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said. "We're just enjoy- ing a victory. We didn't even talk about it. We talked about what we have to do to win next week against Wake For- est." For now, there's not "Absolutely not," he much to talk about. Notre Dame is still stuck behind two undefeated teams — Oregon and Rushing Riddick Golson Kansas State — that have been deemed a better 10-0 than the Irish. The Crimson Tide's loss does get the Irish halfway to a title shot. If Notre Dame wins its next two games, and one of the two re- maining teams in front of them loses, the Irish will be all but assured a chance. That ray of hope didn't C. Wood G. Atkinson III 4 TEAM Total No. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Lg. 18 106 2 104 5.8 0 11 40 6 Passing Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Lg. Golson Rees Total 40 191 7 184 4.6 1 24 16 66.7 0 200 2 1 Receiving Eifert Riddick Jones Goodman Niklas Total Daniels Punt Returns Neal Total Kick Returns G. Atkinson III Total 25 17 68.0 0 209 2 No. 1 17 6 4 3 2 1 1 No. 1 1 No. 3 3 1 100.0 0 Yds. 209 Yds. 67 56 39 22 18 7 -3 -3 Yds. 78 78 9 TD 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 TD 0 0 TD 0 0 33 12 0 1 0 3 1 39 3.5 1 33 5.5 0 9 2.2 0 -1 -1.0 0 0 23 Lg. 0 0 Lg. 35 35 Lg. 20 23 20 13 18 7 16 23 23 9 10 8 7 0 make too much of an impression on the Irish players when they re- ceived the news. Junior cornerback Bennett Jack- son said the news came through the grapevine, and while some players were shocked at the final score they quickly forgot about it. "Things are going to happen throughout NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 16 Field Goals None Okwara Schmidt Total McCarthy Nix III Farley Interceptions Te'o Lewis-Moore 2 0 Tuitt Williams Day 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 No. 1 1 J. Atkinson 3 0 Russell Spond Calabrese Fox Shembo Te'o 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 Defense Jackson Motta Punting No. Avg. Lg. Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Turk Total 3 36.7 48 0 1 1 0 3 36.7 48 0 1 1 0 Made Att. 5 4-29 3-26 0 0 1 5 0-0 4 0-0 4 0-0 3 0-0 3 0-0 3 0-0 3 0-0 2 1-3 2 1-6 2 2-8 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 8 1-4 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1-6 0 1 0 1-4 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 TD 0 0 Lg. 0 0 Yds. 0 0 Lg. Tck. Ast. Tot. TFL Yds. PD FF FR 7 1 7 0 4 1 4 1 2 2 3 1 Sack- 0-0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Blk. 2 2