Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 23, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED and ran it inside the 5-yard line to set the Irish up for a short touchdown pass from Leonard to tight end Cooper Fla- nagan … Freshman cornerback Leon- ard Moore's interception led to another short field and a touchdown pass from Leonard to senior tight end Mitchell Ev- ans … Watts's fourth pick of the season and the Irish's third of the half led to Virginia benching quarterback Anthony Colandrea … Walk-on kicker Marcello Diomede missed a 54-yard field goal as time expired. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 35, VIRGINIA 7 Top moment: Love broke free for a 76-yard touchdown, which led to his career-high 137 rushing yards. Feature performer: Love ran 7 times for 103 yards. Notable Stats: Notre Dame out- gained Virginia 210 to 70 in total yards. The Irish averaged 9.5 yards per play to the Cavaliers' 8.8. Notre Dame pos- sessed the ball for 12:05 while Virginia had it for 2:55. Items: Leonard threw his fourth interception of the season but just his second since Week 2 versus NIU … What was clearly an incomplete pass was ruled a good gain for Virginia and was not reviewed because the Cavaliers worked quickly to snap the ball, which led to their first points of the game four plays later … Notre Dame possessed the ball for the final 7:46 of the quarter. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 35, VIRGINIA 14 Top moment: Junior quarterback Steve Angeli's first and only snap of the game was in the victory formation. Feature performer: Freshman run- ning back Aneyas Williams had 6 carries for 19 yards. Notable Stats: Virginia outgained Notre Dame 77 to 37 in total yards. The Cavaliers averaged 3.5 yards per play to the Irish's 2.6. Virginia possessed the ball for 8:18 while Notre Dame had it for 6:42. Items: The Irish could not punch the ball in on third or fourth and goal from the five to begin the quarter … Walk-on Zac Yoakam missed a 36-yard field goal … Virginia scored its second touchdown with 22 seconds left on a short quarter- back keeper. ✦ 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot Virginia 0 0 7 7 14 Notre Dame 7 21 7 0 35 UVA ND FIRST QUARTER ND Love 4-yard run (Jeter kick) 13:04 0 7 Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 1:52 SECOND QUARTER ND Harrison 8-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 6:34 0 14 Drive: 9 plays, 88 yards, 3:42 ND Flanagan 2-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 2:20 0 21 Drive: 1 play, 2 yards, 0:03 ND Evans 16-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 0:49 0 28 Drive: 3 plays, 32 yards, 0:34 THIRD QUARTER ND Love 76-yard run (Yoakam kick) 9:38 0 35 Drive: 3 plays, 88 yards, 1:21 UVA Muskett 18-yard run (Bettridge kick) 7:52 7 35 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:46 FOURTH QUARTER UVA Muskett 2-yard run (Bettridge kick) 0:18 14 35 Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards, 5:42 UVA ND Total First Downs 15 21 Rushing 7 10 Passing 6 9 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 32 38 Yards Gained Rushing 148 249 Yards Lost Rushing 20 15 Net Yards Rushing 128 234 Net Yards Passing 172 214 Passes Attempted 36 33 Passes Completed 17 22 Had Intercepted 3 1 Percent Completion 47.2% 66.7% Yards Per Attempt 4.8 6.5 Yards Per Completion 10.1 9.7 Total Offensive Plays, 68 71 Total Net Yards 300 448 Average Gain Per Play 4.4 6.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 5-2 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-40 9-89 Punts: No.-Yards 7-280 5-238 Average Per Punt 40.0 47.6 Average Net Punt 40.0 45.6 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-10 5-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-10 2-27 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 3-54 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 25:24 34:36 Third-Down Conversions 6-18 1-12 Percentage 33.3% 8.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 2-3 3-4 Percentage 66.7% 75.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-1 2-17 Sophomore Adon Shuler had one of Notre Dame's 3 interceptions, all of which came in the final three minutes of the first half when the Irish blew the game open. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER NOTRE DAME 35, VIRGINIA 14 Nov. 16, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend