Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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32 JANUARY 2018 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED GAME PREVIEW: LSU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS PASSING Notre Dame Comp. Att. Yards TD INT Brandon Wimbush 133 267 1,818 16 6 Ian Book 32 56 292 2 3 LSU Comp. Att. Yards TD INT Danny Etling 146 242 2,234 14 2 Myles Brennan 14 24 182 1 2 RUSHING Notre Dame Att. Yards Avg. TD LG Josh Adams 191 1,386 7.3 9 84 Brandon Wimbush 137 765 5.6 14 65 Deon McIntosh 65 368 5.7 5 45 Dexter Williams 37 324 8.8 4 66 Tony Jones Jr. 43 232 5.4 3 32 LSU Att. Yards Avg. TD LG Derrius Guice 216 1,153 5.3 11 59 Darrel Williams 136 776 5.7 9 77 Russell Gage 27 217 8.0 1 70 Danny Etling 62 107 1.7 2 19 Nick Brossette 19 96 5.1 0 15 RECEIVING Notre Dame Rec. Yards Avg. TD LG Equanimeous St. Brown 31 468 15.1 4 75 Chase Claypool 29 402 13.9 2 44 Kevin Stepherson 19 359 18.9 5 83 Alizé Mack 19 166 8.7 1 32 Durham Smythe 13 234 18.0 1 33 LSU Rec. Yards Avg. TD LG DJ Chalk 35 811 23.2 3 68 Darrel Williams 22 327 14.9 0 63 Foster Moreau 20 214 10.7 3 60 Russell Gage 19 270 14.2 3 34 Derrius Guice 15 100 6.7 0 18 TACKLES Notre Dame Solo Assists Total TFL-Yards Sacks-Yards Te'von Coney 50 49 99 13.0-34 3.0-19 Nyles Morgan 34 49 83 6.5-12 1.0-2 Drue Tranquill 40 34 74 8.5-28 1.5-13 Greer Martini 38 32 70 3.0-3 0.0-0 Julian Love 42 20 62 1.0-2 0.0-0 LSU Solo Assists Total TFL-Yards Sacks-Yards Devin White 33 94 127 12.5-41 3.5-17 Christian LaCouture 9 54 63 8.5-36 6.0-32 John Battle 36 23 59 2.5-12 0.5-3 Grant Delpit 32 20 52 3.5-5 0.0-0 Donnie Alexander 16 35 51 1.0-9 1.0-9 INTERCEPTIONS Notre Dame No. Yds. Avg. TD Julian Love 3 153 51.0 2 LSU No. Yds. Avg. TD Andraez Williams 5 28 5.6 0 SACKS Notre Dame No. Yds. Jerry Tillery 4.0 15 LSU No. Yds. Greg Gilmore 6.5 19 KICKING Notre Dame PAT FG LG Justin Yoon 54-54 12-16 46 LSU PAT FG LG Connor Culp 20-23 11-15 47 Jack Gonsoulin 18-18 4-9 46 PUNTING Notre Dame No. Avg. I20 LG Tyler Newsome 59 43.5 18 59 LSU No. Avg. I20 LG Zach Von Rosenberg 33 43.3 10 60 Josh Growden 21 36.1 11 53 ✦ TEAM STATISTICS Offense Notre Dame LSU Points Per Game 35.3 28.1 First Downs 256 239 Rushing Yards 3,349 2,529 Rushing Yards Per Game 279.1 210.8 Rushing Attempts 526 521 Average Yards Per Rush 6.4 4.9 Passing Yards 2,110 2,416 Passing Yards Per Game 175.8 201.3 Passing Attempts 324 267 Average Yards Per Catch 12.8 15.1 Total Yards 5,459 4,945 Average Yards Per Game 454.9 412.1 Average Kickoff Return 20.3 20.2 Average Punt Return 6.5 11.7 Third-Down Conversions 78-179 62-154 Third-Down Conversion Percentage 43.6% 40.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 10-17 4-9 Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage 58.8% 44.4% Defense Notre Dame LSU Points Allowed Per Game 21.8 18.8 First Downs Allowed 239 194 Rushing Yards Allowed 1,838 1,517 Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game 153.2 126.4 Opponent Rushing Attempts 464 399 Average Yards Per Rushing Attempt 4.0 3.8 Passing Yards Allowed 2,562 2,223 Passing Yards Allowed Per Game 213.5 185.2 Opponent Passing Attempts 412 350 Average Yards Per Catch Allowed 11.0 12.0 Total Yards Allowed 4,400 3,740 Average Yards Per Game Allowed 366.7 311.7 Average Kickoff Return Allowed 23.4 20.5 Average Punt Return Allowed 9.3 6.9 Third-Down Conversions 63-188 57-165 Third-Down Conversion Percentage 33.5% 34.5% Fourth-Down Conversions 11-23 8-20 Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage 47.8% 40.0% Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Avg. Notre Dame 111 133 104 76 — 424 35.3 LSU 61 86 111 79 — 337 28.1 Turnover Margin Gained Lost +/- Notre Dame 20 15 +5 LSU 16 8 +8