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well enough for us to win." The four turnovers marked the most for the Irish in eight games, but re- sulted directly in only seven points for the Tigers. Watson, who finished with just 97 passing yards, led a Clemson attack that managed 296 yards of total of- fense. It was the least amount of yard- age Notre Dame had given up in a loss since the Champs Sports Bowl versus Florida State in 2011, but it proved to be enough to sink the Irish. "It sucks that we end the game the way we did after fighting back the way we fought back," Kizer said. "At the end of the day, we want to be a cham- pionship team, and champions don't lose. "We've got to learn from this game and make sure we're not in the position that we were in late in games." ✦ CLEMSON 24, NOTRE DAME 22 Oct. 3, 2015 ✦ Attendance: 82,415 Memorial Stadium ✦ Clemson, S.C. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Notre Dame 3 0 0 19 22 Clemson 14 0 7 3 24 FIRST QUARTER ND CU CU Leggett 6-yard pass from Watson (Huegel kick) 12:19 0 7 Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 2:41 CU A. Scott 13-yard pass from Watson (Huegel kick) 8:43 0 14 Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, 1:35 ND Yoon 46-yard field goal 5:32 3 14 Drive: 9 plays, 22 yards, 3:01 THIRD QUARTER CU Watson 21-yard run (Huegel kick) 14:14 3 21 Drive: 3 plays, 29 yards, 0:38 FOURTH QUARTER ND Prosise 56-yard pass from Kizer (Kizer pass fail) 14:13 9 21 Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:48 CU Huegel 35-yard field goal 10:56 9 24 Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards, 3:11 ND Kizer 3-yard run (Yoon kick) 9:03 16 24 Drive: 4 plays, 64 yards, 1:49 ND Hunter Jr. 1-yard pass (Kizer rush fail) 0:07 22 24 Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards, 0:58 ND CU Total First Downs 20 15 Rushing 6 8 Passing 12 6 Penalty 2 1 Rushing Attempts 33 42 Yards Gained Rushing 151 214 Yards Lost Rushing 35 15 Net Yards Rushing 116 199 Net Yards Passing 321 97 Passes Attempted 35 22 Passes Completed 19 11 Had Intercepted 1 1 Percent Completion 54.3% 50.0% Yards Per Attempt 9.2 4.4 Yards Per Completion 16.9 8.8 Total Offensive Plays 68 64 Total Net Yards 437 296 Average Gain Per Play 6.4 4.6 Fumbles: No.-Lost 6-3 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 6-45 5-44 Punts: No.-Yards 7-263 8-331 Average Per Punt 37.6 41.4 Average Net Punt 37.6 40.1 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-10 1-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-100 4-128 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 1-0 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-5 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 29:58 30:02 Third-Down Conversions 4-12 5-15 Percentage 33.3% 33.3% Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 0-0 4-18