In his first season opener as Notre Dame's starting quarterback, senior Tommy Rees threw for a careerhigh 346 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-6 victory over Temple.
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season opener amidst high expectations, Notre Dame head coach Brian
Kelly sounded relieved to survive
Temple (0-1) unscathed.
"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,
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 —