Mesto's ND Game Review
Notre Dame 16 Michigan State 22

Player of the week:
Rhema McKnight,
Wide Receiver

Rhema was one of the few Irish receivers that was catching passes. He was able to haul in almost everything throw his way. Rhema ended up with 8 catches for 104 yards and a TD.

Another not very good game. The offensive line is having trouble, receiver dropped eight or nine passes and the running game was facing eight or nine man fronts all day. Very ugly game.

Player of the week:
Glenn Earl,
Free Safety

Glenn played a great game in bad situation. He finished with 6 tackles and a pick.

The defense was once again on the field to long. They may be able to keep it close, but they need more help on the other side of the ball.

Player of the week:
Nicholas Setta,
Kicker

Notch up three more field goals for Setta. Nick seems to be the only consistent offensive weapon for the Irish. He had FGs of 35, 29 and 30 yards this week.

The return game was okay, but the Irish need some spark here to make a difference. The only glimmer of hope seems to be if they can Setta on the opponent's side of the field he can get Notre Dame 3 points.

Overall
Notre Dame vs. Michigan State
How will Notre Dame do against Michigan State?
ND will Win by more than a TD. (3) 100%
ND will Win by a TD or less. (0) 0%
To close to call. (0) 0%
ND will Lose by a TD or less. (0) 0%
ND will Lose by more than a TD. (0) 0%
nothing seemed to go Notre Dame's way. Bad calls, poor tackling, dropped passes, the Irish couldn't seem to get it done in any area of the game. Things don't look very good for this team with several very tough opponents on the horizon. GO IRISH!!!!

Game Stats:
  1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL
Michigan State 3 3 7 9 22
Notre Dame 3 3 3 7 16
 
Scoring
MICHIGANST D Rayner 51 YD  
NOTREDAME N Setta 35 YD  
NOTREDAME N Setta 29 YD  
MICHIGANST D Rayner 30 YD  
MICHIGANST J Hayes 71 YD RUN (D Rayner KICK)  
NOTREDAME N Setta 30 YD  
MICHIGANST D Rayner 30 YD  
MICHIGANST G Taplin 40 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED)  
NOTREDAME R McKnight 29 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (N Setta KICK)  
 
Team Statistics Michigan State Notre Dame
First downs 15 20
Rushes-Yards 39 - 181 37 - 100
Passing yards 119 202
Sacked-Yards lost 0 - 0 3 - 18
Return yards 69 77
Passes 13 - 27 - 2 17 - 42 - 2
Punts-Average 5 - 53.8 7 - 38.6
Fumbles-Lost 1 - 1 1 - 1
Penalties-Yards 9 - 70 8 - 55
Time of Possession 28:08 31:52
 
Player Statistics
 
Passing
Michigan State Cmp Att Yds Int
Smoker, Jeff 13 27 119 2
 
Notre Dame Cmp Att Yds Int
Quinn, Brady 7 17 103 0
Holiday, Carlyle 10 25 99 2
 
Rushing
Michigan State Att Yds
Hayes, Jaren 19 109
Dortch, Tyrell 13 64
Smoker, Jeff 3 21
Team, - 3 -5
Shabaj, Agim 1 -8
 
Notre Dame Att Yds
Jones, Julius 14 32
Holiday, Carlyle 8 29
Grant, Ryan 10 21
Wilson, Marcus 3 11
Quinn, Brady 2 7
 
Receiving
Michigan State Att Yds
Brown, Kyle 3 26
Scott, Jerramy 1 19
Randall, Jason 2 18
Hayes, Jaren 2 18
Alexander, Aaron 2 13
Shabaj, Agim 1 11
Trannon, Matt 1 9
Dortch, Tyrell 1 5
 
Notre Dame Att Yds
McKnight, Rhema 8 104
Jenkins, Omar 3 33
Samardzija, Jeff 1 19
Fasano, Anthony 1 15
Palmer, Billy 1 13
Schmidt, Josh 1 10
Grant, Ryan 1 7
Stevenson, Dan 1 1

Season Team Stats
Sack Count: 2 (Last Week: 0)

Interceptions: 3 (Last Week: 2)

Defensive TDs: 0 (Last Week: 0)
(Interceptions: 0, Fumbles Returned: 0)

Special Teams TDs: 0 (Last Week: 0)
(Kick Returns: 0, Punt Returns: 0, Blocked Punts: 0, Fumbles Returned: 0)

Players of the Week:
Week Offense Defense Special Teams
1.Julius Jones, RB The Entire Defense Nick Setta, K
2.Julius Jones, RB Courtney Watson, LB Nick Setta, K
3.Rhema McKnight, WR Glenn Earl, DB Nick Setta, K


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