Regular Season Week 1: Blue Devils at Fighting Irish
September 04, 1938 69° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 64,719 (83%)
Blue Devils 3 3 8 3 - 17
Fighting Irish 9 0 0 0 - 9
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Blue Devils: 4-7-NDI 40 (10:51) 12-Marlin Lancaster 57 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 74-Juan Meade was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NDI 0 DUK 3
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-1-DUK 19 (5:13) 1-Craig Williams 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 3 DUK 3
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 2-18-DUK 1 (1:11) 4-Stephen Nichols pass INTERCEPTED by 93-Joseph Raymond at DUK 5. 93-Joseph Raymond to DUK 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Blue Devils: 4-4-NDI 39 (14:26) 12-Marlin Lancaster 56 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 9 DUK 6
(Qtr 3) Blue Devils: 4-6-NDI 40 (9:52) 12-Marlin Lancaster 57 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 9 DUK 9
(Qtr 3) Blue Devils: 4-17-NDI 17 (1:11) 12-Marlin Lancaster 34 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 9 DUK 12
(Qtr 3) Blue Devils: 1-25-NDI 10 (1:05) 6-Beau Wilson sacked at NDI 0 for -10 yards (74-Juan Meade). Sack allowed by 61-Richard Lyles. SAFETY! (74-Juan Meade) NDI 9 DUK 14
(Qtr 4) Blue Devils: 4-9-NDI 11 (8:11) 12-Marlin Lancaster 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 9 DUK 17
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Blue Devils
First Downs 12 13
- Rushing 6 9
- Passing 5 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 192 272
- Offensive Plays 55 59
- Yards Per Play 3.49 4.61
Net Rushing Yards 88 144
- Rushing Attempts 22 36
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 4.00
Net Passing Yards 104 128
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 21 / 0 22 / 12 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 125 136
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 21 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.15 5.57
- Yards Per Completion 5.95 11.33
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 20 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 2 / 47
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 5 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 21
Time of Possession 29:02 30:56
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:46 5:37 OWN 25 9 56 Field Goal
1 4:03 2:07 OWN 45 5 12 Punt
1 1:07 1:46 OPP 25 4 -36 Field Goal
2 14:21 3:32 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
2 9:27 4:00 OWN 41 7 26 Missed FG
2 3:57 2:58 OWN 20 8 38 Punt
3 15:00 1:36 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 9:48 1:36 OWN 30 3 5 Punt
3 1:08 0:07 OWN 25 1 -27 Safety
4 8:08 2:16 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 3:50 1:54 OWN 41 7 22 Downs
4 1:33 1:33 OWN 10 4 15 Game
Blue Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:14 OWN 25 7 35 Field Goal
1 5:10 1:06 OWN 17 3 1 Punt
1 1:56 0:49 OWN 9 2 -8 Interception
2 10:49 1:21 OWN 9 3 8 Punt
2 5:27 1:30 OWN 40 3 8 Punt
2 0:59 0:59 OWN 20 2 8 Half
3 13:24 3:36 OWN 36 6 25 Field Goal
3 8:12 7:04 OWN 5 10 78 Field Goal
3 1:01 7:53 OWN 32 14 56 Field Goal
4 5:52 2:02 OWN 1 3 10 Punt
4 1:55 0:22 OWN 39 3 8 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Fred Morales 9 48 5.33 10 2 0
#26 Francis Fann 13 40 3.08 10 1 0
Blue Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 22 87 3.95 12 4 0
#43 Eric Olson 12 46 3.83 13 2 0
#4 Stephen Nichols 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
#39 Travis Haney 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Beau Wilson 31 21 125 2 / 21 0 14 0 75.34
Blue Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Stephen Nichols 22 12 136 1 / 8 0 37 1 54.36
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 William Paulson 5 33 6.60 10 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 3 29 9.67 14 0
#26 Francis Fann 4 21 5.25 9 0
#15 Christopher Pena 3 15 5.00 8 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 2 15 7.50 8 0
#83 Robert Roof 2 8 4.00 5 0
#39 Fred Morales 2 4 2.00 2 0
Blue Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 6 77 12.83 31 0
#17 Floyd Mullet 3 49 16.33 37 0
#10 Edward Garcia 3 10 3.33 5 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#61 Richard Lyles 42 26 2 3
#79 James Wood 28 25 0 1
#70 John Tedesco 42 22 0 1
#74 Anthony Morris 34 31 0 0
#65 Lesley Love 42 25 0 0
#39 Fred Morales 16 14 0 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 2 23 0 2
#26 Francis Fann 15 4 0 2
#73 Cornelius Wooten 22 12 0 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 0 16 0 0
#15 Christopher Pena 0 8 0 0
#13 Allen Helfrich 0 2 0 0
#81 William Paulson 0 13 0 0
#83 Robert Roof 1 14 0 1
#93 Joseph Raymond 8 3 0 0
#57 Craig Matos 3 0 0 0
#62 Timothy Gardener 12 8 0 0
#32 Harley Quinn 0 3 0 1
#59 Alton McGinnis 0 2 0 1
#40 Peter Williams 0 4 0 0
#25 George Viles 5 5 0 0
#69 Luis Buck 0 2 0 0
#26 Wayne Small 0 2 0 0
#45 Chester Jordan 0 1 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 1 0 0
#52 Michael Aguirre 0 1 0 0
#97 Joseph Edwards 0 1 0 0
#91 Peter Reed 0 2 0 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 0 1 0 0
Blue Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 Sean Hartwell 25 41 1 3
#55 Harvey Burkett 9 3 0 0
#51 Raymond Young 34 35 0 0
#74 Scott Gillison 17 5 0 0
#50 Wayne Schubert 34 41 0 0
#37 William Boyce 7 26 0 3
#65 Ryan Phillips 34 37 0 1
#54 Peter Tews 26 29 0 3
#17 Floyd Mullet 0 12 0 1
#10 Edward Garcia 0 14 0 1
#80 Gregory Robles 0 10 0 1
#89 Brian Bruno 0 14 0 0
#27 Gary Brownlee 1 12 0 1
#82 Norman Hogan 2 27 0 2
#34 Andrew Walker 6 3 0 0
#63 Milton Klein 6 1 0 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 10 4 0 0
#74 Juan Meade 5 2 0 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 0 2 0 0
#93 Zachery True 0 2 0 0
#72 Christopher Conant 0 2 0 1
#88 Joseph Barnes 1 3 0 0
#92 William Charland 5 1 0 0
#43 Eric Olson 0 3 0 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 0 1 0 0
#36 Jason Cauley 0 1 0 0
#45 Larry Wieczorek 0 1 0 0
#39 Travis Haney 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#93 Joseph Raymond 1 5 5.00 1
Blue Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Blue Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#4 Stephen Nichols 1 0 0 0
#70 Sean Hartwell 0 1 0 0
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Ryan Salvador 6 291 48.50 45.00 65 4
Blue Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Jonathan Sharpe 5 246 49.20 40.60 56 1
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 37 0 / 1
Blue Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Marlin Lancaster 5 / 5 3 / 3 3 / 3 57 0 / 0
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Francis Fann 2 20 10.0 11 0
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 30 30.0 0
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 2 47 23.5 0
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 Peter Reed 16 0
#25 George Viles 7 0
#45 Chester Jordan 5 0
#32 Harley Quinn 5 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 4 0
#52 Michael Aguirre 4 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 2 0
#53 Raymond Devlin 2 0
#26 Wayne Small 2 0
#69 Luis Buck 1 1
#97 Joseph Edwards 1 0
#40 Peter Williams 1 0
#95 Issac Wilson 1 0
Blue Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#36 Jason Cauley 10 0
#92 William Charland 8 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 8 0
#45 Larry Wieczorek 7 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 3 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 2 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 2 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 2 1
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 2 0
#98 Leon Morris 2 0
#74 Juan Meade 2 1