Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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28 SEPT. 21, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED but it just lets us know that we have to consistently do that week by week," Traore said. MUCH-NEEDED BOUNCE- BACK GIVES RILEY LEONARD NEW LIFE R i l ey L e o n a rd j u s t ke p t running. After taking off on a quar- terback keeper, the senior quarterback kept running as he vaporized a nearby corner- back's tackling angle near the left sideline. He kept running after he stumbled and nearly stepped out of bounds at the 19-yard line. And he kept running through star Pur- due sophomore safety Dil- lon Thieneman, putting only green grass between himself and the end zone. Even after he crossed the goal line, Leonard didn't stop running until he celebrated with his offensive line in the middle of the field. It was that kind of day for No. 13. Leonard badly needed re- PURDUE VS. NOTRE DAME QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON Purdue 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Total Time of Possession 5:18 4:49 6:51 7:19 10:07 14:10 24:17 Third-Down Conversions 0-3 0-3 1-3 0-3 0-6 1-6 1-12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 Average Field Position PU-24 PU-28 PU-25 PU-29 PU-26 PU-27 PU-27 Notre Dame 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Final Time of Possession 9:52 10:11 8:09 7:41 19:53 15:50 35:43 Third-Down Conversions 1-3 4-4 2-3 0-2 5-7 2-5 7-12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Average Field Position ND-20 ND-32 ND-47 ND-43 ND-25 ND-45 ND-35 PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards PU ND Nega ve 5 5 0-5 35 34 6-9 3 13 10-19 4 10 20-29 1 4 30-39 0 1 40-49 0 2 50 or more 1 1 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) No Poss. TD FG Score Purdue 1 1 0 0 Notre Dame 4 4 0 0 BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) Notre Dame • 2-7 PU48 Love rush for 48 yards and a touchdown • 2-10 PU34 Leonard rush for 34 yards and a touchdown • 1-20 ND30 Price rush for 70 yards and a touchdown • 2-6 PU28 Angeli pass to Flanagan for 28 yards and a touchdown • 3-7 ND28 Angeli pass to Harrison for 42 yards to PU30 • 2-20 PU48 Angeli rush for 29 yards to PU19 Purdue • 3-5 PU 41 Card pass to Brown for 52 yards to ND7 Leonard notched his second career game with 100 rushing yards (he had 130 on 14 carries for Duke versus North Carolina in 2022) and matched his career high with 3 rushing touch- downs (which he also did against Miami in 2022). PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: RILEY LEONARD, Steve Angeli, Kenny Minchey, CJ Carr RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Devyn Ford, Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams, Kedren Young WR: BEAUX COLLINS, KRIS MITCHELL, JAYDEN HARRISON, Jaden Greathouse, Jayden Thomas, KK Smith, Micah Gilbert, Deion Colzie, Matt Jeffrey TE: COOPER FLANAGAN, Mitchell Evans, Eli Rari - don, Kevin Bauman LT: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Sullivan Absher LG: SAM PENDLETON C: ASHTON CRAIG, Pat Coogan RG: BILLY SCHRAUTH, Rocco Spindler, Chris Terek RT: AAMIL WAGNER, Guerby Lambert DEFENSE SDE: RJ OBEN, Bryce Young, Boubacar Traore DT: RYLIE MILLS, Jason Onye, Armel Mukam NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Donovan Hinish Vyper: JORDAN BOTELHO, Traore, Junior Tuihala - maka, Loghan Thomas Will: JACK KISER, Jaiden Ausberry Mike: DRAYK BOWEN, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Preston Zinter Rover: JAYLEN SNEED, Ausberry BCB: BENJAMIN MORRISON, Leonard Moore, Karson Hobbs FS: XAVIER WATTS, Rod Heard II, Luke Talich SS: ADON SHULER, Heard, Ben Minich, Kennedy Urlacher FCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY, Jaden Mickey Nickel: JORDAN CLARK SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Jeremiyah Love, Kris Mitchell, Jus - tin Fisher, Beaux Collins, Deion Colzie, Cooper Flanagan, Joshua Burnham, Junior Tuihalamaka, Jayden Thomas Kickoff coverage: Bryce Young, Jaiden Ausberry, Leonard Moore, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Loghan Thomas, Devyn Ford, Max Hurleman, Joshua Burnham, Junior Tuihalamaka, Rod Heard II, Ben Minich, Leo Scheidler, Jordan Botelho, Kennedy Urlacher, Justin Fisher, Preston Zinter, Teddy Rezac Punt return: Leonard Moore, Xavier Watts, Jack Kiser, Jaiden Ausberry, Jaden Mickey, Rod Heard II, Jordan Botelho, Max Hurleman, Loghan Thomas, Teddy Rezac, Preston Zinter, Kennedy Urlacher, Benjamin Morrison Punt coverage: Jason Onye, Junior Tuihalamaka, Max Hurleman, Drayk Bowen, Benjamin Morri - son, Luke Talich, Jaiden Ausberry, Jack Kiser Long snapper: Andrew Kros Short snapper: Rino Monteforte Holder: Chris Salerno Kick returners: Jayden Harrison, Devyn Ford Punt returner: Jaden Greathouse, Max Hurleman, Aneyas Williams Placekicker: Mitch Jeter, Zac Yoakam Kickoff: Jeter, Eric Goins Punter: James Rendell