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February 2015

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"We certainly couldn't give the foot- ball back," Kelly said. "We were in the huddle and looked at each other. I said, 'Guys, this is it right here. We can't give them the football back. If we do, we're probably not going to win the football game.' We had to control the tempo." Two Zaire rushes and a Golson com- pletion to senior tight end Ben Koyack moved the chains on the trio of third downs on the final drive. Notre Dame completed its clean performance and hopes that it only bodes well for next season. "I think this is definitely a defining moment," sophomore linebacker Jay- lon Smith said. ✦ NOTRE DAME 31, LSU 28 Dec. 30, 2014 ✦ Attendance: 60,419 LP Field ✦ Nashville, Tenn. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Notre Dame 7 14 7 3 31 LSU 7 7 14 0 28 FIRST QUARTER ND LSU ND Fuller 12-yard pass from Zaire (Brindza kick) 7:04 7 0 Drive: 15 plays, 66 yards, 7:56 LSU Fournette 8-yard run (Domingue kick) 0:05 7 7 Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards, 2:36 SECOND QUARTER ND Zaire 7-yard run (Brindza kick) 11:04 14 7 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:01 LSU Fournette 100-yard kickoff return (Domingue kick) 10:52 14 14 ND Folston 6-yard run (Brindza kick) 6:12 21 14 Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards, 4:32 THIRD QUARTER LSU Diarse 75-yard pass from Jennings (Domingue kick) 14:46 21 21 Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:14 LSU Fournette 89-yard run (Domingue kick) 6:14 21 28 Drive: 1 play, 89 yards, 0:12 ND Prosise 50-yard run (Brindza kick) 4:15 28 28 Drive: 4 plays, 67 yards, 1:51 FOURTH QUARTER ND Brindza 32-yard field goal 0:00 31 28 Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards, 5:41 ND LSU Total First Downs 23 17 Rushing 14 13 Passing 9 4 Penalty 0 0 Rushing Attempts 51 38 Yards Gained Rushing 280 297 Yards Lost Rushing 17 12 Net Yards Rushing 263 285 Net Yards Passing 186 151 Passes Attempted 26 14 Passes Completed 18 7 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 69.2% 50.0% Yards Per Attempt 7.2 10.8 Yards Per Completion 10.3 21.6 Total Offensive Plays 77 52 Total Net Yards 449 436 Average Gain Per Play 5.8 8.4 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 2-15 2-7 Punts: No.-Yards 4-158 3-128 Average Per Punt 39.5 42.7 Average Net Punt 37.2 43.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2--1 1-9 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-63 2-121 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 10 0 Possession Time 37:00 23:00 Third-Down Conversions 11-17 5-10 Percentage 64.7% 50.0% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 Percentage 50.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-10 0-0

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