Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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DEFENSE RECORDS HISTORIC SHUTOUT Led by a dominant defensive effort, Notre Dame's 31-0 victory over Michi- gan served as an exclamation point in the final chapter of the programs' rivalry. Playing without three players who were expected to start at the begin- ning of fall camp — fifth-year senior safety Austin Collinsworth was side- lined with a strained MCL, while the academic fraud investigation held out junior cornerback KeiVarae Russell and senior defensive end Ishaq Wil- liams — the Irish recorded their first shutout of the Wolverines in their 42- game history. Michigan's 365-game non-shutout streak — a Football Bowl Subdivi- sion record dating back to 1984 — was MICHIGAN GAME NOTES NOTRE DAME VS. MICHIGAN QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON Notre Dame 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Total Time of Possession 6:56 7:37 5:31 6:52 14:33 12:23 26:56 Third-Down Conversions 2-3 2-4 2-3 1-5 4-7 3-8 7-15 Fouth-Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 Average Field Position ND-22 ND-31 ND-45 ND-44 ND-28 ND-44 ND-37 Michigan 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Total Time of Possession 8:04 7:23 9:29 8:08 15:27 17:37 33:04 Third-Down Conversions 0-2 1-4 2-4 1-3 1-6 3-7 4-13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 Average Field Position MICH-24 MICH-19 MICH-14 MICH-30 MICH-21 MICH-23 MICH-22 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) No Poss. TD FG Score Notre Dame 4 3 1 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame sophomore linebacker Jaylon Smith recorded 10 tackles (one for loss) to help Notre Dame hand Michigan its first shutout loss since 1984. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA BY ANDREW OWENS AND DOUGLAS FARMER