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Week 1: Syracuse Orange at Notre Dame Fighting Irish

September 02, 1928
63°
Notre Dame Stadium (South Bend, IN) 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

Notre Dame 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

Syracuse 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

Rushing Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Dowell 21 120 5.71 14 7 0
Oliver Gonzales 13 61 4.69 14 4 0
Marion Bailey 4 14 3.50 14 1 0
Jeffrey Schiro 6 2 0.33 7 0 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Clyde Honeycutt 12 38 3.17 10 1 0
Michael Molina 6 34 5.67 13 2 0
Kevin Wingo 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Timothy Joshua 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Marion Bailey 16 11 143 3 / 27 0 23 1 70.57

Syracuse Orange

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Johnson Woodruff 21 16 116 1 / 4 1 25 0 104.46

Receiving Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Samuel Conner 4 60 15.00 22 0
Floyd Gunn 2 24 12.00 20 0
Thomas Lee 1 23 23.00 23 0
Tom Lowe 1 20 20.00 20 0
Oliver Gonzales 1 11 11.00 11 0
Michael Dowell 1 5 5.00 5 0
Jeffrey Schiro 1 0 0.00 0 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Hughes 4 59 14.75 25 0
Armando Creighton 2 24 12.00 12 1
Michael Molina 2 10 5.00 7 0
Kevin Wingo 3 7 2.33 5 0
Clyde Honeycutt 1 7 7.00 7 0
Ronnie Watson 1 3 3.00 3 0
Norman Fifer 1 3 3.00 3 0
John Frizzell 1 2 2.00 2 0
Timothy Joshua 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Frederick Allen 23 38 2 2
Eric Sheets 25 44 1 2
Johnnie Campbell 0 5 0 0
Samuel Conner 0 14 0 2
David Gualtieri 0 2 0 0
Henry Shivers 0 2 0 0
Joseph James 0 1 0 0
David Almeida 0 12 0 1
Robert Harden 0 1 0 0
Aaron Nguyen 0 5 0 0
Herschel Stevens 0 1 0 0
Robert Kimbrel 7 2 0 0
Joshua Jenkins 8 4 0 2
Tom Lowe 0 12 0 0
Gary Carter 7 6 0 1
Thomas Lee 1 10 0 0
Andres Rodriguez 1 34 0 0
Jason Hobby 0 1 0 0
Kevin Corona 6 7 0 0
Jeffrey Schiro 7 30 0 2
Floyd Gunn 0 14 0 0
Francisco Gonzalez 22 45 0 3
Calvin Dickinson 18 36 0 2
Everett Cole 25 39 0 1
Ricardo Aybar 0 4 0 0
Ronald Allen 1 4 0 0
Enrique Daly 0 7 0 0
Michael Dowell 5 7 0 0
Brian Fonseca 0 6 0 1
Marc Pace 0 6 0 1
Dennis Roberson 5 4 0 0
Oliver Gonzales 0 1 0 0

Syracuse Orange

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Teston 30 21 1 2
Robert Ritter 29 23 0 1
Jerry Gusman 0 4 0 0
John Frizzell 0 4 0 0
Ronnie Watson 0 11 0 1
Michael Vargas 0 4 0 0
Gary Edwards 0 4 0 0
Manuel Wooster 0 3 0 0
Joel Ross 4 1 0 0
Floyd Oconnor 0 4 0 0
Jim Gatton 0 5 0 2
Darren Alexander 6 0 0 0
Norman Fifer 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Edler 3 1 0 0
Michael Goldstein 0 1 0 0
Clarence Macgregor 0 1 0 1
Armando Creighton 0 10 0 0
Dean Berggren 0 5 0 0
Michael Molina 2 2 0 1
Travis Johnson 0 4 0 0
Jose Sneed 0 1 0 0
Kevin Russo 0 4 0 0
Michael Houle 0 2 0 0
Brian Maynard 8 0 0 0
Carroll Chauvin (IR) 1 4 0 0
Timothy Joshua 0 6 0 0
Jerry Hughes 11 24 0 1
William Hays 0 9 0 0
Dale Hollander 22 19 0 0
Kevin Wingo 23 15 0 1
Clyde Honeycutt 4 2 0 0
Isaac Moore 21 21 0 3
Jeff Snow 30 27 0 2
James McDonald 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Syracuse Orange

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Floyd Oconnor 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Dowell 1 0 0 0
Joseph James 0 1 0 0
Enrique Daly 0 0 1 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Clyde Honeycutt 1 0 0 0
Floyd Ng 0 1 0 0
Michael Vargas 0 0 1 0

Punting

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Aaron Hamilton 1 47 47.00 47.00 47 1

Syracuse Orange

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Roger Brammer 5 219 43.80 37.00 47 1

Kicking

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Davis 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 1 / 1

Syracuse Orange

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marlin Lancaster 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 2 / 2

Punt Return

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Oliver Gonzales 3 36 12.0 19 0

Syracuse Orange

Kick Return

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Oliver Gonzales 4 186 46.5 1

Syracuse Orange

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Molina 4 191 47.8 1

Defensive Stats