Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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WAKE FOREST GAME NOTES EARLY EXPLOSIONS FUEL OFFENSE est ran its fourth play of the game, Notre Dame had already built a dou- ble-digit lead. The Irish scored twice on their first 13 plays and rode that wave of early mo- mentum to a runaway victory. Notre Dame's offense By the time Wake For- has made a habit of fir- ing out of the blocks in the month of Novem- ber. Sophomore quar- terback Everett Golson scored on the opening drive against Boston College and drove his RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) Notre Dame 3 Wake Forest 0 Poss. TD FG Score 2 1 0 0 No 0 0 Time of Possession Sophomore quarterback Everett Golson passed for 317 yards in the first half alone and finished with a career-high 346 yards through the air in the 38-0 victory. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA team inside the 10-yard line on their first two possessions against Pittsburgh before settl ing for field goals on both. Senior tight end Tyler Eifert, who caught a two-yard Average Field Position ND-26 Wake Forest 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Time of Possession Average Field Position WF-23 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 7:00 3-3 0-0 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 8:00 2-3 0-0 ND-26 7:18 7:42 1-3 0-0 WF-21 0-4 0-0 ND-30 6:28 8:32 3-4 0-0 WF-17 1-4 0-0 ND-29 8:45 6:15 0-3 0-0 WF-29 1-4 0-1 fade pass in the back of the end zone for Notre Dame's second touch- down with 9:10 remain- ing in the first quarter, said scoring first was a huge factor in Notre Dame's ability to roll through Wake Forest. NOTRE DAME VS. WAKE FOREST QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON Notre Dame 1st Half 2nd Half Final 14:42 4-6 0-0 ND-26 1st Half 2nd Half Final 15:18 2-7 0-0 WF-22 WF-23 WF-22 2-8 0-1 30:31 4-15 0-1 ND-29 ND-28 15:13 14:47 3-7 0-0 29:29 7-13 0-0 BY DAN MURPHY AND WES MORGAN