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of scrimmage when he bent his route back to- ward the right side of the Miami defense and saw nothing but day- S Miami enior running back Cierre Wood was only a few yards past the line BY DAN MURPHY light. Wood cut across the Hurricane front and sprinted 37 yards down the sideline before step- ping out of bounds just short of the goal line. He finished the drive on the following play, bursting through the line for his first score of the season to start a second-half NOTRE DAME 41, MIAMI 3 Oct. 6, 2012 ✦ Attendance: 62,871 Soldier Field ✦ Chicago 1st Notre Dame 7 3 2nd 0 6 ND Riddick 1-yard run (Brindza kick) 9:28 3rd 0 21 FirST QuArTer UM Wieclaw 28-yard field goal 5:32 3 7 Drive: 9 plays, 50 yards, 3:56 Drive: 10 plays, 88 yards, 3:54 ND Brindza 22-yard field goal 14:10 3 10 Drive: 13 plays, 70 yards, 6:22 SeCOND QuArTer ND Brindza 32-yard field goal 5:07 3 13 Drive: 14 plays, 65 yards, 7:17 ND Wood 2-yard run (Brindza kick) 11:57 ND Wood 3-yard run (Brindza kick) 2:53 ThirD QuArTer Drive: 6 plays, 81 yards, 3:03 ND Atkinson 55-yard run (Brindza kick) 0:23 ND McDaniel 1-yard run (Brindza kick) 1:06 Drive: 12 plays, 86 yards, 6:47 Drive: 3 plays, 66 yards, 1:34 FOurTh QuArTer Drive: 13 plays, 93 yards, 8:45 3 20 3 27 3 34 3 41 4th 0 7 Tot. 3 41 uM ND 0 7 Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Irish onslaught. The entire Irish offense saw the light this week during a 41-3 blowout victory over Miami (4- 2) at Soldier Field. Notre Dame (5-0) spent its bye week zeroing in on how to get its running game up to speed. The Irish had averaged only 89 uM ND 13 34 3 rushing Attempts 10 12 0 Yards Gained rushing Yards Lost rushing Net Yards rushing Net Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Had Intercepted Punt returns: No.-Yards Kickoff returns: No.-Yards Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: No.-Lost Penalties: No.-Yards Punts: No.-Yards Average Per Punt Average Net Punt Yards Per Completion Total Offensive Plays Total Net Yards Percent Completion Yards Per Attempt Fourth-Down Conversions Percentage Third-Down Conversions Percentage Sacks By: No.-Yards interception returns: No.-Yards Fumble returns: No.-Yards Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 20:52 39:08 4-12 5-11 33.3% 45.5% 0-1 1-1 0 51.4% 73.1% 5.7 8.1 11.2 11.1 53 77 285 587 5.4 7.6 0-0 2-0 9-76 4-25 5-211 1-32 42.2 32.0 38.2 32.0 0-0 1-0 6-119 1-13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 84 376 201 211 35 26 18 19 0 18 51 85 380 1 18 4 4 0 0.0% 100.0% 0-0 0-0