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Regular Season Week 1: Wolfpack at Fighting Irish
September 05, 1937 71° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 64,838 (84%)
Wolfpack 3 7 0 0 - 10
Fighting Irish 0 3 6 0 - 9
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Wolfpack: 4-3-NDI 7 (4:08) 4-Joe Schramm 25 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 45-Chester Jordan was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NDI 0 NCS 3
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-13-NCS 30 (13:45) 1-Craig Williams 48 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 3 NCS 3
(Qtr 2) Wolfpack: 1-1-NDI 1 (6:13) 36-Jonathan Frederick ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Joe Schramm. NDI 3 NCS 10
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 4-4-NCS 20 (8:33) 1-Craig Williams 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 6 NCS 10
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 4-2-NCS 27 (4:09) 1-Craig Williams 45 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 9 NCS 10
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Wolfpack
First Downs 9 13
- Rushing 5 6
- Passing 3 5
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 180 231
- Offensive Plays 52 65
- Yards Per Play 3.46 3.55
Net Rushing Yards 91 138
- Rushing Attempts 21 37
- Yards Per Rush 4.33 3.73
Net Passing Yards 89 93
- Att/Comp/Int 29 / 15 / 0 27 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 108 101
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.87 3.32
- Yards Per Completion 7.20 5.94
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 13 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 3 / 21
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 10 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 84
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 32
Time of Possession 25:01 34:59
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:23 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
1 9:00 0:17 OWN 15 3 -5 Punt
1 4:06 5:25 OWN 25 10 45 Field Goal
2 6:11 2:03 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 2:32 1:20 OWN 35 3 6 Punt
3 13:23 4:54 OWN 23 10 57 Field Goal
3 6:47 2:42 OWN 49 4 24 Field Goal
3 0:38 0:44 OWN 10 3 2 Punt
4 12:11 3:13 OWN 12 5 16 Punt
4 3:44 1:27 OWN 11 3 0 Punt
4 1:39 0:33 OWN 3 4 6 Downs
Wolfpack
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:37 3:36 OWN 20 6 19 Punt
1 8:44 4:38 OWN 43 11 49 Field Goal
2 13:41 7:30 OWN 17 12 83 Touchdown
2 4:07 1:36 OWN 19 3 5 Punt
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 21 2 5 Half
3 15:00 1:37 OWN 35 3 6 Punt
3 8:29 1:42 OWN 15 3 -8 Punt
3 4:05 3:27 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
4 14:53 2:43 OWN 36 5 18 Punt
4 8:57 5:14 OWN 26 8 23 Punt
4 2:17 0:38 OWN 42 3 8 Punt
4 1:06 1:06 OPP 9 3 2 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Francis Fann 15 67 4.47 16 4 0
#35 Willie Fox 5 25 5.00 17 1 0
#45 Oscar Holbert 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Wolfpack
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Nicholas Dunham 17 78 4.59 16 3 0
#20 Steven Dunn 15 46 3.07 13 1 0
#36 Jonathan Frederick 3 14 4.67 10 1 1
#18 Dean Varga 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Beau Wilson 29 15 108 2 / 19 0 22 0 60.70
Wolfpack
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Dean Varga 27 17 101 1 / 8 0 19 0 70.14
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Ronald Lane 5 28 5.60 9 0
#15 Christopher Pena 1 22 22.00 22 0
#39 Fred Morales 2 18 9.00 10 0
#35 Willie Fox 2 11 5.50 9 0
#26 Francis Fann 2 10 5.00 7 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 2 10 5.00 6 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 1 9 9.00 9 0
Wolfpack
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Fred Ritzman 4 24 6.00 13 0
#82 Frank Pope 2 20 10.00 13 0
#36 Jonathan Frederick 1 19 19.00 19 0
#20 Steven Dunn 2 12 6.00 12 0
#84 Earl Gross 3 10 3.33 6 0
#21 Max Chalk 1 8 8.00 8 0
#43 Nicholas Dunham 3 6 2.00 2 0
#80 Patrick Jimmerson 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Richard West 40 27 1 1
#61 Richard Lyles 40 28 1 1
#71 Alonzo Rogers 34 23 0 1
#70 John Tedesco 40 22 0 2
#26 Francis Fann 8 0 0 0
#74 Anthony Morris 34 26 0 1
#39 Fred Morales 21 18 0 1
#86 Josue Torres 10 10 0 0
#45 Oscar Holbert 4 8 0 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 8 20 0 0
#79 James Wood 10 2 0 0
#65 Lesley Love 10 2 0 0
#25 George Viles 1 0 0 0
#17 Ronald Lane 0 9 0 2
#15 Christopher Pena 0 4 0 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 0 8 0 0
#35 Willie Fox 1 2 0 0
#93 Joseph Raymond 0 1 0 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 0 1 0 1
#56 Erick Roach 0 1 0 0
#72 David Gualtieri 0 1 0 0
#98 Jim Gatton 0 1 0 0
#24 Clint Andrus 0 1 0 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 0 1 0 0
#76 Charles Wilson 2 0 0 0
#81 William Paulson 0 1 0 0
#80 Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
Wolfpack
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#75 Billy Emond 38 37 1 3
#53 Gary Harrison 38 45 0 1
#72 David Lewis 38 38 0 0
#60 James Varney 37 43 0 1
#43 Nicholas Dunham 6 1 0 0
#76 Raymond Larson 38 38 0 2
#82 Frank Pope 0 13 0 1
#17 Fred Ritzman 0 10 0 0
#20 Steven Dunn 5 12 0 0
#84 Earl Gross 0 12 0 0
#21 Max Chalk 12 27 0 5
#80 Patrick Jimmerson 2 25 0 2
#83 Lance Dann 6 14 0 0
#96 James Florian 5 3 0 0
#72 Stephen Huckabee 10 0 0 0
#16 Arnold Buntin 0 2 0 1
#50 Manuel Smith 4 3 0 0
#73 Donald Thatcher 2 0 0 0
#41 Julio Fann 0 3 0 0
#56 Michael Jackson 0 3 0 0
#47 Dwight Thompson 0 4 0 0
#57 Eric Luevano 0 2 0 0
#66 Irvin Johnson 0 3 0 0
#88 Dino Olson 0 4 0 0
#26 Andrew Bacon 0 3 0 1
#79 Michael Carrol 0 1 0 0
#91 Jamie Wilson 0 2 0 1
#68 Jonathan McCallum 0 1 0 0
#97 Dominick Bullard 0 1 0 0
#36 Jonathan Frederick 1 3 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Wolfpack
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Wolfpack
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Ryan Salvador 7 345 49.29 45.43 66 1
Wolfpack
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#13 Mark Elliott 8 340 42.50 41.25 51 5
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 0 / 0
Wolfpack
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Joe Schramm 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 25 1 / 1
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 10 10.0 10 0
Wolfpack
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Nicholas Dunham 1 3 3.0 3 0
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Wolfpack
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#36 Jonathan Frederick 1 45 45.0 0
#43 Nicholas Dunham 2 39 19.5 0
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#40 Peter Williams 9 0
#24 Clint Andrus 9 0
#98 Jim Gatton 8 0
#56 Erick Roach 6 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 4 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 4 1
#25 George Viles 4 0
#72 David Gualtieri 4 0
#26 Wayne Small 3 0
#45 Chester Jordan 3 0
#57 Michael Aguirre 1 0
#76 Charles Wilson 1 0
Wolfpack
Name Tackles Sacks
#47 Dwight Thompson 7 0
#50 Manuel Smith 6 0
#41 Julio Fann 5 0
#42 Wade Smith 4 0
#91 Jamie Wilson 2 1
#64 Henry Castillo 2 1
#96 James Florian 2 0
#26 Andrew Bacon 2 0
#66 Irvin Johnson 2 0
#39 David Simmons 2 0
#56 Michael Jackson 1 0
#90 Adam Loiselle 1 0
#79 Michael Carrol 1 0
#57 Eric Luevano 1 0
#43 William Russel 1 0