Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 OCT. 23, 2017 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Finke set up the Irish at the North Carolina 46-yard line, McIntosh, on a play similar to Adams' score, found a hole through the left side for a 35- yard touchdown and a 26-7 lead with 6:41 left. Top Performer: Junior kicker Justin Yoon put all three kickoffs in the quar- ter into the end zone for touchbacks and converted a 29-yard field goal. Stats: Notre Dame ran 15 plays in the quarter for 81 yards, highlighted by McIntosh's score. North Caroli- na's 25 plays netted 66 yards. Items: On the third play of the half, sophomore defensive end Julian Ok- wara tipped a Surratt pass and then intercepted it, returning the ball to the Tar Heels 16. It resulted in a 29- yard field goal by Yoon for a 19-7 lead at the 11:15 mark. "I didn't really read screen," Okwara said of his play. "It's just something we work on every day in practice: the quarterback rolling out, get your mirror hand up, then being able to just pat the ball at the highest point, and that's just something that came into play." Sophomore Irish drop end Dae- lin Hayes recorded a sack. Tar Heels safety Myles Dorn recorded his sec- ond interception of a Book pass with 8:15 left. FOURTH QUARTER: NOTRE DAME 33, NORTH CAROLINA 10 Top Moment: McIntosh scored his second touchdown of the game be- hind the left side on a 24-yard jaunt with 9:05 left to extend Notre Dame's lead to 33-10. Top Performer: During the lone touchdown drive of the quarter, Mc- Intosh accounted for 61 yards rushing on the 75-yard march, carrying seven times. He later added a 17-yard run. Stats: Notre Dame finished with 487 yards of total offense on 88 plays, notably 341 rushing yards and 6.0 yards per carry. North Carolina ended with 265 yards of offense, 179 passing and only 86 rushing. Items: Senior Irish rover Drue Tran- quill stripped freshman Tar Heels tight end Beau Corrales from the football on a pass completion at the Notre Dame 38 near the seven-minute mark to record Notre Dame's third turnover. North Carolina's final score came on a 34-yard field goal by Free- man Jones with 14:11 remaining. ✦ Notre Dame's pass pressure on North Carolina quarterback Chazz Surratt, with Daelin Hayes doing the honors here, was a main theme. The Irish recorded 11 hurries, two sacks and broke up seven passes. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA NOTRE DAME 33, NORTH CAROLINA 10 Oct. 7, 2017 ✦ Attendance 57,000 Kenan Stadium ✦ Chapel Hill, N.C. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Notre Dame 0 16 10 7 33 North Carolina 0 7 0 3 10 ND NC SECOND QUARTER ND Smith 6-yard pass from Book (Yoon kick) 14:54 7 0 Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards, 4:57 ND Adams 73-yard run (Yoon kick) 12:38 14 0 Drive: 2 plays, 73 yards, 0:17 NC Ratliff 25-yard pass from Surratt (Jones kick) 1:50 14 7 Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards, 1:49 ND Safety — Brown tackled in end zone by J. Hayes 0:28 16 7 THIRD QUARTER ND Yoon 29-yard field goal 11:15 19 7 Drive: 7 plays, 5 yards, 2:47 ND McIntosh 35-yard run (Yoon kick) 6:41 26 7 Drive: 2 plays, 46 yards, 0:28 FOURTH QUARTER NC Jones 34-yard field goal 14:11 26 10 Drive: 16 plays, 56 yards, 4:31 ND McIntosh 24-yard run (Yoon kick) 9:05 33 10 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:06 ND NC Total First Downs 27 13 Rushing 16 6 Passing 9 6 Penalty 2 1 Rushing Attempts 57 28 Yards Gained Rushing 355 126 Yards Lost Rushing 14 40 Net Yards Rushing 341 86 Net Yards Passing 146 179 Passes Attempted 31 42 Passes Completed 17 19 Had Intercepted 2 1 Percent Completion 54.8% 45.2% Yards Per Attempt 4.7 4.3 Yards Per Completion 8.6 9.4 Total Offensive Plays 88 70 Total Net Yards 487 265 Average Gain Per Play 5.5 3.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-0 3-2 Penalties: No.-Yards 10-80 10-104 Punts: No.-Yards 6-300 9-436 Average Per Punt 50.0 48.4 Average Net Punt 39.2 41.3 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-44 4-45 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-63 2-36 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-5 2-2 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 1-16 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 36:32 23:28 Third-Down Conversions 5-16 6-18 Percentage 31.2% 33.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 3-4 0-1 Percentage 75.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-19 1-2