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combined tackles, four tackles for loss, four sacks and eight quarterback hur- ries. It controlled the line of scrimmage and was a driving force behind Notre Dame's dominance of the Texas offense. The Irish especially excelled on the in- side, which served as the primary fac- tor in Texas being limited to 60 rushing yards on 29 attempts. Sophomore Daniel Cage and fresh- man Jerry Tillery combined with se- nior Sheldon Day to handle the interior. Cage and Tillery had the unenviable task of replacing standout nose guard Jarron Jones, who was lost for the sea- son to a knee injury early in fall camp. "Texas had a tough time blocking that group, and I thought that that sin- gularly was probably the biggest factor in the game," Kelly noted. "They had a difficult time blocking our defensive line. Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. Gray 8 40 0 40 5.0 0 11 Swoopes 10 36 19 17 1.7 0 7 Foreman 3 6 1 5 1.7 0 3 D. Johnson 2 9 5 4 2.0 0 9 Warren III 3 4 0 4 1.3 0 3 Foreman 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 Heard 2 0 12 -12 -6.0 0 0 Total 29 97 37 60 2.1 0 11 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Swoopes 22 7 31.8 0 93 0 48 Heard 1 1 100.0 0 10 0 10 Total 23 8 34.8 0 103 0 48 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Burt 1 48 0 48 D. Johnson 6 45 0 20 Beck 1 10 0 10 Total 8 103 0 48 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. D. Johnson 2 3 0 3 Total 2 3 0 3 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. D. Johnson 3 60 0 24 Newsome 2 41 0 23 Thomas 1 24 0 24 Total 6 125 0 24 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Dickson 10 42.3 56 0 0 3 3 2 Total 10 42.3 56 0 0 3 3 2 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Domingue 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Jinkens 4 6 10 1-12 1-12 0 0 0 Jefferson 5 4 9 2.5-7 0-0 0 0 0 Haines 5 2 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hall 2 5 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hughes 4 3 7 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 3 2 5 2-11 0-0 0 0 0 Boyd 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Freeman 3 1 4 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 Boyette Jr. 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Davis 2 1 3 0.5-3 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bonney 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Echols 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hager 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vaccaro 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cottrell 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Davis 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Omenihu 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ridgeway 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Swoopes 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Warrick 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wheeler 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. None TEXAS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS