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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com NOV. 14, 2016 29 Here is an excerpt of the rule: "Third-and-10 on the B-22. Before the snap B23 realizes he is the 12th man on the field and runs towards the bench. He is near the sideline and after the ball is snapped his next step puts him on the sideline. There are no flags on the play and the pass is intercepted and returned for a touch- down. RULING: Not reviewable. If after the snap the player's next step puts him on the sideline, then the play is not reviewable. Touchdown." By rule, what Kelly and the two lead officials in the game saw was that Studstill had stepped off the field. "I asked them both, because clearly they didn't throw a flag. They were standing with me. I asked them both, what did you see?" relayed Kelly. "I saw him step off the sideline. "They concurred that they felt they saw the same thing that I saw. They were clearly overruled." Despite the controversial nature of the play, Kelly was not willing to blame that for his team's loss. "Navy won the game," Kelly con- cluded. "I'm not here to cry over the call. We had chances to get off the field, and we couldn't." NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Adams 12 73 0 73 6.1 0 13 Kizer 9 53 1 52 5.8 0 18 Folston 4 13 0 13 3.2 0 6 Williams 3 7 0 7 2.3 0 6 Sanders 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 Total 29 148 1 147 5.1 0 18 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Kizer 27 19 70.4 0 223 3 26 Total 27 19 70.4 0 223 3 26 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Hunter 8 104 1 26 St. Brown 5 62 1 26 Stepherson 4 48 0 20 Smythe 1 8 1 8 Adams 1 1 0 1 Total 19 223 3 26 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Sanders 3 61 0 31 Total 3 61 0 31 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Newsome 1 32.0 32 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1 32.0 32 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Yoon 2 2 39 0 Total 2 2 39 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Martini 4 7 11 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Morgan 1 10 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Love 5 3 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Onwualu 1 7 8 1.5-8 0-0 0 0 0 Rochell 1 6 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vaughn 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Trumbetti 1 5 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Luke 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Studstill 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tillery 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tranquill 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Coney 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Elliott 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Coleman 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fertitta 1 1 2 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Bilal 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Finke 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jones 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Williams 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yards TD Long None. NAVY INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Worth 28 176 1 175 6.2 2 60 Cass Jr. 3 48 0 48 16.0 1 37 High 6 28 0 28 4.7 0 17 Gulley 3 22 0 22 7.3 0 11 Bonner 4 27 6 21 5.2 1 16 Romine 3 18 0 18 6.0 0 10 Tillman 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 White 2 4 0 4 2.0 0 3 Walker 4 8 5 3 0.8 0 5 TEAM 2 0 5 -5 -2.5 0 0 Total 56 337 17 320 5.7 4 60 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Worth 8 5 62.5 0 48 0 15 Total 8 5 62.5 0 48 0 15 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Tillman 4 41 0 15 Brown 1 7 0 7 Total 5 48 0 15 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Romine 2 38 0 21 Total 2 38 0 21 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 None. Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. None. Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Gilman 5 7 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sullivan 2 5 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Forrestal 1 4 5 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 Palmore 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Polu 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Williams 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Powell 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomasson 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harris 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Laster 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wooten 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brown 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mason 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pittman 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sayles 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Uzoma 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Interceptions No. Yards TD Long None. PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: DESHONE KIZER RB: JOSH ADAMS, Dexter Williams, Tarean Folston WR: C.J. Sanders, Corey Holmes WR: TORII HUNTER JR., Kevin Stepherson WR: EQUANIMEOUS ST. BROWN, Miles Boykin, Chase Claypool TE: DURHAM SMYTHE, NIC WEISHAR, Tyler Luatua LT: MIKE MCGLINCHEY LG: QUENTON NELSON C: SAM MUSTIPHER RG: COLIN MCGOVERN RT: ALEX BARS DEFENSE SDE: ISAAC ROCHELL, Jay Hayes DT: JERRY TILLERY, Jonathan Bonner NG: Jarron Jones WDE: ANDREW TRUMBETTI, Daelin Hayes WLB: GREER MARTINI, Asmar Bilal MLB: NYLES MORGAN, Te'von Coney SLB: JAMES ONWUALU CB: DONTE VAUGHN, Troy Pride Jr. CB: JULIAN LOVE, Nick Coleman NB: COLE LUKE SS: DRUE TRANQUILL, Jalen Elliott, Avery Sebastian FS: DEVIN STUDSTILL, Nicco Fertitta SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: C.J. Sanders, Chris Finke, Jacob Matuska, Durham Smythe, Nic Weishar, Jalen Elliott, Jamir Jones, Corey Holmes, Chase Clay- pool, Nicco Fertitta, Asmar Bilal Kickoff Coverage: Chris Finke, Troy Pride Jr., Jalen Elliott, Dexter Williams, Te'von Coney, Julian Okwara, Devin Studstill, Chase Claypool, Asmar Bilal, Nicco Fertitta Punter: Tyler Newsome Placekicker: Justin Yoon Holder: Montgomery VanGorder Long Snapper: Scott Daly Short Snapper: Scott Daly Other: Tyler Luatua, Trevor Ruhland, Mark Har- rell, Hunter Bivin, Julian Love, Avery Sebastian, James Onwualu, Greer Martini MISCELLANEOUS NOTES • Junior nose guard Daniel Cage did not travel with the team due to a concussion he suffered against Miami. • In the second half, junior safety Drue Tran- quill and freshman cornerback Julian Love left the game with what head coach Brian Kelly described as head injuries. • In neutral site games against Navy, Notre Dame is now 47-8-1, but Navy has won two of the last four. • The loss to Navy snaps Notre Dame's eight-game winning streak against service academies. Its previous loss was to Navy on Oct. 23, 2010. • Junior tight end Nic Weishar made his first start of the season.