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CFB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 9/15/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
VANDERBILT
 
NOTRE DAME
+13.5  

-13.5  
+425

-600

53
 
17
Final
22

VANDERBILT (2 - 0) at NOTRE DAME (2 - 0)
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Week 3 Saturday, 9/15/2018 2:30 PM
Board OpenLatest
137VANDERBILT52.552
138NOTRE DAME-15.5-13.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
VANDERBILT - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games2-0+22-00-238.015.5407.0(6.4)1.08.58.5272.0(4)3.0
Last 3 Games2-0+22-00-238.015.5407.0(6.4)1.08.58.5272.0(4)3.0
Turf Games2-0+22-00-238.015.5407.0(6.4)1.08.58.5272.0(4)3.0
VANDERBILT - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)38.015.522.032:2638-187(4.9)17-2566.7%220(8.6)64-407(6.4)(10.7)
Opponents Defensive Avg.3316.82234:5540-146(3.7)21-3559.3%260(7.4)75-406(5.4)(12.3)
Defense (All Games)8.58.517.527:3330-75(2.5)23-3860.5%197(5.2)68-272(4)(32)
Opponents Offensive Avg.37.518.22026:0532-114(3.5)22-3464.0%302(8.9)66-416(6.3)(11.1)

NOTRE DAME - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games2-0+1.41-10-224.017.5358.0(5.1)2.016.58.0328.0(4)2.0
Home Games2-0+1.41-10-224.017.5358.0(5.1)2.016.58.0328.0(4)2.0
Last 3 Games2-0+1.41-10-224.017.5358.0(5.1)2.016.58.0328.0(4)2.0
Turf Games2-0+1.41-10-224.017.5358.0(5.1)2.016.58.0328.0(4)2.0
NOTRE DAME - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)24.017.520.527:0244-124(2.8)14-2654.7%233(8.8)70-358(5.1)(14.9)
Opponents Defensive Avg.14.28.818.530:4442-136(3.3)15-2951.3%167(5.8)70-304(4.3)(21.3)
Offense Home Games24.017.520.527:0244-124(2.8)14-2654.7%233(8.8)70-358(5.1)(14.9)
Defense (All Games)16.58.022.032:5740-113(2.8)23-4354.7%214(5)83-328(4)(19.9)
Opponents Offensive Avg.311823.830:1641-213(5.2)22-3562.9%227(6.5)76-440(5.8)(14.2)
Defense Home Games16.58.022.032:5740-113(2.8)23-4354.7%214(5)83-328(4)(19.9)
Average power rating of opponents played: VANDERBILT 26.5,  NOTRE DAME 32.5
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
VANDERBILT - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/1/2018MIDDLE TENN ST35-7W-3.5W56U38-17610-17-170036-11624-37-1782
9/8/2018NEVADA41-10W-10W60U39-19824-34-270225-3422-39-2164
9/15/2018@ NOTRE DAME            
9/22/2018S CAROLINA            
9/29/2018TENNESSEE ST            
10/6/2018@ GEORGIA            
10/13/2018FLORIDA            

NOTRE DAME - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/1/2018MICHIGAN24-17W3W48.5U47-13212-22-170133-5824-36-2492
9/8/2018BALL ST24-16W-33.5L59.5U41-11717-31-297347-16923-50-1802
9/15/2018VANDERBILT            
9/22/2018@ WAKE FOREST            
9/29/2018STANFORD            
10/6/2018@ VIRGINIA TECH            
10/13/2018PITTSBURGH            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
VANDERBILT: In its seven conference losses last season, the Commodores were a sieve on defense, allowing no fewer than than 34 points a game. To have any chance of reaching a bowl this season, defensive coordinator Jason Tarver must resuscitate a unit that brings back just five starters'which may be the best news of all. Vandy will be thankful to have steady, senior leadership on offense with quarterback Kyle Shurmur, but much of his supporting cast has departed. It's hard to envision Vanderbilt finishing anywhere but the bottom. At the very least, it will make the in-state rivalry game with Kentucky all the more intriguing.
NOTRE DAME: The Fighting Irish played like their four-win 2016 season never happened last year, reaching 10 wins with a bowl win over LSU. Some key members of that dominant rushing attack are gone, including RB Josh Adams and linemen Quenton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey. Plus, quarterback Brandon Wimbush (or someone else) needs to step it up as a passer. But the defense should be destructive, as it returns stars like DT Jerry Tillery, linebackers Te'von Coney and Drue Tranquill, and corner Julian Love.
PREVIEW
No. 8 Notre Dame seeks 3-0 start vs. Vanderbilt
 

No. 8 Notre Dame will look to open the season with a 3-0 record for the first time since 2015 when it hosts Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind.

The Fighting Irish (2-0) are coming off victories over Michigan and Ball State. Both wins have come by single digits.

"I just want to win games," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. "I've never been about style points, what they look like, as much as trying to find a way to win a game. I think my entire career has been about if we need to run the football here, even though more points would be better, I don't want to put us in a position where we could jeopardize winning the football game.

"It's always been about time and place in the game, how you can win the game more so than what it looks like."

Vanderbilt (2-0) would love to spoil Notre Dame's successful September. The Commodores are coming off back-to-back, lopsided victories over Middle Tennessee and Nevada as they look to go 3-0 for the second year in a row.

The early returns provide plenty to like but the team is far from perfect, Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said to reporters.

"We made some improvement from Game 1 to Game 2," said Mason, who is in his fifth season running the program. "It looked like we were balanced on offense. Overall, I thought the offense did a pretty solid job. ...

"But we've just got to take care of the football and get rid of stalled drives. That's not who we are, and I don't want to see it. We've got to get it into the end zone."

That might be easier said than done against Notre Dame's defense, which has proved to be the strength of the team so far. After giving up an 85-yard scoring drive against Ball State on the Cardinals' first offensive possession, the Fighting Irish allowed only 36 total yards on the next 19 plays.

Notre Dame has forced eight three-and-outs on 27 defensive series - an impressive 29.6 percent success rate - heading into the third week.

Linebacker Te'Von Coney is coming off a 14-tackle performance and leads the team with 24 stops, while linebacker Drue Tranquill and safety Alohi Gilman are tied for second with 16 tackles apiece.

"I think second-level support has been much better," Kelly said. "It starts with better tackling at the second level. Drue and Te'von are really good linebackers, as well. A very conscientious group up front. I don't think you just say the safeties are tackling better. You look at all three levels. All of them have to be part of that.

"(It's a) conscientious group up front where they're not out of their gaps (and) two really good linebackers, in particular Te'von, who is really instinctive. They're getting the ball on the ground."

On offense, Notre Dame is led by dual-threat quarterback Brandon Wimbush, who has passed for 467 yards and rushed for 52 yards. Wimbush is coming off a rocky performance against Ball State in which he threw three interceptions. The Fighting Irish ground game is led by Jafar Armstrong (three touchdowns) and Tony Jones Jr. (two touchdowns).

Vanderbilt's leader is senior quarterback Kyle Shurmur, whose 44 career touchdown passes rank second in school history to Jay Cutler (59). Shurmur has four games with at least 300 yards passing and is No. 5 on the school's all-time list with 6,163 passing yards.

"Believe me, he could throw it down the field every time if he wanted to," Mason said. "I think he understands you can't go broke taking a profit, so he's going to take whatever there is to be had and be happy. He checked us into some good runs (against Nevada), got rid of the ball, found some targets."

The Commodores' defense will rely heavily upon LaDarius Wiley, a safety who returned to the starting lineup last week after missing most of the season opener because of a targeting penalty. Wiley led the team with 88 tackles a year ago and posted five tackles against Nevada.

This marks the third all-time meeting between the schools. Notre Dame won the first two contests in a home-and-home set in 1995 and 1996.


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