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guard Nick Martin hadn't seen the ball squirt out from underneath him as he tried to recover it. The closing blow of a missed kick echoed those issues. "We've lost back-to-back games be- cause we couldn't put down a ball and kick it 32 yards," he said. "We've got a chance to win that football game at the end. Worst-case scenario we make a kick, and we go into overtime and win the game." Instead, Notre Dame missed the kick and lost its third in a row. ✦ LOUISVILLE 31, NOTRE DAME 28 Nov. 22, 2014 ✦ Attendance: 80,795 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Louisville 14 3 7 7 31 Notre Dame 3 3 14 8 28 FIRST QUARTER LOU ND ND Brindza 28-yard field goal 11:54 0 3 Drive: 6 plays, 43 yards, 3:06 LOU Bonnafon 12-yard run (Wallace kick) 7:01 7 3 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:53 LOU Bonnafon 8-yard run (Wallace Kick) 0:54 14 3 Drive: 8 plays, 93 yards, 3:43 SECOND QUARTER ND Brindza 37-yard field goal 14:51 14 6 Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards, 1:03 LOU Wallace 26-yard field goal 9:01 17 6 Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:54 THIRD QUARTER ND Folston 6-yard run (Brindza kick) 12:47 17 13 Drive: 3 plays, 51 yards, 0:45 ND Robinson 7-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 9:20 17 20 Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, 1:26 LOU Parker 21-yard pass from Bonnafon (Wallace kick) 5:46 24 20 Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards, 3:34 FOURTH QUARTER LOU Radcliff 15-yard run (Wallace kick) 14:55 31 20 Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:11 ND Fuller 28-yard pass from Golson (Golson rush good) 11:17 31 28 Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:38 LOU ND Total First Downs 23 16 Rushing 14 6 Passing 7 9 Penalty 2 1 Rushing Attempts 50 29 Yards Gained Rushing 275 161 Yards Lost Rushing 46 62 Net Yards Rushing 229 99 Net Yards Passing 180 236 Passes Attempted 21 24 Passes Completed 8 16 Had Intercepted 1 1 Percent Completion 38.1% 66.7% Yards Per Attempt 8.6 9.8 Yards Per Completion 22.5 14.8 Total Offensive Plays 71 53 Total Net Yards 409 335 Average Gain Per Play 5.8 6.3 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 8-57 3-36 Punts: No.-Yards 4-166 4-187 Average Per Punt 41.5 46.8 Average Net Punt 26.2 38.2 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-14 1-61 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-44 6-151 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-12 1--2 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 35:31 24:29 Third-Down Conversions 6-14 4-11 Percentage 42.9% 36.4% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-20 4-32