The Irish averaged 10.3 yards per play to the Cardinal's 3.7. Items: The Notre Dame defense had back-to-back stops on fourth-and- short in Stanford territory; the Irish of- fense scored touchdowns on both short- field drives thereafter … One of those was a 45-yard pass from Hartman to freshman wide receiver Jordan Faison on the first play of an ensuing possession. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 56, STANFORD 23 Top moment: Junior defensive tackle Jason Onye blocked a field goal and de- fensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste re- turned it 60 yards for a touchdown. Feature performer: Sophomore linebacker Jaylen Sneed had a forced fumble, another tackle and a quarter- back hurry getting some reps during garbage time. Stats: Stanford outgained Notre Dame 118 to 35 in total yards. The Car- dinal averaged 4.9 yards per play to the Irish's 3.9. Items: Notre Dame sophomore quar- terback Steve Angeli's lone pass attempt of the game was intercepted … Stanford sustained a late scoring drive and got into the end zone from four yards out … Penn transfer Ben Krimm, a walk- on, replaced Bryce McFerson and had a 44-yard punt … Freshman running back Jeremiyah Love had an impressive 16-yard rush on Notre Dame's last pos- session; one first down later and Angeli was able to kneel the game out in victory formation. ✦ ND SU Total First Downs 26 19 Rushing 19 7 Passing 7 9 Penalty 0 3 Rushing Attempts 48 31 Yards Gained Rushing 384 177 Yards Lost Rushing 3 34 Net Yards Rushing 381 143 Net Yards Passing 140 216 Passes Attempted 15 42 Passes Completed 8 21 Had Intercepted 2 1 Percent Completion 53.3% 50.0% Yards Per Attempt 9.3 5.1 Yards Per Completion 17.5 10.3 Total Offensive Plays 63 73 Total Net Yards 521 359 Average Gain Per Play 8.3 4.9 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-49 2-15 Punts: No.-Yards 1-44 2-80 Average Per Punt 44.0 40.0 Average Net Punt 44.0 40.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-30 0-0 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-25 2-9 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 60 0 Possession Time 27:13 32:47 Third-Down Conversions 7-9 5-16 Percentage 77.8% 31.2% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 1-4 Percentage 100.0% 25.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 4-27 0-0 ND SU FIRST QUARTER SU Karty 34-yard field goal 10:59 0 3 Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 4:01 ND Estimé 39-yard run (Shrader kick) 5:37 7 3 Drive: 4 plays, 78 yards, 1:45 SU Karty 23-yard field goal 2:23 7 6 Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 3:14 SU Bachmeier 14-yard run (Karty kick) 1:31 7 13 Drive: 2 plays, 30 yards, 0:37 SECOND QUARTER ND Greathouse 15-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 11:56 14 13 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:35 SU Karty 56-yard field goal 8:57 14 16 Drive: 4 plays, yards, 0:25 ND Estimé 6-yard run (Shrader kick) 3:53 21 16 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:04 ND Payne 3-yard run (Shrader kick) 0:19 28 16 Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 1:06 THIRD QUARTER ND Estimé 5-yard run (Shrader kick) 10:25 35 16 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:35 ND Faison 45-yard pass from Hartman (Shrader kick) 6:08 42 16 Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 0:09 ND Estimé 25-yard run (Shrader kick) 1:12 49 16 Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 2:29 FOURTH QUARTER ND Jean-Baptiste 60-yard return of blocked field goal (Shrader kick) 12:41 56 16 SU Lamson 4-yard run (Kenney kick) 7:16 56 23 Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards, 4:58 Graduate student defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste was part of an Irish defense that applied con- stant pressure on Stanford's quarterbacks, notching a team-best 1.5 sacks. PHOTO BY JIM HOLTAN NOTRE DAME 56, STANFORD 23 Nov. 25, 2023 ✦ Attendance: 30,901 Stanford Stadium ✦ Palo Alto, Calif. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 21 21 7 56 Stanford 13 3 0 7 23