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December 20, 1936 29° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 65,430 (84%)
Orange 0 0 10 0 - 10
Fighting Irish 0 10 0 10 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 1-3-Syr 3 (15:00) 6-Beau Wilson pass complete to 15-Christopher Pena for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Craig Williams. NDI 7 Syr 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-4-Syr 4 (3:22) 1-Craig Williams 22 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 10 Syr 0
(Qtr 3) Orange: (15:00) 1-Craig Williams kicks 69 yards from NDI 35 to Syr -4. 23-Denver Degroot for 105yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Christopher Hockenberry. NDI 10 Syr 7
(Qtr 3) Orange: 4-1-NDI 13 (5:18) 13-Christopher Hockenberry 31 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 10 Syr 10
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 4-5-Syr 12 (11:33) 1-Craig Williams 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 13 Syr 10
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 3-1-Syr 13 (2:43) 26-Francis Fann ran for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Craig Williams. Syr 58-James Wilson was injured on the play. NDI 20 Syr 10
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Orange
First Downs 19 12
- Rushing 15 4
- Passing 4 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 359 198
- Offensive Plays 65 47
- Yards Per Play 5.52 4.21
Net Rushing Yards 229 60
- Rushing Attempts 38 20
- Yards Per Rush 6.03 3.00
Net Passing Yards 130 138
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 22 / 0 26 / 16 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 137 148
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.81 5.11
- Yards Per Completion 6.23 9.25
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 13 3 / 9
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 136
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 3 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 29
Time of Possession 29:31 30:14
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:21 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
1 10:00 2:52 OWN 29 5 26 Punt
1 3:50 2:04 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 1:10 1:14 OPP 14 4 14 Touchdown
2 8:18 4:58 OWN 42 7 54 Field Goal
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 21 7 34 Half
3 5:15 2:10 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 0:18 3:48 OWN 46 6 42 Field Goal
4 8:39 6:01 OWN 7 10 93 Touchdown
4 2:10 2:10 OWN 49 7 29 Game
Orange
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:39 2:39 OWN 10 5 12 Punt
1 7:08 3:18 OWN 11 7 53 Interception
1 1:46 0:36 OWN 18 2 -1 Interception
2 14:57 6:39 OWN 25 12 40 Missed FG
2 3:19 1:26 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 14:44 5:23 OPP 25 8 -34 Missed FG
3 9:21 4:06 OWN 48 6 39 Field Goal
3 3:05 2:47 OWN 26 5 10 Interception
4 11:31 2:51 OWN 30 5 20 Punt
4 2:39 0:29 OWN 25 2 17 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Francis Fann 25 156 6.24 15 9 1
#35 Willie Fox 10 66 6.60 22 4 0
#45 Oscar Holbert 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
#6 Beau Wilson 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Orange
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Denver Degroot 14 48 3.43 13 1 0
#43 Joseph Nunez 6 12 2.00 7 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Beau Wilson 26 22 137 1 / 7 1 19 0 101.44
Orange
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Tyler Woods 26 16 148 1 / 10 0 17 4 37.50
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 Gerald Knecht 5 48 9.60 19 0
#17 Ronald Lane 6 40 6.67 10 0
#26 Francis Fann 4 21 5.25 14 0
#15 Christopher Pena 3 12 4.00 8 1
#87 Ronnie Watson 2 8 4.00 4 0
#39 Fred Morales 1 8 8.00 8 0
#35 Willie Fox 1 0 0.00 0 0
Orange
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Andy Jacob 4 41 10.25 16 0
#23 Denver Degroot 3 27 9.00 17 0
#82 Thomas Rearick 3 27 9.00 16 0
#43 Joseph Nunez 2 20 10.00 12 0
#10 Nelson Callihan 1 14 14.00 14 0
#42 Jared Spurgeon 2 10 5.00 5 0
#86 Kelly Acevedo 1 9 9.00 9 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Richard West 36 38 0 2
#88 Josue Torres 0 21 0 2
#71 Alonzo Rogers 36 43 0 3
#45 Oscar Holbert 0 17 0 0
#70 John Tedesco 36 42 0 0
#74 Anthony Morris 35 40 0 1
#39 Fred Morales 19 33 0 2
#61 Richard Lyles 35 39 0 1
#88 Gerald Knecht 1 35 0 2
#87 Ronnie Watson 0 26 0 0
#26 Francis Fann 10 1 0 0
#79 James Wood 9 1 0 0
#65 Lesley Love 9 0 0 0
#15 Christopher Pena 0 8 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 1 0 0
#17 Ronald Lane 0 20 0 1
#97 Leonard Briley 0 3 0 1
#91 Erick Roach 0 1 0 0
#72 David Gualtieri 0 2 0 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 0 1 0 0
#93 Joseph Raymond 4 1 0 0
#58 Jimmy Watson 5 0 0 0
#97 Christopher Devries 1 0 0 0
#35 Willie Fox 5 0 0 0
#36 Jason Henry 0 1 0 0
#95 Issac Wilson 0 1 0 0
#41 Roger Matheny 0 1 0 0
#57 Michael Aguirre 0 1 0 0
Orange
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Gregory Wood 30 23 1 1
#42 Jared Spurgeon 15 11 0 1
#52 Larry Cowan 29 24 0 0
#68 Albert Acevedo 32 24 0 2
#65 Frankie Persaud 33 23 0 0
#69 Richard Scott 27 27 0 0
#89 Norman Allsup 1 9 0 0
#84 Andy Jacob 6 25 0 1
#10 Nelson Callihan 0 8 0 0
#61 Dale Hollander 6 0 0 0
#47 Benjamin Bradley 3 2 0 0
#55 Lucas Garcia 10 5 0 0
#82 Thomas Rearick 0 4 0 0
#43 Joseph Nunez 1 2 0 0
#23 Denver Degroot 3 3 0 0
#86 Kelly Acevedo 0 7 0 2
#34 David Wright 0 3 0 1
#50 Reggie White 3 0 0 0
#92 Travis Johnson 0 2 0 1
#95 Nicholas Phillips 0 2 0 0
#21 Gregory Humphreys 0 2 0 0
#37 Robert Trotman 0 2 0 0
#33 Jeff Polson 0 2 0 0
#28 John Patterson 0 2 0 0
#46 Richard Haskell 0 2 0 0
#41 Jamie Weber 0 3 0 0
#73 Mathew Malone 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#25 George Viles 2 3 1.50 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 1 0 0.00 0
#46 Robert Lee 1 0 0.00 0
Orange
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Orange
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Ryan Salvador 4 170 42.50 42.50 48 3
Orange
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Robert Vega 3 140 46.67 46.33 49 1
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 30 2 / 2
Orange
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Christopher Hockenberry 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 31 1 / 1
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 1 1.0 1 0
Orange
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Orange
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#23 Denver Degroot 2 136 68.0 1
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#36 Jason Henry 9 0
#46 Robert Lee 8 0
#25 George Viles 5 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 4 0
#91 Erick Roach 3 0
#94 Michael Oh 3 0
#97 Leonard Briley 1 0
#93 Joseph Raymond 1 0
#50 Warren Sides 1 1
#72 David Gualtieri 1 0
#40 Peter Williams 1 0
#98 Jim Gatton 1 0
Orange
Name Tackles Sacks
#41 Jamie Weber 13 1
#47 Benjamin Bradley 6 0
#74 David Sykes 6 0
#96 Stephen Rapoza 5 0
#46 Richard Haskell 4 0
#73 Frank Gilleland 4 0
#58 James Wilson 4 0
#28 John Patterson 4 0
#37 Robert Trotman 4 0
#95 Nicholas Phillips 2 0
#10 Nelson Callihan 2 0
#92 Travis Johnson 2 0
#82 Thomas Rearick 2 0
#73 Mathew Malone 2 0
#21 Gregory Humphreys 2 0