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us out a lot, but it was just sprinting to the next down," junior corner- back Bennett Jackson said. "You had to be ready to go. It was just communication." Jackson made eight tackles. The only play- ers with more were line- backer Manti Te'o, who made 11, and fellow cor- nerback KeiVarae Rus- 50 or more Yards 10-19 Yards 20-29 Yards 30-39 Yards 40-49 Yards (-) Yards 0-5 Yards 6-9 Yards PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards OU ND 9 37 16 11 1 2 0 0 39 12 9 1 0 0 2 3 OFFENSE QB: EVERETT GOLSON, Tommy Rees RB: THEO RIDDICK, Cierre Wood WR: CHRIS BROWN, Daniel Smith WR: Robby Toma, John Goodman WR: TJ JONES, DaVaris Daniels 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 NG: LOUIS NIX III, Kona Schwenke sell, who had nine. Russell, a true fresh- man, continued to play well beyond his years while keeping Oklaho- ma's top flight receivers in front of him. He made one touchdown-saving tackle early in the game, and then dragged run- ning back Damien Wil- liams down by his shoe- laces for a crucial stop • 2-10 OU48 Jones middle pass complete to Saunders for 35 yards to the ND17 • 3-7 ND34 Jones deep pass complete to Stills for 33 yards to the ND1 Oklahoma • 2-5 ND38 Wood rush up middle for 62 yards and a touchdown • 2-2 ND35 GOLSON deep pass complete to Brown for 50 yards to the OU15 Notre Dame PARTICIPATION CHART DE: STEPHON TUITT, Tony Spring- mann LB: PRINCE SHEMBO, Ishaq Williams ILB: CARLO CALABRESE, Dan Fox ILB: MANTI TE'O LB: DANNY SPOND, Ben Councell CB: BENNETT JACKSON, Jalen Brown S: ZEKE MOTTA S: MATTHIAS FARLEY CB: KEIVARAE RUSSELL, Elijah Shu- mate (nickel) SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: Chris Brown, Nicky Baratti, Elijah Shumate, Justin Fer- guson, Chris Salvi, Joe Schmidt, Tyler Plantz, Justin Utupo, Jarrett Grace, Cierre Wood 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: Josh Atkinson and Cam McDaniel Others: Matt Hegarty, Nick Martin, Dan McCarthy on third-and-long dur- ing the third quarter. "There's a young man that just keeps get- ting better and keeps competing" Kelly said. "Who would've thought a true freshman would be able to go out and do the things he's done?" Neither Russell nor Jackson missed a tackle. They minimized Okla- BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE)