Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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versus Arizona State this year and Washington State in 2009 at the Alamo Dome. The other win was the 1992 Sugar Bowl versus Florida (39-28) at the Superdome in New Orleans. The four losses are the 1981 Sugar Bowl to Georgia (17-10), the 2007 Sugar Bowl to LSU (41-14), to Purdue at the Hoosier Dome in 1984 (23-21) and at Syracuse's Carrier Dome in 2003 (38-12). 8 Consecutive victories by Notre Dame in which the game was decided by seven or less points — 5-0 last year and 3-0 this year (Purdue, Michigan State and Arizona State). That is now the third longest such winning streak in school history, behind head coach Knute Rockne's 10 from 1928-30 and head coach Elmer Layden's 12 in a row from 1937-39. Brian Kelly also won his last eight games that were determined by seven or fewer points at Cincinnati in 2008-09. 8:08 Minutes and seconds Notre Dame controlled the ball on its first possession of the game, the longest series this season by the Fighting Irish. However, the 58-yard drive in 13 plays resulted in no points after a missed 38-yard field goal attempt by junior Kyle Brindza. 18-4 Notre Dame's all-time record in the state of Texas (.818 winning percentage), including 10-3 in Dallas, after the victory against No. 22 Arizona State. 53 Yards on Kyle Brindza's field goal with 10:02 left in the third quarter. That tied the Notre Dame record for longest field goal set by Dave Reeve Sept. 11, 1976 against that year's eventual national champ, Pitt. 156 Junior kicker/punter Kyle Brindza connected on 3 of 4 field goal attempts, including a school-recordtying 53-yarder in the third quarter. photo by Bill Panzica Yards passing by Tommy Rees during the second quarter while completing 9 of 17 pass attempts. That represented the most passing yards in a quarter by Notre Dame since Rees had the same amount in the fourth quarter of the 2011 season-opening 23-20 loss to South Florida.