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Eifert agreed. He said he didn't need look any fur- ther than last year's 28- 14 loss to the same Stan- ford program for proof. In that game, the Irish got off to a rocky start and never fully recov- ered en route to ending the season with a disap- pointing loss. "A year ago, we didn't," Eifert said when (-) Yards 0-5 Yards 6-9 Yards PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards ND STAN 8 50 or more Yards 10-19 Yards 20-29 Yards 30-39 Yards 40-49 Yards 41 9 10 4 0 0 0 40 10 10 1 0 0 0 4 OFFENSE QB: EVERETT GOLSON, Tommy Rees RB: THEO RIDDICK, Cierre Wood, George Atkinson III WR: DAVARIS DANIELS, Daniel Smith WR: ROBBY TOMA WR: TJ JONES, Chris Brown TE: TYLER EIFERT, Troy Niklas, Ben Koyack LT: ZACK MARTIN LG: CHRIS WATT C: BRAXSTON CAVE RG: MIKE GOLIC JR. RT: CHRISTIAN LOMBARD DEFENSE DE: KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE, Shel- don Day asked about the 2011 team's chances of win- ning a game like the one played on Saturday night. "We've come a long way. That all goes back to preparation, preparing the right way with the right mindset." KEEPING IT TIGHT Notre Dame and Stan- ford both leaned heavily Notre Dame None Stanford None on their talented tight ends this week when they needed a clutch play. Stanford's Zach Ertz made four catches for 55 yards to lead his team. He was just two yards shy of Tyler Eif- ert, who had his busiest game of the season so far with four catches for 57 yards. "We had to get the BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) PARTICIPATION CHART NG: LOUIS NIX III, Kona Schwenke DE: STEPHON TUITT LB: PRINCE SHEMBO, Ishaq Williams ILB: DAN FOX, Carlo Calabrese ILB: MANTI TE'O LB: DANNY SPOND, Ben Councell CB: BENNETT JACKSON, Elijah Shu- mate (nickel) S: ZEKE MOTTA S: MATTHIAS FARLEY, Nicky Baratti CB: KEIVARAE RUSSELL SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: Chris Brown, Nicky Baratti, Elijah Shumate, Justin Fer- guson, Chris Salvi, Joe Schmidt, Tyler Plantz, Justin Utupo, Jarrett Grace, George Atkinson III and Cam McDaniel Kickoff Coverage: Nicky Baratti, Joe Schmidt, Carlo Calabrese, Jarrett Grace, Elijah Shumate, Kyle Brindza, Connor Cavalaris, Romeo Okwara, Kendall Moore, Cam McDaniel and Chris Salvi Punt Returner: Davonte' Neal Punter: Ben Turk Placekicker: Kyle Brindza Hold: Ben Turk Long Snapper: Jordan Cowart Short Snapper: Jordan Cowart Gunners: Matthias Farley, Chris Salvi Others: Josh Atkinson, Matt Hegarty, Nick Martin, Dan McCarthy