Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM OCT. 4, 2025 29 the focus for me as being a leader. Just talking about it on the sideline, 'We need to get the ball.'" The performance of embattled cor- nerbacks Mark Zackery IV and Chris- tian Gray should not go unsaid, too. Zackery broke up a pass in the corner of the end zone during the third quarter, and his reaction showed just how much that meant to him. It wasn't easy, at least not at first. The Razorbacks drove down the field with ease on their first possession, but Notre Dame held them to a field goal. Arkan- sas marched to the end zone on its third possession, and at that point, Irish fans could be forgiven for thinking, "Here we go again." But the Irish stayed together. They slammed the door. And by the final whistle, there was no one left at Razor- back Stadium to boo. — Jack Soble ARKANSAS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Green 10 102 21 81 8.1 0 54 Washington 15 63 0 63 4.2 0 21 Russell 3 15 0 15 5.0 0 7 McRoy 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 TEAM 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Total 30 181 23 158 5.3 1 54 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Green 17 32 53.1 1 207 0 33 Total 17 32 53.1 1 207 0 33 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Blake 6 73 0 33 Sharpe 5 42 0 20 Jones 1 23 0 23 Platt 1 23 0 23 Jean 1 21 0 21 Brown 1 11 0 11 Paaske 1 8 0 8 Washington 1 6 0 6 Total 17 207 0 33 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Bale 2 45.0 47 0 0 1 0 0 Total 2 45.0 47 0 0 1 0 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Starzyk 2 2 49 0 Total 2 2 49 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Mitchell 4 8 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Neal 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Worth 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dix 0 7 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lee 4 2 6 2.5-15 1-14 0 0 0 Shaw 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sorey 0 5 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Rhodes 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ball 0 4 4 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Walker 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Wooden 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Boone 1 2 3 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Whalen 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Young 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Oke 0 2 2 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Smalls 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Taylor 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Singletary 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Price 13 86 0 86 6.6 1 20 Love 14 58 1 57 4.1 2 15 Payne 3 29 2 27 9.0 0 24 James 4 22 0 22 5.5 0 15 Williams 2 20 0 20 10.0 1 17 Carr 2 14 14 0 0.0 0 14 Minchey 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Total 40 229 19 210 5.2 4 24 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Carr 22 30 73.3 0 354 4 35 Faison 1 1 100.0 0 40 0 40 Minchey 1 1 100.0 0 37 0 37 Total 24 32 75.0 0 431 4 40 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Faison 7 89 0 24 Love 5 70 2 34 Fields 3 72 0 40 Pauling 3 53 1 23 Raridon 2 43 0 25 Greathouse 2 32 0 24 Jeffery 1 37 0 37 Price 1 35 1 35 Total 24 431 4 40 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Faison 1 3 0 3 Total 1 3 0 3 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 None Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. None Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Shuler 5 4 9 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Johnson 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Stroman 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Traore 3 1 4 1-10 1-10 0 0 0 Bowen 0 4 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Young 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Botelho 2 1 3 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 Gray 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Hughes 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sneed 2 0 2 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 Talich 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Golden 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Viliamu-Asa 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hobbs 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Onyiuke 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sevillano 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Smith 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Zackery 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Ausberry 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mukam 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mullins 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Talich 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: CJ CARR, Kenny Minchey RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams, Nolan James Jr. WR (X): MALACHI FIELDS, Micah Gilbert, Cam Williams WR (Z): JORDAN FAISON, KK Smith, Elijah Burress, Matt Jeffery WR (Y): JADEN GREATHOUSE, Will Pauling, Logan Saldate TE: ELI RARIDON, Ty Washington, Jack Larsen, James Flanigan LT: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Styles Prescod LG: BILLY SCHRAUTH, Chris Terek C: ASHTON CRAIG, Joe Otting RG: GUERBY LAMBERT, Sullivan Absher RT: AAMIL WAGNER, Matty Augustine DEFENSE LDE: BOUBACAR TRAORE, Junior Tuihalamaka, Loghan Thomas DT: GABRIEL RUBIO, Jared Dawson, Jason Onye, Armel Mukam NT: DONOVAN HINISH, Elijah Hughes, Cole Mullins, Sean Sevillano Jr. RDE: JORDAN BOTELHO, Bryce Young, Joshua Burnham, Kobi Onyiuke Mike: DRAYK BOWEN, Madden Faraimo Will: JAIDEN AUSBERRY, Kyngstonn Viliamu- Asa, Jaylen Sneed Nickel: DEVONTA SMITH, Dallas Golden BCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY, Chance Tucker BS: TAE JOHNSON, Luke Talich FS: ADON SHULER, Jalen Stroman, Ethan Long FCB: MARK ZACKERY IV, Karson Hobbs SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Madden Faraimo, Cole Mullins, Matt Jeffery, Gi'Bran Payne, Kobi Onyiuke, Mal- achi Fields, Joshua Burnham, Loghan Thomas, Bodie Kahoun, Leo Scheidler Kickoff coverage: Luke Talich, Matt Jeffery, Jalen Stroman, Teddy Rezac, Jaylen Sneed, Loghan Thomas, Kobi Onyiuke, Madden Fara- imo, Ben Minich, Kahanu Kia Punt return: Teddy Rezac, Dallas Golden, Ben Minich, Bodie Kahoun, Loghan Thomas, Matt Jeffery, Madden Faraimo, Kahanu Kia, Bodie Kahoun, Jalen Stroman Punt coverage: Jordan Faison, Malachi Fields, Jeremiyah Love, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Luke Talich, Drayk Bowen, Jaylen Sneed, Kobi Ony- iuke, Will Pauling Long snapper: Joseph Vinci Holder: Tyler Buchner Kick returners: Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams Punt returner: Jordan Faison Placekicker: Noah Burnett, Erik Schmidt Kickoff: Erik Schmidt Punter: James Rendell