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"He's trying to hold up in that sit- uation," Kelly said. "I know he was not trying to target anybody. We un- derstand the rule. We understand the interpretation of the rule. We're not arguing with it. But he was trying to hold up, the quarterback slid quickly, and those things happen." Redfield became the third Irish player ejected for targeting since the rule's in- ception in 2013. In Notre Dame's 35-21 loss to Oklahoma last season, linebacker Ben Councell was ejected during the second half and had to miss the first half of the following game against Ari- zona State. Later in the season, defen- sive end Stephon Tuitt was called for a controversial targeting penalty in the team's 28-21 loss at Pittsburgh. "I may have disagreed," fifth-year senior cornerback Cody Riggs said of OFFENSE QB: EVERETT GOLSON RB: TAREAN FOLSTON, Cam McDan- iel, Greg Bryant WR: CHRIS BROWN, Corey Robin- son, Justin Brent WR: AMIR CARLISLE, C.J. Prosise WR: WILL FULLER TE: BEN KOYACK, Durham Smythe, Tyler Luatua LT: RONNIE STANLEY, Mike Mc - Glinchey LG: CONOR HANRATTY C: NICK MARTIN RG: MATT HEGARTY RT: STEVE ELMER DEFENSE DE: ROMEO OKWARA DT: JARRON JONES, Daniel Cage DT: SHELDON DAY, Justin Utupo DE: ISAAC ROCHELL, Grant Blanken - ship WLB: JAYLON SMITH, Greer Martini, Doug Randolph MLB: JOE SCHMIDT, Nyles Morgan SLB: JAMES ONWUALU, John Turner, Ben Councell, Kolin Hill CB: CODY RIGGS, Matthias Farley (nickel) S: ELIJAH SHUMATE S: MAX REDFIELD, Nicky Baratti, Drue Tranquill CB: COLE LUKE, Devin Butler, Nick Watkins SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: Amir Carlisle, Greg Bry- ant, Cam McDaniel, Justin Utupo, James Onwualu, John Turner, Devin Butler, Greer Martini, Connor Cava- laris, Durham Smythe, Nicky Baratti and Ben Councell Kickoff Coverage: Kyle Brindza, Doug Randolph, C.J. Prosise, Matth - ias Farley, Cam McDaniel, Drue Tran- quill, Devin Butler, James Onwualu, Connor Cavalaris, Amir Carlisle, Ben Councell and Justin Brent Punt Returner: Cody Riggs Punter: Kyle Brindza Placekicker: Kyle Brindza Holder: Hunter Smith Long Snapper: Scott Daly Short Snapper: Scott Daly Others: None PARTICIPATION CHART PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards ND PUR (-) Yards 10 5 0-5 Yards 38 36 6-9 Yards 14 17 10-19 Yards 14 4 20-29 Yards 1 4 30-39 Yards 1 0 40-49 Yards 0 0 50 or more Yards 0 0 BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) Notre Dame • 1-10 PUR44 Golson pass complete to Robinson for 32 yards to the PUR12 • 3-7 ND41 Golson pass complete to Prosise for 25 yards to the PUR34 Purdue • 3-2 ND39 Etling pass complete to Anthrop for 28 yards to the ND11 • 2-5 PUR42 Etling pass complete to Yancey for 29 yards to the ND29