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Power 4 Dynasty Week 1 Notre Dame v Penn St

Posted on August 2, 2022 at 02:28 PM.

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Week 1 is here!

With Arizona St & Oklahoma St on a bye this week.
#1 Notre Dame @ Penn State was our only match up to be played.

The Irish defense picked up were it left off last year & on the second play of the game the D forced a fumble & recovered just outside of Penn State 20 yard line.
After two short runs & incompletion the Irish had to settle for 3.
Penn state had more success on their second drive but ended in a missed FG but they got the ball back the very next play with Buchner throwing his first INT on the season.
The Nittany Lions then ran over the Irish breaking 4 tackles on a 26 yd TD run giving them their first lead. It was 3-7 PennSt with 3min left in the 1stq.
The first half continued with the back and forth action & the lead changing hands 3 more times.
The Irish closed out the first half up 20-14.

To start the second half the Irish were able to put together a long drive & finally scored a TD on a 5 yard pass to Mayer. We went for 2 and got it putting us up 28-14.
The defense forced a 3 & out from Penn State on their next possession.
Looking to take complete control of the game the Irish go deep to Lenzy for 50 yards & a couple plays later score Diggs powered his way in from 4 yards out giving Notre Dame a 35-14.
The defense was able to recover a fumble & turn penn state over on downs in the redzone in 4th. Which lead to Notre Dame icing the game away and winning 35-14.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Penn State Nittany Lions
Aug 30,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0 (0-0)	3	17	15	0	-	35
Penn State Nittany Lions (0-1 (0-0)	7	7	0	0	-	14

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	PSU
Total Offense	485	310
Rushing Yards	29att 189yd 2	22att 115yd 2td
Passing Yards	20-28 296yd 2td	17-24 195yd 0td
First Downs	23	11
Punt Return Yards	25	0
Kick Return Yards	44	139
Total Yards	554	449
Turnovers	2int	2fumb
3rd Down Conversion	4-7	3-10
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	1-1	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-3-2	3-1-0
Penalties	1-7	0
Possession Time	19:35	12:25

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ND	PSU
5:59	(ND) 34 yd FG	3	0
3:04	(PSU) 26 yd run	3	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ND	PSU
7:17	(ND) 2 yd run	10	7
5:47	(PSU) 7 yd run	10	14
1:47	(ND) 32 yd pass	17	14
0:00	(ND) 22 yd FG	20	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ND	PSU
4:46	(ND) 5 yd pass 2pt GOOD	28	14
2:17	(ND) 4 yd run	35	14

A slow start from the Irish was expected first game with new QB and on the road. The young defense held up better than expected vs a good Penn State squad. Overall solid game from the #1 team in the country.

The Irish have a bye in week2 before taking on a ranked Auburn team at home.