Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 21, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED SECOND QUARTER NOTRE DAME 42, PURDUE 0 Top moment: With Notre Dame graduate student defensive tackle Rylie Mills draped all over him, Card made the poor decision of shoving the ball with his left hand to no one in particu- lar. Traore caught it and ran 34 yards to the house for a pick six. Feature performer: Leonard rushed for two more touchdowns, including a 34-yarder down the left sideline with multiple broken tackles. He finished the quarter with 6 carries for 67 yards, as well as 5-of-8 passing for 65 yards. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Purdue 219-19. The Irish went 4 of 5 on third downs to the Boilermakers' 0 of 3. Items: Purdue did not cross midfield in the first half … Price juked Boilermak- ers safety Dillon Thieneman out of his shoes on the way to a 70-yard rushing touchdown … Senior tight end Mitchell Evans converted two third downs through the air … Graduate student vyper Jordan Botelho picked up a sack and caused an- other, but he and junior offensive linemen Billy Schrauth and Ashton Craig exited with serious-looking leg injuries. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 52, PURDUE 7 Top moment: On Angeli's first pass of the season, Flanagan slipped by the Purdue defense and broke wide open over the middle. Angeli hit him for a 28- yard score, the team's first touchdown pass of the season. Feature performer: Angeli com- pleted 4 of 5 throws for 83 yards with that score, along with a 29-yard run, in his 2024 debut. Stats: Notre Dame averaged 9.8 yards per play to Purdue's 5.8. Items: Purdue avoided a shutout with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Carr to sophomore wideout De'Nylon Morrissette … Notre Dame gradu- ate student kicker Mitch Jeter drilled a 42-yard field goal … Traore notched his first sack of the season … Freshman Irish safety Kennedy Urlacher made the first 2 tackles of his career, both near the line of scrimmage. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 66, PURDUE 7 Top moment: Notre Dame graduate student tight end Kevin Bauman missed most of the past two seasons with mul- tiple leg injuries. His first catch in his return was an 8-yard touchdown on a nifty cross-body throw from Angeli. Feature performer: The Irish left their young linebackers in for extra reps, and welcome to college football, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. The freshman came down with an interception and added 3 tackles, including half a sack. Stats: Notre Dame outgained Purdue 51-15. Items: Sophomore Irish quarterback Kenny Minchey entered the game and ran for a 5-yard touchdown … Senior defensive tackle Jason Onye combined with Viliamu-Asa on the sack … Sopho- more wide receiver KK Smith caught the first 2 passes of his career, for 13 yards. ✦ ND PU FIRST QUARTER ND Love 48-yard run (Jeter kick) 12:50 7 0 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:10 ND Leonard 3-yard run (Jeter kick) 1:53 14 0 Drive: 11 plays, 82 yards, 5:43 SECOND QUARTER ND Leonard 34-yard run (Jeter kick) 8:24 21 0 Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards, 3:16 ND Leonard 13-yard run (Jeter kick) 2:10 28 0 Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 4:54 ND Traore 34-yard interception return (Jeter kick) 1:32 35 0 ND Price 70-yard run (Jeter kick) 0:04 42 0 Drive: 1 plays, 60 yard, 0:37 THIRD QUARTER ND Flanagan 28-yard pass from Angeli (Jeter kick) 12:41 49 0 Drive: 2 plays, 32 yards, 0:40 PU Morrissette 5-yard pass from Card (Porath kick) 9:33 49 7 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:08 ND Jeter 42-yard field goal 5:39 52 7 Drive: 7 plays, 51 yards, 3:54 FOURTH QUARTER ND Bauman 8-yard pass from Angeli (Yoakam kick) 14:52 59 7 Drive: 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:43 ND Minchey 5-yard run (Yoakam kick) 5:44 66 7 Drive: 3 plays, 31 yards, 1:31 ND PU Total First Downs 27 6 Rushing 16 3 Passing 10 3 Penalty 1 0 Rushing Attempts 44 25 Yards Gained Rushing 382 81 Yards Lost Rushing 20 43 Net Yards Rushing 362 38 Net Yards Passing 216 124 Passes Attempted 26 24 Passes Completed 18 11 Had Intercepted 0 2 Percent Completion 69.2% 45.8% Yards Per Attempt 8.3 5.2 Yards Per Completion 12.0 11.3 Total Offensive Plays 70 49 Total Net Yards 578 162 Average Gain Per Play 8.3 3.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-40 7-68 Punts: No.-Yards 4-150 10-473 Average Per Punt 37.5 47.3 Average Net Punt 37.5 41.8 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-35 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-61 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 2-38 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 35:43 24:17 Third-Down Conversions 7-12 1-12 Percentage 58.3% 8.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 4-40 3-17 NOTRE DAME 66, PURDUE 7 Sept. 14, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 61,441 Ross-Ade Stadium ✦ West Lafayette, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 14 28 10 14 66 Purdue 0 0 7 0 7 Graduate student defensive tackle Rylie Mills and the Notre Dame defense recorded 4 sacks and 2 interceptions while limiting Purdue to 7 points and 162 total yards. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER