Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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"Openers are probably, for coaches, the most difficult because despite the preparation and the planning, you really don't know what to expect," he said. "We can talk about our team. We can think that we know about our team, but you really don't until they get out there and play. "Certainly we had a notion about this team, but until they get out and really get into the action, you don't know a lot about it. We got a chance to find out a little bit about our football team today, and we won. "Anytime you can win in an opener, Notre Dame 28, Temple 6 Aug. 31, 2013 ✦ Attendance: 80,795 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ Notre Dame, Ind. 1st2nd3rd4thTot. Temple 06006 Notre Dame 14 770 28 first Quarter TUND ND Daniels 32-yard pass from Rees (Tausch kick) 13:34 0 7 Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards, 1:26 ND Daniels 32-yard pass from Rees (Tausch kick) 13:34 0 14 Drive: 3 plays, 87 yards, 1:01 Second Quarter TU Harper 1-yard run (Cooper Jr. kick failed) 1:01 6 14 Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards, 2:18 ND Niklas 66-yard pass from Rees (Tausch kick) 0:43 6 21 Drive: 1 play, 66 yards, 0:18 Third Quarter ND G. Atkinson III 2-yard run (Tausch kick) 5:37 6 28 Drive: 7 plays, 94 yards, 3:36 TUND Total First Downs 2521 Rushing 9 8 Passing 13 12 you can learn so much more about your football team." After the two quick scoring drives — three plays, 77 yards in 1:26 and three plays, 87 yards in 1:01, respectively — the Irish offense stalled the next three series. The Owls reached the end zone for the first time with 1:01 remaining in the first half on running back Kenneth Harper's one-yard touchdown blast to conclude a nine-play, 78-yard drive. In 2012, Notre Dame's defense did not surrender a rushing score until the fourth quarter of the eighth game, when Oklahoma's Blake Bell bulled Penalty 3 1 Rushing Attempts 2935 Yards Gained Rushing 148198 Yards Lost Rushing 1410 Net Yards Rushing 134188 Net Yards Passing 228355 Passes Attempted 47 27 Passes Completed 23 17 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Complete 48.9% 63.0% Yards Per Attempt 4.9 13.1 Yards Per Completion 9.9 20.9 Total Offensive Plays 7662 Total Net Yards 362543 Average Gain Per Play 4.8 8.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-10-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-409-63 Punts: No.-Yards 5-2405-206 Average Per Punt 48.0 41.2 Average Net Punt 39.4 32.4 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-43-23 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-882-40 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-00-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-00-0 Miscellaneous Yards 00 Possession Time 28:0731:53 Third-Down Conversions 6-155-13 Percentage 40.0%38.5% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-20-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-51-4