Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 12, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED SECOND QUARTER NOTRE DAME 24, LOUISVILLE 14 Top moment: Throwing across his body as he moved to his left, Shough somehow found senior wide receiver Ja'Corey Brooks in the back of the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown. Feature performer: Louisville's of- fensive line, which paved the way for the Cardinals to rush 11 times for 63 yards. Notable Stats: Louisville picked up 5 first downs to Notre Dame's 1. The Cardi- nals won time of possession 10:01-4:59. Items: Brooks' touchdown was set up by Irish junior running back Jadar- ian Price's fumble at the Notre Dame 9-yard line, again recovered by Mc- Donald … Watts picked off Shough on a deflected pass over the middle … The ensuing Notre Dame drive ended with a 48-yard field goal by Jeter. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 24, LOUISVILLE 14 To p m o m e n t : Fre s h m a n No t re Dame linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu- Asa zoomed around the edge to sack Shough, putting the Cardinals in third- and-long and destroying a promising drive. Feature performer: Moving down to nickel due to injuries and reshuffling in the secondary, Irish graduate student defensive back Rod Heard II broke up consecutive passes on third and fourth down to stop the Cardinals. Notable Stats: Louisville outgained Notre Dame 67-43. The Cardinals went 1 of 4 on third downs, and the Irish went 0 of 3. Items: Leonard converted fourth- and-1 near midfield … Cardinals sopho- more linebacker Stanquan Clark and junior linebacker Antonio Watts each totaled 3 solo tackles, including 1 for loss. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 31, LOUISVILLE 24 Top moment: For a second, it looked like Leonard was in trouble. But he turned around and whipped a throw- back screen to Love, who ran behind a convoy of blockers for a 32-yard touch- down, which wound up being the game- winning score. Feature performer: Irish sopho- more cornerback Benjamin Morrison made 3 tackles and pressured Shough into what was nearly a defensive touch- down for the Irish but wound up as a third-down stop. Notable Stats: The Irish won yards per play 6.7-4.8. Items: Leonard was stopped on fourth-and-3 near midfield, which set up Louisville kicker Brock Travelstead's 56-yard field goal … Leonard com- pleted a 34-yard pass to graduate stu- dent wide receiver Jayden Harrison to convert third-and-6, leading to Love's score … Shough hit Brooks for a 24-yard touchdown with 5:17 left … Watts and graduate student nickel back Jordan Clark blanketed Louisville senior wide receiver Caullin Lacy for a pass broken up on fourth-and-6 with under a min- ute to go, sealing the game. ✦ NOTRE DAME 31, LOUISVILLE 24 Sept. 28, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Louisville 7 7 0 10 24 Notre Dame 21 3 0 7 31 LOU ND FIRST QUARTER LOU Brown 10-yard pass from Shough (Travelstead kick) 13:30 7 0 Drive: 3 plays, 24 yards, 1:24 ND Love 6-yard run (Jeter kick) 07:22 7 7 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 6:08 ND Greathouse 34-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 4:59 7 14 Drive: 4 plays, 53 yards, 2:05 ND Leonard 4-yard run (Jeter kick) 2:40 7 21 Drive: 1 play, 4 yards, 0:03 SECOND QUARTER LOU Brooks 5-yard pass from Shough (Travelstead kick) 12:28 14 21 Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards, 1:30 ND Jeter 48-yard field goal 3:46 14 24 Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 2:14 FOURTH QUARTER LOU Travelstead 56-yard field goal 11:25 17 24 Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards, 2:04 ND Love 32-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 9:16 17 31 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:09 LOU Brooks 24-yard pass from Shough (Travelstead kick) 5:17 24 31 Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 3:59 LOU ND Total First Downs 19 11 Rushing 7 4 Passing 11 6 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 35 31 Yards Gained Rushing 193 129 Yards Lost Rushing 62 12 Net Yards Rushing 131 117 Net Yards Passing 264 163 Passes Attempted 41 23 Passes Completed 24 17 Had Intercepted 1 0 Percent Completion 58.5% 73.9% Yards Per Attempt 6.4 7.1 Yards Per Completion 11.0 9.6 Total Offensive Plays 76 54 Total Net Yards 395 280 Average Gain Per Play 5.2 5.2 Fumbles: No.-Lost 3-2 2-2 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-50 5-45 Punts: No.-Yards 3-107 4-166 Average Per Punt 35.7 41.5 Average Net Punt 33.3 40.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-6 1-7 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-22 2-39 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-34 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-3 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 32:04 27:56 Third-Down Conversions 7-17 2-10 Percentage 41.2% 20.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-5 2-3 Percentage 20.0% 66.7% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-6 3-16 Sophomore running back Jeremiyah Love scored a pair of touchdowns, including a 32-yard recep- tion on a perfectly executed screen pass by the Irish in the fourth quarter that proved to be the game-winning score. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER