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the offense, which converted 8 of 14 en route to racking up 527 total yards against a Longhorns defense that had no answer. Virginia would prove to be a much stiffer test. Notre Dame failed to con- vert a single third down, going 0 of 10 for the game. Four of those opportuni- ties were third-and-two or less. The inability to run the ball effectively in those situations with any semblance of consistency was costly to the Irish offense. "We were largely ineffective in our short-yardage run game," said head coach Brian Kelly, whose offense also failed to convert a fourth-and-one in the second quarter. "There are a num- ber of reasons for it. Some of it goes to Virginia. I thought they did a very good job of defending us on third-and- short, but it's unacceptable to be that ineffective on third down situations." Meanwhile, Notre Dame's defense had some problems getting the Virginia offense off the field. The Cavaliers con- verted 6 of 14 on third down, including going 3 of 3 in the second quarter, which Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. Prosise 17 156 1 155 9.1 1 25 Zaire 10 90 3 87 8.7 0 39 Adams 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 8 Carlisle 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 Kizer 2 4 3 1 0.5 0 4 Hunter Jr. 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Total 34 262 9 253 7.4 1 39 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Zaire 18 7 38.9 0 115 1 59 Kizer 12 8 66.7 0 92 2 39 Total 30 15 50.0 0 207 3 59 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Fuller 5 124 2 59 Brown 3 41 0 18 Prosise 3 20 0 17 Carlisle 2 4 0 6 Robinson 1 11 0 11 Smythe 1 7 1 7 Total 15 207 3 59 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Sanders 4 48 0 30 Total 4 48 0 30 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Carlisle 2 35 0 20 Total 2 35 0 20 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Newsome 4 55.8 62 0 2 0 3 1 Total 4 55.8 62 0 2 0 3 1 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Yoon 2 3 45 0 Total 2 3 45 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Smith 6 5 11 2.5-8 0-0 0 0 0 Shumate 6 4 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Russell 7 2 9 1-11 1-11 0 1 0 Rochell 3 4 7 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 Schmidt 2 4 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Luke 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Cage 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Butler 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tranquill 1 2 3 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Onwualu 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Redfield 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Okwara 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Trumbetti 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Farley 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Coleman 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Day 1 0 1 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. None NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS