Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 7, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED aged 4.7 yards per play to the Aggies' 2.7. This time, the Irish held the ball for 10:41 and doubled the Aggies up in first downs, 6 to 3. Items: Jeter's second career Notre Dame field goal was good from 26 yards away … Graduate student safety Xavier Watts got his eighth career interception near midfield with 46 seconds remain- ing in the half … On the ensuing drive, a holding penalty on freshman left tackle Anthonie Knapp forced the Irish to run out the clock and get to halftime. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 13, TEXAS A&M 6 Top moment: Price got loose for an electrifying 47-yard touchdown rush to give the Irish their first lead, 13-6, with 6:50 left in the third. Feature performer: Graduate stu- dent defensive end Jordan Botelho had 4 of his 6 tackles in the game in the third. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Texas A&M 111-61 in total yards and averaged 7.4 yards per play to the Aggies' 3.8. The Aggies had the ball for 8:20 and had 4 first downs while the Irish had 3. Items: Leonard appeared to have enough for a first down on fourth-and-2 from the Irish 49, but he was ruled short and the review upheld the officials' call … A&M turned the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession … A&M lined up to go for it again on fourth-and-5 from the Notre Dame 45 later in the frame, but a false start penalty forced the Aggies to punt instead. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 23, TEXAS A&M 13 Top moment: Love scored the game- winning touchdown on second-and-9 from the A&M 21 with 1:54 remaining. Feature performer: Love ran 6 times for 45 yards and a touchdown in the fourth frame with the game on the line. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Texas A&M 106-58 in total yards and averaged 6.6 yards per play to the Aggies' 3.2. The Irish held the ball for 8:46 and recorded 6 first downs to A&M's 4. Items: A&M took advantage of an- other penalty-aided drive to tie the game at 13-13 on a third-and-goal rush from one-yard out with 11:49 left ... The Love touchdown was the culmination of an 8-play, 85-yard drive that consumed 4:29 of game time, marking the Irish's longest possession of the game … Jeter was nails from 46 yards out with 30 seconds left to ice the game. ✦ The Irish defense limited Texas A&M to 246 total yards and forced a pair of turnovers, including sopho- more safety Adon Shuler's first career interception. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER NOTRE DAME 23, TEXAS A&M 13 Aug. 31, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 107,315 Kyle Field ✦ Bryan-College Station, Texas 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 3 3 7 10 23 Texas A&M 3 3 0 7 13 ND A&M FIRST QUARTER A&M Bond 34-yard field goal 11:07 0 3 Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 3:53 ND Jeter 46-yard field goal 6:39 3 3 Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards, 4:28 SECOND QUARTER A&M Bond 49-yard field goal 14:14 3 6 Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards, 3:45 ND Jeter 26-yard field goal 8:32 6 6 Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards, 2:35 THIRD QUARTER ND Price 47-yard run (Jeter kick) 6:50 13 6 Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards, 2:05 FOURTH QUARTER A&M Moss 1-yard run (Bond kick) 11:49 13 13 Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 3:43 ND Love 21-yard run (Jeter kick) 1:54 20 13 Drive: 8 plays, 85 yards, 4:29 ND Jeter 46-yard field goal 0:30 23 13 Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:04 ND A&M Total First Downs 18 17 Rushing 8 9 Passing 8 5 Penalty 2 3 Rushing Attempts 34 38 Yards Gained Rushing 214 160 Yards Lost Rushing 16 14 Net Yards Rushing 198 146 Net Yards Passing 158 100 Passes Attempted 30 30 Passes Completed 18 12 Had Intercepted 0 2 Percent Completion 60.0% 40.0% Yards Per Attempt 5.3 3.3 Yards Per Completion 8.8 8.3 Total Offensive Plays 64 68 Total Net Yards 356 246 Average Gain Per Play 5.6 3.6 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 11-99 6-55 Punts: No.-Yards 5-214 4-216 Average Per Punt 42.8 54.0 Average Net Punt 39.2 49.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-18 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-19 2-41 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 2-12 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 31:35 28:25 Third-Down Conversions 2-12 4-13 Percentage 16.7% 30.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-2 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-11 0-0