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dominated the offense," Smith re- called. "They didn't know what was going on. We were running so much stuff, and we were having fun at that. "That's when I knew we all bought into the process and had great, young leadership, starting with myself, and that we could be special." For a defense that can boast a shut- out to its name this season, the per- formance against the Cardinal stands out as the most impressive in 2014. Notre Dame allowed a mere 47 rush- ing yards on 32 attempts and limited Stanford to 5 of 16 (31.3 percent) on third-down conversions. "We've developed our program," head coach Brian Kelly said. "We should be here after five years. "Even though you lose [Stephon] Tuitt and you lose [Louis] Nix and you lose [Prince] Shembo and you lose [Dan] Fox and [Bennett] Jackson, all these guys playing on NFL teams, you bring the next batch of guys in, and they're physically able to compete with arguably one of the more physi- cal teams in college football." Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. McDaniel 15 43 2 41 2.7 0 14 Golson 7 46 12 34 4.9 0 33 Prosise 1 26 0 26 26.0 0 26 Bryant 6 16 2 14 2.3 0 5 Folston 3 14 0 14 4.7 0 7 Total 32 145 16 129 4.0 0 33 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Golson 43 20 46.5 1 241 2 26 Total 43 20 46.5 1 241 2 26 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Brown 4 60 1 20 Robinson 4 46 0 17 Fuller 3 27 0 11 Carlisle 2 34 0 26 Koyack 2 28 1 23 Hunter Jr. 2 24 0 12 Prosise 2 16 0 18 Folston 1 6 0 6 Total 20 241 2 26 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Riggs 3 10 0 8 Total 3 10 0 8 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. None Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Brindza 6 36.8 51 0 2 2 1 2 Total 6 36.8 51 0 2 2 1 2 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Brindza 1 3 45 0 Total 1 3 45 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Smith 7 7 14 2.5-11 1-9 0 0 0 Schmidt 5 2 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Riggs 4 2 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shumate 4 2 6 1-16 1-16 0 0 0 Day 3 1 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Farley 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Luke 3 1 4 1-2 1-2 1 1 0 Redfield 2 1 3 0.5-0 0-0 1 0 0 Tranquill 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Trumbetti 2 0 2 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 Brindza 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Collinsworth 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hill 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jones 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Martini 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Onwualu 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. Luke 2 -3 0 0 Total 2 -3 0 0 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS