2005 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team - Game Notes - BYU

BYU

BYU at #12 Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 10 0 13 0 23
• Notre Dame 7 14 21 7 49
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m. EST
  • Television network: NBC
Scoring summary
1 9:51 BYU Jared McLaughlin 44 yard field goal BYU 3-0
1 7:12 ND Maurice Stovall 10 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 7-3
1 2:48 BYU Jonny Harline 12 yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 10-7
2 10:33 ND Jeff Samardzija 14 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 14-10
2 4:18 ND Maurice Stovall 15 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 21-10
3 12:50 ND Jeff Ssmardzija 21 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 28-10
3 9:11 BYU John Beck 10 yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) ND 28-17
3 5:38 BYU Todd Watkins 10 yard pass from John Beck (pass failed) ND 28-23
3 4:47 ND Maurice Stovall 36 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 35-23
3 2:16 ND Maurice Stovall 24 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 42-23
4 9:24 ND Tom Zbikowski 83 yard interception return (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 49-23

After the disappointment from the loss to USC, the Irish looked to rebound against the BYU Cougars, a team that gave the Irish a season opening loss in 2004. The Cougars were led by junior quarterback John Beck and first-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall. The Cougars had a 3-3 record, but had won their previous two games.

The Cougars started the scoring with a 45-yard field goal, but Brady Quinn, completing six of seven passes on his first drive, threw a 10-yard touchdown to Maurice Stovall to take the lead. Beck led the Cougars on a drive that included an interception by Mike Richardson, that was fumbled and recovered by the Cougars and finished with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jonny Harline. The Cougars led 10-7 at the end of the first quarter, but a pair of 15-yard Quinn touchdown passes to Jeff Samardzija and Stovall gave the Irish a 21-10 lead at halftime. In the third, Quinn completed three long touchdown passes, two to Stovall and one to Samardzija, while Beck ran for a touchdown and threw another to Todd Watkins to end the third quarter with the Irish leading 42-23. The final score of the game came in the fourth when a Beck pass was intercepted by Tom Zbikowski and returned 83 yards, giving the final score of the game with the Irish winning 49-23. The Irish won their first home game of the season and moved to 9th nationally.


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