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a victory," Kizer said. In the end, all Smith and several oth- ers could do was watch from the side- line and think about what could have been, both in the Fiesta Bowl and in each of the three Irish losses. A very good season at 10-3 had the potential to be even more. ✦ OHIO STATE 44, NOTRE DAME 28 Jan. 1, 2016 ✦ Attendance: 71,123 Univ. of Phoenix Stadium ✦ Glendale, Ariz. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot. Notre Dame 0 14 7 7 28 Ohio State 14 14 7 9 44 FIRST QUARTER ND OSU OSU Elliott 2-yard run (Nuernberger kick) 9:53 0 7 Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:01 OSU Thomas 15-yard pass from Barrett (Nuernberger kick) 7:41 0 14 Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards, 0:45 SECOND QUARTER ND Adams 3-yard run (Yoon kick) 7:34 7 14 Drive: 13 plays, 70 yards, 5:38 OSU Elliott 1-yard run (Nuernberger kick) 4:55 7 21 Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards, 2:30 OSU Elliott 1-yard run (Nuernberger kick) 1:48 7 28 Drive: 6 plays, 63 yards, 2:04 ND Kizer 1-yard run (Yoon kick) 0:29 14 28 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 1:19 THIRD QUARTER ND Brown 4-yard pass from Kizer (Yoon kick) 8:58 21 28 Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 2:54 OSU Elliott 47-yard run (Nuernberger kick) 6:37 21 35 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:21 FOURTH QUARTER OSU Nuernberger 37-yard field goal 12:10 21 38 Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards, 4:14 ND Fuller 81-yard pass from Kizer (Yoon kick) 11:27 28 38 Drive: 2 plays, 83 yards, 0:35 OSU Nuernberger 38-yard field goal 6:09 28 41 Drive: 13 plays, 42 yards, 5:10 OSU Nuernberger 35-yard field goal 2:42 28 44 Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:36 ND OSU Total First Downs 24 27 Rushing 7 14 Passing 15 12 Penalty 2 1 Rushing Attempts 32 54 Yards Gained Rushing 143 310 Yards Lost Rushing 22 25 Net Yards Rushing 121 285 Net Yards Passing 284 211 Passes Attempted 38 31 Passes Completed 22 19 Had Intercepted 1 1 Percent Completion 57.9% 61.3% Yards Per Attempt 7.5 6.8 Yards Per Completion 12.9 11.1 Total Offensive Plays 70 85 Total Net Yards 405 496 Average Gain Per Play 5.8 5.8 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties: No.-Yards 3-20 4-45 Punts: No.-Yards 6-289 3-124 Average Per Punt 48.2 41.3 Average Net Punt 32.7 41.3 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 4-73 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 5-60 3-88 Interception Returns: No.-Yards 1-21 1-4 Fumble Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 27:15 32:45 Third-Down Conversions 5-13 10-18 Percentage 38.5% 55.6% Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 1-1 Percentage 100.0% 100.0% Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-11 4-25