The Irish came out with some intensity on their first two series of the game. Defensively, the unit was flying around the ball and forced Stanford into a very quick 3-and-out.
When the offense got the ball, immediately quarterback Jack Coan was asked to stretch the field and that’s what he did. The senior found Kevin Austin for a 33-yard play that launched a 5-play, 74-yard scoring drive that lasted just 3 minutes. The final play of the drive saw Coan find another one of his wide receivers, Braden Lenzy for this 16-yard strike for the first score of the game and a 7-0 over the host Stanford.
Coan to Lenzy for the TD 🎯@NDFootball takes the lead! pic.twitter.com/rXNdJYXrUM
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 28, 2021