CITRUS BOWL PRESENTED BY OVERTON'S LSU TIGERS GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE (9-3) Monday, January 1 Camping World Stadium Date ND Rk Opp Rk Opponent Location TV Time/Score 1:07 p.m. ET Orlando, FL // AstroTurf Gameday Grass 3D Sep. 2 RV/RV --/RV Temple Notre Dame, IN W, 49-16 ABC Mark Jones (play-by-play) Sep. 9 24/25 15/15 Georgia Notre Dame, IN L, 19-20 WatchESPN Rod Gilmore (color) Sep. 16 RV/RV at Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA W, 49-20 Quint Kessenich (sideline) Sep. 23 RV/RV RV/RV at Michigan State East Lansing, MI W, 38-18 IMG College Sports (117 affiliates) Don Criqui (play-by-play) SiriusXM (Channel 129) Allen Pinkett (analysis) Sep. 30 22/RV Miami (Ohio) Notre Dame, IN W, 52-17 96.1 FM, 101.5 FM & 960 AM (South Bend) Joe Weil (pre- and post-game) Oct. 7 21/22 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC W, 33-10 Jack Nolan (interviews) Oct. 21 13/16 11/10 USC Notre Dame, IN W, 49-14 CitrusBowlOrlando.com/tickets Notre Dame Ticket Exchange Oct. 28 9/10 14/15 NC State Notre Dame, IN W, 35-14 Capacity: 65,000 powered by VividSeats.com Nov. 4 3/5/8 Wake Forest Notre Dame, IN W, 48-37 THE SERIES Nov. 11 3/3/5 7/7/6 at Miami (Fla.) Miami Gardens, FL L, 8-41 Nov. 18 8/9/9 Navy Notre Dame, IN W, 24-17 All-Time ND leads 6-5 Last: 31-28 ND, Dec. 30, 2014 (Music City Bowl) Nov. 25 8/9/9 21/20/20 at Stanford Stanford, CA L, 20-38 Neutral LSU leads 2-1 Last: 31-28 ND, Dec. 30, 2014 (Music City Bowl) Jan. 1 14/14/15 17/16/14 vs. LSU Orlando, FL 1 p.m. THE COACHES Rankings: (CFP/)AP/Coaches (current for upcoming opponents, at time of game for past opponents) | All times Eastern Head Coach At School Overall vs. Opponent COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF ND Brian Kelly 68-34 (eighth year) 238-91-2 (27th year) 1-0 Offensive snaps played by Outland Trophy finalist Quenton Nelson this season without allowing a single sack or QB 819 hit. He is the highest-rated offensive lineman in the nation according to Pro Football Focus at 48.1. LSU Ed Orgeron 15-5 (second year) 31-32 (sixth year) 0-1 With 515 rushing yards at Boston College, it marked the third-most by any Irish team in a game since 1969 515 when they ran for a modern school-record 597 yards against Navy. It was good for a 10.1 yards per rush average, WHAT'S INSIDE WHAT'S INSIDE breaking the modern Notre Dame record (10.0) set against Great Lakes in 1942. Offensive linemen Quenton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey were both consensus first team All-Americans this 2 Covering the Irish 35 Game Highs 101 season, giving Notre Dame a nation-leading 101 consensus All-Americans in school history. The Irish passed Yale for the most all-time, a position the Bulldogs had held a lead in since 1897. In addition, Nelson was a unanimous 3 Depth Chart 36 Conversions & Time of Possession first team selection, the 34th in school history and first since Manti Te’o in 2012. 4 Alphabetical Roster 37 Red Zone Statistics Notre Dame enters the Citrus Bowl looking to win at least10 games in a season for the second time in three years 10 under Brian Kelly. 5 Numerical Roster & Pronunciations 38 Game-by-Game Participation With nine runs of at least 60 yards this season, the Irish are tied for the national lead in that category. Six of those 6 #33Trucking 39 Game-by-Game All-Purpose Yards 9 runs came against Power 5 teams, making Notre Dame one of just four teams in FBS to have broken six runs of 60 yards or more against power conference teams this year. 7-14 Game Notes 40 Game-by-Game Passing CB Julian Love became the eighth Irish player to return two interceptions for touchdowns in a season when he 12-13 Positional Breakdown 41 Game-by-Game Rushing & Receiving 8 recorded a pick-six against NC State to join his earlier INT return for a TD against Michigan State. Love recorded his third pick against Wake Forest and owns a single-season school-record 17 pass break-ups. 15 Irish in Bowl Games (Bowl Results) 41 Game-by-Game Returns With seven runs of at least 60 yards this season, RB Josh Adams leads the nation in that category. In addition, he is 16-17 Bowl Game Record Book 42 Game-by-Game Tackles & TFLs 7 the only running back in the country to break four rushes of at least 70 yards this season. 18 The LSU Tigers 43 Game-by-Game Sacks & Fumbles NC State’s rushing defense entered the Oct. 28 contest ranked sixth nationally in rushing defense and had not 6 allowed a 100-yard rusher all season. In Notre Dame’s 35-14 win, the Irish ran for 318 yards, including 136 by 19 Top 25 Polls 44 NCAA Team Ranking Summary halftime, eclipsing the Wolfpack’s previous high for rushing yards allowed in a game of 133. Five of Notre Dame’s 2017 opponents finished the regular season in the AP Top 25, with LSU becoming the sixth 19 Opponent Update 45 NCAA Individual Ranking Summary 5 such foe. In addition, 10 of 12 regular season opponents are in bowl games this year, including one opponent in the College Football Playoff (Georgia) and two more in the New Year’s Six (USC and Miami). That follows a 20 Brian Kelly 46 Turnover Battle championship week which saw four of the Power 5 title game participants come from the Irish schedule. 21 The Record When & Starts By Position 46 Drive Charts LB Te’von Coney ranks fourth among major team (Power 5+ND) linebackers with a run stop percentage of 14.2 4 according to Pro Football Focus. The junior leads the Irish with 99 tackles entering the Citrus Bowl. 22 Player Honors & Awards 46 Third Down Conversions by Distance Brandon Wimbush is the third QB in school history to eclipse both 500 rushing yards and 1,000 passing yards in the 22 Starter Sheet 47 Notre Dame’s Big Plays 3 same season. He joins Tony Rice (1988 and ‘89) and DeShone Kizer (2015). 23-26 The Last Time 48 Longest Plays of the Season Josh Adams is one of just two players in Notre Dame history to reach 1,000 rushing yards for the season in eight 2 games. He passed the mark against NC State, matching Vagas Ferguson who hit 1,000 in eight games in 1979. 27 Team Statistics 48 Opponent Big Plays Adams was the fastest to 1,000 in terms of carries in school history. 38-31 Individual Season & Career Stats 49 Notre Dame’s Scoring Drives Notre Dame’s offensive line won the Joe Moore Award for the first time in school history this season. Presented 1 by the Foundation for Teamwork, the award is given annually the “toughest, most physical offensive line in the 32 Team Game-by-Game Statistics 50 Opponent Scoring Drives country,” and is the only major college football award given to a position unit or group. 33 Opponent Game-by-Game Statistics 51-56 2017 Game Recaps No FBS player since 1996 other than Josh Adams has broken a TD run of at least 70 yards in four consecutive 0 games. Per STATS, he passed four players since ‘96 who had TD runs of 70-plus in three straight games, including 34 Team Game-by-Game Comparison Heisman trophy winner Ricky Williams. @NDFootball /NDFootball @NDFootball @NDFBRecruiting COVERING THE IRISH CITRUS BOWL PRESENTED BY OVERTON’S | 2 COACHING STAFF GAMEDAY LOCATIONS UND.COM/PRESSBOX Coach Position Location In an effort to move toward an environmentally friendly press box, Fighting Irish Brian Kelly Head Coach Sideline Media provides a majority of its services via UND.com/pressbox. As during the regular Mike Elko Defensive Coordinator Press Box season, the press box site will be updated regularly throughout bowl week. Chip Long Offensive Coordinator Sideline Citrus Bowl materials will include: Mike Elston Defensive Line Sideline • Bowl game notes Autry Denson Running Backs Sideline • Updated player bios Harry Hiestand Offensive Line Sideline • Updated Brian Kelly Era Record Book Todd Lyght Defensive Backs Sideline • Transcripts and recordings of most Notre Dame media opportunities Brian Polian Special Teams Coordinator Sideline • Season statistics Clark Lea Linebackers Sideline Del Alexander Wide Receivers Sideline Tom Rees Quarterbacks Press Box FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS STAFF CITRUS BOWL MEDIA SCHEDULE Director of Football Michael Bertsch Email [email protected] Tuesday Brian Kelly Citrus Bowl Welcome Party 7 p.m. Media Relations Dec. 26 Rosen Shingle Creek Resort Office 574-631-8642 Credentialing Wednesday Brian Kelly and/or Freedom High School Kelly: 2:10 p.m.* Women’s Lacrosse Cell 574-532-4154 *If available Dec. 27 Select Players Players: 3:15 p.m. Assistant Director Michael Scholl Email [email protected] Post-Practice Secondary Football Baseball Office 574-631-4780 Thursday Brian Kelly and/or Freedom High School Approx. Cell 574-876-6248 Dec. 28 Select Players 2:20 p.m. Post Practice Assistant AD Aaron Horvath Email [email protected] Strategic Communications Friday Chip Long Rosen Plaza Hotel 9 a.m. Office 574-631-8978 Dec. 29 Mike Elko Select Players Director of Communications Dan Colleran Email [email protected] Hockey Saturday Brian Kelly Citrus Bowl Day for Kids 2 p.m.