Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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snapped, and Notre Dame ran away with its most lopsided margin of vic- tory in series history. The Wolverines had not suffered a shutout defeat to a non-conference opponent since 1926. Perhaps the most vital development defensively came from the improved communication of junior safety Elijah Shumate (Collinsworth's replacement) and sophomore safety Max Redfield. Head coach Brian Kelly criticized the secondary's communication during the 48-17 win over Rice — two days after Collinsworth suffered the injury. Against the Wolverines, however, the defensive backs showed notice- able improvement in that area, with Shumate recording 10 tackles and an interception (he returned it for a touchdown as time expired, but the Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. McDaniel 8 25 0 25 3.1 1 6 Bryant 8 22 3 19 2.4 0 6 Folston 9 20 3 17 1.9 0 6 Zaire 2 14 5 9 4.5 0 14 TEAM 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Golson 3 2 16 -14 -4.7 0 1 Total 31 83 29 54 1.7 1 14 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Golson 34 23 67.6 0 226 3 24 Total 34 23 67.6 0 226 3 24 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Fuller 9 89 1 24 Carlisle 7 61 2 21 Robinson 1 22 0 22 Prosise 1 18 0 18 McDaniel 2 17 0 11 Koyack 2 14 0 9 C. Brown 1 5 0 5 Total 23 226 3 24 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Riggs 3 20 0 12 Onwualu 1 6 0 6 Total 4 26 0 12 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Carlisle 1 16 0 16 Total 1 16 0 16 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Brindza 6 38.3 47 0 0 4 0 2 Total 6 38.3 47 0 0 4 0 2 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Brindza 1 1 43 0 Total 1 1 43 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Shumate 4 6 10 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Smith 5 5 10 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 Schmidt 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Jones 3 3 6 1-12 0-0 0 1 0 Redfield 2 4 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Day 2 3 5 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Rochell 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Trumbetti 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Farley 3 0 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Luke 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Riggs 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Cage 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hill 1 1 2 1.5-11 1-11 0 0 0 Okwara 1 1 2 1-17 0-0 0 0 0 Tranquill 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Utupo 1 1 2 1-5 1-5 0 0 0 Blankenship 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Onwualu 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. Redfield 1 17 0 17 Tranquill 1 16 0 16 Riggs 1 0 0 0 Total 3 33 0 17 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS