Post-Game Wrap: Notre Dame 34 Temple 10 **(TEST STORY)**

***This is a fictional story for examples sake by the ISD Staff as part of the TEST STORY.***

Notre Dame cruised to a 34-10 week one win over the Temple Owls on a beautiful South Bend afternoon.

Saturday marked the official start to the Brandon Wimbush era and he sure didn’t disappoint in his first game as the Irish starting quarterback.

DAZZLED: Wimbush completed 23 of 26 passes for 296 yards and 4 touchdowns against less than stellar Temple defense. The junior quarterback would have had a fifth touchdown pass, but freshman tight end Brock Wright’s knee was determined down at the one-yard line.

Notre Dame fans immediately saw fireworks from Wimbush as he hit receiver Miles Boykin for a 61-yard scoring strike on the second play of the game. From there, Wimbush connected with Equanimeous St. Brown, Tony Jones Jr., and Durham Smythe for touchdowns.

The New Jersey native also added 65 yards on the ground on just 6 carries.

FRAZZLED: Mike Elko’s defense was looking at holding Temple without a touchdown to open the season, but freshman safety Isaiah Robertson tripped in his backpedal to let Mike Frank get behind him for an Owl score with just 42 seconds left in the game. 

SNEAKY GOOD: The day was about turnovers as Notre Dame forced four on the day. The performance of Jay Hayes might get lose in the excitement of seeing the Irish defense attack the football.

The senior defensive end recorded six tackles, two tackles for loss, including stuffing Temple running back Eric Diamond at the one-yard line on 4th-and-goal.

TURNING POINT: Notre Dame started with an explosive plays on offense, but it was junior safety Nick Coleman’s interception in the second quarter that flipped the game.

Trailing 14-0, Temple had driven to the Notre Dame 40-yard line and decided to take a shot deep off playaction. Coleman didn’t bite and picked the ball off down the seam to end the scoring threat.

KEY STAT: The Irish rushed for 252 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per carry on the day. Josh Adams led the Irish with 112 yards on 12 carries, while sophomore Tony Jones Jr. made his Notre Dame debut with 77 yards on 8 carries.

Scoring summary

First quarter

A&M: Keith Ford 7 run (Daniel LaCamera PAT). Drive: 75 yards, 10 plays, 3:30. Big play: Josh Reynolds 19 pass from Trevor Knight to the Kansas State 7-yard line. A&M 7, KS 0

KS: Byron Pringle 79 pass from Jesse Ertz (Ian Patterson PAT). Drive: 79 yards, 1 play, 11 seconds. A&M 7, KS 7

Second quarter

KS: Ertz 5 run (Patterson PAT blocked by Myles Garrett). Drive: 55 yards, 8 plays, 4:45. Big play: Justin Silmon 28 run to the A&M 4-yard line. KS 13, A&M 7

A&M: Ricky Seals-Jones 3 pass from Trevor Knight (LaCamera PAT). Drive: 75 yards, 8 plays, 2:19. Big play: Reynolds 37 pass from Knight to the Kansas State 6-yard line. A&M 14, KS 13

KS: Patterson 40 FG. Drive: 49 yards, 7 plays, 3:47. Big play: Dominique Heath 7 pass from Ertz plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Larry Pryor to the A&M 40-yard line. KS 16, A&M 14

KS: Dominique Heath 52 run (Patterson PAT). Drive: 57 yards, 2 plays, 43 seconds. KS 23, A&M 14

Third quarter

A&M: Reynolds 4 pass from Knight (LaCamera PAT). Drive: 90 yards, 10 plays, 4:01. Big play: Ford 25 run to the Kansas State 42-yard line. KS 23, A&M 21

KS: Patterson 25 FG. Drive: 71 yards, 9 plays, 4:07. Big play: Winston Dimel 26 pass from Ertz to the A&M 6-yard line. KS 26, A&M 21

Fourth quarter

KS: Ertz 1 run (Patterson PAT). Drive: 66 yards, 10 plays, 5:55. Big play: Ertz 20 run on second-and-13 to the A&M 1-yard line. KS 33, A&M 21

A&M: Reynolds 15 pass from Knight (LaCamera PAT). Drive: 74 yards, 3 plays, 1:10. Big play: Christian Kirk 40 pass from Knight to the Kansas State 20-yard line. KS 33, A&M 28

***This is a fictional story for examples sake by the ISD Staff as part of the TEST STORY.***