Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM JANUARY 2025 35 QUARTERFINAL PREVIEW: GEORGIA C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L P L A Y O F F INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS PASSING Notre Dame Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TD INT Riley Leonard 194 293 66.2 2,092 16 5 Steve Angeli 18 28 64.3 224 3 0 Georgia Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TD INT Carson Beck 290 448 64.7 3,585 28 12 Gunner Stockton 25 32 78.1 206 0 1 RUSHING Notre Dame Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Jeremiyah Love 134 949 7.1 15 76 Riley Leonard 124 721 5.8 14 50 Jadarian Price 89 651 7.3 7 70 Georgia Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Nate Frazier 129 634 4.9 8 40 Trevor Etienne 111 571 5.1 9 48 Dillon Bell 8 106 13.3 1 33 RECEIVING Notre Dame Rec. Yards Avg. TD Long Beaux Collins 34 427 12.6 2 53 Mitchell Evans 29 272 9.4 3 23 Jaden Greathouse 26 345 13.3 1 42 Georgia Rec. Yards Avg. TD Long Dominic Lovett 56 571 10.2 6 38 Arian Smith 47 750 15.9 4 55 Dillon Bell 37 433 11.7 4 67 TACKLES Notre Dame Solo Assists Total TFL-Yards Jack Kiser 37 27 64 3-13 Drayk Bowen 27 27 54 2-13 Jaiden Ausberry 29 21 50 4.5-12 Georgia Solo Assists Total TFL-Yards Malakai Starks 48 25 73 4-12 CJ Allen 46 26 72 3-5 Dan Jackson 46 14 60 1.5-1 INTERCEPTIONS Notre Dame No. Yards Avg. TD Xavier Watts 5 136 27.2 1 Adon Shuler 3 94 31.3 1 Georgia No. Yards Avg. TD Daylen Everette 3 2 0.7 0 Dan Jackson 2 13 6.5 0 SACKS Notre Dame No. Yards Rylie Mills 6.5 51 Howard Cross III 4 29 Georgia No. Yards Jalon Walker 6.5 41 Chaz Chambliss 6.5 34 KICKING Notre Dame PAT FG Long Mitch Jeter 45-45 6-12 48 Zac Yoakam 18-18 2-5 42 Georgia PAT FG LG Peyton Woodring 47-47 20-22 55 PUNTING Notre Dame No. Avg. I20 Long James Rendell 37 41.9 17 64 Georgia No. Avg. I20 Long Brett Thorson 42 47.6 22 60 ✦ INSIDE THE NUMBERS (Team Statistics – Pre-CFP) Offense Notre Dame Georgia Points Per Game 39.8 33.2 First Downs 250 290 Rushing Yards 2,698 1,680 Rushing Yards Per Game 224.8 129.2 Rushing Attempts 428 400 Average Yards Per Rush 6.3 4.2 Passing Yards 2,357 3,700 Passing Yards Per Game 196.4 284.6 Passing Com.-Att.-Int. 215-326-5 316-481-13 Average Yards Per Catch 11.0 11.7 Total Yards 5,055 5,380 Average Yards Per Game 421.3 413.8 Average Kickoff Return 16.9 15.2 Average Punt Return 5.3 8.1 Third-Down Conversions 49-128 67-164 Third-Down Conversion Percentage 38.3% 40.9% Fourth-Down Conversions 19-25 18-24 Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage 76.0% 75.0% Defense Notre Dame Georgia Points Allowed Per Game 13.6 20.4 First Downs Allowed 197 235 Rushing Yards Allowed 1,666 1,668 Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game 138.8 128.3 Opponent Rushing Attempts 445 452 Average Yards Per Rushing Attempt 3.7 3.7 Passing Yards Allowed 1,895 2,713 Passing Yards Allowed Per Game 157.9 208.7 Opponent Passing Com.-Att.-Int. 166-341-17 236-402-8 Average Yards Per Catch Allowed 11.4 11.5 Total Yards Allowed 3,561 4,381 Average Yards Per Game Allowed 296.8 337.0 Average Kickoff Return Allowed 15.6 17.6 Average Punt Return Allowed 4.7 5.1 Third-Down Conversions 52-170 60-183 Third-Down Conversion Percentage 30.6% 32.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 12-35 17-30 Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage 34.3% 56.7% Sr. Jr. So. Fr. ND Offense 9 5 8 2 ND Defense 8 5 6 8 ND Specialists 8 2 4 2 ND Totals 25 12 18 12 UGA Offense 6 6 6 4 UGA Defense 5 5 7 7 UGA Specialists 4 4 4 2 UGA Totals 15 15 17 13 Class Breakdowns (2024 Two-Deep) Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Avg. Notre Dame 101 149 124 104 — 478 39.8 Georgia 55 110 117 126 23 431 33.2 Turnover Margin Gained Lost +/- Notre Dame 28 12 +16 Georgia 19 18 +1