FULL GAME | Notre Dame Dominates Clemson, 35-14 (2022)

The University of Notre Dame football team upset the fifth ranked Clemson Tigers Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium, 35-14. The Irish ran for 263 yards in the win, marking the third-consecutive game hitting the 200-yard plateau. Logan Diggs and Audric Estimé each surpassed the century mark, running for 114 and 104 yards, respectively. The Irish improved to 6-3 and won its third-straight game. The loss is Clemson’s first of the year.

The running game was the key to victory as Joe Alt, Jarrett Patterson, Zeke Correll, Josh Lugg and Blake Fisher paved the way. Along with the twin 100-yard rushers, Chris Tyree added 26 yards with seven carries, and Drew Pyne scrambled for 21 yards on four rushes and scored a touchdown. Estimé also hit paydirt as it’s the fifth time this season the Irish have scored multiple touchdowns on the ground.

Drew Pyne threw for nine completions on 17 attempts, finding Michael Mayer four times. Mayer recorded 44 yards and caught the game’s final touchdown. That’s the 16th of his career, setting a new Notre Dame record for career touchdown receptions for a tight end, breaking Ken McAfee’s record that was set during his career in 1974-77.

Defensively, linebacker JD Bertrand led the team with 12 tackles, nine solo, a sack and two tackles for loss. Freshman Ben Morrison added seven tackles, four solo, two interceptions, one in which he took 96 yards for a touchdown. The Irish defense limited Clemson to 281 total yards, 90 on the ground and 191 through the air.

Notre Dame received the opening kickoff before having to punt to Clemson on the Tiger 21 yard line. The defense moved the Tigers back, setting up a punt. Jordan Botelho darted in and blocked the kick, Prince Kollie caught the deflection and scampered into the end zone to give the Irish an early lead. It’s the sixth blocked punt of the season, tying a Notre Dame record set in 1937.

The teams exchanged punts until the Irish took over with 6:25 remaining in the half at its own 22. Notre Dame drove 78 yards on 11 plays, gaining 67 of those yards on the ground. Estimé carried for 41 yards in the series and Pyne finished it out with a bootleg to the left side. He followed the lead block of Mayer to run in for the five-yard score. The Irish led 14-0 with 0:38 remaining in the first half.

As the third quarter wound down, Justin Ademilola hurried new Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik on a bootleg pass. The throw was late over the middle and Morrison grabbed his first career interception to set the Irish up in the red zone. A Pyne bootleg got the ball inside the five where Estimé finished the job with a two-yard touchdown run to put the Irish up 21-0 with 14:37 remaining in the game.

Clemson responded by putting together a drive. DJ Uiagalelei tried to find a receiver inside the five, but again it found the hands of Morrison. Morrison ran down the Notre Dame sideline for a 96-yard touchdown to put the Irish up 28-0.

Chapters:
0:00 Pregame Show
4:10 Kickoff
13:05 BLOCKED! // 7-0, ND
18:51 Bertrand runs him down
20:22 4th Down stop
24:04 Stuffed in the backfield by Liufau
29:58 2nd Quarter // 7-0, ND
34:46 Sacked by Cross II
39:25 Estimé rumbles for a 1st Down
46:59 Start of 2nd touchdown drive // Estimé kickstarts the Drive
52:28 Pyne scrambles for a 1st Down
52:59 Mayer hurdles the defense
53:28 Pyne bootlegs to the end zone // 14-0, ND
56:12 Ademilola sacks Uiagalelei to end the half //14-0, ND
58:07 Halftime Show
1:08:07 Fighting to Grow the Good in Business
1:11:26 3rd Quarter // 14-0, ND
1:14:14 Bracy, Bertrand, and the Irish Defense make Clemson 0-6 on third down
1:16:12 Diggs starts the 3rd Quarter strong
1:34:15 Pyne to Thomas for a 1st Down
1:38:36 Morrison intercepts Klubnik inside the Clemson 15
1:41:00 4th Quarter // 14-0, ND
1:42:02 Estimé rumbles in for the score // 21-0, ND
1:50:25 Ben Morrison Pick-Six // 28-0, ND
1:57:23 Bracy sacks Uiagalelei
1:58:21 Shipley 1 yard touchdown rush // 28-7, ND
2:01:02 Diggs puts his shoulder down
2:07:57 Estimé gets 14 on 3rd and 13
2:09:14 Mayer sets the all time Tight End TD record // 35-7, ND
2:11:13 Rees on the sidelines
2:18:20 Ngata 4 yd touchdown pass from Uiagalelei // 35-14, ND
2:20:43 Mayer recovers the onside kick
2:23:30 Storming the field
2:24:03 Marcus Freeman interview
2:29:19 Marist Liufau interview
2:30:358 Highlights
2:33:08 Ben Morrison interview

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[klingofgames]

“Their defense or their special teams has to make a big play”

Notre Dame: “Why not both?”

[LiveTodayUnlimited]

Im here to rewatch that defense! What a game. I stormed. Go Irish.
#freemanera #reeseera

[jonsnowsbacksurgeon]

god bless whoever took the time to put the book marks on this video

[gbro]

I don't know what coach Dabo said to our coach Freeman after the game but that was 100% a class act.

[gabodds]

Love freeman…I hope he goes really far with the Irish

[joseymateo]

This was my first college game and first ND game I’ve been to and this game was awesome! It was so nice watching the Clemson fans start to leave the stadium early! If only we could of started off like this

[tommymaroon]

I’ve been an Irish fan since I was born, and this was probably the biggest win they’ve had in my lifetime. It eased the pain of Brian Kelly beating Bama later that day. Here’s to beating Ohio State

[manuelbaca]

Clemson was out matched on all aspects of the A straight ass kicking!

[SCcountry]

Great win Irish, hope Irish will have a good the rest of the year, and next year, and i think Clemson will do the same.

[r..]

I was at the game so much fun GO IRISH

[jdflorian]

I know the stadium isn't as loud as an SEC stadium but the NBC broadcast does a really poor job of conveying how loud it is. It is easy to tell on ABC, ESPN, and CBS when the crowd is loud but there are moments of this game when it was deafening in person that you can't even tell from this broadcast.

[dashx]

Amazing that Benjamin Morrison was only 14 years old during this game. Played way beyond his years.

[ShantyIrishman]

Freeman paid tribute to his old coach Jim Tressel because that was a straight up 00s Buckeyes style beat down with running, defense, and special teams.

[irishfan]

The interview of the young man at the end shows the clear difference between how some universities still hold academics a priority and others don't. Notre Dame still requires a level of academics to attend their university. Unfortunately, others don't and you can tell once they start speaking into the microphone. They are there to win football games and bring money to the school, they can barely put a sentence together. They use incorrect tenses and literally sound like a four year old. "We be on all night and y'all can't stop what we be bringin', ain't no one better than us" 😃

[JonesDylan]

Man, those Fighting Irish know how to FIGHT! Great win for them.

[bplence]

"DOMINATION, NO BREATHING. DON'T GIVE A F*** IF CLEMSON GETS A BEATING." -Papa Roach

[chowsindahouse]

I was born in South Bend and moved to Myrtle Beach SC. and Dabo has a TV show and runs his mouth a few times now about how he does think there is anything special about ND and he doesn't understand why they get National fans. He learned that day what is special about the Fighting Irish and he will again this year in Death Valley

[dannybell]

To bad Ian Book not playing QB. This season would be a whole new ball game. "Miss you Ian".

[danielwade]

Correction: That was ND’s 4th win vs ranked teams, not their 3rd (UNC, BYU, Syracuse, & Clemson).

[madlineforsythe]

sometimes i wonder what Marcus will bring to the team. and in this case it was a victory. thank you Marcus:)