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utilize their rushing game more than in past games. "Nine minutes a quarter," he said of his time of possession goal for each quarter. "We wrote on the board we wanted nine minutes per quarter and 36 minutes. We got it. We hit the num- ber we wanted." The Irish finished with 37 minutes and 19 seconds in that department, and put together scoring drives of 7:56 and 5:41 to bookend the game. "They were the best drives we had this season in terms of exerting our will against a very good football team in LSU and controlling the clock," Kelly said. "We dictated the outcome by controlling the football." Vital to Notre Dame's approach was the inspired play of the offensive line, OFFENSE QB: MALIK ZAIRE, Everett Golson RB: TAREAN FOLSTON, Cam McDan- iel, Greg Bryant WR: CHRIS BROWN, Corey Robinson WR: C.J. Prosise, Amir Carlisle WR: WILL FULLER, Torii Hunter Jr. TE: BEN KOYACK, TYLER LUATUA, Durham Smythe LT: RONNIE STANLEY LG: NICK MARTIN C: MATT HEGARTY RG: STEVE ELMER RT: MIKE MCGLINCHEY DEFENSE DE: ROMEO OKWARA, Justin Utupo DT: SHELDON DAY, Jay Hayes DT: ISAAC ROCHELL DE: ANDREW TRUMBETTI, Grant Blankenship, Kolin Hill Will: JAYLON SMITH MLB: NYLES MORGAN Sam: JAMES ONWUALU, Ben Coun - cell CB: CODY RIGGS, Devin Butler, Mat- thias Farley (nickel) S: ELIJAH SHUMATE S: MAX REDFIELD CB: COLE LUKE SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: Amir Carlisle, Cam McDaniel, Torii Hunter, Eilar Hardy, Justin Brent, Matthias Farley, John Turner, Michael Deeb, Justin Utupo, Ben Councell, Tyler Luatua Kickoff Coverage: Kyle Brindza, Cam McDaniel, Matthias Farley, Eilar Hardy, C.J. Prosise, Eric Lee, Nick Watkins, Greer Martini, Kolin Hill, James Onwualu, John Turner Punt Returner: Will Fuller, Greg Bryant Punter: Kyle Brindza Placekicker: Kyle Brindza Holder: Malik Zaire Long Snapper: Scott Daly Short Snapper: Scott Daly Others: Jacob Matuska PARTICIPATION CHART PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards LSU ND (-) Yards 3 8 0-5 Yards 29 36 6-9 Yards 9 20 10-19 Yards 6 8 20-29 Yards 3 4 30-39 Yards 0 0 40-49 Yards 0 0 50 or more Yards 2 1 BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) LSU • 1-10 LSU25 Jennings pass complete to Diarse for 75 yards and a touchdown • 1-10 LSU11 Fournette rush for 89 yards and a touchdown Notre Dame • 1-10 ND18 Zaire run for 26 yards to the ND44 • 1-10 ND44 Prosise run for 27 yards to the LSU29 • 3-8 ND48 Golson pass complete to Brown for 29 yards to the LSU23 • 2-6 50 Prosise run for 50 yards and a touch- down