Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com SEPT. 19, 2016 11 UNDER THE DOME Snap Count Totals Vs. Texas Here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 50-47 double-overtime loss to the Longhorns Sept. 4. Defensive Linemen Texas 1st/2nd Texas 3rd/4th Texas Total Isaac Rochell 63 20 83 Jerry Tillery 59 19 78 Andrew Trumbetti 43 17 60 Daniel Cage 24 8 32 Jarron Jones 19 6 25 Jonathan Bonner 9 3 12 Linebackers Texas 1st/2nd Texas 3rd/4th Texas Total James Onwualu 66 21 87 Nyles Morgan 64 21 85 Greer Martini 58 18 76 Asmar Bilal 7 4 11 Te'von Coney 3 1 4 Notes: Onwualu played a team-high 87 snaps. Defensive Backs Texas 1st/2nd Texas 3rd/4th Texas Total Shaun Crawford 64 20 84 Cole Luke 64 20 84 Avery Sebastian 62 21 83 Devin Studstill 35 9 44 Drue Tranquill 29 11 40 Nick Coleman 30 9 39 Julian Love 26 7 33 Jalen Elliott 2 0 2 Notes: Tranquill was benched in the second half in favor of Studstill … Love came in at nickel back during the second half after Crawford was moved to corner and Coleman was benched. — Matt Jones Overnight Success Win or lose, Notre Dame still manages to attract attention. The Notre Dame-Texas football game Sept. 4 in Austin scored a 7.0 overnight rating on ABC Sunday night, the highest for an opening weekend game since Miami-Florida State on the same network in 2005 (7.2). The 7.0 is the second highest for an opening weekend game on the ESPN family of networks since at least 2004. The 7.0 easily surpassed the weekend's previous high of 4.9 for USC/Alabama and LSU/Wisconsin the previous day. Outside of the Olympics, it ranks as the highest overnight for any sporting event since the NBA Finals in June — even surpassing the MLB All-Star Game (6.4). Notre Dame and Texas also met on the opening weekend of last season. That game, a 38-3 Notre Dame blowout that aired on a packed Saturday night, had a 2.6 overnight on NBC. Quarterbacks Texas Total DeShone Kizer 59 Malik Zaire 17 Notes: Zaire rotated with Kizer through the first series of the second half. Running Backs Texas Total Tarean Folston 40 Josh Adams 32 Dexter Williams 2 Tight Ends Texas Total Durham Smythe 65 Nic Weishar 13 Tyler Luatua 5 Jacob Matuska 1 Wide Receivers Texas Total Equanimeous St. Brown 60 Torii Hunter Jr. 50 C.J. Sanders 42 Kevin Stepherson 25 Corey Holmes 18 Miles Boykin 16 Chase Claypool 3 Notes: Hunter Jr. left in the third quarter with a concussion. Offensive Line Texas Total Alex Bars 76 Mike McGlinchey 76 Colin McGovern 76 Sam Mustipher 76 Quenton Nelson 76 Senior Sam linebacker James Onwualu played a team-high 87 snaps versus the Longhorns. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND Notre Dame played the same five linemen on all 76 offensive snaps. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA