Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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24 OCT. 2, 2017 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED scored them 7-3 to extend their lead. Items: The opening drive of the second half saw Michigan State settle for a 40-yard field goal at the 11:13 mark to reduce its deficit to 28-10. FOURTH QUARTER: NOTRE DAME 38, MICHIGAN STATE 18 Top Moment: With 9:52 left, Notre Dame made a goal-line stand to stop a Michigan State drive that went 81 yards and used 8:33 off the clock. The Spartans had a first-and-goal at the 4-yard line and netted minus-two yards the next four plays. Top Performer: In these 15 minutes alone, MSU quarterback Lewerke completed 14 of 21 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown while play- ing against a prevent defense with the game well in hand for Notre Dame. Stats: The Irish had only 58 yards of total offense in the quarter while basically running the clock and at- tempting only one pass. Items: Junior kicker Justin Yoon fin- ished Notre Dame's scoring with a 45-yard field goal and 4:51 remaining to end a 66-yard march (aided by a personal foul penalty on the Spartans) and extend the lead to 38-10. Michi- gan State followed with a 71-yard TD drive and two-point conversion, with running back Gerald Holmes taking a 25-yard screen from Lewerke for the score at 3:09. Crawford recovered the ensuing on-side kick. ✦ Sophomore safety Devin Studstill (14) and senior linebacker Nyles Morgan (5) forced Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke into a hurried incomplete pass on this flea-flicker attempt. The Spartans passed for 345 yards, but much of it came when the Irish had already built a huge lead. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA NOTRE DAME 38, MICHIGAN STATE 18 Sept. 23, 2017 ✦ Attendance 74,023 Spartan Stadium ✦ East Lansing, Mich. QT 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot Notre Dame 14 14 7 3 38 Michigan State 7 0 3 8 18 ND MSU FIRST QUARTER ND Wimbush 16-yard run (Yoon kick) 13:05 7 0 Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards, 1:55 ND Love 59-yard interception return (Yoon kick) 10:33 14 0 MSU Stewart 4-yard pass from Lewerke (Coghlin kick) 6:33 14 7 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 4:00 SECOND QUARTER ND Williams 8-yard pass from Wimbush (Yoon kick) 9:32 21 7 Drive: 6 plays, 24 yards, 2:23 ND Williams 14-yard run (Yoon kick) 4:47 28 7 Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:34 THIRD QUARTER MSU Coghlin 40-yard field goal 11:13 28 10 Drive: 9 plays, 53 yards, 3:38 ND McIntosh 9-yard run (Yoon kick) 7:46 35 10 Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 3:19 FOURTH QUARTER ND Yoon 46-yard field goal 4:51 38 10 Drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 5:01 MSU Holmes 25-yard pass from Lewerke (White pass good) 3:09 38 18 Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards, 1:35 ND MSU Total First Downs 21 26 Rushing 7 6 Passing 10 17 Penalty 4 3 Rushing Attempts 40 32 Yards Gained Rushing 200 167 Yards Lost Rushing 18 16 Net Yards Rushing 182 151 Net Yards Passing 173 345 Passes Attempted 20 53 Passes Completed 14 32 Had Intercepted 0 1 Percent Completion 70.0% 60.4% Yards Per Attempt 8.7 6.5 Yards Per Completion 12.4 10.8 Total Offensive Plays 60 85 Total Net Yards 355 496 Average Gain Per Play 5.9 5.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-65 9-97 Punts: No.-Yards 4-153 3-147 Average Per Punt 38.2 49.0 Average Net Punt 33.2 35.7 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-83 4-106 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-59 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 25:57 34:03 Third-Down Conversions 8-14 11-19 Percentage 57.1% 57.9% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 1-2 Percentage 0.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-12 1-5