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went 95 yards — the longest since last year's season opener — for a touchdown. Golson powered his way across the goal line on third down from the 2-yard line, taking a Boston Col- lege defender with him. He also completed a 23- yard pass to senior run- ning back Theo Riddick in the middle of the field on another third down to extend the drive and set the tone for the rest of the game. "You have to play good defense to win, and you certainly have to play good third-down defense," Eagles head coach Frank Spaziani said. "Some of it was our execution. Some of it was their execution. Some of it was their im- provisation. We have to Nov. 10, 2012 ✦ Attendance: 44,500 Alumni Stadium ✦ Chestnut Hill, Mass. NOTRE DAME 21, BOSTON COLLEGE 6 Notre Dame 7 Boston College 0 1st 2nd 7 3 ND Golson 2-yard run (Brindza kick) 7:26 3rd 7 0 firST QuArTer BC Freese 36-yard field goal 14:55 7 3 Drive: 15 plays, 69 yards, 7:31 Drive: 13 plays, 95 yards, 5:39 SeCoND QuArTer ND Niklas 7-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 0:26 ND Goodman 18-yard pass from Golson (Brindza kick) 10:44 Drive: 16 plays, 87 yards, 8:30 THirD QuArTer BC Freese 45-yard field goal 13:44 21 6 Drive: 12 plays, 58 yards, 4:56 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 4:16 fourTH QuArTer Total first Downs Rushing Passing ND 21 20 9 12 13 BC 5 14 3 21 3 4th 0 3 Tot. 21 6 ND BC 7 0 rushing Attempts Penalty 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 Punt returns: No.-Yards Kickoff returns: No.-Yards Average Gain Per Play fumbles: No.-Lost Penalties: No.-Yards Punts: No.-Yards Average Per Punt Average Net Punt interception returns: No.-Yards fumble returns: No.-Yards Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time Sacks By: No.-Yards fourth-Down Conversions Percentage Third-Down Conversions Percentage make some plays." Sophomore tight end Troy Niklas closed the half with his first career touchdown reception. Golson got him in posi- tion with four rushing first downs. This time the offense used 16 plays and eight and a half minutes of clock to go 87 yards. Niklas got behind the Eagles defense and picked a lob pass out of 40 23 191 97 7 0 2 32:23 27:37 11-14 8-15 78.6% 53.3% 0-0 0-2 0.0% 0.0% 5-36 0-0 68.0% 62.8% 8.4 5.7 12.3 9.1 65 66 393 300 6.0 4.5 3-2 2-1 8-65 6-40 3-110 2-74 36.7 37.0 30.0 38.5 1--3 0-0 3-78 3-56 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 184 53 209 247 25 43 17 27 0 44 1 0