Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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24 SEPT. 18, 2017 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Julian Okwara for hitting Fromm out of bounds. Top Performer: The two players who wear No. 7 for Georgia — run- ning back D'Andre Swift and outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter — made the crucial plays. Swift's 40-yard dash on a jet sweep set up the Bulldogs' go- ahead TD. On the next series from the Irish 35, Carter sacked Wimbush for a 12-yard sack, forced a fumble and then recovered it at the Georgia 47. Stats: Through three quarters, the Irish had only 202 yards of total of- fense (32 rushing), 51 coming in the third quarter. The Bulldogs had 256 (164 rushing), totaling 101 in the third. Items: On the opening drive of the half, Blankenship's 44-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right with 11:22 left. Yoon made it 3 of 3 on field goals by converting from 37 yards to ex- pand Notre Dame's lead to 16-10 at the 6:22 mark. FOURTH QUARTER: GEORGIA 20, NOTRE DAME 19 Top Moment: Trailing 20-19, Notre Dame had one final shot when it took possession at its 19-yard line with 1:57 left. Three plays later from the Irish 36, outside linebacker Da- vin Bellamy sacked Wimbush from the blind side, forcing a fumble that Carter recovered at the 25. The Bull- dogs then ran out the clock. Top Performer: The Georgia de- fense collectively gets the nod. The Irish had three possessions in the fi- nal 8:30, but couldn't close the deal. Stats: Georgia finished with 326 yards of offense (185 rushing and 141 passing). Items: Yoon hit his fourth consecu- tive field goal at 10:21 to regain the lead for Notre Dame, 19-17. Georgia took the lead for good on a 30-yard Blankenship field with 3:34 left to cap a nine-play, 63-yard drive, high- lighted by a leaping 31-yard catch by tightly covered Javon Wims After forcing three straight incom- plete passes by Wimbush while lead- ing 20-19, Georgia took possession at its 25 with 3:08 remaining, but the Irish held, used their final two time- outs and got the ball back at their 19 with 1:57 for the final chance. "Georgia was better than us up front," Kelly summarized. "They de- serve the credit. They made the plays when they needed to." Especially, once again, in the fourth quarter. ✦ One week after racking up 606 yards of total offense against Temple, junior wide receiver Chris Finke and the Irish were limited to 265 total yards by a speedy, athletic and aggressive Georgia defense. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA GEORGIA 20, NOTRE DAME 19 Sept. 9, 2017 ✦ Attendance: 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ Notre Dame, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot Georgia 3 7 7 3 20 Notre Dame 3 10 3 3 19 UGA ND FIRST QUARTER ND Yoon 39-yard field goal 12:48 0 3 Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 2:12 UGA R. Blankenship 27-yard field goal 6:36 3 3 Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:33 SECOND QUARTER ND Wimbush 1-yard run (Yoon kick) 12:24 3 10 Drive: 4 plays, 32 yards, 0:53 UGA Terry Godwin 5-yard pass from Jake Fromm (R. Blankenship Kick) 6:45 10 10 Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards, 5:39 ND Yoon 42-yard field goal 4:14 10 13 Drive: 6 plays, 40 yards, 2:31 THIRD QUARTER ND Yoon 37-yard field goal 6:22 10 16 Drive: 9 plays, 33 yards, 2:16 UGA Sony Michel 6-yard run (R. Blankenship kick) 4:34 17 16 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:48 FOURTH QUARTER ND Yoon 28-yard field goal 10:21 17 19 Drive: 13 plays, 73 yards, 4:43 UGA R. Blankenship 30-yard field goal 3:34 20 19 Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards, 3:13 UGA ND Total First Downs 16 18 Rushing 9 3 Passing 3 8 Penalty 4 7 Rushing Attempts 43 37 Yards Gained Rushing 207 89 Yards Lost Rushing 22 34 Net Yards Rushing 185 55 Net Yards Passing 141 210 Passes Attempted 29 40 Passes Completed 16 20 Had Intercepted 1 0 Percent Completion 55.2% 50.0% Yards Per Attempt 4.9 5.2 Yards Per Completion 8.8 10.5 Total Offensive Plays 72 77 Total Net Yards 326 265 Average Gain Per Play 4.5 3.4 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties: No.-Yards 12-127 8-63 Punts: No.-Yards 8-352 9-424 Average Per Punt 44.0 47.1 Average Net Punt 44.4 42.6 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 3-21 3--3 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-111 4-84 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 32:42 27:18 Third-Down Conversions 4-17 3-17 Percentage 23.5% 17.6% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 Percentage 0.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-24 2-8