BLUE-GOLD GAME HISTORY
- Saturday will mark the 93rd edition of the Blue Gold Game presented by Meijer and the third spring game of the Marcus Freeman era. The team conducted a draft on Thursday, April 18 to select the rosters for both squads during the scrimmage. This is the third year that the team has conducted a draft to select the Blue-Gold Game roster.
- This game marks the ‘rubber match’ between acting head coaches Al Washington (Blue) and Deland McCullough (Gold). Washington’s Gold Team won in 2023 after McCullough’s Gold earned a last-second victory in 2022.
BLUE-GOLD GAME FORMAT
- The game will be played with traditional scoring, there is no offense vs. defense scoring system that has been used for some previous editions of the spring game.
- There will be four 15-minute quarters with normal timing in the first half. The second half will feature a running clock and there is head coach discretion to return to normal clock rules if the game score is close at the end.
- There will be one live kickoff to start the game. All other change of possessions after a score will be ball placement.
- The teams were drafted by members of the program on Thursday, April 20. There will be some selected players who will wear green jerseys and can compete for both teams.
- There will be no punts in the game. If a team decides to punt, the ball will be moved 40 yards down field and possession of the ball will change.
- Field goals and PATs will be live.
PERSONNEL NOTES
- Injured players unable to compete on Saturday afternoon – TE Kevin Bauman, CB Charles Du, TE Mitchell Evans, DL Aiden Gobaira, WR Jayden Harrison, QB Riley Leonard, CB Benjamin Morrison, DL Armel Mukam, OL Style Prescod, RB Jadarian Price, WR Leo Scheidler, WR Jayden Thomas, DL Loghan Thomas, WR Cam Williams and RB Kedren Young.
- There will be players in green uniforms that can compete for both teams. Freshman QB CJ Carr will play quarterback for both teams.
- Quarterback Steve Angeli will be in a red jersey and cannot be tackled. Quarterbacks Kenny Minchey and CJ Carr will be live and can be tackled.
- Wide receiver Jordan Faison has been designated a member of the Blue Team, but will be competing as a member of the top-ranked Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team against North Carolina at Arlotta Stadium at 11:30 a.m. ET on Saturday.
BLUE GOLD GAME HISTORY (since 1997)
|
Year |
Blue |
Gold |
Attendance |
Offensive MVP |
Defensive MVP |
|
1997 – 1 |
6 |
10 |
8,240* |
||
|
1997 – 2 |
24 |
14 |
n/a* |
Clement Stokes |
Joe Thomas |
|
1998 |
38 |
7 |
21,051 |
Kory Minor |
|
|
1999 |
49 |
10 |
21,512 |
Jarious Jackson |
Anthony Denman |
|
2000 |
31 (off) |
39 (def) |
n/a |
||
|
2001 |
40 (off) |
74 (def) |
20,694 |
David Givens |
Shane Walton |
|
2002 |
0 |
3 |
17,025 |
Ryan Grant |
Gerome Sapp |
|
2003 |
17 |
14 |
20,346 |
Chris Olsen |
Justin Tuck |
|
2004 |
35 |
17 |
18,469 |
Brady Quinn |
Tom Zbikowski |
|
2005 |
28 |
6 |
23,324 |
Brady Quinn |
Trevor Laws |
|
2006 |
10 |
7 |
41,279 |
Travis Thomas |
Trevor Laws |
|
2007 |
6 |
10 |
51,852 |
Junior Jabbie |
|
|
2008 |
47 (off) |
46 (def) |
30,286 |
||
|
2009 |
68 (off) |
33 (def) |
n/a |
Armando Allen |
|
|
2010 |
19 |
27 |
27,241 |
||
|
2011 |
14 |
17 |
n/a |
||
|
2012 |
42 (off) |
32 (def) |
n/a |
||
|
2013 |
2 |
17 |
31,652 |
||
|
2014 |
63 (off) |
58 (def) |
27,986 |
||
|
2015 |
34 |
37 |
n/a |
||
|
2016 |
17 |
7 |
28,061 |
||
|
2017 |
14 |
27 |
20,147 |
||
|
2018 |
47 (off) |
44 (def) |
31,729 |
||
|
2019 |
45 (off) |
48 (def) |
30,074 |
||
|
2020 |
no game |
||||
|
2021 |
17 |
3 |
6,195 |
||
|
2022 |
10 |
13 |
33,754 |
||
|
2023 |
0 |
24 |
32,942 |