Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
Issue link: https://comanpub.uberflip.com/i/95140
a game plan reserved only for the No. 1 team. Kelly and his team rode the strong right leg of sophomore Kyle Brin- dza to victory. The first- year starter tied a school record by making five field goals, cashing in for an offense that skid- ded to a halt inside the red zone. Notre Dame racked up 277 total yards in the first half while cut- ting big chunks out of the Trojans defense. The Irish doubled USC's pro- duction and time of pos- session in the first quar- ter, but took a slim 16-10 lead into the break. Brindza kicked three first-half field goals, high- lighed by a 52-yarder as time expired in the sec- Notre Dame 10 USC 0 L.A. Memorial Coliseum ✦ Los Angeles 1st NOTRE DAME 22, USC 13 Nov. 24, 2012 ✦ Attendance: 93,607 2nd 6 10 3rd 3 0 firST QUArTer ND Riddick 9-yard run (Brindza kick) 1:48 4th 3 3 Tot. 22 13 ND Brindza 27-yard field goal 11:25 3 0 Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:35 USC Woods 11-yard pass from Wittek (Heidari kick) 14:55 Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 6:57 SeCoND QUArTer ND Brindza 29-yard field goal 9:19 13 7 Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards, 5:31 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:53 ND USC 10 0 10 7 USC Heidari 39-yard field goal 3:50 13 10 Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 5:24 ND Brindza 52-yard field goal 0:00 16 10 Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards, 1:25 ND Brindza 33-yard field goal 0:31 19 10 Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 5:24 ThirD QUArTer USC Heidari 21-yard field goal 9:20 19 13 Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards, 6:05 foUrTh QUArTer ND Brindza 19-yard field goal 5:58 22 13 Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 3:13 Total first Downs Rushing Passing Penalty ond quarter. That kick, the second longest in pro- gram history, was set up by an interception from freshman cornerback Kei- Varae Russell on a home run attempt to Lee. Sophomore quarter- back Everett Golson, who was 15-of-26 pass- ing for 217 yards, engi- neered the type of two- minute drill offense he Yards Gained rushing Yards Lost rushing Net Yards rushing Net Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Had Intercepted rushing Attempts Average Gain Per Play fumbles: No.-Lost Penalties: No.-Yards Punts: No.-Yards Average Per Punt Average Net Punt Yards Per Completion Total offensive Plays Total Net Yards Percent Completion Yards Per Attempt Punt returns: No.-Yards Kickoff returns: No.-Yards Third-Down Conversions Percentage Sacks By: No.-Yards interception returns: No.-Yards fumble returns: No.-Yards Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time fourth-Down Conversions Percentage 55.6% 58.3% 8.0 7.8 14.5 13.3 69 51 439 281 6.4 5.5 0-0 1-0 7-50 3-15 3-133 3-135 44.3 45.0 43.0 45.0 0-0 2-4 4-87 4-98 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 42 27 233 118 11 23 222 95 217 186 27 24 15 14 0 6 9 4 2 35.7% 12.5% 0-0 0-1 0.0% 0.0% 2-15 1-2 34:38 25:22 5-14 1-8 0 ND USC 24 19 12 11 1