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said. "We come to Notre Dame to be the best. We have to go back to the drawing board and correct every- thing and make sure the next time we're on the field that we're ready to go." Seniors Michael Floyd and Harri- son Smith, who have seen much less physically gifted groups come and go during their tenure in South Bend, said this year's team left a couple of wins on the table because they failed to execute when they needed to in big moments. The Stanford game was an exam- ple of this team's capability to do much more than it did. The Cardinal bullied Notre Dame on both sides of the ball last year. This season, Notre Dame was able to stay in step with Stanford for most of the game, but too many mistakes dug the Irish a deep hole. PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: TOMMY REES, Andrew Hendrix RB: CIERRE WOOD, Theo Riddick WR: MICHAEL FLOYD WR: ROBBY TOMA WR: TJ JONES, John Goodman TE: TYLER EIFERT, Ben Koyack LT: ZACK MARTIN LG: CHRIS WATT C: MIKE GOLIC JR. RG: TREVOR ROBINSON RT: TAYLOR DEVER DEFENSE DE: AARON LYNCH NG: LOUIS NIX III, Sean Cwynar, Troy Niklas, Chase Hounshell DE: ETHAN JOHNSON LB: DARIUS FLEMING, Ishaq Williams ILB: DAN FOX, Carlo Calabrese ILB: MANTI TE'O LB: PRINCE SHEMBO, Jamoris Slaughter CB: GARY GRAY S: ZEKE MOTTA S: HARRISON SMITH CB: ROBERT BLANTON SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Returns: Josh Atkinson, Bennett Jackson, Chris Salvi, Luke Massa, David Posluszny, Danny Spond, Justin Utupo, Troy Niklas, Alex Welch, Cam McDaniel, George Atkinson III Punt Returner: John Goodman, Michael Floyd Placekicker: David Ruffer Kickoff Coverage: Kyle Brindza, Danny Spond, Troy Niklas, Kendall Moore, Cam McDaniel, Chris Salvi, George Atkinson III, Bennett Jackson, Josh Atkinson, Dan McCarthy, Austin Collinsworth Punter: Ben Turk Hold: Ryan Kavanagh Long Snapper: Jordan Cowart Short Snapper: Jordan Cowart Gunners: Austin Collinsworth, Bennett Jackson, Lo Wood Others: Chase Hounshell, Christian Lombard, Andrew Nuss www.BLUEANDGOLD.com "I really don't think there's any question of do we have the physical ability," Smith said. "I think that's something we've had, and it's shown all year. Whether we've put the to- tal package together every game, we haven't done that." Irish head coach Brian Kelly tried to put a positive spin on the 8-4 sea- Rushing Taylor Gaffney Luck Stewart Wilkerson TEAM Total TEAM Total Receiving Fleener Montgomery Toilolo Gaffney Whalen Hewitt Ertz Total INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. 20 120 2 118 5.9 0 6 4 8 3 1 STANFORD 30 20 23 11 1 0 0 4 3 0 30 5.0 0 20 5.0 0 19 2.4 0 8 2.7 0 1 1.0 0 30 20 66.7 1 233 4 1 0 0.0 0 4 6 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 97 77 19 17 12 11 0 7 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 233 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 16 16 11 7 5 0 55 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Terrell Total 7 7 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Montgomery Total 24 24 6 44.0 49 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Howell M. Thomas 7 1 Lancaster C. Thomas 5 0 Bernard Brown Gardner Anderson Bademosi Bergen Debniak Fleener Mauro Murphy Stewart Vaughters 2 0 2 0 Gatewood 1 1 Masifilo Tarpley 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 6 2 4 2 2 1 8 0-0 8 0-0 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 5 3-13 2-12 0 1 0 3 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 2 1-10 1-10 0 0 0 2 0-0 2 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 2 1-13 1-13 2 0 0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 1-9 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1-9 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. M. Thomas Gatewood Total 42 0 42 0 0 0 42 0 42 24 24 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Green Total 2 Field Goals Made Att. Williamson Total 6 44.0 49 0 1 4 0 2 Lg. Blk. 0 0 31 15 7 7 11 1 42 205 9 196 4.7 0 31 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Luck 55 0 31 20 64.5 1 233 4 55 No. Yds. TD Lg. son, by looking past the missed op- portunities and pointing to some of the items that amount to bigger pic- ture victories in the coach's eyes. "I'm trying to build a program," Kelly said when asked about his re- cord this year. "I'm building a pro- gram, and in building programs you want guys to compete and you want guys that love to play. You want all that competitiveness in your football team." ✦ Rushing C. Wood Hendrix Riddick Rees Total INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. 12 52 11 41 3.4 0 12 53 33 20 1.7 1 4 3 NOTRE DAME 10 6 4 6 1.5 0 16 -10 -3.3 0 24 11 45.8 1 192 1 13 6 46.2 1 Riddick Goodman C. Wood Jones Total 92 79 67 6 6 2 60 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 252 1 0 13 17 6 6 31 121 64 57 1.8 1 17 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Hendrix Rees Total 45 23 Receiving Floyd Eifert 37 17 45.9 2 252 1 45 No. Yds. TD Lg. 25 24 45 6 6 2 45 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. None Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. G. Atkinson III McDaniel Spond Total 3 1 1 5 71 18 0 89 0 0 0 0 6 42.0 48 0 1 4 0 1 5.0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Te'o Blanton G. Gray Lynch Motta Fleming Slaughter Fox Nix III Smith Calabrese Johnson Shembo Niklas 5 3 5 1 5 1 5 1 4 2 5 0 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 G. Atkinson III 1 0 Cwynar Toma 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 6 0-0 6 0-0 6 1-1 6 0-0 5 1-3 5 0-0 4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 4 1.5-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 0-0 3 0-0 3 0-0 3 1-1 2 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. Fleming Total 34 34 0 0 34 34 DECEMBER 2011 29 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 28 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Turk Rees Total 2 0 Field Goals Made Att. Ruffer Total 7 36.7 48 0 1 4 0 2 Lg. Blk. 0 0