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TD LG Deontay Burnett 49 626 12.8 6 42 Tyler Vaughns 25 287 11.5 1 37 Steven Mitchell Jr. 23 333 14.5 2 49 Tyler Petite 17 245 14.4 3 52 Stephen Carr 13 130 10.0 0 21 Ronald Jones II 6 112 18.7 1 56 Jalen Greene 6 68 11.3 0 23 Tackles Solo Assists Total TFL-Yards Sacks-Yards Cameron Smith 26 36 62 6.5-23 0.5-6 Marvell Tell III 24 24 48 0.5-2 0.0-0 Chris Hawkins 23 16 39 1.0-3 0.0-0 Uchenna Nwosu 18 19 37 2.5-11 1.5-8 Iman Marshall 22 11 33 1.0-2 0.0-0 John Houston Jr. 13 18 31 1.0-8 1.0-8 Christian Rector 17 12 29 8.0-54 6.5-49 Rasheem Green 11 18 29 6.5-20 4.0-17 Ajene Harris 17 10 27 1.0-5 0.0-0 Josh Fatu 12 15 27 7.0-32 5.0-26 Interceptions No. Yards Avg. TD Jack Jones 4 17 4.2 0 Marvell Tell III 2 37 18.5 1 Kicking PAT FG LG Chase McGrath 31-31 8-9 46 Punting No. Avg. I20 LG Reid Budrovich 26 44.6 9 63 ✦ INSIDE THE NUMBERS Offense Notre Dame USC Points Per Game 40.0 34.4 First Downs 132 171 Rushing Yards 1,848 1,264 Rushing Yards Per Game 308.0 180.6 Rushing Attempts 268 256 Average Yards Per Rush 6.9 4.9 Passing Yards 979 2,075 Passing Yards Per Game 163.2 296.4 Passing Attempts 171 263 Average Yards Per Catch 11.0 12.7 Total Yards 2,827 3,339 Average Yards Per Game 471.2 477.0 Average Kickoff Return 21.7 23.4 Average Punt Return 3.5 4.5 Third-Down Conversions 36-91 44-94 Third-Down Conversion Percentage 39.6% 46.8% Fourth-Down Conversions 7-10 3-10 Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage 70.0% 30.0% Defense Notre Dame USC Points Allowed Per Game 16.8 23.7 First Downs Allowed 114 137 Rushing Yards Allowed 807 1,027 Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game 134.5 146.7 Opponent Rushing Attempts 217 249 Average Yards Per Rushing Attempt 3.7 4.1 Passing Yards Allowed 1,387 1,671 Passing Yards Allowed Per Game 231.2 238.7 Opponent Passing Attempts 237 251 Average Yards Per Catch Allowed 10.8 12.2 Total Yards Allowed 2,194 2,698 Average Yards Per Game Allowed 365.7 385.4 Average Kickoff Return Allowed 23.6 25.8 Average Punt Return Allowed 7.9 8.0 Third-Down Conversions 36-103 38-107 Third-Down Conversion Percentage 35.0% 35.5% Fourth-Down Conversions 2-9 9-15 Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage 22.2% 60.0% Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Avg. Notre Dame 73 71 41 55 — 240 40.0 USC 52 62 24 93 10 241 34.4 Turnover Margin Gained Lost +/- Notre Dame 14 7 +7 USC 16 16 +0 Sr. Jr. So. Fr. ND Offense 7 9 5 3 ND Defense 8 5 6 3 ND Specialists 4 6 1 3 ND Totals 19 20 12 9 Sr. Jr. So. Fr. USC Offense 2 9 7 9 USC Defense 4 9 7 4 USC Specialists 0 6 1 5 USC Totals 6 24 15 18 Class Breakdowns (2017 Two-Deep) 2017 USC SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 2 Western Michigan W, 49-31 Sept. 9 Stanford W, 42-24 Sept. 16 Texas W, 27-24 (2OT) Sept. 23 at California W, 30-20 Sept. 29 at Washington State L, 30-27 Oct. 7 Oregon State W, 38-10 Oct. 14 Utah W, 28-27 Oct. 21 at Notre Dame (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at Arizona State TBA Nov. 4 Arizona TBA Nov. 11 at Colorado TBA Nov. 18 UCLA TBA 2017 NOTRE DAME SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 2 Temple W, 49-16 Sept. 9 Georgia L, 20-19 Sept. 16 at Boston College W, 49-20 Sept. 23 at Michigan State W, 38-18 Sept. 30 Miami (Ohio) W, 52-17 Oct. 7 North Carolina W, 33-10 Oct. 21 USC (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 NC State (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 Wake Forest (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at Miami (Fla.) 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