Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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22 DECEMBER 2017 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Stats: Notre Dame had 325 yards of total offense after three quarters (202 passing and 123 rushing), while Stanford had 258 (145 passing and 113 rushing). Items: After the Irish touchdown on the first play of the second half, Stanford responded with a 64-yard drive on nine plays that concluded with a 24-yard field goal by Jet Toner with 10:23 left. The Cardinal had a first-and-goal at the 6-yard line, but a lost-yardage play and two incomplete passes on fades forced the field goal and 17-17 tie. At the 1:23 mark, Yoon kicked a 38-yard field goal to put Notre Dame ahead 20-17. The Irish began the drive at the Stanford 19 after a season-long 41- yard punt return by junior Chris Finke, but back-to-back Irish penalties on the first two plays helped stall the drive. Finke's return was set up following a punt by senior Tyler Newsome was downed at the 1-yard line. FOURTH QUARTER: STANFORD 38, NOTRE DAME 20 Top Moment: After the Irish fell behind 24-20 at the 13:46 mark, on the first play following the kickoff Wim- bush tossed an interception to outside linebacker Curtis Robinson, giving Stanford possession at the Irish 29. Three plays later, Costello connected with tight end Dalton Schultz on a 12- yard touchdown with 12:21 left. That gave them two touchdowns in a span of 1:25 and a 31-20 cushion. Junior C.J. Sanders then fumbled the ensuing kickoff to give Stanford pos- session at the Irish 18 yard-line, and a three-yard scoring run by running back Cameron Scarlett provided the Cardinal three touchdowns in 3:36. Top Performer: Costello completed his third and fourth touchdown passes to his third and fourth differ- ent receivers while demonstrating poise in the pocket. Stats: Notre Dame finished with more total yards than Stanford (415-328), but the three turnovers were the difference. Two of them set up short fields for 29- and 18-yard Cardinal touchdown drives. Items: With the Cardinal trailing 20-17 and facing third-and-eight from the Irish 19, Costello side- stepped a rush by Irish sophomore end Julian Okwara and delivered a scoring toss to a leaping Smith in the end zone. Stanford had been 0 of 7 on third down prior to that play. ✦ Stanford's star running back Bryce Love rushed for 94 of his 125 yards during the second half. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA STANFORD 38, NOTRE DAME 20 Nov. 25, 2017 ✦ Attendance: 47,352 Stanford Stadium ✦ Stanford, Calif. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Notre Dame 7 3 10 0 20 Stanford 7 7 3 21 38 ND STAN FIRST QUARTER ND Stepherson 83-yard pass from Wimbush (Yoon kick) 3:40 7 0 Drive: 3 plays, 86 yards, 0:39 STAN Irwin 29-yard pass from Costello (Toner kick) 0:43 7 7 Drive: 5 plays, 72 yards, 2:49 SECOND QUARTER STAN A.-Whiteside 4-yard pass from Costello (Toner kick) 11:29 7 14 Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards, 2:40 ND Yoon 38-yard field goal 2:36 10 14 Drive: 15 plays, 69 yards, 4:34 THIRD QUARTER ND St. Brown 75-yard pass from Wimbush (Yoon kick) 14:48 17 14 Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:12 STAN Toner 24-yard field goal 10:23 17 17 Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:19 ND Yoon 38-yard field goal 1:23 20 17 Drive: 4 plays, -2 yards, 2:43 FOURTH QUARTER STAN Smith 19-yard pass from Costello (Toner kick) 13:46 20 24 Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards, 2:31 STAN Schultz 12-yard pass from Costello (Toner kick) 12:21 20 31 Drive: 3 plays, 29 yards, 1:22 STAN Scarlett 3-yard run (Toner kick) 10:10 20 38 Drive: 4 plays, 18 yards, 2:06 ND STAN Total First Downs 17 18 Rushing 9 7 Passing 8 8 Penalty 0 3 Rushing Attempts 44 38 Yards Gained Rushing 178 169 Yards Lost Rushing 24 17 Net Yards Rushing 154 152 Net Yards Passing 261 176 Passes Attempted 29 22 Passes Completed 12 14 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 41.4% 63.6% Yards Per Attempt 9.0 8.0 Yards Per Completion 21.8 12.6 Total Offensive Plays 73 60 Total Net Yards 415 328 Average Gain Per Play 5.7 5.5 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 8-81 3-30 Punts: No.-Yards 5-226 7-353 Average Per Punt 45.2 50.4 Average Net Punt 37.6 38.9 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-61 4-38 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-30 4-104 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-6 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 28:36 31:24 Third-Down Conversions 8-19 2-11 Percentage 42.1% 18.2% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-5 6-20