Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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26 OCT. 19, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED The Irish were as good as anyone could ever imagine on make-or-break downs on both sides of the ball. Did they need to be? Probably not. Forty- two points is a wide margin, one that isn't reliant on fourth down results. But those fourth down results are a sign of a team that can lock in and focus on the only thing that matters in those mo- ments — getting off the field on defense and staying on it on offense. "You have to have confidence on both sides of the ball to make those calls," head coach Marcus Freeman said. "Of- fensively, right before half, it's fourth- and-1. Made the decision — let's run it. Let's go for it. "Also had a ton of confidence in our defense. The defense played big. They did a really good job in difficult situa- tions at times." Graduate student defensive tackle NOTRE DAME VS. STANFORD QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON Notre Dame 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Total Time of Possession 8:19 6:06 4:40 10:11 14:25 14:51 29:16 Third-Down Conversions 3-4 1-2 1-1 1-4 4-6 2-5 6-11 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3 Average Field Position ND-30 ND-42 ND-45 ND-44 ND-37 ND-45 ND-41 Stanford 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Final Time of Possession 6:41 8:54 10:20 4:49 15:35 15:09 30:44 Third-Down Conversions 1-3 0-2 2-5 1-2 1-5 3-7 4-12 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-4 Average Field Position STAN-34 STAN-33 STAN-20 STAN-25 STAN-33 STAN-21 STAN-27 PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards ND STA Nega ve 3 7 0-5 36 34 6-9 10 14 10-19 13 3 20-29 2 2 30-39 1 0 40-49 0 0 50 or more 1 0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) No Poss. TD FG Score Notre Dame 7 6 0 1 Stanford 1 1 0 0 BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) Stanford • 2-4 ND46 Daniels run for 27 yards to the ND19 Notre Dame • 2-6 ND48 Leonard pass to Love for 25 yards to STAN27 • 1-10 ND17 Leonard pass to Smith for 25 yards to ND42 • 1-10 STAN39 Love runs for 39 yards and a touchdown • 2-12 ND34 Leonard pass to Collins for 53 yards to STAN13 Howard Cross III and the Irish defense stopped the Cardinal on three of its four fourth-down tries, while the Irish offense con- verted all three of its fourth-down attempts. PHOTO BY MIKE MILLER PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: RILEY LEONARD, Steve Angeli RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Jadarian Price, Aneyas Wil - liams, Devyn Ford, Kedren Young WR: BEAUX COLLINS, JADEN GREATHOUSE, KRIS MITCHELL, Jayden Harrison, Jayden Thomas, KK Smith, Deion Colzie, Micah Gilbert TE: MITCHELL EVANS, Eli Raridon, Cooper Flana - gan, Jack Larsen, Kevin Bauman, Davis Sherwood LT: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Tosh Baker LG: SAM PENDLETON, Sullivan Absher C: PAT COOGAN, Joe Otting RG: ROCCO SPINDLER, Chris Terek RT: AAMIL WAGNER, Guerby Lambert DEFENSE SDE: RJ OBEN, Bryce Young, Joshua Burnham DT: RYLIE MILLS, Gabriel Rubio NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Donovan Hinish Vyper: JUNIOR TUIHALAMAKA, Burnham, Loghan Thomas Will: JACK KISER, Jaiden Ausberry, Sneed Mike: DRAYK BOWEN, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Preston Zinter Rover: Jaylen Sneed BCB: BENJAMIN MORRISON, Leonard Moore FS: XAVIER WATTS, Luke Talich SS: ADON SHULER, Rod Heard II, Ben Minich FCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY, Moore, Karson Hobbs Nickel: Jordan Clark, Heard, Max Hurleman SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Loghan Thomas, Beaux Collins, Deion Colzie, Junior Tuihalamaka, Jayden Thomas, Drayk Bowen, Mitchell Evans, Bryce Young, Kevin Bau - man Kickoff coverage: Bryce Young, Kyngstonn Vil- iamu-Asa, Loghan Thomas, Devyn Ford, Max Hurleman, Rod Heard II, Preston Zinter, Drayk Bowen, Kennedy Urlacher, Jaylen Sneed, Justin Fisher, Luke Talich, Adon Shuler, Davis Sherwood, Jake Tafelski, Ben Minich Punt return: Rod Heard II, Loghan Thomas, Bryce Young, Adon Shuler, Jack Kiser, Kennedy Urlacher, Leonard Moore, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Christian Gray, Ben Minich, Karson Hobbs, Luke Talich Punt coverage: Gabriel Rubio, Max Hurleman, Drayk Bowen, Jeremiyah Love, Luke Talich, Devyn Ford, Davis Sherwood, Leonard Moore, Rod Heard II, Drayk Bowen Long snapper: Andrew Kros Short snapper: Rino Monteforte Holder: Chris Salerno Kick returners: Jayden Harrison, Max Hurleman Punt returner: Max Hurleman Placekicker: Mitch Jeter, Zac Yoakam, Marcello Diomede Kickoff: Jeter, Eric Goins Punter: James Rendell