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record for a freshman, pounding out 168 yards on just 18 carries. His 62-yard touchdown run in the third quarter showed off his vision and explosion, and more importantly gave the Irish a 29-28 lead. Adams was not alone. Sophomore quarterback DeShone Kizer did plenty of damage with his legs as well. Kizer ripped off a 48-yard run in the first half, and his fourth-quarter scoring run put the Irish up 36-35 with just 30 seconds left in the game. He finished with 128 rushing yards on 16 attempts, surpassing the century mark for the second time this season. Despite its recent history against the Cardinal defense, Notre Dame came into the game acting like a team that knew it would have success on the ground. It was apparent early on the Irish coaching staff saw something during the week of preparation that it could exploit. The Irish ran a variety of counter runs and zone-read concepts to gash the Stanford defense. "We felt like we got some good leverage and had the ability to pull some of our big guys," Kelly said after the game. "They're not quite as big and physical as they have been in the past. Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. Adams 18 172 4 168 9.3 1 62 Kizer 16 129 1 128 8.0 1 48 Williams 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 Total 35 304 5 299 8.5 2 62 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Kizer 25 13 52.0 0 234 1 73 Total 25 13 52.0 0 234 1 73 Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Fuller 6 136 1 73 Hunter Jr. 2 33 0 20 Robinson 2 30 0 22 Adams 2 28 0 22 Brown 1 7 0 7 Total 13 234 1 73 Punt Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Sanders 2 8 0 5 Total 2 8 0 5 Kick Returns No. Yds. TD Lg. Sanders 6 182 1 93 Total 6 182 1 93 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Newsome 2 51.5 52 0 0 1 2 0 Total 2 51.5 52 0 0 1 2 0 Field Goals Made Att. Lg. Blk. Yoon 3 3 29 0 Total 3 3 29 0 Sack- Defense Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR Smith 8 7 15 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Redfield 6 4 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shumate 8 2 10 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Okwara 5 3 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Schmidt 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Butler 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Grace 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Martini 2 1 3 1.5-8 1-7 0 0 0 Rochell 2 1 3 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Day 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Farley 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Luke 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Morgan 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Newsome 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tillery 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Trumbetti 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yds. TD Lg. None NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS