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touchdown drives that started at its own 47-yard line or better. "The starting position over the last couple years was absolutely miser- able," Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said. "We were dealing with average field starting position some- where in the 20s. Now when you're at the 40-, 45-yard line, it makes it a whole lot easier to control the flow of the football game." Notre Dame's average starting field position against Rice was just shy of its own 37-yard line, including two pos- sessions that began in Rice territory thanks to a punt return. Riggs may have been too good at re- turning punts — his workload, which Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. Bryant 8 71 0 71 8.9 1 17 Folston 12 71 0 71 5.9 0 19 Zaire 2 58 0 58 29.0 0 56 Golson 12 50 9 41 3.4 3 14 McDaniel 8 47 7 40 5.0 0 23 Total 42 297 16 281 6.7 4 56 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Golson 22 14 63.6 0 295 2 75 Total 22 14 63.6 0 295 2 75 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Fuller 4 85 1 75 Carlisle 2 54 0 32 Prosise 1 53 1 53 Koyack 3 51 0 28 Robinson 1 25 0 25 Brown 2 20 0 12 McDaniel 1 7 0 7 Total 14 295 2 75 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Riggs 2 49 0 25 Bryant 3 31 0 18 Total 5 80 0 25 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Carlisle 2 49 0 36 Total 2 49 0 36 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Brindza 3 48.0 55 0 2 1 2 0 Total 3 48.0 55 0 2 1 2 0 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Brindza 2 3 36 0 Total 2 3 36 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Schmidt 4 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Day 2 4 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Farley 4 1 5 0.5-1 0.5-1 0 0 0 Jones 2 1 3 0.5-0 0.5-0 0 0 0 Onwualu 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Redfield 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shumate 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Smith 3 0 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Tranquill 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Blankenship 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Luke 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Martini 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Morgan 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Okwara 1 1 2 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 Utupo 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brindza 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Butler 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Cage 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Matuska 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McDaniel 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Riggs 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rochell 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Trumbetti 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Turner 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Baratti 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. Farley 1 6 0 6 Total 1 6 0 6 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS