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each contributed to a record-breaking streak. The Irish record for consecutive com- pletions in a game had been 14, held by Ron Powlus, Brady Quinn and Tommy Rees until Golson smashed that figure with 25. Screen after screen after screen built Golson's streak until it ended, one completion short of tying the Football Bowl Subdivision record. Golson actu- ally completed 26 consecutive passes, but one late in the second quarter was nullified by a Notre Dame illegal for- mation penalty, erasing the play and thus erasing the completion. "That stuff doesn't really matter to me," Golson said of his record attempt. "When I think of this game, I think of my play as being sloppy. I know I have to really just clean that up." He has a week to clean it up before Notre Dame hosts Stanford Oct. 4. ✦ NOTRE DAME 31, SYRACUSE 15 Sept. 27, 2014 ✦ Attendance: 76,802 MetLife Stadium ✦ East Rutherford, N.J. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Notre Dame 0 14 7 10 31 Syracuse 0 3 0 12 15 SECOND QUARTER ND SU ND Fuller 23-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 10:56 7 0 Drive: 11 plays, 95 yards, 3:54 ND Fuller 72-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 8:31 14 0 Drive: 1 play, 72 yards, 0:12 SU Murphy 38-yard field goal 3:07 14 3 Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards, 5:24 THIRD QUARTER ND Robinson 8-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 9:39 21 3 Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards, 3:51 FOURTH QUARTER SU Hunt 7-yard run (Murphy kick failed) 14:54 21 9 Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 2:35 ND Hunter 13-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 10:19 28 9 Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards, 4:35 SU Eskridge 29-yard interception return (Hunt pass fail) 5:09 28 15 ND Brindza 37-yard field goal 1:57 31 15 Drive: 7 plays, 24 yds, 3:12 ND SU Total First Downs 29 17 Rushing 10 6 Passing 17 9 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 41 30 Yards Gained Rushing 185 147 Yards Lost Rushing 24 12 Net Yards Rushing 161 135 Net Yards Passing 362 294 Passes Attempted 39 38 Passes Completed 32 22 Had Intercepted 2 1 Percent Completion 82.1% 57.9% Yards Per Attempt 9.3 7.7 Yards Per Completion 11.3 13.4 Total Offensive Plays 80 68 Total Net Yards 523 429 Average Gain Per Play 6.5 6.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 4-3 0-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 8-80 10-85 Punts: No.-Yards 2-80 5-194 Average Per Punt 40.0 38.8 Average Net Punt 40.0 35.6 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-16 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-33 2-38 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-15 2-29 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 33:17 26:43 Third-Down Conversions 9-14 3-15 Percentage 64.3% 20.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 2-4 Percentage 0.0% 50.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 1-9