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great job of winning their one-on-one matchups, especially in the deep ball. I commend the quarterback. I thought he did a terrific job of putting the ball in a position that let his kids make plays. And they did." Notre Dame will enjoy a bye week before traveling to Philadelphia to face Temple Oct. 31. The contest marks the first in a stretch of four games away from home in the final five weeks of the regular season. ✦ NOTRE DAME 41, USC 31 Oct. 17, 2015 ✦ Attendance: 80,795 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ South Bend, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. USC 10 14 7 0 31 Notre Dame 21 3 0 17 41 FIRST QUARTER USC ND USC Kessler 3-yard run (Wood kick) 11:53 7 0 Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, 3:07 ND Fuller 75-yard pass from Kizer (Yoon kick) 11:38 7 7 Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:15 USC Wood 42-yard field goal 8:46 10 7 Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 2:52 ND Prosise 25-yard run (Yoon kick) 6:20 10 14 Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 2:26 ND Carlisle 5-yard blocked punt return (Yoon kick) 5:04 10 21 SECOND QUARTER ND Yoon 32-yard field goal 5:59 10 24 Drive: 9 plays, 28 yards, 3:30 USC Smith-Schuster 75-yard pass from Greene (Wood kick) 5:41 17 24 Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:18 USC Jackson 83-yard pass from Kessler (Wood kick) 3:17 24 24 Drive: 2 plays, 84 yards, 0:47 THIRD QUARTER USC McNamara 4-yard pass from Kessler (Wood kick) 9:40 31 24 Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 2:35 FOURTH QUARTER ND Prosise 6-yard run (Yoon kick) 14:20 31 31 Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 3:00 ND Robinson 10-yard pass from Kizer (Yoon kick) 9:06 31 38 Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 3:15 ND Yoon 32-yard field goal 5:39 31 41 Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 2:39 USC ND Total First Downs 19 21 Rushing 6 12 Passing 12 7 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 30 35 Yards Gained Rushing 167 249 Yards Lost Rushing 17 35 Net Yards Rushing 150 214 Net Yards Passing 440 262 Passes Attempted 47 25 Passes Completed 31 16 Had Intercepted 2 0 Percent Completion 66.0% 64.0% Yards Per Attempt 9.4 10.5 Yards Per Completion 14.2 16.4 Total Offensive Plays 77 60 Total Net Yards 590 476 Average Gain Per Play 7.7 7.9 Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties: No.-Yards 10-105 4-40 Punts: No.-Yards 4-110 5-190 Average Per Punt 27.5 38.0 Average Net Punt 15.5 38.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-48 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-137 6-135 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-19 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 31:08 28:52 Third-Down Conversions 6-16 5-12 Percentage 37.5% 41.7% Fourth-Down Conversions 2-3 0-0 Percentage 66.7% 0.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 4-26 2-9