Regular Season Week 1: Cougars at Fighting Irish
September 03, 1939 69° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 63,553 (82%)
Cougars 7 0 0 0 - 7
Fighting Irish 0 0 0 3 - 3
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Cougars: 2-6-NDI 34 (12:48) 19-David McClung sacked at NDI 25 for -10 yards (29-William Moss) 19-David McClung FUMBLES (29-William Moss) recovered by HOU-94-Randy Carter for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Jose Quijada. NDI 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 4-3-HOU 16 (13:50) 1-Craig Williams 34 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 53-Joshua Ehlert was injured on the play. NDI 3 HOU 7
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Cougars
First Downs 14 5
- Rushing 8 2
- Passing 6 2
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 213 60
- Offensive Plays 69 40
- Yards Per Play 3.09 1.50
Net Rushing Yards 119 37
- Rushing Attempts 38 19
- Yards Per Rush 3.13 1.95
Net Passing Yards 94 23
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 24 / 0 18 / 9 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 121 50
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 27 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.03 1.10
- Yards Per Completion 5.04 5.56
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 18 2 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.5 10.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 15 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 23 3 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time of Possession 39:04 20:57
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:32 0:52 OWN 30 2 4 Punt
1 9:02 4:07 OWN 31 7 35 Missed FG
1 2:13 6:16 OWN 10 12 31 Punt
2 9:17 2:03 OWN 32 3 -3 Punt
2 6:29 4:05 OWN 46 6 17 Missed FG
2 1:13 1:13 OWN 25 2 3 Half
3 15:00 5:55 OWN 25 9 49 Missed FG
3 6:13 2:11 OWN 10 3 9 Punt
3 3:54 5:07 OPP 46 8 31 Field Goal
4 9:30 5:19 OWN 16 9 29 Punt
4 4:01 1:45 OPP 18 4 10 Downs
4 0:11 0:11 OWN 29 1 6 Game
Cougars
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:28 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 12:40 2:14 OPP 16 3 -9 Punt
1 10:26 1:25 OWN 29 3 -2 Punt
1 4:55 2:42 OWN 40 4 12 Punt
2 10:57 1:39 OWN 14 3 6 Punt
2 7:14 0:46 OWN 28 3 14 Interception
2 2:24 1:11 OWN 43 3 -6 Punt
3 9:05 2:51 OWN 33 5 6 Punt
3 4:02 0:09 OWN 37 2 0 Fumble
4 13:47 4:17 OWN 25 6 15 Punt
4 4:10 0:09 OWN 8 2 0 Interception
4 2:17 2:06 OWN 8 6 17 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Francis Fann 24 85 3.54 11 1 0
#39 Fred Morales 14 34 2.43 11 1 0
Cougars
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#45 John Martinez 4 20 5.00 11 2 0
#31 Nicholas Flores 12 14 1.17 5 0 0
#3 Charles Mishler 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
#21 Herbert Haas 2 0 0.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 David McClung 27 24 121 4 / 27 0 15 0 85.34
Cougars
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Charles Mishler 18 9 50 3 / 27 0 12 2 16.67
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 Gerald Knecht 7 62 8.86 15 0
#81 William Paulson 5 22 4.40 8 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 4 20 5.00 10 0
#83 Robert Roof 1 8 8.00 8 0
#39 Fred Morales 4 8 2.00 4 0
#26 Francis Fann 3 1 0.33 2 0
Cougars
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Benjamin Perez 4 18 4.50 8 0
#85 Dale Jackson 1 12 12.00 12 0
#31 Nicholas Flores 3 11 3.67 10 0
#86 Terry Logan 1 9 9.00 9 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 John Tedesco 39 48 1 3
#65 Lesley Love 40 42 1 3
#26 Francis Fann 16 14 1 1
#82 James Junkins 1 15 0 0
#25 George Viles 0 5 0 0
#69 Luis Buck 0 4 0 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 3 4 0 1
#74 Anthony Morris 40 46 0 4
#83 Robert Roof 9 15 0 1
#39 Fred Morales 17 26 0 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 3 37 0 2
#73 Cornelius Wooten 40 43 0 1
#62 Timothy Gardener 37 42 0 3
#76 Charles Wilson 3 4 0 0
#32 Harley Quinn 0 2 0 0
#52 Michael Aguirre 1 3 0 0
#91 Peter Reed 4 6 0 1
#30 Michael Jones 0 2 0 0
#15 Christopher Pena 0 9 0 1
#81 William Paulson 0 26 0 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 0 28 0 1
#61 Richard Lyles 12 5 0 1
#57 Craig Matos 9 2 0 0
#13 Allen Helfrich 0 2 0 0
#84 Michael Miller 0 1 0 0
#45 Chester Jordan 0 2 0 1
#65 Paul Augustine 1 0 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 3 0 1
#96 Nigel Brewer 0 1 0 0
#99 Christopher Royce 0 1 0 0
Cougars
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#76 John Palmer 31 24 2 4
#88 James Dyer 1 9 0 1
#55 John Sands 28 19 0 1
#86 Terry Logan 1 20 0 2
#69 Richard Cohee 31 17 0 1
#67 David Quintana 31 24 0 1
#57 Jimmy Bain 28 22 0 1
#45 John Martinez 1 7 0 1
#21 Herbert Haas 5 12 0 0
#92 Stephen Maddix 8 1 0 0
#71 Timothy Garner 9 0 0 0
#56 Roger McBride 9 0 0 0
#68 Garrett Dube 0 1 0 0
#51 Dan Galaz 0 2 0 0
#95 Michael Jamison 1 1 0 0
#29 William Moss 0 1 0 0
#79 Domingo Allen 0 1 0 0
#77 Carlton Wright 1 0 0 0
#45 James Issa 0 3 0 0
#87 Benjamin Perez 0 3 0 0
#85 Dale Jackson 0 6 0 0
#31 Nicholas Flores 8 3 0 0
#96 Louie Schultz 0 2 0 0
#57 Bruce Haber 0 1 0 0
#22 David Julius 0 2 0 0
#44 Manuel Faulkner 0 1 0 0
#94 Randy Carter 0 1 0 0
#81 Gary Stuart 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#25 George Viles 1 0 0.00 0
#94 Michael Oh 1 0 0.00 0
Cougars
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#19 David McClung 2 1 0 0
#39 Fred Morales 1 0 0 0
#70 John Tedesco 0 1 0 0
#32 Harley Quinn 0 1 0 0
#25 George Viles 0 0 1 0
Cougars
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#45 John Martinez 1 0 0 0
#94 Randy Carter 0 1 0 1
#29 William Moss 0 0 1 0
#95 Michael Jamison 0 0 1 0
#53 Joshua Ehlert 0 0 1 0
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Joseph Sanchez 5 231 46.20 45.00 52 2
Cougars
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#19 Carl Zeigler 8 369 46.13 43.50 52 3
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 34 0 / 0
Cougars
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#10 Jose Quijada 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Francis Fann 5 23 4.6 8 0
Cougars
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#31 Nicholas Flores 2 7 3.5 6 0
#87 Benjamin Perez 1 1 1.0 1 0
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 25 25.0 0
Cougars
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 Michael Oh 8 1
#52 Steve McGinnis 6 0
#91 Peter Reed 5 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 4 2
#30 Michael Jones 4 0
#69 Luis Buck 1 0
#32 Harley Quinn 1 0
#26 Francis Fann 1 0
#97 Joseph Edwards 1 0
#76 Charles Wilson 1 0
#45 Chester Jordan 1 0
Cougars
Name Tackles Sacks
#92 Stephen Maddix 7 0
#44 Manuel Faulkner 7 0
#95 Michael Jamison 7 2
#94 Randy Carter 7 0
#29 William Moss 6 1
#29 Robert Manley 6 0
#68 Garrett Dube 5 0
#36 Oscar Fahey 5 0
#51 Dan Galaz 5 0
#45 James Issa 5 0
#91 Blake Watson 2 0
#53 Joshua Ehlert 2 0
#79 Domingo Allen 2 0
#55 David Walls 1 1
#87 Benjamin Perez 1 0
#21 Herbert Haas 1 0
#96 Louie Schultz 1 0
#86 Terry Logan 1 0
#79 Matthew McKee 1 0
#57 Jimmy Bain 1 0