Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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was well out of hand. Alabama has been here before. Notre Dame has not. Both acted accordingly. "You need to see what it looks like," Kelly said. "Our guys clearly know what it looks like now." Part of it is depth and good old-fashioned phys- ical strength — "They were just stronger than a lot of us," freshman cornerback KeiVarae Russell admitted. A defense that rarely offered second chances this season missed a myriad of tackles against the Crimson Tide. alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 Jan. 7, 2013 ✦ Attendance: 80,120 Sun Life Stadium ✦ Miami Gardens, Fla. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Alabama 14 14 7 7 42 Notre Dame 0 0 7 7 14 first Quarter UA ND UA Lacy 20-yard run (Shelley kick) 12:03 7 0 Drive: 5 plays, 82 yards, 2:57 UA M. Williams 3-yard pass from McCarron (Shelley kick) 6:14 14 0 Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards, 4:49 Second Quarter UA Yeldon 1-yard run (Shelley kick) 14:56 21 0 Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:26 UA Lacy 11-yard pass from McCarron (Shelley kick) 0:31 28 0 Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, 3:12 Third Quarter UA Cooper 34-yard pass from McCarron (Shelley Kick) 7:34 35 0 Drive: 10 plays, 97 yards, 5:37 ND Golson 2-yard run (Brindza kick) 4:08 35 7 Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 3:26 Fourth Quarter UA Cooper 19-yard pass from McCarron 42 7 (Shelley kick) 11:27 Drive: 14 plays, 86 yards, 7:41 ND Riddick 6-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 7:51 42 14 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:36 Alabama's 220-pound wrecking ball, Eddie Lacy, regularly brushed Irish linebackers off his shoulder pads on his way to 140 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns. Lacy got started when he left a trail of tacklers in his wake on his way to Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Rushing Attempts Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing Net Yards Rushing Net Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Had Intercepted Percent Completion Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Completion Total Offensive Plays Total Net Yards Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: No.-Lost Penalties: No.-Yards Punts: No.-Yards Average Per Punt Average Net Punt Punt Returns: No.-Yards Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards Interception Returns: No.-Yards Fumble Returns: No.-Yards Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Percentage Fourth-Down Conversions Percentage Sacks By: No.-Yards UA ND 28 16 13 3 14 12 1 1 45 19 272 56 7 24 265 32 264 270 28 36 20 21 0 1 71.4% 58.3% 9.4 7.5 13.2 12.9 73 55 529 302 7.2 5.5 0-0 1-0 4-40 3-35 4-197 5-214 49.2 42.8 43.8 42.6 1-1 3-2 2-31 3-47 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 38:13 21:47 8-13 2-8 61.5% 25.0% 1-1 0-1 100.0% 0.0% 2-16 0-0