Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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24 SEPT. 11, 2017 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED The lone score in the quarter came on a seven-yard run by sophomore running back Tony Jones Jr. — his first career TD — with 1:22 left. Ear- lier in the drive, a lost fumble call on Jones was overruled. FOURTH QUARTER: NOTRE DAME 49, TEMPLE 16 Top Moment: With the score 35-16, Temple faced fourth-and-one at mid- field. Junior running back Ryquell Armstead was met behind the line of scrimmage, with senior linebacker Greer Martini forcing a fumble that classmate and rover Drue Tranquill returned to the Temple 34. That set up a one-yard scoring run by Adams with 5:44 left to build the advantage back up to 42-16. Feature Performer: Junior Dexter Williams became the third Notre Dame running back to score, this on a one-yard run with 2:29 left — that he set up with a 66-yard burst — to make it 49-16. Stats: The Irish averaged 8.2 yards per play while racking up 606 yards of total offense. Temple finished with 330 yards of total offense — 85 rush- ing and 245 passing. The turnover battle was even at 1-1. Items: Temple's final score came with 12:05 left on a 10-yard screen from Marchi to redshirt junior wide- out Brodrick Young. ✦ Senior linebacker Greer Martini made six tack- les, including a fourth-down stop in the fourth quarter on which he forced a fumble the Irish recovered. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA NOTRE DAME 49, TEMPLE 16 Sept. 2, 2017 ✦ Attendance 77,622 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ Notre Dame, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Temple 3 7 0 6 16 Notre Dame 21 7 7 14 49 TEM ND FIRST QUARTER ND Adams 37-yard run (Yoon kick) 14:27 0 7 Drive: 2 plays, 70 yards, 0:33 ND Wimbush 8-yard run (Yoon kick) 05:50 0 14 Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 2:44 TEM Jones 36-yard field goal 2:23 3 14 Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 3:27 ND Weishar 12-yard pass from Wimbush (Yoon kick) 1:13 3 21 Drive: 3 plays, 72 yards, 1:10 SECOND QUARTER ND St. Brown 5-yard pass from Wimbush (Yoon kick) 11:09 3 28 Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards, 3:40 TEM Kirkwood 12-yard pass from Marchi (Jones kick) 6:09 10 28 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:00 THIRD QUARTER ND Jones 7-yard run (Yoon kick) 1:22 10 35 Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:03 FOURTH QUARTER TEM Yancy 11-yard pass from Marchi (Marchi pass fail) 12:05 16 35 Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 4:17 ND Adams 1-yard run (Yoon kick) 5:44 16 42 Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards, 2:27 ND Williams 1-yard run (Yoon kick) 2:29 16 49 Drive: 3 plays, 69 yards, 0:53 TEM ND Total First Downs 18 26 Rushing 4 16 Passing 13 7 Penalty 1 3 Rushing Attempts 37 44 Yards Gained Rushing 124 434 Yards Lost Rushing 39 12 Net Yards Rushing 85 422 Net Yards Passing 245 184 Passes Attempted 35 30 Passes Completed 19 17 Had Intercepted 0 1 Percent Completion 54.3% 56.7% Yards Per Attempt 7.0 6.1 Yards Per Completion 12.9 10.8 Total Offensive Plays 72 74 Total Net Yards 330 606 Average Gain Per Play 4.6 8.2 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-42 4-20 Punts: No.-Yards 6-226 2-104 Average Per Punt 37.7 52.0 Average Net Punt 37.7 51.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-2 1-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-142 2-48 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-43 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-15 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 33:49 26:11 Third-Down Conversions 5-17 6-13 Percentage 29.4% 46.2% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-2 1-2 Percentage 0.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-7 3-20