Pre-Season Week 1: Rebels at Fighting Irish
August 19, 1939 69° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 45,478 (59%)
Rebels 0 0 0 3 - 3
Fighting Irish 14 6 3 3 - 26
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 1-10-OMS 17 (7:13) 19-David McClung pass complete to 15-Christopher Pena for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Craig Williams. NDI 7 OMS 0
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 2-6-NDI 28 (3:32) 26-Francis Fann ran for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Craig Williams. NDI 14 OMS 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-6-OMS 13 (8:35) 1-Craig Williams 31 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 17 OMS 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 3-1-OMS 25 (0:04) 1-Craig Williams 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 20 OMS 0
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 4-4-OMS 11 (7:37) 1-Craig Williams 29 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 23 OMS 0
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 4-12-OMS 29 (10:11) 1-Craig Williams 47 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 66-Tony Posner was injured on the play. NDI 26 OMS 0
(Qtr 4) Rebels: 4-6-NDI 21 (8:50) 13-Joe Svendsen 39 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 26 OMS 3
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Rebels
First Downs 22 9
- Rushing 16 1
- Passing 4 6
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 403 166
- Offensive Plays 72 42
- Yards Per Play 5.60 3.95
Net Rushing Yards 280 38
- Rushing Attempts 54 6
- Yards Per Rush 5.19 6.33
Net Passing Yards 123 128
- Att/Comp/Int 18 / 16 / 0 34 / 17 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 123 148
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.83 3.56
- Yards Per Completion 7.69 8.71
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 0 / 8
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 10.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 47 3 / 22
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 52 1 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 45
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 17 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 24
Time of Possession 43:54 16:05
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:34 5:28 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
1 4:15 0:55 OWN 24 2 76 Touchdown
1 1:42 1:48 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
2 13:18 4:46 OPP 49 8 37 Field Goal
2 7:02 4:54 OWN 31 7 38 Missed FG
2 1:10 1:09 OWN 35 5 40 Field Goal
3 15:00 7:26 OWN 25 11 64 Field Goal
3 7:14 3:33 OWN 43 5 12 Punt
3 2:55 1:20 50 3 4 Punt
4 14:47 4:40 50 7 21 Field Goal
4 8:47 2:11 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 5:44 5:44 OWN 47 9 23 Game
Rebels
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:26 OWN 25 4 15 Punt
1 7:06 2:51 OWN 15 5 18 Punt
1 3:20 1:38 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
2 14:54 1:35 OWN 28 4 23 Fumble
2 8:32 1:30 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 2:09 0:59 OWN 37 3 -11 Punt
3 7:34 0:20 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 3:41 0:46 OWN 28 3 13 Interception
3 1:35 1:48 OWN 6 6 50 Interception
4 10:07 1:20 OWN 20 4 60 Field Goal
4 6:36 0:52 OWN 26 3 9 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Francis Fann 25 164 6.56 72 4 1
#39 Fred Morales 29 116 4.00 12 6 0
Rebels
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#35 Anthony Taylor 3 29 9.67 22 1 0
#25 Jeffrey Alexander 3 9 3.00 11 1 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 David McClung 18 16 123 0 / 0 1 20 0 113.66
Rebels
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#13 Raymond Theobald 16 6 76 0 / 0 0 56 2 13.54
#16 Larry Himes 18 11 72 2 / 20 0 12 0 69.68
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Christopher Pena 3 43 14.33 17 1
#88 Gerald Knecht 3 22 7.33 9 0
#81 William Paulson 1 20 20.00 20 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 2 13 6.50 9 0
#83 Robert Roof 3 12 4.00 6 0
#13 Allen Helfrich 1 8 8.00 8 0
#26 Francis Fann 2 5 2.50 4 0
#39 Fred Morales 1 0 0.00 0 0
Rebels
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#47 Scott Barr 1 56 56.00 56 0
#81 George Obrien 3 31 10.33 12 0
#25 Jeffrey Alexander 2 21 10.50 11 0
#19 Rick Hinkle 3 12 4.00 7 0
#35 Anthony Taylor 2 7 3.50 6 0
#30 Trey Truax 2 6 3.00 7 0
#12 Daniel Rodriguez 1 5 5.00 5 0
#89 Jaime Tomlinson 1 5 5.00 5 0
#34 William Mancini 1 4 4.00 4 0
#41 Kyle Moore 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#74 Anthony Morris 26 52 0 4
#65 Lesley Love 18 26 0 0
#39 Fred Morales 13 25 0 0
#81 William Paulson 0 28 0 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 0 24 0 1
#73 Cornelius Wooten 14 21 0 1
#62 Timothy Gardener 18 23 0 1
#70 John Tedesco 18 22 0 1
#82 James Junkins 4 30 0 2
#83 Robert Roof 9 22 0 1
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 0 16 0 2
#15 Christopher Pena 0 20 0 0
#26 Francis Fann 2 10 0 1
#13 Allen Helfrich 0 14 0 0
#61 Richard Lyles 19 35 0 1
#91 Peter Reed 5 4 0 1
#57 Craig Matos 11 8 0 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 5 1 0 0
#65 Paul Augustine 12 28 0 1
#25 George Viles 0 2 0 0
#52 Michael Aguirre 0 4 0 0
#76 Charles Wilson 1 2 0 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 0 3 0 0
#53 Raymond Devlin 0 2 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 3 0 0
#69 Luis Buck 0 1 0 0
#45 Chester Jordan 1 2 0 0
#30 Michael Jones 2 2 0 0
#79 Paul Stewart 9 26 0 5
#67 Francis Kircher 3 24 0 1
#59 Calvin Thompson 10 31 0 3
#84 Michael Miller 0 6 0 0
#66 Tony Posner 3 6 0 0
#57 David Gilfillan 0 2 0 0
#32 Harley Quinn 0 2 0 0
#97 Joseph Edwards 0 1 0 0
#99 Christopher Royce 0 2 0 1
#63 Wm Sorenson 0 1 0 0
#80 Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
Rebels
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 William Mullins 25 6 1 1
#77 Shane Shirley 43 12 1 1
#89 Jaime Tomlinson 0 7 0 1
#25 Jeffrey Alexander 1 1 0 0
#58 Corey Smith 24 8 0 0
#55 Alfred White 21 10 0 0
#30 Trey Truax 8 3 0 0
#12 Daniel Rodriguez 0 3 0 0
#77 Byron Collins 35 15 0 1
#47 Scott Barr 8 3 0 0
#63 Tony Bender 31 7 0 1
#34 William Mancini 7 2 0 0
#66 Thomas Vaughn 5 4 0 0
#22 Gabriel Christensen 0 2 0 0
#51 Eddie Mercado 1 3 0 0
#76 Bruce Touchstone 0 2 0 0
#24 Ernest Snyder 0 2 0 0
#50 Victor Jenkins 3 2 0 1
#36 Scott Harris 0 1 0 0
#28 Federico Lee 1 3 0 0
#69 Darrell Quinn 0 1 0 0
#91 William Durr 0 1 0 0
#35 Anthony Taylor 5 2 0 0
#19 Rick Hinkle 0 7 0 0
#81 George Obrien 0 6 0 0
#65 Clinton Owens 4 3 0 0
#86 Carlton Reynolds 2 5 0 0
#83 James Fleming 4 8 0 0
#81 Ryan Strickland 6 3 0 0
#41 Kyle Moore 13 9 0 0
#98 Daniel Stewart 0 1 0 0
#93 Carlton Roberts 0 1 0 1
#64 Randy Sevilla 1 1 0 0
#62 Michael Govea 1 2 0 0
#88 Jerry Wallace 0 1 0 0
#11 Henry Froehlich 2 1 0 0
#14 Hugo Bennett 3 0 0 0
#43 Mark Holland 1 0 0 0
#58 Joseph Horne 1 0 0 0
#85 Norman Hills 1 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#25 George Viles 2 17 8.50 0
Rebels
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#32 Harley Quinn 0 1 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 0 1 0
Rebels
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#30 Trey Truax 1 0 0 0
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Joseph Sanchez 4 170 42.50 38.50 53 1
Rebels
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 William Thompson 7 349 49.86 39.57 65 1
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 4 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 0 47 2 / 2
Rebels
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Joe Svendsen 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 0 / 0
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 William Paulson 3 47 15.7 33 0
#26 Francis Fann 2 5 2.5 4 0
Rebels
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#89 Jaime Tomlinson 1 17 17.0 17 0
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Rebels
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#89 Jaime Tomlinson 1 25 25.0 0
#25 Jeffrey Alexander 1 20 20.0 0
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#25 George Viles 4 0
#45 Chester Jordan 3 0
#91 Peter Reed 3 0
#32 Harley Quinn 2 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 2 0
#57 Craig Matos 2 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 2 1
#30 Michael Jones 2 0
#76 Charles Wilson 1 1
#99 Christopher Royce 1 0
#65 Paul Augustine 1 0
#63 Wm Sorenson 1 0
#53 Raymond Devlin 1 0
#52 Michael Aguirre 1 0
#94 Michael Oh 1 0
Rebels
Name Tackles Sacks
#93 Carlton Roberts 8 0
#28 Federico Lee 8 0
#22 Gabriel Christensen 6 0
#76 Bruce Touchstone 5 0
#65 Clinton Owens 5 0
#20 Benjamin Brooks 5 0
#43 Mark Holland 5 0
#50 Victor Jenkins 4 0
#98 Daniel Stewart 4 0
#36 Scott Harris 3 0
#51 Eddie Mercado 3 0
#91 William Durr 3 0
#69 Darrell Quinn 3 0
#64 Randy Sevilla 3 0
#58 Joseph Horne 2 0
#66 Thomas Vaughn 1 0
#67 Jordan Coleman 1 0
#16 Larry Himes 1 0
#62 Michael Govea 1 0
#81 Ryan Strickland 1 0
#59 Raymond Gray 1 0
#83 James Fleming 1 0
#19 Rick Hinkle 1 0
#73 Billy Salem 1 0