Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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their most dominant in 17-point wins over top-10 teams Michigan State and Oklahoma on the road. As much as the team's veterans preach taking things one game 50 or more Yards 10-19 Yards 20-29 Yards 30-39 Yards 40-49 Yards (-) Yards 0-5 Yards 6-9 Yards ing the week, but I think it's just us realizing that we're going to get their best." The Irish have looked at a time, those big wins were both the type of showdowns that get circled on the calendar during training camp. Notre Dame hasn't had the same kind of intensity in some of the games in between. The Irish have managed to survive so far without losing one of those so- PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards ND PITT 7 54 24 17 1 0 1 0 10 35 7 7 0 0 2 1 OFFENSE QB: EVERETT GOLSON, Tommy Rees RB: CIERRE WOOD, Theo Riddick, 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 NG: KONA SCHWENKE, Louis Nix III • 2-4 ND8 Golson rush for 27 yards to the ND35 • 1-10 50 Golson 45-yard pass complete to Daniels to the PITT5 Notre Dame • 1-10 PITT13 Graham rush for 55 yards to the ND32 • 2-10 PITT48 Sunseri 43-yard pass complete to Holtz to the ND9 Pittsburgh • 1-10 PITT39 Graham rush for 48 yards to the ND13 PARTICIPATION CHART DE: STEPHON TUITT, Tony Spring- mann OLB: PRINCE SHEMBO, Ishaq Wil- liams ILB: CARLO CALABRESE, Dan Fox ILB: MANTI TE'O OLB: DANNY SPOND, Ben Councell CB: BENNETT JACKSON S: ZEKE MOTTA, Elijah Shumate (nickel) S: MATTHIAS FARLEY, Nicky Baratti CB: KEIVARAE RUSSELL SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: Chris Brown, Nicky Baratti, Elijah Shumate, Daniel Smith, 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: Josh Atkinson and Cam McDaniel Others: Matt Hegarty, Nick Martin, Dan McCarthy called "trap" games, but two more loom before the end of November. They travel next week to play a 2-7 Boston Col- lege team that has a long history of spoiling sea- sons. Wake Forest comes to campus the following week for Senior Day, another game that has proven fertile for upsets BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE)