Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com MAY 2018 27 "That's not etched in stone, but that is the way they have been trend- ing," Kelly said of the competition at quarterback. "I don't think there was anything today that changed that, but we know Ian Book can win for us. So it's 1A and 1B." Senior running back Dexter Wil- liams paced the ground attack with 117 yards on 11 carries, featuring a second-half 72-yard burst, while ju- nior Chase Claypool led the receiv- ing corps with six catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Miles Boykin had 132 yards on three catches, and classmate Chris Finke was second in receptions with five and compiled 81 receiving yards. The defense registered 11 tackles for loss (eight sacks) and generated two turnovers to record some of its points. There were no kickoffs (most new possessions started at the offense's 25-yard line), no punt returns were allowed, and no contact was permit- ted on Wimbush and Book. Here is the breakdown of the series and how the points were scored: FIRST QUARTER No. 1 Offense Vs. No. 1 Defense From Offense's 25-Yard Line After Wimbush connected with senior tight end Alizé Mack for 15 yards on the first play and junior running back Tony Jones Jr. rushed for six yards on the second, the de- fense recorded a two-yard loss on Jones by senior rover Asmar Bilal for one point. Next, a third-and-seven pass to Boykin was broken up by junior cor- nerback Julian Love, earning two points for a stop (forcing a punt). Score: Defense 3, Offense 0 No. 2 Offense Vs. No. 2 Defense From O9 Following fifth-year senior punter Tyler Newsome's 48-yard punt, Book was "touch sacked" by junior defen- sive end Ade Ogundeji for one point. A center snap infraction and two incomplete passes gave the defense three more points for a three-and-out series. Score: Defense 7, Offense 0 1 Offense Vs. 1 Defense From O41 Despite a 55-yard punt by New- some, the offense still had decent field position. Following a 14-yard pass from Wimbush to sophomore wideout Michael Young, the defense scored three more points on the next play when a completion to Young re- sulted in a ball strip by junior safety Alohi Gilman, who also recovered the fumble at his 13-yard line. Score: Defense 10, Offense 0 2 Offense Vs. 2 Defense From O13 The offense earned its first points when Book went deep on the second play to Claypool, who was covered well by senior cornerback Shaun Crawford. However, a seven-inch height advantage helped Claypool win the jump ball. Crawford then attempted to strip the football, but Claypool held on to the ball and shook off the tackle at- tempt to race the remaining 30 yards for an 85-yard score. Senior Justin Yoon's extra point was held by Book. Score: Defense 10, Offense 7 1 Offense Vs. 1 Defense From O25 On the first play, Wimbush re- sponded with a deep 45-yard pass to Boykin over Love. The defense totaled two points the next two plays on a sack by fifth-year senior line- backer Drue Tranquill and then a screen to Jones that lost a yard, with sophomore rover Jeremiah Owusu- Koramoah making the stop. A 14-yard completion to Finke helped march the Irish to as far as the 11-yard line before the drive stalled and Yoon kicked a 28-yard field goal. Score: Defense 12, Offense 10 2 Offense vs. 2 Defense From O25 The seven-play drive was high- lighted by a 19-yard pass from Book to multi-dimensional sophomore Av- ery Davis, but a play later Book was sacked by junior end Julian Okwara and sophomore tackle Myron Tago- vailoa-Amosa to give the defense a point. Another sack (this time by senior tackle Jerry Tillery, who worked with the No. 2s on this series) plus forcing INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Williams 11 117 0 117 10.6 1 72 Armstrong 6 50 0 50 8.3 1 25 Davis 11 36 6 30 2.7 0 11 Smith 5 29 0 29 5.8 0 16 Assaf 4 23 0 23 5.8 0 12 T. Jones 8 22 2 20 2.5 0 11 Wimbush 4 13 6 7 1.8 0 7 Book 9 13 35 -22 -2.4 0 8 Total 58 303 49 254 4.4 2 72 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Wimbush 33 19 57.6 1 341 2 64 Book 30 17 56.7 0 292 1 85 Davis 2 2 100.0 0 26 0 14 Total 65 38 58.5 1 659 3 85 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Claypool 6 151 2 85 Finke 5 81 0 26 Young 4 82 0 28 McKinley 4 44 0 14 Mack 4 37 0 15 Boykin 3 132 1 64 Davis 2 24 0 19 Kmet 2 24 0 17 Smith 2 22 0 19 Wright 2 21 0 14 Shinaver 2 19 0 12 Armstrong 1 21 0 21 T. Jones 1 1 0 1 Total 38 659 3 85 Punt Ret No. Yards TD Long None Kick Ret No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Riney 2 43.0 46 0 1 0 0 1 Newsome 4 40.5 55 0 0 3 1 2 Total 6 41.3 55 0 1 3 1 3 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Yoon 3 5 46 0 Doerer 1 1 20 0 Total 4 6 46 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Tranquill 7 2 9 1-6 1-6 1 0 0 Bauer 4 3 7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Fertitta 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gilman 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 Ogundeji 4 2 6 2-8 2-8 0 0 0 Hayes 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pride 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Vaughn 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Bilal 4 0 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 Genmark Heath 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Griffith 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ja. Jones 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Okwara 2 1 3 1.5-11 1.5-11 0 0 0 Spruell 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Studstill 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Watkins 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 Coleman 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Elliott 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Jo. Jones 2 0 2 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 Morgan 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Robertson 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tagovailoa-Amosa 1 1 2 1.5-5 1.5-5 0 0 0 Tillery 2 0 2 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 Ball 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Coney 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ewell 1 0 1 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 Feist 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lamb 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lezynski 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mahoney 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Oghoufo 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Owusu-Koramoah 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wardlow 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Love 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. Elliott 1 21 0 21 Total 1 21 0 21