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yards, 11 shy of Riddick's team-high 85 yards. The Irish defense, un- characteristically porous in the first three quar- ters, tightened down the stretch. It allowed only 21 yards on Pittsburgh's final 23 plays. The Pan- thers never got closer NOTRE DAME 29, PITT 26 (3OT) Nov. 3, 2012 ✦ Attendance: 80,795 Notre Dame 3 3 0 14 3 0 6 29 FIrST QuArTer Pitt ND Brindza 37-yard field goal 8:28 0 3 Drive: 14 plays, 60 yards, 6:32 ND Brindza 20-yard field goal 10:34 3 6 Drive: 18 plays, 89 yards, 9:26 SecOND QuArTer PITT Graham 16-yard run (Harper kick) 3:55 PITT Holtz 9-yard pass from Sunseri (Harper kick) 5:52 Drive: 6 plays, 58 yds, 2:25 ThIrD QuArTer PITT Harper 21-yard field goal 0:58 20 6 Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 2:25 Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards, 0:45 ND Jones 11-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick failed) 13:40 Drive: 11 plays, 71 yards, 2:18 FOurTh QuArTer 20 12 ND Riddick 5-yard pass from Golson (Golson rush good) 2:11 PITT Harper 41-yard field goal Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard Drive: 2 plays, 50 yards, 0:52 OverTIme ND Brindza 37-yard field goal Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards PITT Harper 44-yard field goal Drive: 4 plays, -2 yards ND Golson 1-yard run Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards 20 20 23 20 23 23 26 23 26 29 10 6 17 6 PITT ND PITT Harper 39-yard field goal 5:00 3 3 Drive: 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:28 Notre Dame Stadium ✦ Notre Dame, Ind. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT 2OT 3OT Tot. 3 7 10 0 3 0 3 26 Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty than the 16-yard line in overtime. Even that pos- session ended in disap- pointment for the visi- tors when senior Kevin rushing Attempts PITT ND 13 34 6 6 1 Yards Gained rushing Yards Lost rushing Net Yards rushing Net Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Had Intercepted Yards Per Completion Total Offensive Plays Total Net Yards Percent Completion Yards Per Attempt Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: No.-Lost Penalties: No.-Yards Punts: No.-Yards Average Per Punt Average Net Punt Punt returns: No.-Yards Kickoff returns: No.-Yards Interception returns: No.-Yards Fumble returns: No.-Yards miscellaneous Yards Possession Time Third-Down conversions Percentage Sacks By: No.-Yards Fourth-Down conversions Percentage 65.5% 54.7% 5.7 5.5 8.6 10.0 62 104 308 522 5.0 5.0 2-0 2-1 7-45 6-46 6-244 5-207 40.7 41.4 40.7 33.8 2-38 1-0 5-128 5-90 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 33 51 185 254 41 23 144 231 164 291 29 53 19 29 0 15 17 2 2 24:37 35:23 1-14 10-20 7.1% 50.0% 0-1 1-1 0 0.0% 100.0% 1-3 5-31