Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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OKLAHOMA GAME NOTES BEND, back Landry Jones' final completion, a 33- yard throw to Kenny Still, told the story of a successful night for the Irish secondary. The Sooners passing BUT DON'T BREAK Oklahoma quarter- BY DAN MURPHY AND WES MORGAN game stretched the elas- ticity of Notre Dame's defense to its limits, but their 364 passing yards could not break the goal line. Jones completed 35 of 51 pass attempts and moved into sixth place all time on the NCAA career yards list, but came up short of the end RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) Oklahoma 4 Notre Dame 4 Oklahoma Poss. TD FG Score 1 2 2 1 No 1 1 Average Field Position OU-21 Notre Dame 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Time of Possession Time of Possession 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Average Field Position ND-21 Oklahoma racked up 364 yards through the air, but junior nose guard Louis Nix III and the Irish defense limited big plays and held the Sooners to one touchdown and two field goals in four trips to the red zone. zone against an Irish de- fense designed for just that purpose. "That was the way PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA it was set up," Irish head coach Brian Kelly said. "We were going to give up yards to keep the 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Final 4:54 0-2 0-0 OU-26 7:45 7:15 0-2 0-0 ND-19 2-4 0-0 OU-20 11:35 3:25 0-1 0-0 ND-12 3-4 0-0 OU-32 8:17 6:43 2-5 1-2 ND-43 2-5 0-0 OU-23 12:39 17:21 2-8 0-0 ND-20 2-6 0-0 ND-32 ND-26 5-9 0-0 32:31 7-15 0-0 points down. We could not let the points get out of reach for us. … We could not have won this football game if the points got up into the numbers that were prob- ably out of reach for our offense." NOTRE DAME VS. OKLAHOMA QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Half 2nd Half Final 10:06 2-6 0-0 OU-30 OU-26 19:52 10:08 2-6 1-2 27:29 4-14 1-2