Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 DECEMBER 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Feature Performer: Redshirt senior James Rendell punted twice in the third quarter as Notre Dame's offense lost momentum. Rendell punted fewer than twice in four games this season. Neither of his punts of 47 and 46 yards in the quarter were returned by Stanford. Stats: The two teams combined for just 12 rushing yards in the third quarter (Notre Dame 7, Stanford 5) … Stanford was 1 of 6 on third downs but 2 of 2 on fourth downs in the quarter. Items: Love returned to play in the third quarter, but he couldn't find much running room. He rushed 4 times for 7 yards and caught a 6-yard pass … Em- met Kenney made his second field goal of the game for Stanford — this time from 44 yards out. FOURTH QUARTER NOTRE DAME 49, STANFORD 20 Top Moment: Aneyas Williams ripped off a 51-yard touchdown run for his second score of the game. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Cam Williams laid a big downfield block, and Williams ran through a tackle attempt by corner- back Brandon Nicholson before coast- ing to the end zone. Feature Performer: Redshirt soph- omore quarterback Kenny Minchey was given some opportunities to throw for Notre Dame in the fourth quarter. He finished 5-of-8 passing for 48 yards. Minchey also scrambled for a 15-yard gain on third-and-7. Unfortunately, the game ended after Minchey couldn't handle a high snap and Notre Dame re- covered it for a loss of 9 yards. Stats: Stanford outgained Notre Dame 161-116 in the fourth quarter … The Cardinal accumulated 116 of its 226 passing yards in the game in the final quarter. Items: Stanford scored both of its touchdowns in the fourth quarter … Se- nior quarterback Charlie Mirer made his Stanford playing debut late in the fourth quarter. His father is former Notre Dame quarterback Rick Mirer (1989-92). The younger Mirer threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marcus Brown. ✦ Junior safety Luke Talich caught an 84-yard touch- down pass from redshirt junior defensive end Joshua Burnham off a perfectly executed fake punt to stake the Irish to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL ND STAN FIRST QUARTER ND Love 2-yard run (Schmidt kick) 8:43 7 0 Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 6:14 ND Price 1-yard run (Schmidt kick) 1:52 14 0 Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 5:27 SECOND QUARTER ND Talich 84-yard pass from Burnham (Schmidt kick) 14:33 21 0 Drive: 4 plays, 85 yards, 0:55 ND Williams 2-yard run (Schmidt kick) 7:26 28 0 Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 3:21 STAN Kenney 39-yard field goal 2:38 28 3 Drive: 12 plays, 54 yards, 4:48 ND Price 12-yard pass from Carr (Schmidt kick) 0:17 35 3 Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 1:04 THIRD QUARTER ND Faison 6-yard pass from Carr (Schmidt kick) 12:43 42 3 Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards, 1:51 STAN Kenney 44-yard field goal 2:09 42 6 Drive: 15 plays, 61 yards, 7:36 FOURTH QUARTER STAN Farrell 9-yard pass from Brown (Kenney kick) 12:15 42 13 Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 2:45 ND Williams 51-yard run (Schmidt kick) 9:08 49 13 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:07 STAN Brown 3-yard pass from Mirer (Kenney kick) 4:00 49 20 Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 5:04 ND STAN Total First Downs 24 16 Rushing 7 4 Passing 15 10 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 38 30 Yards Gained Rushing 201 100 Yards Lost Rushing 14 14 Net Yards Rushing 187 86 Net Yards Passing 337 226 Passes Attempted 36 40 Passes Completed 23 20 Had Intercepted 0 1 Percent Completion 63.9% 50.0% Yards Per Attempt 9.4 5.7 Yards Per Completion 14.7 11.3 Total Offensive Plays 74 70 Total Net Yards 524 312 Average Gain Per Play 7.1 4.5 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 3-35 3-23 Punts: No.-Yards 3-133 4-176 Average Per Punt 44.3 44.0 Average Net Punt 44.3 42.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-8 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-34 2-32 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 30:35 29:25 Third-Down Conversions 11-18 8-19 Percentage 61.1% 42.1% Fourth-Down Conversions 3-3 3-4 Percentage 100.0% 75.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-13 0-0 NOTRE DAME 49, STANFORD 20 Nov. 29, 2025 ✦ Attendance: 27,456 Stanford Stadium ✦ Palo Alto, Calif. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 14 21 7 7 49 Stanford 0 3 3 14 20