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ability to throw the football as much as we would need him to throw it and throw it accurately, which he did. Ver- tically, down the field, I thought he pushed the ball accurately. "He threw precision routes on dig routes. We knew what he was capable of. I think he put it together, and he's got room to grow." For the second consecutive game the Irish didn't turn the ball over and Zaire, who was in the huddle for last season's Music City Bowl vic- tory over LSU, was one of the main reasons. "We're quite aware of where we were last year when we turned the football over," Kelly said. "I think we feel confident about that, and we'll continue to work on that. It's going to be singularly the reason why we can win." ✦ NOTRE DAME 38, TEXAS 3 Sept. 5, 2015 ✦ Attendance: 80,795 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Texas 0 0 3 0 3 Notre Dame 14 3 14 7 38 FIRST QUARTER UT ND ND Fuller 16-yard pass from Zaire (Yoon kick) 6:29 0 7 Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, 3:28 ND Adams 14-yard run (Yoon kick) 1:02 0 14 Drive: 9 plays, 95 yards, 3:50 SECOND QUARTER ND Yoon 38-yard field goal 7:53 0 17 Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, 1:22 THIRD QUARTER UT Rose 41-yard field goal 8:36 3 17 Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 1:23 ND Fuller 66-yard pass from Zaire (Yoon kick) 5:50 3 24 Drive: 5 plays, 90 yards, 2:46 ND Adams 25-yard run (Yoon kick) 2:00 3 31 Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 2:18 FOURTH QUARTER ND Brown 6-yard pass from Zaire (Yoon kick) 11:46 3 38 Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 3:30 UT ND Total First Downs 8 30 Rushing 2 14 Passing 5 14 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 29 52 Yards Gained Rushing 97 258 Yards Lost Rushing 37 44 Net Yards Rushing 60 214 Net Yards Passing 103 313 Passes Attempted 23 23 Passes Completed 8 19 Had Intercepted 0 0 Percent Completion 34.8% 82.6% Yards Per Attempt 4.5 13.6 Yards Per Completion 12.9 16.5 Total Offensive Plays 52 75 Total Net Yards 163 527 Average Gain Per Play 3.1 7.0 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 4-50 6-39 Punts: No.-Yards 10-423 4-165 Average Per Punt 42.3 41.2 Average Net Punt 42.4 35.5 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-3 3--1 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-125 1-10 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 20:50 39:10 Third-Down Conversions 2-13 8-14 Percentage 15.4% 57.1% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-12 4-31