Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 NOV. 30, 2024 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Notre Dame kicker Mitch Jeter missed a 48-yard field goal, pushing it to the right. THIRD QUARTER NOTRE DAME 42, ARMY 7 Top moment: Once again, Love found a large seam on the left side. When that happens, goodbye. Love shredded every Black Knight tackling angle and raced past everyone for a 68- yard score, his third of the day. Feature performer: Notre Dame's offensive line, who propelled Love, Price and freshman running back An- eyas Williams to 89 yards on 6 carries. All game long, the Irish manhandled the Black Knights up front. Notable Stats: Notre Dame out- gained Army 148-54. Items: Army linebacker Elo Modozie blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt from Jeter … Price scored for the second time on a 10-yard touchdown run … Junior quarterback Steve Angeli came in for Leonard and completed 4 of 5 throws for 41 yards … Mills stopped Daily for a 2-yard gain on fourth-and-4, forcing one of three Black Knight turnover on downs. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 49, ARMY 14 Top moment: Running left behind the second-team offensive line, Wil- liams watched two Army defensive line- men move two yards back. He saw both Black Knight linebackers get bodied four to five yards down the field. Wil- liams rode the wave, cut back right and darted 58 yards to the house. Feature performer: Daily willed the Black Knights to a garbage-time touch- down, carrying 15 times for 62 yards and completing 2 passes for 13 yards. Notable Stats: Army won time of possession 14:26-0:34. The Black Knights ran 26 plays, while the Irish ran 2 (Williams' run and the game-ending kneel down). Items: Kiser stopped Daily for a 3-yard loss on fourth-and-3 … Fresh- man defensive tackle Sean Sevillano Jr. entered the game at nose tackle and made 3 tackles. ✦ ARMY ND FIRST QUARTER ND Faison 28-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 10:24 0 7 Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards, 2:17 ND Love 6-yard pass from Leonard (Jeter kick) 6:30 0 14 Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards, 1:38 SECOND QUARTER ARMY Daily 4-yard run (Gronotte kick) 13:53 7 14 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 7:37 ND Love 14-yard run (Jeter kick) 4:35 7 21 Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards, 1:23 ND Price 2-yard run (Jeter kick) 0:26 7 28 Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards, 2:14 THIRD QUARTER ND Love 68-yard run (Jeter kick) 14:44 7 35 Drive: 1 play, 68 yards, 0:10 ND Price 10-yard run (Jeter kick) 0:45 7 42 Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 3:33 FOURTH QUARTER ND Williams 58-yard Run (Jeter kick) 10:40 7 49 Drive: 1 plays, 58 yards, 00:12 ARMY Daily 1-yard run (Gronotte kick) 0:22 14 49 Drive: 17 plays, 75 yards, 10:18 ARMY ND Total First Downs 15 20 Rushing 11 9 Passing 0 10 Penalty 4 1 Rushing Attempts 58 29 Yards Gained Rushing 221 278 Yards Lost Rushing 14 5 Net Yards Rushing 207 273 Net Yards Passing 26 189 Passes Attempted 9 18 Passes Completed 4 14 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 44.4% 77.8% Yards Per Attempt 2.9 10.5 Yards Per Completion 6.5 13.5 Total Offensive Plays, 67 47 Total Net Yards 233 462 Average Gain Per Play 3.5 9.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 2-26 5-44 Punts: No.-Yards 4-119 0-0 Average Per Punt 29.8 0.0 Average Net Punt 21.0 0.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-35 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-22 2-30 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 30 0 Possession Time 39:49 20:11 Third-Down Conversions 6-17 3-5 Percentage 35.3% 60.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-4 0-1 Percentage 25.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 1-3 The Fighting Irish made it tough on Army quar- terback Bryson Daily throughout the game, limit- ing the Black Knights to just 3.5 yards per play and 233 total yards. PHOTO BY LARRY BLANKENSHIP NOTRE DAME 49, ARMY 14 Nov. 23, 2024 ✦ Attendance: 47,342 Yankee Stadium ✦ The Bronx, N.Y. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Army 0 7 0 7 14 Notre Dame 14 14 14 7 49