#16 Notre Dame Meets #21 Navy Midshipmen

Notre Dame Notes | Navy Notes

	GAME DAY INFORMATION
Date	Saturday, November 16, 2019
Time	2:42 p.m. ET
Site:	Notre Dame Stadium • Capacity 77,622 (FieldTurf)
TV:	TV: NBC (national) Mike Tirico (play-by-play) Doug Flutie (analysis) Kathryn Tappen (sideline) Chris Simms (sideline analyst)
Radio:	Notre Dame Radio Network
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THE COACHES
	Head Coach	At School	Overall	vs. Opponent
Notre Dame	Brian Kelly	88-37 (10th year)ˆ	259-94-2 (29th year)ˆ	7-2
Navy	Ken Niumatalolo	94-59 (12th year)	94-59 (12th year)	3-8

	IRISH VS. MIDSHIPMEN - BY THE NUMBERS
3	Brian Kelly is the first Irish coach to post three or more shutouts in his Notre Dame career since Lou Holtz. The last Irish shutout took place this season vs. Bowling Green (52-0), and Kelly’s first shutout as the Notre Dame head coach came vs. Wake Forest in 2012 (38-0).ˆ
3	Freshman DB Kyle Hamilton recorded his third-career interception against Virginia Tech to solidify the Irish win. Hamilton’s three total interceptions on the season leads the Notre Dame defense. Only three other true freshman in the FBS have reached the three interception mark this season (LSU’s Derek Stingley Jr. - 4, Washington’s Cameron Williams - 3, ECU’s Ja’QUan McMillian - 3). TE Tommy Tremble recorded his third touchdown reception of the season, Notre Dame’s second of the matchup, vs. Virginia Tech. No Notre Dame tight end in their first year of playing experience has caught more touchdown passes than Tremble.
4	QB Ian Book became the first Notre Dame quarterback to throw for four touchdowns and rush for 100 yards in a single game at Duke. Book threw for four touchdowns and 181 yards and rushed for 149 yards.
4	With his four touchdown passes at Duke, QB Ian Book joined Brady Quinn as the only quarterbacks in Irish history to throw four or more touchdown passes in a game on four occasions in their career (Quinn accomplished this feat seven times). Quinn, Tommy Rees, Jimmy Clausen, Ron Powlus and Book are the only quarterbacks in Notre Dame history to record four or more touchdown passes in three games in their career. Book joined this group after recording five passing touchdowns vs. Bowling Green.
5	QB Ian Book threw five touchdown passes in the first half vs. Bowling Green, matching his career high in a game (vs. New Mexico, 2019) and marking the first time in program history an Irish QB recorded five touchdown passes in a half. He threw just four incomplete passes in the game.
10	Brian Kelly continues his 10th season as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame, becoming just the fifth Irish coach to spend a decade or more at the school (Knute Rockne, 13; Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, Lou Holtz 11).
16	Notre Dame has won 16 consecutive games at Notre Dame Stadium, including a 6-0 clean slate last season. It is the third-longest winning streak at home for the Irish since Notre Dame Stadium opened in 1930.
21	Notre Dame has held 21 of 22 opponents during Clark Lea’s tenure as defensive coordinator to 30 points or less. That includes includes ranked opponents LSU, Michigan, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Clemson, Georgia and Virginia.
139	QB Ian Book totaled 139 rushing yards at Duke, leading the Irish and making him the first player in program history with four passing touchdowns and at least 100 rushing yards in a single game. His rushing total was the third-highest by an Irish quarterback since 1996. The last Irish quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards was Brandon Wimbush vs. Wake Forest in 2017 (110).
150	Notre Dame is 150-63-3 against ACC opponents all time after topping Duke 38-7. The Irish are set to play Boston College as part of the ACC scheduling agreement.
355^	Games coached by Brian Kelly in his career, second among active coaches in the NCAA to Mack Brown (North Carolina).
400	WR Chase Claypool has passed the 400-yard receiving mark for the third consecutive season. He is among only four Notre Dame wideouts since 1996 to accomplish this feat (joining Michael Floyd, Rhema McKnight and Malcolm Johnson).

ˆ Includes 20 regular-season wins and two postseason appearances vacated under discretionary NCAA penalty.

LAST TIME: NAVY

• October 27, 2018 – Notre Dame topped Navy, 44-22, in San Diego, Calif.
• The Irish racked up 584 yards of total offense (330 passing, 254 rushing) and QB Ian Book completed 27 of 33 passes for a then-career-high 330 yards and two touchdowns (both to WR Miles Boykin).
• RB Dexter Williams led all rushers with 142 yards and scored three first-half rushing TDs, marking his second three-touchdown game of the season. In the effort, he became the first Irish player with three rushing TDs in multiple games since C.J. Prosise in 2015.
• LB Te’von Coney matched his season high with 14 tackles, including eight solo efforts and one tackle for loss. S Jalen Elliott recorded seven tackles, a forced fumble and his third interception of the season, while S Alohi Gilman also added seven tackles.
• LB Drew White saw his first major collegiate game action, tallying six tackles in the place of injured LB Drue Tranquill.

HOME FIELD WIN STREAK

• Notre Dame completed an undefeated season at Notre Dame Stadium in 2018 for the second time in four seasons (2015, 6-0) after finishing 6-0 following a 42-13 win over Florida State. From 1990-2011, only the 1998 campaign (6-0) saw a perfect Notre Dame home slate.
• Notre Dame has won 16 straight games at home dating back to Sept. 30, 2017, starting with a victory over Miami (Ohio). It is the third-longest home winning streak for the Irish since Notre Dame Stadium opened in 1930 (28 straight from 1942-50; 19 straight from 1987-90). Clemson and Ohio State are the only other Power 5 programs that boast home streaks of 16 or more games.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

• Notre Dame and Alabama are the only two teams that have not lost to an unranked team since the beginning of 2017.
• Notre Dame beat Duke handily, 38-7, with a performance that saw QB Ian Book go 18-of-32 for 181 yards and four touchdowns, in addition to a career-best 139 rushing yards. His four-score performance made him one of just two Notre Dame quarterbacks to throw at least four touchdown passes on four occasions, joining Brady Quinn, who accomplished the feat seven times. He was also the first Notre Dame quarterback ever to throw four TD passes and rush for 100 yards in the same game.
• The Irish defeated Virginia Tech, 21-20. QB Ian Book rushed seven yards for a last-minute touchdown to give Notre Dame the score, with K/P Jonathan Doerer netting the go-ahead PAT. The winning drive took 18 plays and covered 87 yards in just 2 minutes and 53 seconds. The last time the Irish scored to win a game in the final minute came against Virginia in 2015.
• Notre Dame forced three-and-outs on six of Virginia Tech’s nine drives in the first half, holding the Hokies to 85 yards, against Notre Dame’s 243 yards. In the first half at Duke, Notre Dame outgained the Blue Devils, 273-123, limiting them to two of eight third-down conversions, and six drives of four or fewer plays (out of eight total drives), in the first half.
• CB Troy Pride Jr. and DB Kyle Hamilton recorded key pass breakups to force Virginia Tech to a three-and-out at their own four-yard line after Virginia Tech intercepted a Book pass at the VT eight-yard line. The interception marked the first time this season the Irish have not scored on a trip to the red zone. Notre Dame was the last remaining team in the FBS hold a perfect red zone scoring percentage.
• Prior to the break, Notre Dame defeated rival Southern Cal at home, 30-27, on an impressive effort from all three phases. RB Tony Jones rushed for a career-high 176 yards, while K/P Jonathan Doerer sent his name to the Irish record books as the first Notre Dame kicker to make three field goals of 40 yards or more in a single game.
• For the first time in Notre Dame history, an Irish team recorded six touchdown passes in two games during the same season (vs. New Mexico and vs. Bowling Green). The six touchdown passes match the Irish team record for passing touchdowns in a game.
• With 52 total points vs. Bowling Green, it marked the second time this season the Irish recorded at least 50 points. The last time Notre Dame reached that plateau in multiple games in a season was in 2011 when the Irish did it twice (vs. Air Force and vs. Navy).
• Against Bowling Green, Notre Dame’s 35-0 halftime lead was the largest since opening a 35-0 halftime margin over Rutgers in 1996.
• Notre Dame has been ranked in the top 25 for 40 consecutive weeks, the longest such streak for the Irish since the 1994 season.
• The contest vs. Virginia marked the second-consecutive week Notre Dame appeared in the week’s highest-ranked matchup (lowest total of both squads’ rankings). From 2015-2018 among all FBS teams, it has only happened three times: Alabama (Weeks 7-8, 2016; Weeks 10-11, 2018) and Penn State (Weeks 8-9, 2017). As the current AP rankings stand, the only other team with back-to-back top-ranked matchups in 2019 was Florida in Weeks 6-7.  No other team is currently scheduled to take on the same slate.

IAN BOOK NOTABLES

• Senior quarterback Ian Book went 18-of-32 for 181 yards and four touchdowns at Duke, in addition to a career-best 139 rushing yards. His four-score performance made him one of just two Notre Dame quarterbacks to throw at least four touchdown passes on four occasions, joining Brady Quinn, who accomplished the feat seven times.
• With the second score in the first quarter, Book reached 42 career touchdown passes (finished the game with 44 for his career) – moving him into sixth all-time in program history (passed Everett Golson and Rick Mirer; 41)
• Book totaled 139 rushing yards, leading the Irish and making him the first player in program history with four passing touchdowns and at least 100 rushing yards in a single game. The last Notre Dame quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards was Brandon Wimbush vs. Wake Forest in 2017 (110). Book’s rushing total was the third-highest for an Irish quarterback since 1996.
• Book posted two career-high rushes, the first for 45 yards in the second quarter and the second for 53 yards on the first play of the fourth quarter.
• Book completed 29 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns vs. Virginia Tech, rushing for the game-winning score in the final minute. Book is the fourth Irish QB to complete 29 or more passes at least two times in one season, along with Jimmy Clausen, Brady Quinn and Everett Golson.
• Book is the first Notre Dame quarterback to start and win consecutive matchups vs. Southern Cal since Rick Mirer (played 1989-92).

BOOK SOLID LATE

• Book has completed six passes for 20 or more yards in close and late situations over his last eight games, which is the highest figure (tied) among Power 5 quarterbacks.
• Book opened the game vs. Bowling Green with nine consecutive completions and recorded nine passes of 15 yards or more in the first half. That week, Irish quarterbacks totaled nine completions for 20 or more yards, which tied for the FBS lead (Texas Tech and Miami, Fla.). Book accounted for seven passes of 20 or more yards.
• In Notre Dame’s matchup against New Mexico, Book’s 406 yards of total offense was just the 11th time an Irish quarterback has compiled over 400 yards of total offense since 1996. It was the most since Book posted 399 at Northwestern last season, while DeShone Kizer’s 472 yards against Syracuse in 2016 marked the most recent game with a QB reaching over 400 yards of total offense. Six of the top 12 single-game yardage performances from a quarterback since 1996 have occurred during the Brian Kelly era.

HEADED FOR THE RECORD BOOKS

• Book’s 44 career touchdowns put him in sixth place in Irish history.
• The Irish QB became the first ever Notre Dame passer to throw for four touchdowns and rush for 100 or more yards in a single game at Duke. He is just the second Irish quarterback to throw four touchdown passes on four separate occasions, joining Brady Quinn, who accomplished the feat seven times.
• Book threw five touchdown passes in the first half vs. Bowling Green, matching his career high (vs. New Mexico, 2019) and marking the first time in program history an Irish QB recorded five touchdown passes in a half.
• Book received the game ball for his performance vs. Bowling Green, the first game ball of his Notre Dame career, and was selected to the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 list for Week 6. Book also was named a Top 20 finalist for the 2019 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented by A.O. Smith, recognizing player performance on and off the field.

NOTEWORTHY DEFENSIVE NOTABLES

• With another scoreless first quarter at Duke from the Notre Dame defense (fourth of the season), the Irish are allowing just 3.78 points/game in the opening stanza this season.
• In the first quarter, the Irish held the Blue Devils to 26 yards of offense to Notre Dame’s 180. Notre Dame totaled eight first downs in the quarter while limiting Duke to just one. Duke did not post their second first down until halfway through the second quarter.
• Through the end of the third quarter, the Irish defense limited Duke to just two third-down conversions out of 13 opportunities. Notre Dame converted seven of 13 third downs in that time span.
• In the first half vs. Virginia Tech, Notre Dame forced three-and-outs on six of the Hokies’ nine drives, holding them to 85 yards against Notre Dame’s 243 yards.
• The Irish forced a shutout vs. Bowling Green for the first time since 2014 (vs. Michigan, 31-0), scoring 35 points in the first half. Notre Dame’s 35-0 halftime lead was the largest since opening a 35-0 halftime margin over Rutgers in 1996. It is Notre Dame’s largest shutout margin since that game, when Lou Holtz’s Irish won, 62-0.
• Notre Dame held Bowling Green to just four drives that ended in Notre Dame territory (out of 11 total), the farthest point reached by the Falcons being the ND 23-yard line.
• In 2019, Notre Dame has outscored opponents 62-26 in the third quarter.

FOLLOW HIS LEA-D

• Notre Dame has held 21 of 22 opponents during Clark Lea’s tenure as defensive coordinator to 30 points or less. That includes includes ranked opponents LSU, Michigan, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Clemson, Georgia and Virginia.

BORN TO (STOP THE) RUN

• The Irish defense held Virginia to just four total rushing yards, marking the fourth-lowest total by an opposing team of Notre Dame since 1996, and the fewest in the Brian Kelly era. Notre Dame produced tackles for loss on 44.8 percent of Virginia’s rushing attempts, a rate which led the FBS. The four yards was also the lowest total against a ranked team since Nov. 26, 1966 (Southern Cal, 51-0 win, -12 rushing yards).
• In the first half, Notre Dame held Virginia to -2 rushing yards. In their previous four games, the Cavaliers had rushed for an average of 55.75 yards in the first half.
• Notre Dame’s defense held Georgia to just 34 total yards of offense in the first quarter. The Bulldogs gained at least 150 yards in the first quarter during each of their first three games this season.
• In the first half, Notre Dame outgained Duke, 273-123. The Irish racked up 175 rushing yards to the Blue Devils’ 44. On the game, the Notre Dame defense held Duke to 95 total rushing yards.

NOTEWORTHY OFFENSIVE NOTABLES

• Saturday at Duke, Notre Dame posted 469 total yards of offense, averaging 6.3 yards per play and controlling the ball for 32:52. The Irish scored first, making their record 5-1 this season when scoring first.
• On third down, QB Ian Book has been sacked just twice on 75 passing attempts (one sack for every 37.5 passing attempts) this season, the second-best rate among Power 5 programs.
• The matchup vs. Virginia Tech marked the first time this season the Irish did not score on a trip to the red zone. Notre Dame was the last remaining team in the FBS hold a perfect red zone scoring percentage, converting on 24-of-24 visits inside the 20. Of the two dozen scores, 21 were touchdowns (11 rushing, 10 passing).
• The Irish totaled 573 yards of total offense vs. Bowling Green, having a 100-yard receiver (Javon McKinley) and 100-yard rusher (Tony Jones Jr.) for the first time since 2018 at Virginia Tech (WR Miles Boykin and RB Dexter Williams).
• In the first half vs. Bowling Green, Notre Dame recorded 339 yards of total offense, 255 in the air. The Irish averaged 10.6 yards per play and scored five touchdowns. The five touchdown passes in the first half are the most by an Irish team in a single half.
• Notre Dame’s streak of 1,273 carries by a running back without a fumble ended vs. Virginia Tech. The streak, dating back to Nov. 21, 2015, was the longest active streak in the FBS, topping Northwestern’s 1,222-carry streak that ended earlier this season.

NOTEWORTHY SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES

• K/P Jonathan Doerer inscribed his name in Notre Dame record books vs. Southern Cal, becoming the first Irish kicker since Dave Keeve (1977) to make three field goals of 40 or more yards in a single game.
• Doerer made a career-long 52-yard field goal on the opening drive of the second half vs. Southern Cal, also making a 45-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining in the first half. Doerer added a 43-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. All three surpassed his previous career-long (36 yards).
• Doerer’s 52-yarder also places him in the Irish record books, matching the third-longest field goal made in Notre Dame history. Dave Reeve (1976 vs. Pittsburgh) and Kyle Brindza (2013 vs. Arizona State in Arlington, Texas) both had 53-yard field goals for the Irish.
• Notre Dame’s last made field goal of 50 yards or longer came in 2015, when Justin Yoon netted a 52-yarder against Navy.

NOTEWORTHY INDIVIDUAL NOTABLES

• WR Chase Claypool recorded eight receptions for 118 yards vs. Virginia Tech, including a key 26-yard catch on fourth down in the final minutes of the game. His reception kept the Irish drive alive, which culminated in the go-ahead touchdown run by Ian Book.
• Claypool caught a seven-yard pass for a touchdown from Book in the first quarter at Duke, his fifth touchdown catch of the season and 11th of his career. It was Claypool’s first score since his two receiving touchdowns vs. Bowling Green. Claypool finished the night with 5 receptions for 97 yards, marking the fifth-highest single-game total of his career.
• Claypool has passed the 400-yard receiving mark for the third consecutive season. He is among only four Notre Dame wideouts since 1996 to accomplish this feat (joining Michael Floyd, Rhema McKnight and Malcolm Johnson).
• Claypool caught two touchdown passes vs. Bowling Green, totaling 61 yards on three total receptions, while catching three passes for 47 yards vs. Southern Cal. He surpassed the 100-career receptions mark on his first catch vs. Virginia, and on his now 121 career receptions, Claypool has recorded 1,676 yards (13.9 average) and 10 touchdowns in four seasons. He joins a group of just 14 other Irish players who have reached the 100-career receptions mark since 1996. The most recent receivers to reach the benchmark were Chris Brown and Will Fuller V.
• Lending voice to the importance of veteran players making their mark on special teams, in the first quarter at Georgia, Claypool recovered a Georgia muffed punt return at the Bulldog eight-yard line to set up a Notre Dame touchdown drive (QB Ian Book one-yard pass to TE Cole Kmet). It was Claypool’s first-career fumble recovery. He also added 6 catches for 66 yards and a touchdown at Georgia.
• WR Chris Finke put up the first points at Duke on an 18-yard touchdown catch from Book. Finke recorded his second touchdown of the game on a six-yard pass from Book on Notre Dame’s first drive in the third quarter. The two scores mark Finke’s first career multi-TD game. He also recorded a career-long 46-yard punt return, and received the game ball.
• CB Troy Pride Jr. snagged an interception on the opening drive of the second half at Duke, returning it 39 yards . The interception marked the fourth of his career and first of the season.
• DB Kyle Hamilton nabbed an interception, the third of his career, to seal the Irish victory in the final seconds vs. Virginia Tech. The freshman’s total leads Notre Dame’s defense. Only two other true freshman in the FBS have reached the three interception mark this season (LSU’s Derek Stingley Jr. – 4, Washington’s Cameron Williams – 3).
• LB Drew White made a career-best 11 tackles in the effort at Michigan, and led the Irish with eight total tackles vs. Virginia Tech.
• RB Tony Jones Jr. posted a career-high 176 rushing yards vs. Southern Cal, marking his fourth 100-yard rushing performance of the season and the fifth of his career. His previous rushing career-high came this season vs. Virginia (131 yards).
• Jones Jr. surpassed 100 rushing yards with fewer than three minutes remaining in the first half vs. Southern Cal, and is now tied for 14th in Notre Dame history with four 100-yard rushing games in a season.
• LB Asmar Bilal recorded five tackles in the first quarter vs. Southern Cal, totaling 11 (8 solo) on the gameand leading the Irish defense. His 11 total tackles mark his single game career high, passing his previous total of nine.
• LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah recovered a Virginia Tech fumble, the first fumble recovery of his career, to give the Irish possession at the Hokie 47-yard line late in the second quarter. He also notched his first career sack on Southern Cal’s opening drive, setting up an eventual punt for the Trojans.
• TE Tommy Tremble recorded his third touchdown reception of the season, Notre Dame’s second of the matchup, vs. Virginia Tech. No Notre Dame tight end in their first year of playing experience has caught more touchdown passes than Tommy Tremble
• K/P Jonathan Doerer made three field goals of more than 40 yards vs. Southern Cal, becomgin the first Irish kicker ever to do so in a single game. (See Noteworthy Special Teams Notables for more details.) Doerer was awarded a game ball, the first of his career.
• WR Braden Lenzy notched his first career rushing touchdown (second career TD), a 51-yard score, in the second quarter vs. Southern Cal. It was Notre Dame’s longest rushing touchdown of the season, as well as the longest rushing play of the season.
• In each of the last four games, TE Cole Kmet has scored a touchdown, including the first score vs. Virginia Tech, which upped his season total to five. Only one tight end in program history has totaled more touchdown receptions during a single season (Ken MacAfee, 1977 – 6).
• Kmet has totaled 27 receptions over the last six games. Kmet missed the first two games of the season with a collarbone injury. With his second catch vs. Southern Cal, Kmet doubled his career total entering the 2019 season (17) in those four games.
• Kmet posted four catches for 65 yards vs. Virginia, totaling 13 receptions over two games (vs. Virginia and at Georgia). Just two Irish tight ends have totaled more receptions over a two-game span (most was 16 by Kyle Rudolph in 2010 vs. Michigan and Michigan State) since 1996.
• Kmet totaled a career-high nine catches at Georgia, which tied the program mark for receptions in a single game by a tight end. He tallied 108 receiving yards and a touchdown (seven receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown coming in the first half), and was named the John Mackey Award’s Tight End of the Week in Week 4.
• RB Jahmir Smith posted a career-long 40-yard rush in the first quarter at Duke, topping his previous high of 24 yards vs. Louisville this season.
• CB TaRiq Bracy recovered his first career fumble in the fourth quarter to give the Irish possession at the Duke 29-yard line.