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National Championship: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Tennessee Volunteers

January 26, 1902
71°
Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, TX) Attendance: 95,744 (96%)
Fighting Irish 3 10 7 0 - 20
Volunteers 0 0 0 3 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-12-UTn 19 (12:03) 4-Eugene Nguyen 36 yard field goal is GOOD. UTn 0 NDU 3
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-3-UTn 34 (13:12) 4-Eugene Nguyen 51 yard field goal is GOOD. UTn 0 NDU 6
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 1-10-NDU 41 (9:48) 12-Jerry Martinez pass complete to 80-John Smith for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Eugene Nguyen. UTn 0 NDU 13
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 3-1-UTn 1 (0:37) 12-Jerry Martinez pass complete to 81-Frank Rivers for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Eugene Nguyen. UTn 0 NDU 20
(Qtr 4) Volunteers: 4-14-NDU 17 (9:44) 14-Kenneth Sanchez 35 yard field goal is GOOD. UTn 3 NDU 20

Team Statistics

Volunteers Fighting Irish
First Downs 8 6
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 4 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 163 314
- Offensive Plays 66 61
- Yards Per Play 2.47 5.15
Net Rushing Yards 64 77
- Rushing Attempts 33 32
- Yards Per Rush 1.94 2.41
Net Passing Yards 99 237
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 19 / 0 29 / 15 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 99 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.00 8.17
- Yards Per Completion 5.21 15.80
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 2 4 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 19 4 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 4 / 47
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 20 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 31
Time of Possession 35:07 24:55

Drive Charts

Tennessee Volunteers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:54 0:55 OWN 17 3 2 Field Goal
1 11:59 2:13 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 8:24 3:21 OWN 9 6 30 Fumble
1 3:32 3:25 OWN 5 6 17 Punt
2 13:07 2:11 OWN 19 3 -9 Punt
2 10:41 0:53 OWN 12 3 -1 Punt
2 9:38 3:22 OWN 25 6 2 Punt
2 4:20 2:11 OWN 13 3 5 Punt
2 0:33 0:33 OWN 27 1 0 Half
3 15:00 1:59 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 12:05 2:14 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 9:38 2:07 OWN 43 3 9 Punt
3 5:30 1:28 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
3 0:35 1:26 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 13:25 3:44 OPP 41 8 24 Field Goal
4 7:39 0:55 OWN 30 3 7 Punt
4 2:36 0:53 OWN 16 5 10 Punt
4 1:37 0:49 OPP 40 3 3 Missed FG
4 0:28 0:28 OWN 12 2 18 Game

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:06 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 9:47 1:23 OWN 44 3 6 Punt
1 5:03 1:31 OWN 48 3 5 Punt
1 0:07 2:00 OWN 36 4 30 Field Goal
2 10:57 0:16 OWN 43 3 0 Punt
2 9:47 0:09 OWN 41 1 59 Touchdown
2 6:16 1:56 OWN 28 3 9 Punt
2 2:09 1:35 OWN 31 8 32 Interception
3 13:01 0:56 OWN 22 3 2 Punt
3 9:50 0:12 OWN 14 2 -5 Fumble
3 7:32 2:02 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
3 4:03 3:28 OWN 20 7 80 Touchdown
4 14:09 0:44 OWN 32 2 3 Interception
4 9:41 2:02 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 6:44 4:08 OWN 18 6 19 Punt
4 1:43 0:06 OWN 29 1 -5 Fumble
4 0:48 0:21 OWN 44 3 -2 Punt

Rushing Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Avila 24 37 1.54 11 1 0
Dennis Powers 5 21 4.20 16 2 0
Larry Klopp 3 6 2.00 5 0 0
Robert Ansell 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Thomas Offutt 25 65 2.60 15 2 0
Gary Hernandez 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Daniel Riley 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Peter Hansen 5 2 0.40 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gregg Ohanlon 33 19 99 0 / 0 0 10 0 62.56

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jerry Martinez 29 15 237 0 / 0 2 59 2 73.49

Receiving Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Johnson 4 28 7.00 10 0
Laurence Smith 5 26 5.20 9 0
James Avila 4 15 3.75 9 0
Dennis Powers 2 10 5.00 9 0
James Lee 1 7 7.00 7 0
Larry Klopp 2 7 3.50 4 0
Barton Cox 1 6 6.00 6 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Smith 2 67 33.50 59 1
Elliott Valasquez 2 61 30.50 57 0
Donald Jones 3 48 16.00 42 0
Daniel Riley 3 45 15.00 23 0
Frank Rivers 2 9 4.50 8 1
Peter Hansen 1 7 7.00 7 0
Thomas Offutt 2 0 0.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Anthony Deangelis 0 3 0 0
John Johnson 0 13 0 1
Marcus Vega 0 1 0 1
James Ferland 0 1 0 0
Christopher Thompson 0 1 0 0
Dennis Powers 3 2 0 0
Daniel Charles 0 1 0 0
Robert Lower 0 1 0 1
Hans Hall 0 1 0 0
John Ascencio 0 1 0 0
Bradley Spencer 0 3 0 0
Steven Yin 0 2 0 1
Matthew Ryan 0 2 0 0
Samuel Perkins 0 2 0 0
George Bullis 0 2 0 0
Laurence Smith 0 8 0 1
Richard Krause 0 5 0 0
James Avila 5 5 0 1
Stevie Davis 15 1 0 0
David Seal 7 1 0 0
Curtis Diaz 14 2 0 0
David Hammond 0 13 0 1
William Peyton 2 12 0 0
Larry Klopp 4 17 0 2
Bradley Brown 46 36 0 3
Brian Thompson 48 40 0 3
Carroll Tucker 48 48 0 1
Nick Townes 48 40 0 1
Derek Herren 48 50 0 6
James Lee 0 13 0 1
Barton Cox 4 29 0 4
Robert Ansell 0 1 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leonard Riggins 33 30 0 3
Gerald Piccirillo 0 2 0 0
Charles Flack 0 1 0 0
Gary Hernandez 0 2 0 0
Donald Hooks 0 1 0 0
Thomas Cloutier 0 1 0 0
Peter Hansen 1 2 0 0
Charles Lightfoot 0 1 0 0
Billy Story 0 2 0 0
Charles Frankel 2 2 0 1
Thomas Offutt 10 1 0 0
James Balmer 0 1 0 0
Charles Valentine 0 3 0 0
Yong Pierre 0 5 0 1
Jeffrey Thompson 0 4 0 0
Jerry Coles 28 34 0 3
Michael Cortez 2 2 0 0
Nick Ferguson 0 3 0 0
Jonathan Sterling 13 5 0 0
Larry Ward 14 5 0 1
Robert Archer 9 4 0 0
Elliott Valasquez 0 15 0 1
John Smith 0 12 0 1
Donald Jones 0 19 0 0
Frank Rivers 0 27 0 4
Trevor Parenteau 42 31 0 4
Daniel Riley 19 27 0 2
Larry Davies 41 36 0 1
James Moreno 43 38 0 2
William Rodriguez 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Hans Hall 1 1 1.00 0
Percy Miller 1 0 0.00 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Fumble Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Avila 3 1 0 0
Gregg Ohanlon 1 0 0 0
Matthew Ryan 0 0 1 0
Derek Herren 0 1 0 0
James Ferland 0 2 1 0
Marcus Vega 0 0 1 0
Robert Lower 0 0 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Smith 1 0 0 0
Donald Jones 1 0 0 0
Gary Hernandez 1 0 0 0
Thomas Offutt 1 0 0 0
Billy Story 0 1 0 0
Nick Ferguson 0 1 2 0
Willie Nelson 0 1 0 0
Jerry Coles 0 1 0 0

Punting

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Seth Washington 13 635 48.85 43.77 57 3

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Soriano 10 462 46.20 45.60 51 7

Kicking

Tennessee Volunteers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kenneth Sanchez 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 35 0 / 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Eugene Nguyen 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 2 / 2

Punt Return

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Avila 1 0 0.0 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Smith 4 47 11.8 24 0

Kick Return

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Ferland 1 20 20.0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Defensive Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Tackles Sacks
Steven Yin 8 0
John Ascencio 6 0
Christopher Thompson 5 0
Matthew Ryan 5 0
Hans Hall 4 0
Percy Miller 3 0
Marcus Vega 2 0
David Seal 2 0
Daniel Charles 2 0
Howard Metz 2 0
Anthony Deangelis 2 0
Curtis Diaz 1 0
John Johnson 1 0
James Avila 1 0
Bradley Spencer 1 0
Robert Lower 1 0
James Ferland 1 0
Everett Lawrence 1 0
George Bullis 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Tackles Sacks
Yong Pierre 10 0
Gerald Piccirillo 8 0
Charles Lightfoot 7 0
Jason Williams 7 0
Christopher Turner 5 0
Nick Ferguson 4 0
Glen Lawrence 4 0
Robert Archer 3 0
Frank Rivers 2 0
Richard Murphy 2 0
Anthony Ellis 1 0
James Sargent 1 0
Donald Jones 1 0
James Balmer 1 0
Michael Wainwright 1 0
Thomas Offutt 1 0