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2015 week 1 · postseason · Friday, January 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM CT · State Farm Stadium · 📺 ESPN · 71,123 att · 49.8°F, wind 2.2

Drive chart

Notre Dame Ohio State bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
PUNT
3 pl · 7 yd · 2:06
0–0
TD
9 pl · 80 yd · 3:01
0–7
PUNT
3 pl · 1 yd · 1:27
0–7
TD
3 pl · 43 yd · 0:45
0–14
PUNT
9 pl · 48 yd · 5:26
0–14
PUNT
10 pl · 33 yd · 4:03
0–14
Q2
TD
13 pl · 70 yd · 5:38
7–14
TD
11 pl · 62 yd · 2:39
7–21
PUNT
3 pl · 0 yd · 1:03
7–21
TD
6 pl · 63 yd · 2:04
7–28
TD
9 pl · 75 yd · 1:19
14–28
END OF HALF
1 pl · -1 yd · 0:29
14–28
Q3
INT
9 pl · 45 yd · 3:08
14–28
TD
7 pl · 58 yd · 2:54
21–28
TD
6 pl · 75 yd · 2:21
21–35
INT
6 pl · 25 yd · 1:35
21–35
PUNT
3 pl · 8 yd · 2:02
21–35
PUNT
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:36
21–35
FG
10 pl · 44 yd · 4:14
21–38
Q4
TD
2 pl · 83 yd · 0:43
28–38
FG
13 pl · 42 yd · 5:18
28–41
PUNT
3 pl · -8 yd · 1:51
28–41
FG
4 pl · 5 yd · 1:36
28–44
FUMBLE
6 pl · 43 yd · 1:15
28–44
PUNT
3 pl · 2 yd · 1:05
28–44
END OF GAME
3 pl · 19 yd · 0:22
28–44
26 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

1takeaways2
2three-and-outs forced5
8 of 13scoring drives allowed4 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 goals3 of 3
6punts3
48.2punt average41.3
0punts inside the 200
60return yards161
own 18average drive startown 35
Notre Dame
K Justin Yoon 4/4 XP
P Tyler Newsome 6 punts · 48.2 avg
KR C.J. Sanders 5 ret · 60 yds · long 17
Ohio State
K Sean Nuernberger 3/3 FG · long 38 · 5/5 XP
P Cameron Johnston 3 punts · 41.3 avg
KR Curtis Samuel 2 ret · 52 yds · long 38
KR Jalin Marshall 1 ret · 36 yds · long 36
PR Jalin Marshall 4 ret · 73 yds · long 29
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

2024 Ohio State 34 – 23 Notre Dame
2023 Ohio State 17 – 14 Notre Dame
2022 Notre Dame 10 – 21 Ohio State
2005 Notre Dame 20 – 34 Ohio State
1996 Ohio State 29 – 16 Notre Dame
1995 Notre Dame 26 – 45 Ohio State
1936 Ohio State 2 – 7 Notre Dame
1935 Notre Dame 18 – 13 Ohio State
Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal