Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Texas A&M Aggies
· NCAA - FootballNo. 7 Notre Dame pulls away late to beat No. 20 Texas A&M 23-13
Love burst through the line and shed two would-be tacklers before waltzing into the end zone to give the Fighting Irish the lead.
The Aggies had a chance to tie it, but Christian Gray jumped the route to knock down Conner Weigman’s pass on fourth down to give Notre Dame the ball back.
The Fighting Irish added Mitch Jeter's 46-yard field goal with 30 seconds left.
Riley Leonard had a strong performance in his Notre Dame debut after transferring from Duke. He threw for 158 yards and added 63 yards rushing.
“It wasn’t pretty,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. “The defense played lights out, (forced) turnovers. And our offense didn’t turn the ball over. Yes, there’s a lot of things we need to work on but man they did a great job at least trying to move the chains and… they didn’t make a detrimental mistake.”
“I told the locker room for us to get this program over the hump, we have to put ourselves in the position to play the game the way we need to, and we didn’t do that tonight,” he said.
Texas A&M linebacker Taurean York said improving the run defense will be a priority for the Aggies.
“Them running for 198 yards, that’s no bueno,” he said. “It starts with me, so it will be fixed.”
“In the heat of the moment just got a little sick,” he said. "Puke and rally.”
Texas A&M: Weigman will have to get better before SEC play begins after the A&M offense struggled to move the ball for most of the night against Notre Dame’s staunch defense. Their only touchdown came on a 1-yard run by Le'Veon Moss with about 12 minutes left. Weigman managed just 100 yards passing with the two turnovers in his return after missing most of last season with a foot injury.
Texas A&M: Hosts McNeese State on Saturday.
How To Watch
How can I watch Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Texas A&M Aggies?
- TV Channel: Fighting Irish at Aggies 2021 College Football, week 1, is broadcasted on ABC.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
FG | 1st Period 11:07 | Randy Bond 34 Yd Field Goal | |
FG | 1st Period 6:39 | Mitch Jeter 46 Yd Field Goal | |
FG | 2nd Period 14:14 | Randy Bond 49 Yd Field Goal | |
FG | 2nd Period 8:32 | Mitch Jeter 26 Yd Field Goal | |
TD | 3rd Period 6:50 | Jadarian Price 47 Yd Run (Mitch Jeter Kick) | |
TD | 4th Period 11:49 | Le'Veon Moss 1 Yd Run (Randy Bond Kick) | |
TD | 4th Period 1:54 | Jeremiyah Love 21 Yd Run (Mitch Jeter Kick) | |
FG | 4th Period 0:30 | Mitch Jeter 46 Yd Field Goal |
Statistics
ND | TA&M | |
---|---|---|
18 | 1st Downs | 17 |
2-12 | 3rd down efficiency | 4-13 |
1-2 | 4th down efficiency | 0-2 |
356 | Total Yards | 246 |
158 | Passing | 100 |
18/30 | Comp/Att | 12/30 |
5.3 | Yards per pass | 3.3 |
198 | Rushing | 146 |
34 | Rushing Attempts | 38 |
5.8 | Yards per rush | 3.8 |
11-99 | Penalties | 6-55 |
0 | Turnovers | 2 |
0 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
0 | Interceptions thrown | 2 |
31:35 | Possession | 28:25 |
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