Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Junior tight end Troy Niklas recorded the team's first touchdown with a seven-yard reception from Rees on the final play of the first quarter. Rees' health status moving forward was not immediately clear following the victory. Before USC junior linebacker Lamar Dawson unleashed the devastating hit on Rees, the senior completed 14 of 21 passes for 166 yards with two touchdowns while avoiding any turnovers. He also became the fifth signal-caller in program history to eclipse 6,000 career passing yards. "I don't know that Tommy or I Notre Dame 14, USC 10 Oct. 19, 2013 ✦ Attendance: 80,795 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend, Ind. 1st2nd3rd4thTot. USC 7300 10 Notre Dame 7700 14 First Quarter USCND USC Redd 1-yard run (Heidari kick) 4:03 7 0 Drive: 13 plays, 96 yards, 6:25 ND Niklas 7-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick) 0:00 7 7 Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 4:03 Second Quarter USC Heidari 22-yard field goal 7:50 10 7 Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, 1:55 ND Jones 11-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick) 1:13 10 14 Drive: 5 plays, 91 yards, 1:29 Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Rushing Attempts Yards Gained Rushing USCND 1817 7 6 10 9 1 2 3140 156174 would look at those numbers and equate much," Kelly said. "He's interested and I'm interested in winning football games. I think it does say a lot about the kid and his perseverance. He's just a tough kid, and he just keeps battling. "I'm sure he'll look back on that a little bit later and be able to point out, 'Hey, I did play at Notre Dame and I wasn't that bad.'" Notre Dame travels to Air Force Oct. 26 for its eighth game or, as the coaching staff is referring to it, the second game of the new season of sorts after the mid-October bye week. ✦ Yards Lost Rushing 2745 Net Yards Rushing 129129 Net Yards Passing 201166 Passes Attempted 34 25 Passes Completed 20 14 Had Intercepted 1 0 Percent Completion 58.8% 56.0% Yards Per Attempt 5.9 6.6 Yards Per Completion 10.1 11.9 Total Offensive Plays 6565 Total Net Yards 330295 Average Gain Per Play 5.1 4.5 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-02-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 11-956-38 Punts: No.-Yards 6-2248-292 Average Per Punt 37.3 36.5 Average Net Punt 36.5 24.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-1001-5 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-532-35 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-01--1 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-00-0 Miscellaneous Yards 00 Possession Time 31:1828:42 Third-Down Conversions 2-134-14 Percentage 15.4%28.6% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-20-1 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-232-16