Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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easier. He broke countless tackles in dominant, physical fashion. He and fellow running back T.J. Yeldon both weigh more than 215 pounds and aren't the type that go down easy. Notre Dame's defensive line insisted it didn't yield ground regularly to an Alabama group touted as one of the best offensive lines in school history. Fifth-year senior defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore said he wasn't getting blown off the ball, but he and his teammates just failed to wrap up and make plays when they had the chance. "We didn't play Notre Dame football," he said. "It was evident that we missed a lot of tackles out there. I wouldn't say that Alabama really dominated the line of scrimmage. We just missed a lot of tackles. A lot of guys were out of their gaps." Alabama's success in the run game forced Notre Dame's safeties to linger in the middle of the field and opened up the passing game for more big plays. Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron and his receivers connected several times on corner routes that found the soft spot in the Irish Cover Two defense. Notre Dame's cor- notre dame individual statistics Rushing Riddick C. Wood Golson Total No. 10 4 5 19 Gain Lost 39 2 8 6 9 16 56 24 Net 37 2 -7 32 Avg. 3.7 0.5 -1.4 1.7 TD Lg. 0 20 0 7 1 5 1 20 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Golson 36 21 58.3 1 270 1 31 36 21 58.3 1 270 1 31 Total Receiving Daniels Jones Eifert Riddick C. Wood Total No. 6 7 6 1 1 21 Yds. 115 90 61 6 -2 270 TD 0 0 0 1 0 1 Lg. 31 31 16 6 0 31 Punt Returns Neal Total No. 3 3 Yds. 2 2 TD 0 0 Lg. 6 6 Kick Returns No. G. Atkinson III 3 Total 3 Yds. 47 47 TD 0 0 Lg. 18 18 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Turk 5 42.8 50 0 0 4 1 1 5 42.8 50 0 0 4 1 1 Total Field Goals None Made Att. Defense Tck.Ast. Tot. TFL Motta 7 9 16 0-0 3 7 10 0-0 Te'o Russell 3 5 8 0-0 4 2 6 0-0 Farley Fox 4 2 6 0-0 5 0 5 2-5 Nix Tuitt 2 3 5 0-0 1 3 4 0-0 Jackson Calabrese 2 1 3 1-2 1 2 3 0-0 Day Shembo 1 2 3 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 Cavalaris Councell 1 0 1 0-0 Lewis-Moore 1 0 1 0-0 Salvi 0 1 1 0-0 1 0 1 0-0 Shumate Spond 0 1 1 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 Williams Interceptions None No. Yds. Lg. SackYds. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 TD Blk. PD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lg. FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0