Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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saw the Irish in the red zone four times, but the lone TD from inside the 20 came in overtime, with another series resulting in zero points. ��� In the 17-14 comeback win against BYU a week later, five red-zone penetrations netted two touchdowns and two more outcomes with zero points. ��� Eight red-zone series against Pitt resulted in three touchdowns, and two other series with no points, in a triple-over- time thriller. ��� Six times at USC the Fighting Irish marched into the red zone. Only once did they finish with a TD in the 22���13 conquest. Just one more touchdown in each of those games could have pushed Notre Dame near or beyond the 30-point mark for the season, meaning the Irish would not have had to lean so much on the defense to save the day. Career Statistics Entering 2013 Passing Comp. Att. Everett Golson 187 318 Tommy Rees 403 634 Andrew Hendrix 23 44 Rushing Att. Yds. George Atkinson III 60 388 Everett Golson 94 298 Andrew Hendrix 33 203 Cam McDaniel 26 134 Tommy Rees 47 -71 Receiving Rec. Yds. TJ Jones 111 1,321 DaVaris Daniels 31 490 Daniel Smith 7 47 Troy Niklas 5 751 Ben Koyack 3 39 George Atkinson III 3 14 Chris Brown 2 56 Cam McDaniel 2 41 Justin Ferguson 1 9 Alex Welch 1 8 Davonte��� Neal 1 -5 Pct. .588 .636 .523 Avg. 6.5 3.2 6.2 5.2 -1.5 Avg. 11.9 15.8 6.7 15.1 13.0 4.7 28.0 20.5 9.0 8.0 -5.0 Yds. 2,405 4,413 304 TD 7 6 1 1 1 TD 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TD 12 32 1 Long 56 27 78 18 12 Long 53 45 11 30 23 10 50 21 9 8 -5 INT 6 24 2 Instead, Notre Dame placed 75th in the nation in red-zone offensive efficiency. While the Irish scored on 46 of their 58 possessions inside the opponent���s 20, only 27 were touchdowns and 19 were field goals. In contrast, national champ Alabama was 51 of 57 in the red zone ��� with 41 touchdowns and 10 field goals during the regular season. Then against Notre Dame, the nation���s No.�� 1 scoring defense, the Crimson Tide made it look easy by tallying touchdowns on all five of their redzone possessions. Including the title game, Alabama scored a TD 46 times on its 62 redzone possessions ��� a remarkable .742 percentage. Notre Dame scored a touchdown 29 times on its 60 redzone chances for a .483 percentage. Think of it like major league baseball standings. A .742 percentage is like an astounding 120-42 record during the regular season. A .483 percent-