Notre Dame at Pittsburgh 2015

Drive chart

Notre Dame Pittsburgh bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

OWN G255025END ZONE

3 pl · 75 yd · 1:11

7–0

PUNT

8 pl · 9 yd · 4:13

7–0

PUNT

6 pl · 7 yd · 3:32

7–0

8 pl · 75 yd · 3:16

7–3

10 pl · 75 yd · 5:00

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · 6 yd · 1:03

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · -4 yd · 1:28

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · -6 yd · 1:12

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · -3 yd · 0:59

14–3

INT

8 pl · 51 yd · 3:11

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 2:07

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · -7 yd · 0:51

14–3

3 pl · 70 yd · 0:22

21–3

PUNT

4 pl · 42 yd · 0:53

21–3

END OF HALF

1 pl · 3 yd · 0:42

21–3

8 pl · 77 yd · 3:41

21–10

8 pl · 75 yd · 3:26

28–10

13 pl · 75 yd · 5:47

28–17

9 pl · 50 yd · 4:36

35–17

PUNT

3 pl · 0 yd · 1:11

35–17

10 pl · 62 yd · 5:32

42–17

3 pl · 76 yd · 1:03

42–24

FUMBLE TD

5 pl · 7 yd · 3:00

42–30

ON DOWNS

4 pl · 6 yd · 1:44

42–30

24 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

1	takeaways	1
4	three-and-outs forced	3
4 of 11	scoring drives allowed	6 of 13

No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

—	field goals	1 of 1
4	punts	6
51.8	punt average	42.7
0	punts inside the 20	0
18	return yards	94
own 28	average drive start	own 26

Notre Dame

K	Justin Yoon	6/6 XP
P	Tyler Newsome	4 punts · 51.8 avg
PR	C.J. Sanders	3 ret · 18 yds · long 9

Pittsburgh

K	Chris Blewitt	1/1 FG · long 22 · 3/3 XP
P	Ryan Winslow	6 punts · 42.7 avg
KR	Avonte Maddox	3 ret · 42 yds · long 19
KR	Quadree Henderson	1 ret · 24 yds · long 24
PR	Avonte Maddox	3 ret · 29 yds · long 17
PR	Jordan Whitehead	1 ret · -1 yds · long -1

K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025	Notre Dame 37 – 15 Pittsburgh
2023	Pittsburgh 7 – 58 Notre Dame
2020	Notre Dame 45 – 3 Pittsburgh
2018	Pittsburgh 14 – 19 Notre Dame
2013	Notre Dame 21 – 28 Pittsburgh
2012	Pittsburgh 26 – 29 Notre Dame
2011	Notre Dame 15 – 12 Pittsburgh
2010	Pittsburgh 17 – 23 Notre Dame

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.