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in the game. Smith came up huge late when Notre Dame needed it, shutting down the UVa screen attack that given the Irish so many problems early in the game. Virginia kept running screens in his direction late in the game, which turned out to be a mistake. "I saw them every time," Smith said of the Virginia screens. "One time in the first half I tried to go underneath it, but the position I'm playing if you go underneath you have to make the play. My adjustment was to make the play, and that's something I did in the second half." Smith was not concerned with Vir- ginia's offensive numbers. There was only one area where numbers mat- tered to him: the scoreboard. "That's what it comes down to, a win or a loss," the junior captain noted. "We were fortunate to get the win." ✦ Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. Mizzell 18 73 7 66 3.7 0 25 Zaccheaus 2 39 0 39 19.5 0 35 Reid 5 23 0 23 4.6 1 16 Johns 5 10 11 -1 -0.2 1 4 Total 30 145 18 127 4.2 2 35 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Johns 38 26 68.4 0 289 2 42 Total 38 26 68.4 0 289 2 42 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Severin 11 153 0 38 Reid 4 14 0 12 Mizzell 4 10 0 6 Johnson 2 46 1 42 Zaccheaus 2 25 0 15 Santoro 1 34 0 34 Hopkins 1 5 0 5 Butts 1 2 1 2 Total 26 289 2 42 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Canady 1 11 0 11 Total 1 11 0 11 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Mizzell 4 51 0 16 Total 4 51 0 16 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Conte 5 47.2 59 0 0 0 3 0 Total 5 47.2 59 0 0 0 3 0 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Frye 0 1 0 0 Total 0 1 0 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Rainey 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Moore 2 6 8 1-2 0.5-2 0 0 0 Blanding 4 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kiser 2 3 5 1.5-4 1.5-4 0 0 0 Harris 4 1 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Corney 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Moore 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Canady 2 1 3 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 Wahee 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bradshaw 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Miles-Redmond 1 1 2 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Peace 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dean 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brown 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Nicholson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 Walker 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Smith 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cook 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hall 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Croce 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. None VIRGINIA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS