NCAAF Game Recap - New Mexico at Notre Dame
Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:30 PM EDT

Clem
41
Syr
6
F
Bama
47
SCar
23
F
ArkSt
0
UGA
55
F
NWSt
14
LSU
65
F
Okla
48
UCLA
14
F
OSU
51
Ind
10
F
NM
14
ND
66
F
Kent
16
Aub
55
F
Fla
29
KY
21
F
IdSt
0
Utah
31
F
Tex
48
Rice
13
F
Pitt
10
PSU
17
F
Mont
3
Oreg
35
F
Lamar
3
TxAM
62
F
Stan
27
UCF
45
F
AzSt
10
MSU
7
F
Iowa
18
IASt
17
F
WaSt
31
Hou
24
F
MD
17
Temp
20
F
PorSt
10
Boise
45
F
Hawaii
20
Wash
52
F
USC
27
BYU
30
F OT
FlaSt
24
UVA
31
F
UNC
18
Wake
24
F
Kans
48
BC
24
F
K St
31
MissSt
24
F
E Mi
34
Ill
31
F
NCSt
27
WVU
44
F
Furm
17
VaTec
24
F
Chat
0
Tenn
45
F
MiaOH
13
Cin
35
F
Cit
27
GATec
24
F OT
AF
30
Colo
23
F OT
Norf
7
CoCar
46
F
FlAtl
41
Ball
31
F
Akr
24
C Mi
45
F
ECU
10
Navy
42
F
Army
31
UTSA
13
F
OkSt
40
Tuls
21
F
Mem
42
SoAl
6
F
UNLV
14
NW
30
F
GaSo
32
MIN
35
F
Mor
12
JMU
63
F
SouLA
29
Miss
40
F
Lou
38
W Ky
21
F
EWa
45
JacSt
49
F
ColSt
34
Ark
55
F
B-C
0
MiaFL
63
F
CAPly
7
OreSt
45
F
NorTx
17
Cal
23
F
SamHu
23
UND
27
F
Idaho
16
Wyo
21
F
LT
35
BGSU
7
F
SMiss
47
Troy
42
F
SCSt
16
SoFL
55
F
Buff
17
Lib
35
F
UMass
17
UNCC
52
F
Ohio
31
Marsh
33
F
GASt
10
WestMI
57
F
Murr
0
Toled
45
F
Web
13
NEV
19
F
TxSt
17
SMU
47
F
Duke
41
MidTN
18
F
UNH
17
FLInt
30
F
SEMO
0
MIZ
50
F
TxSo
6
ULLaf
77
F
TCU
34
Purd
13
F
MoStU
6
Tul
58
F
SDSU
31
NMS
10
F
NIU
8
Neb
44
F
TxTch
14
Ariz
28
F

Sep 14, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

New Mexico (1-1)

0

7

0

7

14

(7) Notre Dame (2-0)

7

31

14

14

66

Book throws for 5 TDs as No. 7 Notre Dame routs New Mexico
Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:07 PM

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Ian Book and No. 7 Notre Dame got some kinks out Saturday against New Mexico and now have No. 3 Georgia on their minds.

"It felt good to get in a rhythm at Louisville . and in this game," Book said after throwing a career-high five touchdown passes and adding another rushing TD in a 66-14 rout of the Lobos in the home opener.

The senior quarterback rebounded from a lackluster opening performance in a 35-17 victory at Louisville to complete 15 of 24 passes for 360 yards against New Mexico. Book finished with another 46 yards rushing yards before sitting the final 1 1/2 quarters.

"To come in here and get the win that we wanted felt really good," Book said. "We'll enjoy it tonight and once tomorrow hits it's Georgia week and everyone knows that."

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly couldn't agree more.

"To get this game under our belts going into Georgia was really big for us," Kelly said.

The Fighting Irish (2-0) had their way with the Lobos (1-1), who were without head coach Bob Davie. Saga Tuitele acted as head coach for Davie, the former Irish head coach from 1997-2001 who was hospitalized following New Mexico's opening victory Aug. 31 against Sam Houston State and did not make the trip.

"When you turn the ball over and give anybody a chance, it's going to be a tough uphill swing," Tuitele said. "Against a good team like that, it could've gotten uglier, but our kids fought our tails off. They didn't give in."

The Irish had three first-half interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown by freshman Kyle Hamilton.

Notre Dame finished with 591 total yards to 363 by New Mexico, which got touchdown runs by Bryson Carroll (47 yards) and Bobby Cole (37). The Lobos outrushed the Irish 212-157.

"I think we needed this game to find some of the right pieces that are going to be needed to make explosive plays," Kelly said. "You're not going to beat Georgia by just 3 yards here, 4 yards. You're going to have to make some explosive plays. We needed to see that happen today."

Three of Book's "long" scoring passes were short throws that receivers turned into big plays. Avery Davis went 59 yards, Javon McKinley went 65 and Chris Finke had a 54-yarder. The touchdowns by Davis and Finke came on shovel passes while McKinley turned a 3-yard cross into his score.

McKinley added another TD on a 20-yard scoring reception in the third quarter after Chase Claypool had a 37-yard TD reception in Notre Dame's 31-point second quarter.

"We were able to make the big play when we needed it," Book said. "I thought we might have started a little slow in the beginning, but you saw we were able to pick it up as the game went on."

THE TAKEAWAY

New Mexico: The Lobos struggled offensively in the first half, gaining just 80 yards on 35 plays in their seven possessions before going 75 yards on five plays, three of them rushes, the last being Carroll's 47-yard TD run. Starting quarterback Sheriron Jones, who was 4-of-15 passing for 19 yards with three interceptions in the first half, was replaced by sophomore Tevaka Tuioti at the start of the second half.

Tuioti completed 6-of-13 passes for 132 yards before being relieved by freshman Trae Hall late. Tuitele wasn't going to say if Tuioti's performance was enough to get him the starting nod next week against New Mexico State.

Notre Dame: The Irish were outgained 136-54 on the ground in the first half. Book threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns as offensive coordinator Chip Long had the Irish senior throwing from the start to build his confidence for next Saturday night's rumble between the hedges in Athens.

"From an offensive line standpoint, could we have done better today?" Kelly said. "Yeah, probably. But they weren't going to let us run the ball up inside so we had to move on to some other things we do. That's the nature of college football today. You've got to be able to do both."

GAME BALL FOR DAVIS

After an ineffective 2018, Notre Dame moved Avery Davis from running back to cornerback during the spring and he was battling for playing time there until Jafar Armstrong's injury at Louisville. Upon their return to South Bend, Kelly and his staff moved Davis back to offense, and on his first touch of the season he scored.

Because of his willingness to make another move to benefit the team, Kelly awarded the junior the game ball in the locker room.

"For him being so humble as a player," Kelly said, "and unselfish to flip from quarterback to running back to defense and back to the offensive side of the ball and come up big with an electric run. That really got the entire team and stadium into it."

Kelly was also impressed again with the play of Hamilton. "That kid 14 (Hamilton), he just has a great nose for the football," Kelly said. "The interception for a touchdown got us great momentum. We were able to feed off that."

UP NEXT

New Mexico: The Lobos return home next Saturday afternoon to play New Mexico State in the Rio Grande Rivalry for the 110th time.

Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish play Georgia for the third time, looking for their first victory.

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Passing

NM Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
T. Tuioti 13 6 46.2 0 132 41 0 82.9
S. Jones 15 4 26.7 0 19 12 3 0.0
ND Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
I. Book 24 15 62.5 5 360 65 0 145.8
P. Jurkovec 2 1 50.0 0 52 52 0 95.8

Rushing

NM Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
B. Carroll 6 69 11.5 47 1
B. Cole 1 37 37.0 37 1
ND Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
I. Book 9 46 5.1 24 1
K. Williams 4 26 6.5 14 0

Receiving

NM Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
A. Molina 2 79 39.5 41 0
J. Griffin IV 3 27 9.0 14 0
ND Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Claypool 4 96 24.0 37 1
J. McKinley 2 85 42.5 65 2

Fumbles

Returning

NM KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
D. Rogers 0 0 0 2 1.0 0 2
Q. Drennan 1 15.0 0 15 0 0 0
ND KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
C. Finke 0 0 0 1 17.0 0 17
L. Keys III 1 45.0 0 45 0 0 0

Punting

NM Punt Yds Avg LgPu
T. Dyer 6 279 46.5 63
ND Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Bramblett 4 163 40.8 48

Takeaways

ND Int Yds InTD
S. Crawford 1 0 0
K. Hamilton 1 34 1

Team Stats Comparison

NM ND
Points For 14 66
Total Yards 363 591
Rushing Yards 212 157
Passing Yards 151 434
Passing Completions / Attempts 10/29 17/27
Turnovers 4 0
Interceptions Thrown 3 0
Fumbles - Lost 1/1 0/0
First Downs 22 25
Penalties - Yards 5/39 7/53
Time Of Possession 06:06 54:54
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 4/18 1/10
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/3 5/5
Punts - Average Yards 6/46 4/41

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter NM ND
ND 04:51 TD Kyle Hamilton 34 yd interception return (Jonathan Doerer kick) 0 7
2nd Quarter NM ND
ND 03:13 TD Ian Book 1 yd run (Jonathan Doerer kick) 0 14
ND 08:26 TD Avery Davis 59 yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick) 0 21
ND 11:39 TD Javon McKinley 65 yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick) 0 28
ND 13:10 TD Chase Claypool 37 yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick) 0 35
NM 14:31 TD Bryson Carroll 47 yd run (Andrew Shelley kick) 7 35
ND 15:00 FG Jonathan Doerer 36 yd FG 7 38
3rd Quarter NM ND
ND 01:36 TD Chris Finke 54 yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick) 7 45
ND 07:41 TD Javon McKinley 20 yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick) 7 52
4th Quarter NM ND
ND 00:35 TD C'Borius Flemister 1 yd run (Harrison Leonard kick) 7 59
ND 07:46 TD Braden Lenzy 22 yd pass from Brendon Clark (Harrison Leonard kick) 7 66
NM 08:34 TD Bobby Cole 37 yd run (Andrew Shelley kick) 14 66

Game Information

Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana
Attendance: 77,622
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