OFFENSE …

FIRST AND FOREMOST
NDC's first play from scrimmage in Saturday's game was a 32-yard run by sophomore running back #Tim Donald#. That's the Falcons' longest play from scrimmage in the young season. 

SECOND AND 10
Notre Dame's second play from scrimmage was a 23-yard pass play to wideout #Derrick Paster#. Paster made four catches on the day; he now has a team-high 10 receptions this season.


DEFENSE …

GRUNDER FIRE
#Bo Grunder# had six solo tackles (seven total) and broke up a pass in Saturday's win. While that performance may have been his best thus far in his collegiate career, it was nothing new for Grunder. The Massillon, Ohio, native had more than 100 tackles last fall when he earned Ohio Division I co-Defensive Player of the Year honors en route to leading his high school team (Washington) to the state semifinals.

STOPPING THE RUN
For a second straight week, the Notre Dame defense was solid against the run. The Falcons, who allowed 92 yards on 38 carries (2.4 rushing average) in the Mercyhurst game, allowed just 32 yards on 33 carries Saturday. NDC tallied double figures in tackles for a loss in both games (10 in each). Seven different players garnered tackle-for-loss credit in Saturday's victory.

SACKMASTER
#Bob Hansen# had three sacks totaling 26 yards against Lindsey Wilson. The NDC co-captain has already amassed five sacks this season. In one series against the Blue Raiders on Saturday, Hansen single-handedly retired the home team's offense with his own three-and-out. The 6-foot-2, 255-pound Berea, Ohio, native picked up quarterback sacks on first and third downs, and batted down a pass attempt in between on second down.


SPECIAL TEAMS …

A NAIL IN THE COFFIN
On Notre Dame's first punt of the day, #Cayle Chapman# skied a coffin-corner attempt down the left sideline. With the ball bounding toward the end zone, a sprinting Jesse Williams made a fine play, swatting the ball out of bounds at the one. … For the day, Chapman put three kicks inside the 20; he averaged 36.8 yards per punt.

FALCON BLOCKADE
#Derrick Smith# made a key play that led to the Falcons' second TD of the day. The Glenville High School (Cleveland) product blocked a Blue Raider punt that the Falcons then downed at the 3-yard line. Three plays later, Pedro Powell wriggled his way into the end zone to put the Falcons up, 13-3 (14-3 with the ensuing point-after). … Notre Dame had its first drive of the day end with a blocked field goal attempt. The #Jeremy Geier# attempt had its timing disrupted by a low snap.


MISCELLANEOUS …

MEET THE BLUE RAIDERS
Lindsey Wilson College was founded in January 1903 as Lindsey Wilson Training School. The school was named in memory of Lindsey Wilson, the deceased nephew and stepson of Mrs. Catherine Wilson of Louisville, Ky. LWC has an enrollment of 1,846.
In athletics Lindsey Wilson sponsors 23 athletic teams and its Blue Raider squads compete as an NAIA institution in the 17-team Mid-South Conference, which includes institutions from Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Mississippi. … The return of LWC Football after a 75-year hiatus was announced in spring 2008. Blue Raider Head Coach Chris Oliver was hired in January, 2009.

BUCKEYE CONNECTIONS
LWC Head Coach Chris Oliver spent five seasons (2004-08) as an assistant coach at Ohio Dominican and is an Ohio State University grad (2003). Three Blue Raider assistant coaches came to LWC from Ohio programs and/or graduated from Ohio schools. Eleven Lindsey Wilson players -- including five starters -- hail from the Buckeye State.

ROAD WARRIORS
Notre Dame's Saturday-afternoon tilt at Lindsey Wilson spelled the first half of back-to-back road games for the Falcons, who are slated to play six road games in 2010. The game also marked the beginning of a stretch where Notre Dame will be on the road for five of their next six. … The Blue & White went 4-0 in four road tilts during their 2009 developmental season (NDC went 8-0 overall). … The Falcons' six road games this season are bookended by trips to Kentucky -- Saturday marked their first road game of the season; in their last road game, NDC will be at Kentucky Wesleyan (Owensboro, Ky., Nov. 6). The team's trip to KWC will mark their longest road trip of the season (455 miles). In their six road tilts, NDC Football will travel approximately 3,900 round-trip miles.

ANATOMY OF A ROAD TRIP
For their first road trip of the season, the Falcons traveled 895 miles round-trip for the game against the Blue Raiders. The Notre Dame squad left campus on Friday morning around 10 a.m., stopped in Georgetown, Ky., for a one hour practice, and arrived at their team hotel in Campbellsville Ky., (about 20 miles north of Columbia) at around 7:30 p.m. The team was scheduled to return to South Euclid Sunday morning at 2 a.m.

WHAT'S NEXT ...
Notre Dame will travel to Fairmont, W. Va., to play the back half of two consecutive road games in a Saturday-afternoon tilt against Fairmont State on Sept. 11. NDC's game against the Fighting Falcons is slated for a 1 p.m. kickoff. FSU went 3-8 a year ago; the Fighting Falcons defeated Clarion (Pa.), 27-16, on Thursday.