Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 SEPT. 27, 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Golden made his debut in a Notre Dame uniform as the starting nickel back for the Irish defense. He snagged his first career interception after backup quar- terback Malachi Singleton entered the game for Purdue. Singleton attempted to throw to wide receiver Arhmad Branch, but Golden made a diving grab to prevent the ball from getting to Branch. Feature Performer: Minchey di- rected an offense that didn't need to put up more points to close out the game, but he played an active role in what the Irish were able to accomplish. He fin- ished 6-of-7 passing for 47 yards in the quarter. He also rushed once for 6 yards. Stats: Notre Dame used 9:58 of the fourth quarter on offense. Irish fresh- man running back Nolan James Jr. rushed 4 times for 11 yards. The Irish outgained Purdue 69-64. Items: Irish freshman kicker Erik Schmidt missed a 31-yard field in the fourth quarter on his first career at- tempt … Purdue scored its only points of the second half on a 24-yard touch- down pass from Singleton to wide re- ceiver Jesse Watson with 1:53 remaining in the game. ✦ Junior running back Jeremiyah Love rushed 19 times for a career-high 157 yards and notched a pair of touchdown runs. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER PU ND FIRST QUARTER ND Fields 66-yard pass from Carr (Schmidt kick) 13:40 0 7 Drive: 1 play, 66 yards, 0:09 PU Browne 14-yard pass from Mockobee (Porath kick) 10:58 7 7 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:42 ND Love 1-yard run (Schmidt kick) 5:54 7 14 Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 4:57 SECOND QUARTER PU Porath 48-yard field goal 14:50 10 14 Drive: 13 plays, 45 yards, 6:04 ND Price 21-yard run (Schmidt kick) 10:00 10 21 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:50 ND Price 9-yard run (Schmidt kick) 6:33 10 28 Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards, 2:16 PU Porath 26-yard field goal 1:46 13 28 Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards, 4:47 PU ND PU Porath 35-yard field goal 1:13 16 28 Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 0:27 ND Price 100-yard kickoff return (Schmidt kick) 1:00 16 35 PU Tuggle 24-yard pass from Browne (Porath kick) 0:07 23 35 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 0:53 THIRD QUARTER ND Love 46-yard run (Schmidt kick) 12:54 23 42 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:06 ND Faison 48-yard pass from Carr (Schmidt kick) 9:52 23 49 Drive: 3 plays, 67 yards, 1:11 ND Price 1-yard run (Schmidt kick) 3:46 23 56 Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 5:01 FOURTH QUARTER PU Watson 24-yard pass from Singleton (Porath kick) 1:53 30 56 Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 2:05 PU ND Total First Downs 20 27 Rushing 4 13 Passing 15 12 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 28 43 Yards Gained Rushing 92 267 Yards Lost Rushing 16 13 Net Yards Rushing 76 254 Net Yards Passing 303 281 Passes Attempted 40 20 Passes Completed 25 17 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 62.5% 85.0% Yards Per Attempt 7.6 14.1 Yards Per Completion 12.1 16.5 Total Offensive Plays 68 63 Total Net Yards 379 535 Average Gain Per Play 5.6 8.5 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 7-75 3-30 Punts: No.-Yards 5-226 0-0 Average Per Punt 45.2 0.0 Average Net Punt 42.6 0.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-13 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 4-167 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-8 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 28:00 32:00 Third-Down Conversions 4-14 6-10 Percentage 28.6% 60.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 0-2 Percentage 100.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-9 2-13 NOTRE DAME 56, PURDUE 30 Sept. 20, 2025 ✦ Attendance:77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Purdue 7 16 0 7 30 Notre Dame 14 21 21 0 56