Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 OCT. 19, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2 touchdowns, and ran 4 times for 30 yards in what might have been his best quarter of ball of the season. Notable stats: Notre Dame out- gained Stanford 124 to 55 in total yards. The Irish averaged 7.3 yards per play to the Cardinal's 2.9. Stanford possessed the ball for 8:54 while the Irish had it for 6:06. Items: Leonard's touchdown passes were both on red-zone, RPOs; he threw a pair of strikes over the middle to Thomas and Mitchell … A fourth- down sack near midfield from Howard Cross III led to the Thomas touchdown … Notre Dame senior wideout Beaux Collins lost a fumble at the Irish 40 after a 16-yard gain; Stanford turned the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 42, STANFORD 7 Top moment: The only correct an- swer here is Love blowing kisses to the Notre Dame Stadium crowd after his 39-yard touchdown made it Irish 42, Cardinal 7. Feature performer: Junior defen- sive end Joshua Burnham picked off an option pitch and returned it inside the Cardinal 20-yard line. Price scored from 16 yards out two plays later to give the Irish a 28-7 advantage. Notable stats: Notre Dame out- gained Stanford 149 to 49 in total yards. The Irish averaged 13.5 yards per play to the Cardinal's 2.6. Stanford possessed the ball for 10:20, while the Irish had it for 4:40. Items: Stanford misplayed the open- ing kickoff of the half and had to set up offensively at its own 3-yard line … Sophomore wide receiver KK Smith caught a 25-yard pass from Leonard … Rylie Mills had a thunderous 11-yard sack … Junior tight end Eli Raridon scored his second career touchdown to make it 42-7 late in the quarter. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 49, STANFORD 7 Top moment: Freshman running back Aneyas Williams scored the first touchdown of his career, a 19-yarder that signaled he's going to be pretty good when it's time for him to play regularly. Feature performer: Freshman run- ning back Kedren Young ran 7 times for 39 yards in the first extensive action of his career. Notable stats: Notre Dame out- gained Stanford 115 to 23 in total yards. The Irish averaged 5.8 yards per play to the Cardinal's 2.6. Notre Dame pos- sessed the ball for 10:11, while the Car- dinal had it for 4:49. Items: Sophomore quarterback Steve Angeli threw a perfect pass to fresh- man wide receiver Micah Gilbert in the end zone from 35 yards out, but Gil- bert dropped the pass; Angeli misfired for a wide-open Gilbert just shy of the end zone from closer range later in the quarter … Sophomore defensive back Ben Minich and freshman defensive end Loghan Thomas combined for a fourth- down sack. ✦ NOTRE DAME 49, STANFORD 7 Oct. 12, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot Stanford 7 0 0 0 7 Notre Dame 7 14 21 7 49 STAN ND FIRST QUARTER STAN Lamson 1-yard run (Kenney kick) 6:49 7 0 Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards, 5:14 ND Leonard 6-yard run (Jeter kick) 1:27 7 7 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:22 SECOND QUARTER ND Thomas 15-yard pass from Leonard (Yoakam kick) 7:46 7 14 Drive: 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:21 ND Mitchell 5-yard pass from Leonard (Yoakam kick) 1:11 7 21 Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 2:37 THIRD QUARTER ND Price 16-yard run (Yoakam kick) 12:12 7 28 Drive: 2 plays, 17 yards, 0:40 ND Love 39-yard run (Yoakam kick) 6:49 7 35 Drive: 4 plays, 83 yards, 1:23 ND Raridon 5-yard pass from Leonard (Yoakam kick) 1:29 7 42 Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards, 2:37 FOURTH QUARTER ND Williams 19-yard run (Diomede kick) 9:17 7 49 Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 5:25 STAN ND Total First Downs 14 24 Rushing 7 14 Passing 6 9 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 41 39 Yards Gained Rushing 158 238 Yards Lost Rushing 45 9 Net Yards Rushing 113 229 Net Yards Passing 87 248 Passes Attempted 18 27 Passes Completed 10 18 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 55.6% 66.7% Yards Per Attempt 4.8 9.2 Yards Per Completion 8.7 13.8 Total Offensive Plays 59 66 Total Net Yards 200 477 Average Gain Per Play 3.4 7.2 Fumbles: No.-Lost 3-1 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 3-25 4-35 Punts: No.-Yards 4-182 1-24 Average Per Punt 45.5 24.0 Average Net Punt 39.5 24.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-24 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-3 0-0 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-15 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 30:44 29:16 Third-Down Conversions 4-12 6-11 Percentage 33.3% 54.5% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-4 3-3 Percentage 25.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-5 4-30 Graduate student wide receiver Kris Mitchell notched his first touchdown reception in a Notre Dame uniform on a 5-yard bullet from Leonard. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER