Notre Dame vs. Georgia: Box score, stats and summary feat. Riley Leonard (Sugar Bowl)

The seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish were dominant in the Sugar Bowl and cruised to a 23-10 victory in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals over the second-seeded Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday. The special teams and defense of the Fighting Irish paved the way for the win, which saw them advance to the semifinals to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Led by quarterback Riley Leonard, who had 234 total yards of offense, the Fighting Irish (13-1) won their program-best 13th game of the season.

The Bulldogs (11-3) could not get much going and were on the back foot after allowing 17 points in 54 seconds. The injury to starting quarterback Carson Beck in the SEC Championship Game also loomed large.

Let’s take a closer look into the box scores for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs to see how this game played out.

Notre Dame vs. Georgia box score

Notre Dame vs. Georgia box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Notre Dame	0	13	7	3	23
Georgia	0	3	7	0	10

Notre Dame Fighting Irish box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Riley Leonard	14	80	0	15-24	154	1	0

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Riley Leonard	14	80	0	1	-8	0
Jadarian Price	10	37	0	0	0	0
Jeremiyah Love	6	19	0	1	2	0
Jordan Faison	2	9	0	4	46	0
Jayden Thomas	1	7	0	0	0	0
Aneyas Williams	2	4	0	2	5	0
Mitchell Evans	0	0	0	3	22	0
Beaux Collins	0	0	0	1	13	1
Jaden Greathouse	0	0	0	2	6	0
Jayden Harrison	0	0	0	1	4	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Jaiden Ausberry	0	1
Junior Tuihalamaka	0	1

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Mitch Jeter	2-2	3-3	48

Georgia Bulldogs box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Gunner Stockton	10	-23	0	20-32	234	1	0

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Trevor Etienne	11	38	0	4	26	0
Nate Frazier	4	37	0	2	17	0
Arian Smith	1	13	0	1	67	0
Dillon Bell	1	1	0	6	33	0
Cash Jones	2	-4	0	2	37	1
Gunner Stockton	10	-23	0	0	0	0
Dominic Lovett	0	0	0	3	36	0
Oscar Delp	0	0	0	2	18	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Peyton Woodring	1-1	1-1	41

Notre Dame vs. Georgia Game Summary

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish controlled things on offense, scoring 23 points on 244 total yards (90 passing, 154 rushing). They did so without converting too many third downs, going just 4-of-14. They also failed in their only fourth-down attempt.

The Fighting Irish struggled to get chunk plays and averaged 3.2 yards per pass attempt. They ran for 4.0 yards per carry. Notre Dame did not turn the ball over and did well on kick returns to keep their season alive.

The Georgia Bulldogs struggled offensively under their backup quarterback, Gunner Stockton. They went 2-of-12 on third downs and 0-of-3 on fourth downs, amassing just 16 first downs.

The team had 296 total yards (234 passing, 62 rushing). They averaged 2.1 yards per attempt on 29 rushes and turned the ball over twice.

Below is the scoring breakdown of the Sugar Bowl:

• 12:14 2Q: Peyton Woodring 41 Yard Field Goal | 3-0 Georgia
• 8:20 2Q: Mitch Jeter 44 Yard Field Goal | 3-3
• 0:39 2Q: Mitch Jeter 48 Yard Field Goal | 6-3 Notre Dame
• 0:28 2Q: Riley Leonard 13 Yard Passing TD to Beaux Collins | 13-3 Notre Dame
• 14:45 3Q: Jayden Harrison 98 Yard Kickoff Return | 20-3 Notre Dame
• 9:36 3Q: Gunner Stockton 32 Yard Passing TD to Cash Jones | 20-10 Notre Dame
• 13:47 4Q: Mitch Jeter 47 Yard Field Goal | 23-10 Notre Dame