Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 16, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED a hip injury, missed a 42-yard field goal wide left … Sophomore wide receiver Jordan Faison caught a pass for 22 yards on fourth-and-10 with 21 seconds to go in the half … On the next play, Leonard threw a beautiful slot fade to Evans for a touchdown. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 31, FLORIDA STATE 3 Top moment: Faced with pressure from junior linebacker Jaylen Sneed, a panicked redshirt freshman quar- terback Brock Glenn fired over the middle and was picked off by gradu- ate student nickel back Jordan Clark. It was Clark's first interception in an Irish uniform. Feature performer: The entire de- fense, which picked up 3 of its 8 sacks (one from Mills, one from junior defen- sive tackle Donovan Hinish and one on fourth down from Sneed. Notre Dame allowed only 45 total yards and 3 first downs, smothering Florida State in ev- ery way imaginable. Notable Stats: Notre Dame averaged 6.6 yards per play to FSU's 2.7. Items: Leonard ran for a 6-yard touchdown, his 13th of the season … Sophomore wide receiver Jaden Great- house set up the touchdown with 2 re- ceptions for 30 yards after Clark's inter- ception … Jeter made his first field goal since Sept. 28 from 28 yards out. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 52, FLORIDA STATE 3 Top moment: Sophomore safety Luke Talich capped the scoring with a 79-yard pick six. It was Talich's first career interception. Feature performer: Greathouse caught 2 more passes for 30 yards, in- cluding a slot fade that set up a 1-yard touchdown run for Love. He also drew a pass interference penalty. Notable Stats: With their backups in against the Seminoles' starters, the Irish won yards per play 7.1-3.6. Items: Angeli completed 3 of 3 passes for 37 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown to senior wide receiver Deion Colzie … Freshman defensive back Tae Johnson made his college debut and made 2 tackles … Walk-on running backs Justin Fisher and Jake Tafelski caught passes for 16 and 14 yards, respectively. ✦ NOTRE DAME 52, FLORIDA STATE 3 Nov. 9, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Florida State 3 0 0 0 3 Notre Dame 7 14 10 21 52 FSU ND FIRST QUARTER ND Leonard 34-yard run (Jeter kick) 13:17 0 7 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:43 FSU Fitzgerald 23-yard field goal 5:22 3 7 Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards, 7:52 SECOND QUARTER ND Price 65-yard run (Jeter kick) 14:35 3 14 Drive: 3 plays, 84 yards, 1:05 ND Evans 12-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 0:17 3 21 Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards, 1:31 THIRD QUARTER ND Leonard 6-yard run (Jeter kick) 9:38 3 28 Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards, 2:55 ND Jeter 28-yard field goal 1:05 3 31 Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards, 2:51 FOURTH QUARTER ND Love 1-yard run (Jeter kick) 10:53 3 38 Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards, 3:51 ND Colzie 7-yard pass from Angeli (Jeter kick) 4:06 3 45 Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 4:20 ND Talich 79-yard interception return (Jeter kick) 1:23 3 52 FSU ND Total First Downs 14 22 Rushing 7 6 Passing 6 12 Penalty 1 4 Rushing Attempts 43 32 Yards Gained Rushing 173 217 Yards Lost Rushing 53 16 Net Yards Rushing 120 201 Net Yards Passing 88 252 Passes Attempted 26 30 Passes Completed 10 17 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 38.5% 56.7% Yards Per Attempt 3.4 8.4 Yards Per Completion 8.8 14.8 Total Offensive Plays 69 62 Total Net Yards 208 453 Average Gain Per Play 3.0 7.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-56 3-30 Punts: No.-Yards 7-286 3-120 Average Per Punt 40.9 40.0 Average Net Punt 39.1 37.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-9 2-12 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-110 0-0 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-81 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 33:11 26:49 Third-Down Conversions 3-17 5-12 Percentage 17.6% 41.7% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 2-2 Percentage 50.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-11 8-50 Graduate student defensive tackle Rylie Mills set a new career high with 3 of the Irish's 8 sacks against the Seminoles. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER