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bowl partner with a vacancy. More importantly in the short-term, the senior leaders say they are focused on maintaining team morale and avoiding an end-of-year slide. "[Fifth-year tackle] Zack [Martin] and I are real close, and we just said we have to stay positive and stay upbeat for the guys," Rees said. "They're going to be looking to us." In the press conference after the Pittsburgh 28, Notre Dame 21 Nov. 9, 2013 ✦ Attendance: 65,500 Heinz Field ✦ Pittsburgh 1st2nd3rd4thTot. Notre Dame 7770 21 Pittsburgh 0 714728 First Quarter NDPitt ND Daniels 10-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick) 3:41 7 0 Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 3:29 Second Quarter Pitt Street 3-yard pass from Savage (Blewitt kick) 10:20 7 7 Drive: 10 plays, 71 yards, 5:14 ND Jones 1-yard run (Brindza kick) 6:34 14 7 Drive: 4 plays, 39 yards, 1:05 Third Quarter Pitt Conner 2-yard run (Blewitt kick) 3:47 14 14 Drive: 13 plays, 69 yards, 6:18 ND Jones 80-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick) 3:29 21 14 Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:18 Pitt Street 63-yard pass from Savage (Blewitt kick) 2:12 21 21 Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:17 Fourth Quarter Pitt Conner 1-yard run (Blewitt kick) 9:36 21 28 Drive: 2 plays, 5 yards, 0:50 game, Kelly said postseason play is one of his last considerations heading into the bye week. "I'm not really concerned about the BCS," he said. "What I'm most concerned about is the inability to put together a consistent effort tonight, in November, 10 games into the season. "There's really for me no reason why, and I take full responsibility for it as the head coach." ✦ NDPitt Total First Downs 1623 Rushing 3 8 Passing 12 13 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 2441 Yards Gained Rushing 140145 Yards Lost Rushing 233 Net Yards Rushing 138112 Net Yards Passing 318243 Passes Attempted 39 35 Passes Completed 18 22 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 46.2% 62.9% Yards Per Attempt 8.2 6.9 Yards Per Completion 17.7 11.0 Total Offensive Plays 6376 Total Net Yards 456355 Average Gain Per Play 7.2 4.7 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-11-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 5-455-45 Punts: No.-Yards 5-2319-377 Average Per Punt 46.2 41.9 Average Net Punt 43.4 35.9 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-142--6 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-853-79 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-02-40 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-00-0 Miscellaneous Yards 00 Possession Time 23:2736:33 Third-Down Conversions 5-143-13 Percentage 35.7%23.1% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-20-0 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-90-0