Regular Season Week 1: Orange at Fighting Irish
September 02, 1928 63° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 53,997 (70%)
Orange 0 10 0 7 - 17
Fighting Irish 3 10 3 3 - 19
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-2-Syr 20 (7:59) 13-John Davis 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 3 Syr 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-2-Syr 4 (10:07) 13-John Davis 22 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 6 Syr 0
(Qtr 2) Orange: (10:05) 13-John Davis kicks 65 yards from NDI 35 to Syr 0. 27-Michael Molina for 100yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marlin Lancaster. NDI 6 Syr 7
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: (9:48) 12-Marlin Lancaster kicks 74 yards from Syr 35 to NDI -9. 38-Oliver Gonzales for 110yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-John Davis. Syr 28-Manuel Wooster was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NDI 13 Syr 7
(Qtr 2) Orange: 4-4-NDI 20 (2:00) 12-Marlin Lancaster 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 72-David Gualtieri was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NDI 13 Syr 10
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 4-7-Syr 19 (4:25) 13-John Davis 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 16 Syr 10
(Qtr 4) Orange: 2-12-NDI 12 (11:11) 14-Johnson Woodruff pass complete to 16-Armando Creighton for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marlin Lancaster. NDI 16 Syr 17
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 4-9-Syr 9 (5:08) 13-John Davis 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 19 Syr 17
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Orange
First Downs 16 10
- Rushing 10 4
- Passing 6 5
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 313 183
- Offensive Plays 63 42
- Yards Per Play 4.97 4.36
Net Rushing Yards 197 71
- Rushing Attempts 44 20
- Yards Per Rush 4.48 3.55
Net Passing Yards 116 112
- Att/Comp/Int 16 / 11 / 1 21 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 143 116
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 27 1 / 4
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.11 5.09
- Yards Per Completion 13.00 7.25
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 16 3 / 9
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 6 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 36 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 186 4 / 191
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 3 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 30
Time of Possession 43:32 15:54
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:04 OWN 16 10 64 Field Goal
1 4:30 1:31 OWN 10 3 5 Fumble
1 2:05 7:01 OWN 20 12 76 Field Goal
2 9:30 7:33 OPP 24 12 -56 Field Goal
2 1:57 1:57 OWN 17 3 6 Half
3 13:56 1:39 OWN 45 3 1 Punt
3 10:16 5:54 OWN 47 9 34 Field Goal
3 2:49 1:26 OWN 36 3 27 Interception
4 11:07 6:02 OWN 26 10 65 Field Goal
4 3:25 3:25 OWN 37 9 32 Game
Orange
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:56 3:26 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
1 3:00 0:55 OPP 26 4 19 Fumble
3 15:00 1:04 OWN 30 3 -3 Punt
3 12:17 2:01 OWN 7 3 6 Punt
3 4:22 1:33 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 1:23 5:15 OWN 30 9 70 Touchdown
4 5:06 1:40 OWN 22 3 3 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#31 Michael Dowell 21 120 5.71 14 7 0
#38 Oliver Gonzales 13 61 4.69 14 4 0
#18 Marion Bailey 4 14 3.50 14 1 0
#21 Jeffrey Schiro 6 2 0.33 7 0 0
Orange
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Clyde Honeycutt 12 38 3.17 10 1 0
#27 Michael Molina 6 34 5.67 13 2 0
#71 Kevin Wingo 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#30 Timothy Joshua 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Marion Bailey 16 11 143 3 / 27 0 23 1 70.57
Orange
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#14 Johnson Woodruff 21 16 116 1 / 4 1 25 0 104.46
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Samuel Conner 4 60 15.00 22 0
#80 Floyd Gunn 2 24 12.00 20 0
#49 Thomas Lee 1 23 23.00 23 0
#12 Tom Lowe 1 20 20.00 20 0
#38 Oliver Gonzales 1 11 11.00 11 0
#31 Michael Dowell 1 5 5.00 5 0
#21 Jeffrey Schiro 1 0 0.00 0 0
Orange
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Jerry Hughes 4 59 14.75 25 0
#16 Armando Creighton 2 24 12.00 12 1
#27 Michael Molina 2 10 5.00 7 0
#71 Kevin Wingo 3 7 2.33 5 0
#37 Clyde Honeycutt 1 7 7.00 7 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 1 3 3.00 3 0
#80 Norman Fifer 1 3 3.00 3 0
#85 John Frizzell 1 2 2.00 2 0
#30 Timothy Joshua 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Frederick Allen 23 38 2 2
#77 Eric Sheets 25 44 1 2
#50 Johnnie Campbell 0 5 0 0
#94 Kevin Corona 6 7 0 0
#94 Dennis Roberson 5 4 0 0
#95 Marc Pace 0 6 0 1
#43 Brian Fonseca 0 6 0 1
#31 Michael Dowell 5 7 0 0
#20 Enrique Daly 0 7 0 0
#43 Ronald Allen 1 4 0 0
#42 Ricardo Aybar 0 4 0 0
#76 Everett Cole 25 39 0 1
#64 Calvin Dickinson 18 36 0 2
#62 Francisco Gonzalez 22 45 0 3
#80 Floyd Gunn 0 14 0 0
#21 Jeffrey Schiro 7 30 0 2
#83 Andres Rodriguez 1 34 0 0
#18 Jason Hobby 0 1 0 0
#14 Samuel Conner 0 14 0 2
#49 Thomas Lee 1 10 0 0
#63 Gary Carter 7 6 0 1
#12 Tom Lowe 0 12 0 0
#56 Joshua Jenkins 8 4 0 2
#69 Robert Kimbrel 7 2 0 0
#97 Herschel Stevens 0 1 0 0
#90 Aaron Nguyen 0 5 0 0
#90 Robert Harden 0 1 0 0
#85 David Almeida 0 12 0 1
#26 Joseph James 0 1 0 0
#94 Henry Shivers 0 2 0 0
#72 David Gualtieri 0 2 0 0
#38 Oliver Gonzales 0 1 0 0
Orange
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Robert Teston 30 21 1 2
#59 Robert Ritter 29 23 0 1
#27 Michael Molina 2 2 0 1
#78 Jeff Snow 30 27 0 2
#67 Isaac Moore 21 21 0 3
#37 Clyde Honeycutt 4 2 0 0
#71 Kevin Wingo 23 15 0 1
#66 Dale Hollander 22 19 0 0
#81 William Hays 0 9 0 0
#85 Jerry Hughes 11 24 0 1
#30 Timothy Joshua 0 6 0 0
#90 Carroll Chauvin 1 4 0 0
#76 Brian Maynard 8 0 0 0
#31 Michael Houle 0 2 0 0
#94 Kevin Russo 0 4 0 0
#49 Jose Sneed 0 1 0 0
#93 Travis Johnson 0 4 0 0
#40 Dean Berggren 0 5 0 0
#98 Jim Gatton 0 5 0 2
#16 Armando Creighton 0 10 0 0
#85 John Frizzell 0 4 0 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 0 11 0 1
#7 Michael Vargas 0 4 0 0
#23 Gary Edwards 0 4 0 0
#28 Manuel Wooster 0 3 0 0
#94 Jerry Gusman 0 4 0 0
#47 Floyd Oconnor 0 4 0 0
#53 Joel Ross 4 1 0 0
#70 Darren Alexander 6 0 0 0
#80 Norman Fifer 0 1 0 0
#57 Jonathan Edler 3 1 0 0
#60 Michael Goldstein 0 1 0 0
#99 Clarence Macgregor 0 1 0 1
#51 James McDonald 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Orange
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#47 Floyd Oconnor 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#31 Michael Dowell 1 0 0 0
#26 Joseph James 0 1 0 0
#20 Enrique Daly 0 0 1 0
Orange
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#37 Clyde Honeycutt 1 0 0 0
#62 Floyd Ng 0 1 0 0
#7 Michael Vargas 0 0 1 0
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Aaron Hamilton 1 47 47.00 47.00 47 1
Orange
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Roger Brammer 5 219 43.80 37.00 47 1
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 John Davis 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 1 / 1
Orange
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Marlin Lancaster 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 2 / 2
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#38 Oliver Gonzales 3 36 12.0 19 0
Orange
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#38 Oliver Gonzales 4 186 46.5 1
Orange
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#27 Michael Molina 4 191 47.8 1
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#20 Enrique Daly 6 0
#43 Brian Fonseca 5 0
#76 Scott Rodriguez 4 1
#23 Ramon Bingham 4 0
#94 Kevin Corona 2 0
#72 David Gualtieri 2 0
#94 Henry Shivers 2 0
#21 Jeffrey Schiro 2 0
#90 Aaron Nguyen 2 0
#77 Michael Stallings 2 0
#90 Robert Harden 2 0
#26 Joseph James 1 0
#56 Michael Clark 1 0
#42 Ricardo Aybar 1 0
#97 William Fuller 1 0
#13 John Davis 1 0
#43 Ronald Allen 1 0
Orange
Name Tackles Sacks
#7 Michael Vargas 9 0
#98 Jim Gatton 7 0
#94 Kevin Russo 6 0
#31 Michael Houle 5 0
#94 Jerry Gusman 4 1
#60 Michael Goldstein 4 1
#93 Travis Johnson 4 0
#49 Jose Sneed 4 0
#47 Floyd Oconnor 3 0
#40 Dean Berggren 3 0
#28 Manuel Wooster 2 0
#51 James McDonald 2 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 2 1
#37 Clyde Honeycutt 1 0
#62 Floyd Ng 1 0
#69 Herman Otero 1 0
#59 Steven Hale 1 0
#90 Carroll Chauvin 1 0