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yard line, which helped the Cardinal go 5 of 5 in the red zone, with all five trips ending with a touchdown. Notre Dame stiffened up a bit in the fourth quarter, but it was a case of too little, too late. "I thought we were much better up front," head coach Brian Kelly said of his team's late-game improvements on third down. "We got pushed around a little bit in the first couple of drives." According to junior linebacker Jay- lon Smith, Stanford just played better situational football than did the Irish. "It was definitely the execution part," Smith said after the game. "They executed better than we did on those third-down situations. … We were able to figure it out at the end, it's just sometimes things can be too late … and they made one more play than us. That's what it came down to." ✦ Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. McCaffrey 27 99 5 94 3.5 0 11 Love 3 33 0 33 11.0 0 21 Hogan 8 25 7 18 2.2 0 8 Wright 4 9 0 9 2.2 1 5 Team 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Total 43 166 13 153 3.6 1 21 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Hogan 21 17 81.0 0 269 4 42 Total 21 17 81.0 0 269 4 42 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Cajuste 5 125 1 42 Rector 3 51 1 31 Hooper 3 27 1 12 McCaffrey 3 19 0 14 Schultz 1 22 0 22 Irwin 1 16 0 16 Wright 1 1 1 1 Love 0 8 0 0 Total 17 269 4 42 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. McCaffrey 1 6 0 6 Total 1 6 0 6 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. McCaffrey 5 109 0 26 Love 1 22 0 22 Total 6 131 0 26 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Robinson 4 45.2 55 0 0 2 1 2 Total 4 45.2 55 0 0 2 1 2 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Ukropina 1 1 45 0 Total 1 1 45 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Martinez 10 2 12 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Palma 4 2 6 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Murphy 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Whitfield 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lloyd 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Scarlett 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Kalambayi 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Shittu 1 2 3 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 0 Simmons 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Alexander 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Anderson 1 1 2 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Tyler 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Alfieri 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Branch 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Davis 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Edwards 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jones 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 1 1 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 1 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. None STANFORD INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS