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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM NOV. 23, 2024 27 That's especially true if you're Notre Dame, an offense built on staying in rhythm and using the run game to set up the pass. The cliche is, "They're not built to play from behind." The Irish are not built to play from behind the chains. "What we've got to do is a better job of putting our offense in better third- down situations," Freeman said. "That means no penalties, and that means [we need to] continue having positive plays and not negative yardage plays. That's going to be crucial as we move forward." However, Notre Dame saw resilience from its offense after the slow start. The Irish put together a nine-play, 88-yard drive on the heels of their back- to-back-to-back-to-back three-and- outs, capped off by an 8-yard touch- down reception from graduate student wide receiver Jayden Harrison. They took advantage of two of Virginia quar- terback Anthony Colandrea's 3 inter- ceptions at the end of the first half, put- ting the game out of reach. One drive after Leonard threw an ill- advised interception of his own to start the second half, Love broke through for a 76-yard score. "We just take it one play at a time," sophomore running back Jeremiyah Love said. "That play doesn't work out, we don't execute well, it's gonna pass. Onto the next play. That's really how we go forward." Leonard did not have his best third and fourth quarter. In addition to the interception, his fourth-down throw on the run that would have been se- nior tight end Mitchell Evans' second touchdown was too low, allowing it to be deflected. If the Irish know anything about Leonard by now, though, it's that he won't stay down for long. "If something happens, he's bouncing back," sophomore wide receiver Jordan Faison said. "He's getting the rest of us bouncing back. And that's just something you want to have from your leader." ✦ Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Love 16 147 10 137 8.6 2 76 Price 6 44 0 44 7.3 0 20 Leonard 8 34 2 32 4.0 0 14 Williams 7 24 1 23 3.3 0 9 TEAM 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Total 38 249 15 234 6.2 2 76 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Leonard 33 22 66.7 1 214 3 25 Total 33 22 66.7 1 214 3 25 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Evans 4 34 1 16 Harrison 3 41 1 25 Williams 3 35 0 17 Faison 2 25 0 14 Colzie 2 16 0 15 Thomas 2 14 0 7 Mitchell 2 12 0 8 Greathouse 1 17 0 17 Collins 1 16 0 16 Flanagan 1 2 1 2 Love 1 2 0 2 Total 22 214 3 25 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Hurleman 5 0 0 3 Total 5 0 0 3 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Harrison 2 27 0 16 Total 2 27 0 16 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Rendell 5 47.6 64 0 0 1 2 4 Total 5 47.6 64 0 0 1 2 4 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Diomede 0 1 0 0 Yoakam 0 1 0 0 Total 0 2 0 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Hinish 2 2 4 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 Mills 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shuler 0 4 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Heard 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Moore 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Gray 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Kiser 2 1 3 1-9 1-9 1 0 0 Sneed 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Watts 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 Clark 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Oben 0 3 3 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Hobbs 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hurleman 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Talich 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tuihalamaka 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Young 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Ausberry 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Urlacher 1 1 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Burnham 0 2 2 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 0 Viliamu-Asa 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bowen 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Harrison 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Houstan 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Johnson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kahoun 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ristoff 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vernon 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vinci 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Zinter 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Shuler 1 46 0 46 Moore 1 6 0 6 Watts 1 2 0 2 Total 3 54 0 46 VIRGINIA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Brown 11 54 2 52 4.7 0 15 Pace 6 31 0 31 5.2 0 14 Colandrea 4 23 0 23 5.8 0 14 Vaughn 5 13 1 12 2.4 0 7 Muskett 5 26 17 9 1.8 2 18 Lane 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 Total 32 148 20 128 4.0 2 18 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Muskett 9 14 64.3 0 103 0 38 Colandrea 8 21 38.1 3 69 0 27 Fields 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Total 17 36 47.2 3 172 0 38 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Fields 4 81 0 38 Neville 4 27 0 17 Gibson 2 22 0 16 Wilson 2 5 0 4 Vaughn 1 13 0 13 Twitty 1 12 0 12 Coleman 1 5 0 5 Harrison 1 4 0 4 Tyree 1 3 0 3 Total 17 172 0 38 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Davies 4 10 0 7 Total 4 10 0 7 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Tyree 1 10 0 10 Total 1 10 0 10 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Sparks 7 40.0 51 0 0 2 1 1 Total 7 40.0 51 0 0 2 1 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Bettridge 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Sanker 8 5 13 2-11 1-1 0 0 1 Smith 7 1 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shine 5 1 6 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 Robinson 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McDonald 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jones 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Britton 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Diatta 3 0 3 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 Butler 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Danley 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Thomas 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bennett 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Carter 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hardy 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wood 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bunch 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brown 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fields 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wood 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jones 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lane 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Minter 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long McDonald 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS