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the last shreds of doubt from their ninth win of the year. "Fourth quarter is what I love," Brindza said. "That's pretty much what a kicker's job is supposed to be. My favorite athlete is Rivera, and the reason why is he's a closer." Head coach Brian Kelly said he was undecided on whether or not to try to ice the game with a long field goal or run out some more clock on fourth down late in the game. Brindza told him he could make the kick, and Kelly has learned to trust the junior in clutch situations during the past two seasons. "He is so good in the fourth quar- NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No.GainLost Net Avg. TD Lg. McDaniel17 83380 4.7013 Folston 17 78573 4.3112 TJ Jones 416016 4.01 8 Rees 2606 3.0 05 Carlisle 1303 3.0 03 Fuller 1303 3.0 03 Daniels 106-6 -6.0 00 Total 43189141754.1 2 13 Passing Att.Comp.Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Rees 47 2757.4 03190 28 Total 47 2757.4 03190 28 Receiving Niklas TJ Jones C. Brown McDaniel Daniels Prosise Folston Koyack Robinson Total No.Yds. TD Lg. 476028 566022 554013 329014 325012 225020 321015 113013 110010 27319 0 28 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. TJ Jones 1-70 0 Total 1-70 0 Kick Returns Carlisle Total No. Yds. TD Lg. 381035 381035 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Brindza 1 34.0 340010 0 Wulfeck 1 25.0 250000 1 Total 2 29.5 340010 1 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Brindza 5 6490 Total 5 6490 SackDefense Tck.Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Calabrese 43 70-00-0000 J. Smith 33 60-00-0000 Fox 23 50-00-0100 Jackson 50 51-20-0000 Collinsworth 13 40-00-0000 Tuitt 13 4 1.5-141.5-14 000 Day 1 1 20.5-3 0.5-30 0 0 J. Jones 20 21-71-7000 Russell 11 20-00-0300 Schwenke 0 2 20.5-3 0.5-30 0 0 Shembo 1 1 20.5-4 0.5-40 0 0 J. Atkinson 01 10-00-0000 Bongiovi 01 10-00-0000 Cavalaris 10 10-00-0000 Daniels 01 10-00-0000 Hardy 01 10-00-0000 Okwara 10 10-00-0000 Prosise 10 10-00-0000 Redfield 10 10-00-0000 Williams 10 10-00-0000 InterceptionsNo. Yds. TD Lg. Fox 1101 Collinsworth 1000 Moore 1000 Russell 1000 Total 4101