National Championship Game: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Tennessee Volunteers

January 21, 2018
71°
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL) Attendance: 62,256 (95%)
Fighting Irish 13 0 0 0 - 13
Volunteers 7 7 0 14 - 28

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-14-TEN 23 (11:26) 19-Justin Yoon 40 yard field goal is GOOD. TEN 0 ND 3
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 2-2-TEN 15 (6:42) 7-Brandon Wimbush pass complete to 16-Quincy Brown for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Justin Yoon. TEN 0 ND 10
(Qtr 1) Volunteers: 3-5-TEN 41 (5:44) 11-Jonathan Demartini pass complete to 26-John McLean for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Bob Antonio. ND 31-Devin Studstill was injured on the play. TEN 7 ND 10
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-6-TEN 10 (1:46) 19-Justin Yoon 28 yard field goal is GOOD. TEN 7 ND 13
(Qtr 2) Volunteers: 2-10-ND 28 (9:26) 11-Jonathan Demartini pass complete to 88-Charles Shackleford for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Bob Antonio. TEN 14 ND 13
(Qtr 4) Volunteers: 1-10-TEN 39 (6:20) 11-Jonathan Demartini pass complete to 28-Gary Teegarden for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Bob Antonio. TEN 21 ND 13
(Qtr 4) Volunteers: 3-1-ND 0 (1:49) 21-Albert Hoffman ran to ND 0 for a short gain. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Bob Antonio. TEN 28 ND 13

Team Statistics

Volunteers Fighting Irish
First Downs 14 17
- Rushing 3 9
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 370 261
- Offensive Plays 74 62
- Yards Per Play 5.00 4.21
Net Rushing Yards 84 158
- Rushing Attempts 21 26
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 6.08
Net Passing Yards 286 103
- Att/Comp/Int 44 / 23 / 1 31 / 11 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 349 143
- Sacks/Yards Lost 9 / 63 5 / 40
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.40 2.86
- Yards Per Completion 15.17 13.00
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 11 / 19 1 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.7 13.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 60 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 15 3 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 42 2 / 50
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 23 1 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 26
Time of Possession 32:18 27:45

Drive Charts

Tennessee Volunteers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:22 0:57 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 8:57 1:33 OWN 25 4 11 Fumble
1 6:37 1:03 OWN 36 3 64 Touchdown
1 1:43 1:30 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
2 13:30 4:09 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
2 8:29 2:34 OWN 31 6 6 Punt
2 3:10 1:50 OWN 21 3 7 Punt
2 0:20 0:20 OWN 24 1 -4 Half
3 15:00 3:49 OWN 25 6 14 Punt
3 9:01 5:51 OWN 18 12 41 Punt
3 1:05 4:15 OWN 30 9 63 Interception
4 10:07 2:16 OWN 27 6 9 Punt
4 6:20 0:10 OWN 39 1 61 Touchdown
4 4:22 1:31 OWN 49 3 -1 Punt
4 2:17 0:30 OPP 16 5 16 Touchdown

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:38 OWN 25 7 52 Field Goal
1 10:25 1:29 OWN 42 3 1 Interception
1 7:23 0:46 OPP 23 2 23 Touchdown
1 5:35 3:52 OWN 25 10 65 Field Goal
1 0:13 1:44 OWN 38 4 11 Punt
2 9:21 0:52 OWN 25 2 13 Interception
2 5:55 2:45 OWN 17 5 13 Punt
2 1:21 1:01 OWN 26 3 -1 Punt
3 11:11 2:10 OWN 19 4 8 Punt
3 3:10 2:05 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
4 11:51 1:43 OWN 5 4 20 Punt
4 7:51 1:31 OWN 20 3 -5 Punt
4 6:10 1:48 OWN 23 3 30 Interception
4 2:51 0:34 OWN 10 4 31 Downs
4 1:47 1:47 OWN 19 5 29 Game

Rushing Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gary Teegarden 10 46 4.60 14 1 0
Albert Hoffman 7 37 5.29 14 1 1
Charles Steele 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Jonathan Demartini 2 0 0.00 - 0 0
William Brock 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dexter Williams 11 67 6.09 16 3 0
Eric Hoyer 8 52 6.50 13 3 0
Josh Adams 6 28 4.67 13 2 0
Brandon Wimbush 1 11 11.00 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jonathan Demartini 44 23 349 9 / 63 3 61 1 91.95

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Brandon Wimbush 31 11 143 5 / 40 1 28 3 22.04

Receiving Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Teegarden 6 95 15.83 61 1
Charles Shackleford 4 65 16.25 28 1
John McLean 1 59 59.00 59 1
William Brock 4 49 12.25 23 0
Charles Steele 4 43 10.75 15 0
Donald Imel 3 26 8.67 30 0
Albert Hoffman 1 12 12.00 12 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chris Sanders 2 54 27.00 28 0
Brock Wright 3 29 9.67 27 0
Quincy Brown 2 29 14.50 15 1
Dexter Williams 1 14 14.00 14 0
Chase Claypool 1 7 7.00 7 0
Keven Stephenson 1 6 6.00 6 0
Nick Weishar 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marcus Wynn 0 0 2 0
William Fernandez 0 0 1 0
John McLean 0 0 1 0
Raymond Storm 0 0 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alex Bars 0 0 2 0
Lee Eichenberg 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Chad Stoffel 3 23 7.67 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Julian Love 1 2 2.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jonathan Demartini 1 1 0 0
Gary Teegarden 1 0 0 0
Bryon Farina 0 0 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Dexter Williams 1 0 0 0
Drew Tranel 0 1 0 0
Andrew Trumbley 0 0 1 0
Lee Eichenberg 0 1 0 0

Punting

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Stanley Williams 8 358 44.75 41.00 47 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Timothy Shuler 7 363 51.86 46.14 56 0

Kicking

Tennessee Volunteers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bob Antonio 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 4 / 4

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Justin Yoon 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 1 / 1

Punt Return

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Teegarden 2 15 7.5 8 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chase Claypool 3 10 3.3 7 0

Kick Return

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Teegarden 1 42 42.0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Chase Claypool 2 50 25.0 0

Defensive Stats