Notre Dame won a classic Milton Berle "pull out just enough to win" game against Wake Forest today, 28-7. Vanilla play on both sides, but the Irish busted out enough big plays on defense to make the margin comfortable. Wake Forest outgained and outpossessed the Irish.
A few key statistics:
Wake Forest 0/3 on 4th down
This one is the obvious stat of the game. The Demon Deacons moved the ball pretty well, and to coach Dave Clawson's credit, he did not hesitate to go for it on 4th down early on, which was how 2 of Wake's first 3 possessions ended.