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which will be announced Dec. 8. Despite a pair of November losses, Kelly contended that his squad finished the regular season playing its best football of 2013. "We wanted to be on the road against arguably the best team we've played all year, and had a chance to win," Kelly said. "That's what you want to do. You want to fight hard Stanford 27, Notre Dame 20 Nov. 30, 2013 ✦ Attendance: 50,537 Stanford Stadium ✦ Palo Alto, Calif. 1st2nd3rd4thTot. Notre Dame 3 314020 Stanford 7 710327 First Quarter NDSTAN ND Brindza 21-yard field goal 9:05 3 0 Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards, 5:55 STAN Cajuste 16-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick) 5:52 3 7 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:13 Second Quarter STAN Gaffney 1-yard run (Williamson kick) 13:37 3 14 Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 4:34 ND Brindza 27-yard field goal 2:07 6 14 Drive: 9 plays, 44 yards, 3:31 Third Quarter STAN Wilkerson 20-yard run (Williamson kick) 11:01 6 21 Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 3:54 ND TJ Jones 4-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick) 7:51 13 21 Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:01 STAN Williamson 27-yard field goal 3:40 13 24 Drive: 8 plays, 39 yards, 4:02 ND Daniels 14-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick) 1:37 20 24 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 1:57 Fourth Quarter STAN Williamson 28-yard field goal 9:16 20 27 Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards, 7:13 and play physical. We've done that. I like the way we have physically and mentally approached games the last couple weeks. "Obviously I didn't like the way we played against Pittsburgh, nobody did. But for the most part this team has answered the bell all year. … We're better in November than we were in September." ✦ NDSTAN Total First Downs 1921 Rushing 4 12 Passing 12 9 Penalty 3 0 Rushing Attempts 2451 Yards Gained Rushing 86274 Yards Lost Rushing 2213 Net Yards Rushing 64261 Net Yards Passing 199158 Passes Attempted 34 18 Passes Completed 16 12 Had Intercepted 2 2 Percent Completion 47.1% 66.7% Yards Per Attempt 5.9 8.8 Yards Per Completion 12.4 13.2 Total Offensive Plays 5869 Total Net Yards 263419 Average Gain Per Play 4.5 6.1 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-00-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 3-155-52 Punts: No.-Yards 4-1642-76 Average Per Punt 41.0 38.0 Average Net Punt 40.0 34.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-81-4 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-1394-127 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 2-62-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-00-0 Miscellaneous Yards 00 Possession Time 24:4435:16 Third-Down Conversions 5-128-13 Percentage 41.7%61.5% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-00-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-81-6