Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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"I thought they did a very good job of spreading it out a little bit more," Kelly noted, explaining the adjust- ments made by the Ohio State offense. "You could tell early on that they were going to ask J.T. to throw the ball if he had free access throws. It was clearly a different offensive structure. "They went to what their strength was, and that's running the ball 54 times. They just did it with a bit of a different look." SLOW START DOOMS NOTRE DAME Notre Dame and Ohio State got off to completely different starts. The Buckeyes came out on fire while the Irish struggled to find a rhythm, fall- ing behind 14-0 in the first quarter. It proved to be a deficit the Irish could not overcome. OFFENSE QB: DESHONE KIZER RB: JOSH ADAMS, C.J. Prosise, Dex- ter Williams WR: CHRIS BROWN, Corey Robinson WR: AMIR CARLISLE, Torii Hunter Jr. WR: WILL FULLER TE: DURHAM SMYTHE, Tyler Luatua, Alizé Jones, Chase Hounshell, Nic Weishar LT: RONNIE STANLEY LG: QUENTON NELSON C: NICK MARTIN RG: STEVE ELMER RT: MIKE MCGLINCHEY DEFENSE DE: ROMEO OKWARA DT: SHELDON DAY, Jonathan Bonner NG: ISAAC ROCHELL, Daniel Cage, Jarron Jones DE: ANDREW TRUMBETTI Will: JAYLON SMITH, Te'von Coney, Jarrett Grace MLB: JOE SCHMIDT Sam: JAMES ONWUALU CB: NICK WATKINS S: ELIJAH SHUMATE S: MATTHIAS FARLEY CB: COLE LUKE SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: CJ Sanders, Josh Adams, Matthias Farley, Doug Randolph, Greer Martini, Torii Hunter Jr., Nic Weishar, Jarrett Grace, Chris Brown, Nicco Fertitta, Nicky Baratti, Drew Recker Kickoff Coverage: Tyler Newsome, Nyles Morgan, John Turner, James Onwualu, Drew Recker, Cam Bryan, Torii Hunter, John Turner, Elijah Shu - mate, Cole Luke, Matthias Farley, Doug Randolph, Greer Martini Punt Returner: CJ Sanders Punter: Tyler Newsome Placekicker: Justin Yoon Holder: DeShone Kizer Long Snapper: Scott Daly Others: Hunter Bivin PARTICIPATION CHART PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards OSU ND (-) Yards 8 3 0-5 Yards 41 42 6-9 Yards 19 9 10-19 Yards 13 14 20-29 Yards 2 1 30-39 Yards 1 0 40-49 Yards 1 0 50 or more Yards 0 1 BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) Ohio State • 2-1 OSU44 Miller run for 27 yards to the ND29 • 1-10 ND43 Barre pass complete to Baugh for 27 yards to the ND16 • 2-8 ND48 Barre pass complete to Ellio for 30 yards to the ND18 • 1-10 ND47 Ellio rush for 47 yards and a touchdown Notre Dame • 2-8 ND19 Kizer pass complete to Fuller for 81 yards and a touchdown