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University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Football Postgame Notes at No. 6 Notre Dame
September 26, 2015 | Football
UMass Football Postgame Notes
No. 6/8 Notre Dame 62, Massachusetts 27
Notre Dame Stadium; Notre Dame, Ind.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015
Attendance: 80,795
Game Notes • Offense
• A pair of true-freshmen recorded rushing touchdowns at Notre Dame in Sekai Lindsay and Marquis Young. Young’s came on the last play from scrimmage in the first quarter while Lindsay’s opened scoring in the second quarter.
• Marquis Young's 83-yard touchdown run was the longest run by a Minuteman since R.J. Cobb scampered 84 yards against Delaware on Nov. 2, 2002. That represents a gap of 149 games between the performances.
• Young’s 83-yard run is the longest by a true-freshman in UMass football modern history, dating back to the 1978 season.
• Young averaged 20.6 yards per carry with his five attempts covering 103 yards, the first 100-plus yard rushing performance by a Minuteman in 2015.
• The ground attack ended the afternoon with 148 yards over 29 carries for an average of 5.1 per attempt.
• Three Minutemen split the three rushing touchdowns as Lindsay, Young and Jamal Wilson each had one. It was the first career scores for Lindsay and Young.
• With his eight receptions today, Tajae Sharpe reached 38 consecutive games with at least one catch, the 10th-longest streak in the Mid-American Conference historically and third-longest active streak in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
Game Notes • Defense
• Trey Dudley-Giles intercepted a DeShone Kizer pass in the second quarter on a tipped play by Randall Jette, representing Dudley-Giles’ third career pick and first of the season.
• Three Minutemen provided double-digit tackle totals as Joe Colton, Dudley-Giles and Jovan Santos-Knox each had 10. Colton provided eight solo stops, followed by seven for Dudley-Giles and four by Santos-Knox. It marks the ninth-such performance for Santos-Knox, seventh by Colton and Dudley-Giles’ third with at least 10 stops.
Game Notes • Special Teams & Miscellaneous
• Coming in at No. 6 in the Associated Press Top-25 Media Poll, Notre Dame represents the highest-ranked opponent UMass football has faced in the history of the program. The previous top-ranked team was No. 7 Kansas State (L, 38-7; Sept. 13, 2003)
• All four University of Massachusetts scoring drives measured at least 50 yards in length. The longest (10 plays) went exactly 50 yards while UMass also had 75, 77 and 78 yard drives. Each of the 10 Minuteman scoring drives in 2015 measure at least 50 yards in length.
• Today’s UMass game captains were Dudley-Giles, Blake Frohnapfel, Santos-Knox, Trey Seals, Sharpe and Wilson.
• UMass won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball to start the first quarter. Notre Dame kicked off and defended the South endzone.