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National Championship Game: Kentucky Wildcats vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

January 22, 2023
52°
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (College Station, TX) Attendance: 63,644 (99%)
Kentucky Wildcats 3 6 0 0 - 9
Fighting Irish 3 23 7 19 - 52

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-20-KEN 25 (10:45) 37-Kyle Brindza 43 yard field goal is GOOD. ND 3 KEN 0
(Qtr 1) Kentucky Wildcats: 4-5-ND 32 (6:47) 2-Ernest Foust 49 yard field goal is GOOD. ND 3 KEN 3
(Qtr 2) Kentucky Wildcats: 4-6-ND 37 (14:57) 2-Ernest Foust 54 yard field goal is GOOD. ND 3 KEN 6
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 2-15-KEN 15 (10:17) 12-Leslie Jacques ran for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 37-Kyle Brindza. ND 10 KEN 6
(Qtr 2) Kentucky Wildcats: 4-1-ND 12 (6:00) 2-Ernest Foust 29 yard field goal is GOOD. ND 10 KEN 9
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 2-12-KEN 8 (2:26) 3-Robert Beall sacked at KEN -2 for -9 yards (99-Jerry Tillery). Sack allowed by 72-Hector Freeman. SAFETY! (99-Jerry Tillery) PENALTY - Holding (KEN 69-Clifton Stalling) (Declined) ND 12 KEN 9
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 1-7-KEN 7 (1:28) 7-Brandon Wimbush pass complete to 6-Equanimeous St. Brown for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 37-Kyle Brindza. ND 19 KEN 9
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 2-10-KEN 36 (0:17) 7-Brandon Wimbush pass complete to 34-Tony Jones for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 37-Kyle Brindza. ND 26 KEN 9
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 2-2-KEN 8 (0:21) 7-Brandon Wimbush pass complete to 13-Chris Sanders for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 37-Kyle Brindza. ND 33 KEN 9
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 1-10-KEN 38 (15:00) 7-Brandon Wimbush pass complete to 34-Tony Jones for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 37-Kyle Brindza. ND 40 KEN 9
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 2-10-KEN 6 (9:01) 3-Robert Beall sacked at KEN -1 for -7 yards (99-Jerry Tillery). Sack allowed by 72-Hector Freeman. SAFETY! (99-Jerry Tillery) ND 42 KEN 9
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 1-14-KEN 4 (7:15) 3-Robert Beall sacked at KEN -3 for -7 yards (99-Jerry Tillery). Sack allowed by 72-Hector Freeman. 3-Robert Beall FUMBLES (99-Jerry Tillery) recovered by ND-99-Jerry Tillery for -5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 37-Kyle Brindza. ND 49 KEN 9
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 4-4-KEN 37 (3:04) 37-Kyle Brindza 56 yard field goal is GOOD. ND 52 KEN 9

Team Statistics

Fighting Irish Kentucky Wildcats
First Downs 22 15
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 18 13
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 532 291
- Offensive Plays 85 75
- Yards Per Play 6.26 3.88
Net Rushing Yards 79 37
- Rushing Attempts 17 17
- Yards Per Rush 4.65 2.18
Net Passing Yards 453 254
- Att/Comp/Int 63 / 30 / 1 48 / 22 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 489 332
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 36 10 / 78
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.66 4.38
- Yards Per Completion 16.30 15.09
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 3
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 19 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 10 / 70 3 / 14
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 12 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 77 2 / 45
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 21
Time of Possession 34:32 25:27

Drive Charts

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:19 OWN 25 11 50 Field Goal
1 6:43 0:21 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
1 2:38 0:45 OWN 20 3 24 Interception
2 14:53 4:42 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 5:57 2:49 OWN 25 7 31 Punt
2 2:22 0:59 OWN 38 5 62 Touchdown
2 0:21 0:10 OPP 36 2 36 Touchdown
3 11:51 3:52 OWN 14 9 22 Punt
3 7:06 1:37 OWN 36 4 16 Punt
3 4:09 3:53 OPP 47 8 47 Touchdown
3 0:09 0:16 OPP 49 2 49 Touchdown
4 13:13 4:09 OWN 20 7 35 Punt
4 8:58 1:44 OWN 36 4 9 Punt
4 7:11 0:44 OPP 25 3 -6 Punt
4 6:27 1:08 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 4:38 1:38 OWN 40 5 22 Field Goal
4 1:55 1:26 OWN 18 3 0 Punt

Kentucky Wildcats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:41 3:58 OWN 25 6 43 Field Goal
1 6:22 3:44 OWN 33 6 14 Punt
1 1:53 2:00 OWN 31 5 32 Field Goal
2 10:11 4:14 OWN 25 8 63 Field Goal
2 3:07 0:45 OWN 10 2 -14 Safety
2 1:23 1:02 OWN 25 6 19 Fumble
2 0:11 0:11 OWN 25 1 0 Half
3 15:00 3:09 OWN 22 7 35 Punt
3 7:59 0:53 OWN 14 3 1 Punt
3 5:28 1:19 OWN 9 3 -5 Punt
3 0:16 0:07 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 14:53 1:40 OWN 25 8 58 Interception
4 9:04 0:06 OWN 6 2 -7 Safety
4 7:14 0:04 OWN 9 1 -4 Punt
4 5:19 0:41 OWN 17 3 -8 Punt
4 3:00 1:05 OWN 25 6 69 Fumble
4 0:29 0:29 OWN 32 3 4 Punt

Rushing Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dexter Williams 5 33 6.60 19 2 0
Leslie Jacques 1 15 15.00 15 1 1
James Rorie 4 12 3.00 8 0 0
Josh Adams 3 11 3.67 6 0 0
C.J. Holmes 4 8 2.00 5 0 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jaime Andrade 14 39 2.79 20 2 0
Gregg Cales 2 1 0.50 2 0 0
Robert Gordon 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0

Passing Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Leslie Jacques 37 19 290 3 / 19 0 34 0 77.53
Brandon Wimbush 24 11 199 1 / 9 4 38 1 97.05
Tanner Schafer 2 0 0 1 / 8 0 - 0 39.58

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Beall 40 18 257 9 / 70 0 31 1 55.94
Jason Adams 1 1 49 0 / 0 0 49 0 118.75
Edwin Munson 7 3 26 1 / 8 0 22 1 13.69

Receiving Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tony Jones 8 160 20.00 38 2
Chase Claypool 5 123 24.60 34 0
Equanimeous St. Brown 6 90 15.00 21 1
James Rorie 4 44 11.00 23 0
Durham Smythe 1 24 24.00 24 0
Chris Sanders 2 16 8.00 8 1
Dexter Williams 1 10 10.00 10 0
Brock Wright 1 9 9.00 9 0
Keven Stephenson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Josh Adams 1 6 6.00 6 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kerry Servais 7 140 20.00 31 0
John Suarez 4 53 13.25 25 0
Gene Martin 3 52 17.33 29 0
Hobert Powers 1 49 49.00 49 0
Matthew Grinder 5 27 5.40 10 0
Louis Cole 1 8 8.00 8 0
Jaime Andrade 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Aaron Banks 36 19 1 3
Alexander Martin 63 21 0 1
Dalton Hayes 0 3 0 1
Nicky Fertitta 0 2 0 1
Shaun Crawford 0 3 0 0
Terry Coney 0 2 0 0
Nick Coleman 0 2 0 0
Jay Elliott 0 3 0 0
Houston Griffith 0 1 0 0
Andrew Trumbley 0 2 0 0
Tony Jones 0 5 0 0
Devin Studstill 0 2 0 2
Keven Stephenson 0 2 0 0
Jerry Tillery 0 1 0 0
David Adams 0 1 0 0
Jayson Ademilola 0 1 0 0
Chase Claypool 0 11 0 1
Shayne Simon 7 3 0 0
C.J. Holmes 10 2 0 0
James Rorie 11 15 0 1
Alex Bars 78 22 0 0
Mike McGlinchey 72 24 0 0
Sam Muster 49 11 0 1
Durham Smythe 5 5 0 0
Dexter Williams 16 3 0 0
Josh Adams 21 13 0 0
Brock Wright 12 19 0 1
Quentin Nelson 76 22 0 0
Chris Sanders 0 4 0 0
Equanimeous St. Brown 0 12 0 0
Robert Hainsey 34 11 0 1
Parker Boudreaux 19 2 0 0
Drew Tranel 8 4 0 0
Jonathan Jones 8 6 0 0
Darnell Ewell 0 1 0 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Hector Freeman 57 17 6 5
Travis Fish 1 0 1 0
Daniel Welch 61 21 0 1
Jaime Andrade 13 2 0 0
David Bolton 1 0 0 0
Howard Swift 0 2 0 0
James Edwards 0 2 0 0
David Hare 1 2 0 0
Chris Frazier 0 2 0 0
Anthony Kinder 0 2 0 0
Robert Dilworth 0 2 0 0
Louis Cole 1 3 0 0
John Suarez 0 8 0 0
Jason Olivas 0 1 0 0
Joseph Hubbs 6 2 0 1
Hobert Powers 10 9 0 0
Barrett Lacourse 68 28 0 1
Albert Johnson 3 4 0 0
William Adams 10 1 0 0
Ralph Waddell 3 2 0 0
Hubert Begay 11 6 0 0
Clifton Stalling 11 2 0 0
Kerry Servais 0 9 0 0
Gene Martin 0 12 0 0
Matthew Grinder 7 11 0 0
Robert Gordon 19 7 0 0
Michael Hollier 57 25 0 1
Gregg Cales 5 5 0 0
Charlie Pardo 56 23 0 1
Mario Stiffler 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nick Watkins 1 0 0.00 0
Brian Ball 1 0 0.00 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joseph Hubbs 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jerry Tillery 0 2 2 1
Elijah Taylor 0 1 1 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Beall 3 0 0 0

Punting

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Timothy Shuler 8 358 44.75 44.75 51 2

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lee Johnson 7 325 46.43 42.29 54 0

Kicking

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kyle Brindza 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 56 6 / 6

Kentucky Wildcats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ernest Foust 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 54 0 / 0

Punt Return

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chase Claypool 3 12 4.0 10 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Kick Return

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
C.J. Holmes 2 77 38.5 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Hobert Powers 2 45 22.5 0

Defensive Stats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Tackles Sacks
Martin Greer 7 1
Nicky Fertitta 7 0
Jay Elliott 5 0
Jerry Tillery 5 6
Nick Watkins 4 0
Nick Coleman 3 0
Elijah Taylor 2 1
Myles Morgan 2 1
Shaun Crawford 2 0
Houston Griffith 2 0
Brian Ball 2 0
Dalton Hayes 1 0
Andrew Trumbley 1 0
Darnell Ewell 1 0
Litchfield Ajavon 1 1
Terry Coney 1 0
David Adams 1 0
Tony Jones 1 0

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Kane 7 1
Micheal Bryant 6 0
Joseph Hubbs 6 0
Douglas Snider 5 0
Albert Johnson 4 0
Robert Dilworth 4 2
Howard Swift 3 0
Steven Inman 3 1
Daniel Thaxton 3 0
Ralph Waddell 3 0
Chris Frazier 3 1
Anthony Kinder 2 0
David Hare 2 0
Robert Beall 2 0
Bert Murphy 1 0
Kerry Servais 1 0