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Alabama vs Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013)
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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

Alabama (13-1,7-1) vs. Notre Dame (13-1)

Date: Jan 07, 2013 • Site: Miami Gardens, Fla.  • Stadium: Sun Life Stadium  •  Attendance: 80120

Score by Quarters  1  2  3  4  Score 
Alabama   14  14  7  7  42 
Notre Dame   0  0  7  7  14 

SCORING SUMMARY   UA -ND  
1st  12:03  UA   Eddie Lacy 20 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) 
         5 plays, 82 yards, TOP 2:57  7 - 0 
  06:14  UA   M. Williams 3 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick) 
         10 plays, 61 yards, TOP 4:49  14 - 0 
2nd  14:56  UA   T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) 
         8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:26  21 - 0 
  00:31  UA   Eddie Lacy 11 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick) 
         9 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:12  28 - 0 
3rd  07:34  UA   Amari Cooper 34 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick) 
         10 plays, 97 yards, TOP 5:37  35 - 0 
  04:08  ND   GOLSON 2 yd run (BRINDZA kick) 
         9 plays, 85 yards, TOP 3:26  35 - 7 
4th  11:27  UA   Amari Cooper 19 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick) 
         14 plays, 86 yards, TOP 7:41  42 - 7 
  07:51  ND   RIDDICK 6 yd pass from GOLSON (BRINDZA kick) 
         10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:36  42 - 14 

Kickoff time: 8:30 PM  • End of Game: 11:40  • Total elapsed time: 3:10
Referee: L. Clark  •  Umpire: F. Villar  •  Linesman: P. Turner  •  Line judge: R Campbell  •  Back judge: B. Robinson  •  Field judge: K. Kieser  •  Side judge: A. Santi  •  Scorer: K. Colebrooke  • 
Temperature: 73 deg  • Wind: NE 5mph  • Weather: Mostly Cloudy 81%rh

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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

 Team Totals  UA  ND 
FIRST DOWNS  28  16 
   Rushing  13  3 
   Passing  14  12 
   Penalty  1  1 
NET YARDS RUSHING  265  32 
   Rushing Attempts  45  19 
   Average Per Rush  5.9  1.7 
   Rushing Touchdowns  2  1 
   Yards Gained Rushing  272  56 
   Yards Lost Rushing  7  24 
NET YARDS PASSING  264  270 
   Completions-Attempts-Int  20-28-0  21-36-1 
   Average Per Attempt  9.4  7.5 
   Average Per Completion  13.2  12.9 
   Passing Touchdowns  4  1 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS  529  302 
   Total offense plays  73  55 
   Average Gain Per Play  7.2  5.5 
Fumbles: Number-Lost  0-0  1-0 
Penalties: Number-Yards  4-40  3-35 
PUNTS-YARDS  4-197  5-214 
   Average Yards Per Punt  49.2  42.8 
   Net Yards Per Punt  43.8  42.6 
   Inside 20  2  1 
   50+ Yards  2  1 
   Touchbacks  1  0 
   Fair catch  0  4 
KICKOFFS-YARDS  7-448  3-194 
   Average Yards Per Kickoff  64.0  64.7 
   Net Yards Per Kickoff  45.9  46.0 
   Touchbacks  4  1 
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD  1-1-0  3-2-0 
   Average Per Return  1.0  0.7 
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  2-31-0  3-47-0 
   Average Per Return  15.5  15.7 
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD  1-0-0  0-0-0 
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0 
Miscellaneous Yards  0  0 
Possession Time  38:13  21:47 
   1st Quarter  12:08  2:52 
   2nd Quarter  7:38  7:22 
   3rd Quarter  9:45  5:15 
   4th Quarter  8:42  6:18 
Third-Down Conversions  8 of 13  2 of 8 
Fourth-Down Conversions  1 of 1  0 of 1 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances  5-5  2-2 
   Touchdowns  5-5  2-2 
   Field goals  0-5  0-2 
Sacks By: Number-Yards  2-16  0-0 
PAT Kicks  6-6  2-2 
Field Goals  0-0  0-0 

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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

Alabama
  
Notre Dame
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Eddie Lacy   20  145  5  140  1  20  7.0 
T.J. Yeldon   21  110  2  108  1  10  5.1 
AJ McCarron   1  9  0  9  0  9  9.0 
Kenyan Drake   3  8  0  8  0  6  2.7 
Totals...  45  272  7  265  2  20  5.9 
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
RIDDICK   10  39  2  37  0  20  3.7 
WOOD, C.   4  8  6  2  0  7  0.5 
GOLSON   5  9  16  -7  1  5  -1.4 
Totals...  19  56  24  32  1  20  1.7 
  
 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
AJ McCarron   20-28-0  264  4  34  0 
Totals...  20-28-0  264  4  34  0 
  
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
GOLSON   21-36-1  270  1  31  2 
Totals...  21-36-1  270  1  31  2 
 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Amari Cooper   6  105  2  34 
Kevin Norwood   3  66  0  29 
M. Williams   3  17  1  8 
Christion Jones  2  40  0  27 
Eddie Lacy   2  17  1  11 
Marvin Shinn   2  14  0  7 
Kelly Johnson   1  5  0  5 
T.J. Yeldon   1  0  0  0 
Totals...  20  264  4  34 
  
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Jones, TJ   7  90  0  31 
DANIELS   6  115  0  31 
EIFERT   6  61  0  16 
RIDDICK   1  6  1  6 
WOOD, C.   1  -2  0  0 
Totals...  21  270  1  31 
  
  
  
 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Cody Mandell   4  197  49.2  55  2  1 
Totals...  4  197  49.2  55  2  1 
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
TURK   5  214  42.8  50  1  0 
Totals...  5  214  42.8  50  1  0 
 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Christion Jones  1  1  1  2  31  17  0  0  0 
H. Clinton-Dix   0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0 
Totals...  1  1  1  2  31  17  1  0  0 
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
ATKINSON, G.   0  0  0  3  47  18  0  0  0 
NEAL, D.   3  2  6  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals...  3  2  6  3  47  18  0  0  0 
 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Eddie Lacy   140  17  0  0  0  157 
T.J. Yeldon   108  0  0  0  0  108 
Amari Cooper   0  105  0  0  0  105 
Christion Jones  0  40  31  1  0  72 
Kevin Norwood   0  66  0  0  0  66 
M. Williams   0  17  0  0  0  17 
Marvin Shinn   0  14  0  0  0  14 
AJ McCarron   9  0  0  0  0  9 
Kenyan Drake   8  0  0  0  0  8 
Kelly Johnson   0  5  0  0  0  5 
Totals...  265  264  31  1  0  561 
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
DANIELS   0  115  0  0  0  115 
Jones, TJ   0  90  0  0  0  90 
EIFERT   0  61  0  0  0  61 
ATKINSON, G.   0  0  47  0  0  47 
RIDDICK   37  6  0  0  0  43 
NEAL, D.   0  0  0  2  0  2 
GOLSON   -7  0  0  0  0  -7 
Totals...  32  270  47  2  0  351 
  
  
  
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Cade Foster   7  448  4  0  64.0 
  
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
BRINDZA   3  194  1  0  64.7 
 
FUMBLES: Alabama-None. Notre Dame-NEAL, D. 1-0.

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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
UA   1st  A18  15:00  Kickoff  N00  12:03  *  TOUCHDOWN  5-82  2:57  # 
UA   1st  A39  11:03  Punt  N00  06:14  *  TOUCHDOWN  10-61  4:49  # 
UA   1st  A20  04:22  Punt  N00  14:56  *  TOUCHDOWN  8-80  4:26  # 
UA   2nd  A39  13:20  Downs  A36  11:10     Punt  3--3  2:10    
UA   2nd  A13  09:03  Punt  A41  06:51     Punt  6-28  2:12    
UA   2nd  A29  03:43  Punt  N00  00:31  *  TOUCHDOWN  9-71  3:12  # 
UA   3rd  A03  13:11  Interception  N00  07:34  *  TOUCHDOWN  10-97  5:37    
UA   3rd  A14  04:08  Kickoff  N00  11:27  *  TOUCHDOWN  14-86  7:41  # 
UA   4th  A25  07:51  Kickoff  A28  05:54     Punt  3-3  1:57    
UA   4th  A32  04:19  Punt  N49  01:07     Punt  5-19  3:12    
  
ND   1st  N25  12:03  Kickoff  N33  11:03     Punt  3-8  1:00    
ND   1st  N20  05:58  Kickoff  N35  04:22     Punt  5-15  1:36    
ND   2nd  N25  14:56  Kickoff  A39  13:20     Downs  5-36  1:36    
ND   2nd  N08  11:10  Punt  N37  09:03     Punt  4-29  2:07    
ND   2nd  N04  06:51  Punt  N34  03:43     Punt  6-30  3:08    
ND   2nd  N19  00:31  Kickoff  N25  00:00     End of half  2-6  0:31    
ND   3rd  N25  15:00  Kickoff  A36  13:11     Interception  6-39  1:49    
ND   3rd  N15  07:34  Kickoff  A00  04:08  *  TOUCHDOWN  9-85  3:26  # 
ND   4th  N25  11:27  Kickoff  A00  07:51  *  TOUCHDOWN  10-75  3:36  # 
ND   4th  N37  05:54  Punt  N30  04:19     Punt  3--7  1:35    
ND   4th  N20  01:07  Punt  N21  00:00     End of half  2-1  1:07    

   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
Alabama   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   12:08   07:38   09:45   08:42      19:46   18:27      38:13  
3rd Down Conversions   4/4   2/4   0/1   2/4      6/8   2/5      8/13  
Average field position  A25   A27   A08   A28      A26   A18      A23  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/0   1/1   0/0      0/0   1/1      1/1  
  
   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
Notre Dame   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   02:52   07:22   05:15   06:18      10:14   11:33      21:47  
3rd Down Conversions   0/2   0/3   1/1   1/2      0/5   2/3      2/8  
Average field position  N22   N14   N20   N27      N16   N24      N20  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/1   0/0   0/0      0/1   0/0      0/1  
Drive Chart (By Quarter)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
UA   1st  A18  15:00  Kickoff  N00  12:03  *  TOUCHDOWN  5-82  2:57  # 
ND   1st  N25  12:03  Kickoff  N33  11:03     Punt  3-8  1:00    
UA   1st  A39  11:03  Punt  N00  06:14  *  TOUCHDOWN  10-61  4:49  # 
ND   1st  N20  05:58  Kickoff  N35  04:22     Punt  5-15  1:36    
UA   1st  A20  04:22  Punt  N00  14:56  *  TOUCHDOWN  8-80  4:26  # 
ND   2nd  N25  14:56  Kickoff  A39  13:20     Downs  5-36  1:36    
  
UA   2nd  A39  13:20  Downs  A36  11:10     Punt  3--3  2:10    
ND   2nd  N08  11:10  Punt  N37  09:03     Punt  4-29  2:07    
UA   2nd  A13  09:03  Punt  A41  06:51     Punt  6-28  2:12    
ND   2nd  N04  06:51  Punt  N34  03:43     Punt  6-30  3:08    
UA   2nd  A29  03:43  Punt  N00  00:31  *  TOUCHDOWN  9-71  3:12  # 
ND   2nd  N19  00:31  Kickoff  N25  00:00     End of half  2-6  0:31    
ND   3rd  N25  15:00  Kickoff  A36  13:11     Interception  6-39  1:49    
  
UA   3rd  A03  13:11  Interception  N00  07:34  *  TOUCHDOWN  10-97  5:37    
ND   3rd  N15  07:34  Kickoff  A00  04:08  *  TOUCHDOWN  9-85  3:26  # 
UA   3rd  A14  04:08  Kickoff  N00  11:27  *  TOUCHDOWN  14-86  7:41  # 
ND   4th  N25  11:27  Kickoff  A00  07:51  *  TOUCHDOWN  10-75  3:36  # 
  
UA   4th  A25  07:51  Kickoff  A28  05:54     Punt  3-3  1:57    
ND   4th  N37  05:54  Punt  N30  04:19     Punt  3--7  1:35    
UA   4th  A32  04:19  Punt  N49  01:07     Punt  5-19  3:12    
ND   4th  N20  01:07  Punt  N21  00:00     End of half  2-1  1:07    

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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

##  Alabama   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
32  C.J. Mosley   5  3  8  1.0/6   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
6A  H. Clinton-Dix   4  3  7  0.5/1   .  .   1-0   1  .  .   . 
37  Robert Lester   3  3  6  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
13  Deion Belue   4  .  4  1.0/2   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
26  Landon Collins   3  .  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
33  Trey DePriest   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
28  Dee Milliner   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   2  .  .   . 
36  Tyler Hayes   2  .  2  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
4B  Adrian Hubbard   1  1  2  1.0/5   .  .   .   .  .  1.0/5   . 
3   Vinnie Sunseri   1  1  2  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   2 
24  Geno Smith   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
49  Ed Stinson   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
57  D.J. Pettway   1  .  1  1.0/11   .  .   .   .  .  1.0/11   . 
8A  Jeoffrey Pagan   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
62  Brandon Ivory   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
27  Nick Perry   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
22  Christion Jones  .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
30  Denzel Devall   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
54  Jesse Williams   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
9A  Quinton Dial   .  1  1  0.5/1   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
35  Nico Johnson   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
##  Notre Dame   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
17  MOTTA   7  9  16  .   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
5   TE'O   3  7  10  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
6A  RUSSELL   3  5  8  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
41  FARLEY   4  2  6  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
48  FOX   4  2  6  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
9A  NIX   5  .  5  2.0/5   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
7A  TUITT   2  3  5  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
2   JACKSON   1  3  4  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
44  CALABRESE   2  1  3  1.0/2   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
91  DAY   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
55  SHEMBO   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
47  CAVALARIS   1  1  2  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
30  COUNCELL   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
89  LEWIS-MOORE   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
22  SHUMATE   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
13  SPOND   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
1A  WILLIAMS, Ish.   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
24  SALVI, C.   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 

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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

Alabama  
Pos  ##  Offense 
LT   71  Cyrus Kouandjio 
LG   65  Chance Warmack  
C   75  Barrett Jones  
RG   61  Anthony Steen  
RT   76  D.J. Fluker  
TE   89  M. Williams  
TE   84  Brian Vogler  
QB   10  AJ McCarron  
RB   42  Eddie Lacy  
X   9   Amari Cooper  
Z   83  Kevin Norwood  
  
Alabama  
Pos  ##  Defense 
DE   49  Ed Stinson  
NG   54  Jesse Williams  
DE   92  Damion Square  
SAM   4B  Adrian Hubbard  
MIKE  33  Trey DePriest  
WILL  32  C.J. Mosley  
JACK  47  Xzavier Dickson 
CB   13  Deion Belue  
CB   3   Vinnie Sunseri  
S   37  Robert Lester  
S   6A  H. Clinton-Dix  
  
Notre Dame  
Pos  ##  Offense 
WR   7   Jones, TJ  
WR   85  NIKLAS  
LT   70  MARTIN, Z.  
LG   66  WATT  
C   52  CAVE  
RG   57  GOLIC, M.  
RT   74  LOMBARD  
QB   5A  GOLSON  
RB   6   RIDDICK  
TE   80  EIFERT  
WR   18  KOYACK  
  
Notre Dame  
Pos  ##  Defense 
DE   89  LEWIS-MOORE  
NG   9A  NIX  
DE   7A  TUITT  
OLB   55  SHEMBO  
ILB   48  FOX  
ILB   5   TE'O  
OLB   13  SPOND  
CB   6A  RUSSELL  
S   17  MOTTA  
S   41  FARLEY  
CB   2   JACKSON  

Alabama: 1A-John Fulton, 2F-Cody Mandell, 2A-Tana Patrick, 2D-N. McAlister, 4-T.J. Yeldon, 5-Jeremy Shelley, 5C-Carson Tinker, 6-Blake Sims, 8A-Jeoffrey Pagan, 9A-Quinton Dial, 16-Bradley Sylve, 17-Kenyan Drake, 18-Reggie Ragland, 21-Brent Calloway, 22-Christion Jones, 23-J. Washington, 24-Geno Smith, 26-Landon Collins, 27-Nick Perry, 28-Dee Milliner, 30-Denzel Devall, 31-Kelly Johnson, 35-Nico Johnson, 36-Tyler Hayes, 43-Cade Foster, 57-D.J. Pettway, 62-Brandon Ivory, 63-Kellen Williams, 70-Ryan Kelly, 77-Arie Kouandjio, 78-Chad Lindsay, 79-Austin Shepherd, 80-Marvin Shinn, 85-Malcolm Faciane, 95-Darren Lake.

Notre Dame: 1A-WILLIAMS, Ish., 4-ATKINSON, G., 8-MOORE, 9-TOMA, 10-DANIELS, 11-REES, 14-MASSA, 15-McCARTHY, D., 19-NEAL, D., 20-WOOD, C., 22-SHUMATE, 24-SALVI, C., 27-BRINDZA, 29-BARATTI, 30-COUNCELL, 33-MCDANIEL, 35-TURK, 38-SCHMIDT, J., 42-SOTO, 43-ATKINSON, J., 44-CALABRESE, 45-OKWARA, 47-CAVALARIS, 59-GRACE, 60-COWART, 65-HANRATTY, 69-SPRINGMANN, 72-MARTIN, N., 81-GOODMAN, 87-SMITH, D., 91-DAY, 96-SCHWENKE.

  Box Score  
Box Score (Final)
#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.) 

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Alabama............. 14 14  7  7  - 42       Record: (13-1,7-1)
Notre Dame..........  0  0  7  7  - 14       Record: (13-1)



Scoring Summary:
1st 12:03 UA - Eddie Lacy 20 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 5-82 2:57, UA 7 - ND 0
    06:14 UA - M. Williams 3 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick), 10-61 4:49, UA 14 - ND 0
2nd 14:56 UA - T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 8-80 4:26, UA 21 - ND 0
    00:31 UA - Eddie Lacy 11 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick), 9-71 3:12, UA 28 - ND 0
3rd 07:34 UA - Amari Cooper 34 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick), 10-97 5:37, UA 35 - ND 0
    04:08 ND - GOLSON 2 yd run (BRINDZA kick), 9-85 3:26, UA 35 - ND 7
4th 11:27 UA - Amari Cooper 19 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick), 14-86 7:41, UA 42 - ND 7
    07:51 ND - RIDDICK 6 yd pass from GOLSON (BRINDZA kick), 10-75 3:36, UA 42 - ND 14



                                     UA       ND
FIRST DOWNS...................       28       16
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   45-265    19-32
PASSING YDS (NET).............      264      270
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  28-20-0  36-21-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   73-529   55-302
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      1-1      3-2
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     2-31     3-47
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-49.2   5-42.8
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0      1-0
Penalties-Yards...............     4-40     3-35
Possession Time...............    38:13    21:47
Third-Down Conversions........  8 of 13   2 of 8
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 1   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      5-5      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-16      0-0


RUSHING: Alabama-Eddie Lacy 20-140; T.J. Yeldon 21-108; AJ McCarron 1-9;
Kenyan Drake 3-8. Notre Dame-RIDDICK 10-37; WOOD, C. 4-2; GOLSON 5-minus 7.

PASSING: Alabama-AJ McCarron 20-28-0-264. Notre Dame-GOLSON 21-36-1-270.

RECEIVING: Alabama-Amari Cooper 6-105; Kevin Norwood 3-66; M. Williams
3-17; Christion Jones 2-40; Eddie Lacy 2-17; Marvin Shinn 2-14; Kelly Johnson
1-5; T.J. Yeldon 1-0. Notre Dame-JONES, TJ 7-90; DANIELS 6-115; EIFERT 6-61;
RIDDICK 1-6; WOOD, C. 1-minus 2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama-H. Clinton-Dix 1-0. Notre Dame-None.

FUMBLES: Alabama-None. Notre Dame-NEAL, D. 1-0.

Stadium: Sun Life Stadium      Attendance: 80120
Kickoff time: 8:30 PM   End of Game: 11:40     Total elapsed time: 3:10
Officials: Referee: L. Clark; Umpire: F. Villar; Linesman: P. Turner;
Line judge: R Campbell; Back judge: B. Robinson; Field judge: K. Kieser;
Side judge: A. Santi; Scorer: K. Colebrooke;
Temperature: 73 deg    Wind: NE 5mph   Weather: Mostly Cloudy 81%rh



       #2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

SACKS (UA-A): Alabama-D.J. Pettway 1-0; Adrian Hubbard 1-0. Notre
Dame-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): Alabama-C.J. Mosley 5-3; H. Clinton-Dix 4-3; Robert
Lester 3-3; Deion Belue 4-0; Landon Collins 3-0; Trey DePriest 1-2; Dee Milliner
1-2; Tyler Hayes 2-0; Adrian Hubbard 1-1; Vinnie Sunseri 1-1; Geno Smith 1-0;
Nick Perry 1-0; Ed Stinson 1-0; Jeoffrey Pagan 1-0; Brandon Ivory 1-0; D.J.
Pettway 1-0; Jesse Williams 0-1; Christion Jones 0-1; Nico Johnson 0-1; Denzel
Devall 0-1; Quinton Dial 0-1. Notre Dame-MOTTA 7-9; TE'O 3-7; RUSSELL 3-5; FOX
4-2; FARLEY 4-2; NIX 5-0; TUITT 2-3; JACKSON 1-3; CALABRESE 2-1; SHEMBO 1-2; DAY
1-2; CAVALARIS 1-1; SHUMATE 1-0; LEWIS-MOORE 1-0; COUNCELL 1-0; WILLIAMS, Ish.
0-1; SPOND 0-1; SALVI, C. 0-1.


Game Starters:
Alabama

POS  ## OFFENSE
LT   71 Cyrus Kouandjio
LG   65 Chance Warmack
C    75 Barrett Jones
RG   61 Anthony Steen
RT   76 D.J. Fluker
TE   89 M. Williams
TE   84 Brian Vogler
QB   10 AJ McCarron
RB   42 Eddie Lacy
X    9  Amari Cooper
Z    83 Kevin Norwood

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   49 Ed Stinson
NG   54 Jesse Williams
DE   92 Damion Square
SAM  4B Adrian Hubbard
MIKE 33 Trey DePriest
WILL 32 C.J. Mosley
JACK 47 Xzavier Dickson
CB   13 Deion Belue
CB   3  Vinnie Sunseri
S    37 Robert Lester
S    6A H. Clinton-Dix

Notre Dame

POS  ## OFFENSE
WR   7  Jones, TJ
WR   85 NIKLAS
LT   70 MARTIN, Z.
LG   66 WATT
C    52 CAVE
RG   57 GOLIC, M.
RT   74 LOMBARD
QB   5A GOLSON
RB   6  RIDDICK
TE   80 EIFERT
WR   18 KOYACK

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   89 LEWIS-MOORE
NG   9A NIX
DE   7A TUITT
OLB  55 SHEMBO
ILB  48 FOX
ILB  5  TE'O
OLB  13 SPOND
CB   6A RUSSELL
S    17 MOTTA
S    41 FARLEY
CB   2  JACKSON


Player participation:


Alabama: 1A-John Fulton, 2A-Tana Patrick, 2D-N. McAlister, 2F-Cody Mandell, 4-T.J. Yeldon, 5C-Carson Tinker, 5-Jeremy Shelley,
6-Blake Sims, 8A-Jeoffrey Pagan, 9A-Quinton Dial, 16-Bradley Sylve, 17-Kenyan Drake, 18-Reggie Ragland, 21-Brent Calloway,
22-Christion Jones, 23-J. Washington, 24-Geno Smith, 26-Landon Collins, 27-Nick Perry, 28-Dee Milliner, 30-Denzel Devall,
31-Kelly Johnson, 35-Nico Johnson, 36-Tyler Hayes, 43-Cade Foster, 57-D.J. Pettway, 62-Brandon Ivory, 63-Kellen Williams,
70-Ryan Kelly, 77-Arie Kouandjio, 78-Chad Lindsay, 79-Austin Shepherd, 80-Marvin Shinn, 85-Malcolm Faciane, 95-Darren Lake.

Notre Dame: 1A-WILLIAMS, Ish., 4-ATKINSON, G., 8-MOORE, 9-TOMA, 10-DANIELS, 11-REES, 14-MASSA, 15-McCARTHY, D., 19-NEAL, D.,
20-WOOD, C., 22-SHUMATE, 24-SALVI, C., 27-BRINDZA, 29-BARATTI, 30-COUNCELL, 33-MCDANIEL, 35-TURK, 38-SCHMIDT, J., 42-SOTO,
43-ATKINSON, J., 44-CALABRESE, 45-OKWARA, 47-CAVALARIS, 59-GRACE, 60-COWART, 65-HANRATTY, 69-SPRINGMANN, 72-MARTIN, N.,
81-GOODMAN, 87-SMITH, D., 91-DAY, 96-SCHWENKE.

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#2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame (Jan 07, 2013 at Miami Gardens, Fla.)

1st Quarter

Alabama Capt.: 65-C.Warmack 92-D.Square 75-B.Jones
Notre Dame Capt.: 89-K.Lewis-Moore 70-Z.Martin 80-T.Eifert 5-M.Te'o
Notre Dame wins coin toss, defers. ND will kick and defend west goal.
Ua 1-10at Ua35ND ball on ND35.
BRINDZA kickoff 64 yards to the UA1, Christion Jones return 17 yards to the UA18 (CAVALARIS).
Ua 1-10at Ua18Eddie Lacy rush for 1 yard to the UA19 (LEWIS-MOORE).
Ua 2-9at Ua19AJ McCarron pass complete to Kevin Norwood for 29 yards to the UA48, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds.
Ua 1-10at Ua48Eddie Lacy rush for 10 yards to the ND42, 1ST DOWN UA (FOX), PENALTY ND face mask (FOX) 15 yards to the ND27, 1ST DOWN UA.
Ua 1-10at Nd271st and 10.
Ua 1-10at Nd27PENALTY ND offside defense (NIX) 5 yards to the ND22.
Ua 1-5at Nd22T.J. Yeldon rush for 2 yards to the ND20 (TUITT).
Ua 2-3at Nd20Eddie Lacy rush for 20 yards to the ND0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:03.
Jeremy Shelley kick attempt good.
Alabama 7, Notre Dame 0
Drive: 5 plays, 82 yards, TOP 02:57
Cade Foster kickoff 65 yards to the ND0, touchback.
Nd 1-10at Nd25NOTRE DAME drive start at 12:03.
Nd 1-10at Nd25GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 8 yards to the ND33 (Deion Belue).
Nd 2-2at Nd33GOLSON pass incomplete to EIFERT.
Nd 3-2at Nd33GOLSON pass incomplete to EIFERT (Dee Milliner).
Nd 4-2at Nd33Timeout Notre Dame, clock 11:14.
Nd 4-2at Nd33TURK punt 43 yards to the UA24, fair catch by Christion Jones, PENALTY ND kick catching interference (FARLEY) 15 yards to the UA39, 1st and 10, UA ball on UA39.
Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 01:00
Ball was fumbled as a result of FC interference, nullified by penalty.
Ua 1-10at Ua39ALABAMA drive start at 11:03.
Ua 1-10at Ua39Eddie Lacy rush for 3 yards to the UA42 (DAY;TE'O).
Ua 2-7at Ua42AJ McCarron pass complete to Eddie Lacy for 6 yards to the UA48 (MOTTA;RUSSELL).
Ua 3-1at Ua48Eddie Lacy rush for 8 yards to the ND44, 1ST DOWN UA (MOTTA;RUSSELL).
Ua 1-10at Nd44AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Marvin Shinn (MOTTA).
Ua 2-10at Nd44Eddie Lacy rush for 5 yards to the ND39 (MOTTA).
Ua 3-5at Nd39AJ McCarron pass complete to Marvin Shinn for 7 yards to the ND32, 1ST DOWN UA (SHUMATE).
Ua 1-10at Nd32Eddie Lacy rush for 5 yards to the ND27 (WILLIAMS, Ish.;RUSSELL).
Ua 2-5at Nd27AJ McCarron pass complete to Amari Cooper for 4 yards to the ND23 (FOX;MOTTA).
Ua 3-1at Nd23Eddie Lacy rush for 20 yards to the ND3, 1ST DOWN UA (RUSSELL).
Ua 1-Gat Nd03AJ McCarron pass complete to M. Williams for 3 yards to the ND0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:14.
Jeremy Shelley kick attempt good.
Alabama 14, Notre Dame 0
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards, TOP 04:49
Cade Foster kickoff 63 yards to the ND2, ATKINSON, G. return 18 yards to the ND20 (Tyler Hayes).
Nd 1-10at Nd20NOTRE DAME drive start at 06:14.
Nd 1-10at Nd20GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 8 yards to the ND28 (Robert Lester).
Nd 2-2at Nd28NOTRE DAME drive start at 05:58.
Play reviewed and overturned. Runner ruled down prior to fumble.
Nd 2-2at Nd28WOOD, C. rush for 7 yards to the ND35, 1ST DOWN ND (Ed Stinson).
Nd 1-10at Nd35RIDDICK rush for no gain to the ND35 (C.J. Mosley;Adrian Hubbard).
Nd 2-10at Nd35GOLSON pass incomplete to Jones, TJ.
Nd 3-10at Nd35GOLSON pass incomplete to EIFERT.
Nd 4-10at Nd35TURK punt 46 yards to the UA19, Christion Jones return 1 yards to the UA20 (FARLEY).
Drive: 5 plays, 15 yards, TOP 01:36
Ua 1-10at Ua20ALABAMA drive start at 04:22.
Ua 1-10at Ua20T.J. Yeldon rush for 7 yards to the UA27 (MOTTA).
Ua 2-3at Ua27AJ McCarron pass complete to Kevin Norwood for 25 yards to the ND48, 1ST DOWN UA (MOTTA).
Ua 1-10at Nd48AJ McCarron pass complete to Amari Cooper for 11 yards to the ND37, 1ST DOWN UA (MOTTA).
Ua 1-10at Nd37T.J. Yeldon rush for loss of 2 yards to the ND39 (NIX).
Ua 2-12at Nd39T.J. Yeldon rush for 6 yards to the ND33 (TUITT;TE'O).
Ua 3-6at Nd33AJ McCarron pass complete to Amari Cooper for 27 yards to the ND6, 1ST DOWN UA (MOTTA).
Ua 1-Gat Nd06T.J. Yeldon rush for 5 yards to the ND1 (SHEMBO;FARLEY).
Drive: 7 plays, 79 yards, TOP 04:26
Alabama 14, Notre Dame 0
2nd Quarter

Ua 2-Gat Nd01Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
Ua 2-Gat Nd01T.J. Yeldon rush for 1 yard to the ND0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:56.
Jeremy Shelley kick attempt good.
Alabama 21, Notre Dame 0
Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 04:26
Cade Foster kickoff 65 yards to the ND0, touchback.
Nd 1-10at Nd25NOTRE DAME drive start at 14:56.
Nd 1-10at Nd25GOLSON pass complete to DANIELS for 31 yards to the UA44, 1ST DOWN ND (Vinnie Sunseri).
Nd 1-10at Ua44GOLSON pass incomplete to DANIELS.
Nd 2-10at Ua44RIDDICK rush for no gain to the UA44 (C.J. Mosley).
Nd 3-10at Ua44GOLSON rush for 5 yards to the UA39 (Jeoffrey Pagan).
Nd 4-5at Ua39GOLSON pass incomplete to Jones, TJ (Deion Belue).
Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards, TOP 01:36
Ua 1-10at Ua39ALABAMA drive start at 13:20.
Ua 1-10at Ua39AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Brian Vogler.
Ua 2-10at Ua39Eddie Lacy rush for loss of 2 yards to the UA37 (CALABRESE).
Ua 3-12at Ua37AJ McCarron pass complete to Kevin Norwood for 18 yards to the ND45 (MOTTA), PENALTY UA holding (Cyrus Kouandjio) 10 yards to the UA27, NO PLAY.
Ua 3-22at Ua27AJ McCarron rush for 9 yards to the UA36.
Ua 4-13at Ua36Cody Mandell punt 52 yards to the ND12, NEAL, D. return 0 yards to the ND12, fumble by NEAL, D. recovered by ND TEAM at ND8.
Drive: 3 plays, minus 3 yards, TOP 02:10
Nd 1-10at Nd08NOTRE DAME drive start at 11:10, ND ball on ND8.
Nd 1-10at Nd08RIDDICK rush for 20 yards to the ND28, 1ST DOWN ND (Robert Lester;Dee Milliner).
Nd 1-10at Nd28RIDDICK rush for loss of 2 yards to the ND26 (H. Clinton-Dix;Quinton Dial).
Nd 2-12at Nd26GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 9 yards to the ND35 (Deion Belue).
Nd 3-3at Nd35GOLSON rush for 2 yards to the ND37, out-of-bounds (C.J. Mosley).
Nd 4-1at Nd37TURK punt 50 yards to the UA13, fair catch by Christion Jones.
Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards, TOP 02:07
Ua 1-10at Ua13ALABAMA drive start at 09:03.
Ua 1-10at Ua13Eddie Lacy rush for 17 yards to the UA30, 1ST DOWN UA (FARLEY).
Ua 1-10at Ua30Eddie Lacy rush for 5 yards to the UA35 (JACKSON;MOTTA).
Ua 2-5at Ua35AJ McCarron pass complete to M. Williams for 6 yards to the UA41, 1ST DOWN UA.
Ua 1-10at Ua41AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Eddie Lacy, dropped pass.
Ua 2-10at Ua41AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Eddie Lacy.
Ua 3-10at Ua41AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Amari Cooper.
Ua 4-10at Ua41Cody Mandell punt 55 yards to the ND4, NEAL, D. return 0 yards to the ND4 (Landon Collins).
Drive: 6 plays, 28 yards, TOP 02:12
Nd 1-10at Nd04NOTRE DAME drive start at 06:51.
Nd 1-10at Nd04GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 11 yards to the ND15, 1ST DOWN ND (H. Clinton-Dix;Trey DePriest).
Nd 1-10at Nd15RIDDICK rush for 4 yards to the ND19 (Brandon Ivory).
Nd 2-6at Nd19GOLSON pass complete to DANIELS for 13 yards to the ND32, 1ST DOWN ND, out-of-bounds (H. Clinton-Dix).
Nd 1-10at Nd32GOLSON pass incomplete to DANIELS (H. Clinton-Dix).
Nd 2-10at Nd32GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 7 yards to the ND39 (H. Clinton-Dix).
Nd 3-3at Nd39GOLSON sacked for loss of 5 yards to the ND34 (Adrian Hubbard).
Nd 4-8at Nd34TURK punt 37 yards to the UA29, fair catch by Christion Jones.
Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, TOP 03:08
Ua 1-10at Ua29ALABAMA drive start at 03:43.
Ua 1-10at Ua29T.J. Yeldon rush for 2 yards to the UA31 (SPOND;TE'O).
Ua 2-8at Ua31T.J. Yeldon rush for 10 yards to the UA41, 1ST DOWN UA (JACKSON;FOX).
Ua 1-10at Ua41AJ McCarron pass incomplete to T.J. Yeldon.
Ua 2-10at Ua41T.J. Yeldon rush for 7 yards to the UA48 (DAY).
Ua 3-3at Ua48T.J. Yeldon rush for 10 yards to the ND42, 1ST DOWN UA (DAY;JACKSON).
Ua 1-10at Nd42AJ McCarron pass complete to T.J. Yeldon for no gain to the ND42 (SHEMBO;TE'O).
Ua 2-10at Nd42Eddie Lacy rush for 4 yards to the ND38 (TE'O).
Ua 3-6at Nd38Timeout Alabama, clock 00:46.
Ua 3-6at Nd38AJ McCarron pass complete to Christion Jones for 27 yards to the ND11, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds.
Ua 1-10at Nd11AJ McCarron pass complete to Eddie Lacy for 11 yards to the ND0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:31.
Jeremy Shelley kick attempt good.
Alabama 28, Notre Dame 0
Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, TOP 03:12
Cade Foster kickoff 61 yards to the ND4, ATKINSON, G. return 15 yards to the ND19, out-of-bounds (Vinnie Sunseri;Christion Jones).
Nd 1-10at Nd19NOTRE DAME drive start at 00:31.
Nd 1-10at Nd19GOLSON pass incomplete to DANIELS (Dee Milliner).
Nd 2-10at Nd19GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 6 yards to the ND25 (Dee Milliner;Nico Johnson).
Nd 3-4at Nd25End of half, clock 00:00.
Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, TOP 00:31
Alabama 28, Notre Dame 0
3rd Quarter

Nd 3-4at Nd25Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, UA ball on UA35.
Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, TOP 00:31
Cade Foster kickoff 65 yards to the ND0, touchback.
Nd 1-10at Nd25NOTRE DAME drive start at 15:00.
Nd 1-10at Nd25RIDDICK rush for 6 yards to the ND31 (C.J. Mosley;Jesse Williams).
Nd 2-4at Nd31GOLSON pass complete to DANIELS for 21 yards to the UA48, 1ST DOWN ND (Robert Lester).
Nd 1-10at Ua48GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 9 yards to the UA39 (Trey DePriest;Robert Lester).
Nd 2-1at Ua39RIDDICK rush for 3 yards to the UA36, 1ST DOWN ND (C.J. Mosley).
Nd 1-10at Ua36GOLSON pass incomplete to TOMA.
Nd 2-10at Ua36GOLSON pass intercepted by H. Clinton-Dix at the UA3, H. Clinton-Dix return 0 yards to the UA3, out-of-bounds.
Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, TOP 01:49
Ua 1-10at Ua03ALABAMA drive start at 13:11.
Ua 1-10at Ua03Eddie Lacy rush for 4 yards to the UA7 (FOX).
Ua 2-6at Ua07Eddie Lacy rush for 16 yards to the UA23, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds (FOX).
Ua 1-10at Ua23AJ McCarron pass complete to Kevin Norwood for 12 yards to the UA35, 1ST DOWN UA (FARLEY).
Ua 1-10at Ua35T.J. Yeldon rush for 6 yards to the UA41 (TE'O;TUITT).
Ua 2-4at Ua41AJ McCarron pass complete to Christion Jones for 13 yards to the ND46, 1ST DOWN UA (TE'O;MOTTA).
Ua 1-10at Nd46T.J. Yeldon rush for 5 yards to the ND41 (FARLEY).
Ua 2-5at Nd41T.J. Yeldon rush for 3 yards to the ND38 (CALABRESE).
Ua 3-2at Nd38Eddie Lacy rush for 1 yard to the ND37 (NIX).
Ua 4-1at Nd37Eddie Lacy rush for 3 yards to the ND34, 1ST DOWN UA (NIX).
Ua 1-10at Nd34AJ McCarron pass complete to Amari Cooper for 34 yards to the ND0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:34.
Jeremy Shelley kick attempt good.
Alabama 35, Notre Dame 0
Drive: 10 plays, 97 yards, TOP 05:37
Cade Foster kickoff 64 yards to the ND1, ATKINSON, G. return 14 yards to the ND15 (Landon Collins).
Nd 1-10at Nd15NOTRE DAME drive start at 07:34.
Nd 1-10at Nd15GOLSON pass complete to DANIELS for 12 yards to the ND27, 1ST DOWN ND, out-of-bounds.
Nd 1-10at Nd27GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 16 yards to the ND43, 1ST DOWN ND (Dee Milliner).
Nd 1-10at Nd43GOLSON pass incomplete to RIDDICK.
Nd 2-10at Nd43WOOD, C. rush for loss of 6 yards to the ND37 (C.J. Mosley).
Nd 3-16at Nd37GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 31 yards to the UA32, 1ST DOWN ND, out-of-bounds.
Nd 1-10at Ua32GOLSON pass incomplete to EIFERT, PENALTY UA roughing passer (Geno Smith) 15 yards to the UA17, 1ST DOWN ND, NO PLAY.
Nd 1-10at Ua17GOLSON pass incomplete to EIFERT.
Nd 2-10at Ua17GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 14 yards to the UA3, 1ST DOWN ND, out-of-bounds (Deion Belue).
Nd 1-Gat Ua03RIDDICK rush for 1 yard to the UA2 (Robert Lester).
Nd 2-Gat Ua02GOLSON rush for 2 yards to the UA0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:08.
BRINDZA kick attempt good.
Alabama 35, Notre Dame 7
Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, TOP 03:26
BRINDZA kickoff 65 yards to the UA0, Christion Jones return 14 yards to the UA14 (SALVI, C.;CAVALARIS).
Ua 1-10at Ua14ALABAMA drive start at 04:08.
Ua 1-10at Ua14T.J. Yeldon rush for 8 yards to the UA22 (MOTTA;FARLEY).
Ua 2-2at Ua22T.J. Yeldon rush for 3 yards to the UA25, out-of-bounds (TE'O), PENALTY UA holding (Kevin Norwood) 10 yards to the UA15.
Ua 2-9at Ua152nd and 9.
Ua 2-9at Ua15T.J. Yeldon rush for 10 yards to the UA25, 1ST DOWN UA (TUITT;MOTTA).
Ua 1-10at Ua25T.J. Yeldon rush for 6 yards to the UA31 (FOX).
Ua 2-4at Ua31Eddie Lacy rush for 6 yards to the UA37, 1ST DOWN UA (MOTTA;RUSSELL).
Ua 1-10at Ua37Eddie Lacy rush for 4 yards to the UA41 (TUITT).
Ua 2-6at Ua41AJ McCarron pass complete to Amari Cooper for 10 yards to the ND49, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, TOP 07:41
Alabama 35, Notre Dame 7
4th Quarter

Ua 1-10at Nd49Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
Ua 1-10at Nd49Eddie Lacy rush for loss of 3 yards to the UA48 (NIX).
Ua 2-13at Ua48AJ McCarron pass complete to Kelly Johnson for 5 yards to the ND47 (CALABRESE;RUSSELL).
Ua 3-8at Nd47AJ McCarron pass complete to M. Williams for 8 yards to the ND39, 1ST DOWN UA (RUSSELL).
Ua 1-10at Nd39AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Amari Cooper.
Ua 2-10at Nd39AJ McCarron pass complete to Marvin Shinn for 7 yards to the ND32 (JACKSON).
Ua 3-3at Nd32Eddie Lacy rush for 13 yards to the ND19, 1ST DOWN UA (MOTTA).
Ua 1-10at Nd19AJ McCarron pass complete to Amari Cooper for 19 yards to the ND0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:27.
Jeremy Shelley kick attempt good.
Alabama 42, Notre Dame 7
Drive: 14 plays, 86 yards, TOP 07:41
Cade Foster kickoff 65 yards to the ND0, touchback.
Nd 1-10at Nd25NOTRE DAME drive start at 11:27.
Nd 1-10at Nd25GOLSON pass incomplete to EIFERT, QB hurry by Vinnie Sunseri.
Nd 2-10at Nd25GOLSON pass complete to DANIELS for 10 yards to the ND35, 1ST DOWN ND (Denzel Devall;H. Clinton-Dix).
Nd 1-10at Nd35GOLSON pass incomplete to DANIELS, QB hurry by Vinnie Sunseri.
Nd 2-10at Nd35GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 9 yards to the ND44, out-of-bounds (C.J. Mosley;Robert Lester).
Nd 3-1at Nd44GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 13 yards to the UA43, 1ST DOWN ND, out-of-bounds (H. Clinton-Dix).
Nd 1-10at Ua43GOLSON pass complete to WOOD, C. for loss of 2 yards to the UA45 (Deion Belue).
Nd 2-12at Ua45GOLSON pass complete to DANIELS for 28 yards to the UA17, 1ST DOWN ND (Geno Smith).
Nd 1-10at Ua17RIDDICK rush for 1 yard to the UA16 (H. Clinton-Dix).
Nd 2-9at Ua16GOLSON pass complete to Jones, TJ for 10 yards to the UA6, 1ST DOWN ND, out-of-bounds (Trey DePriest), PENALTY UA holding declined.
Nd 1-Gat Ua06GOLSON pass complete to RIDDICK for 6 yards to the UA0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:51.
BRINDZA kick attempt good.
Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:36
BRINDZA kickoff 65 yards to the UA0, touchback.
Ua 1-10at Ua25ALABAMA drive start at 07:51.
Ua 1-10at Ua25T.J. Yeldon rush for 4 yards to the UA29 (MOTTA).
Ua 2-6at Ua29PENALTY UA false start 5 yards to the UA24.
Ua 2-11at Ua24T.J. Yeldon rush for 4 yards to the UA28 (TE'O;MOTTA).
Ua 3-7at Ua28AJ McCarron pass incomplete to Christion Jones.
Ua 4-7at Ua28Cody Mandell punt 41 yards to the ND31, NEAL, D. return 6 yards to the ND37 (C.J. Mosley).
Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, TOP 01:57
Nd 1-10at Nd37NOTRE DAME drive start at 05:54.
Nd 1-10at Nd37GOLSON sacked for loss of 11 yards to the ND26 (D.J. Pettway).
Nd 2-21at Nd26RIDDICK rush for 4 yards to the ND30 (Landon Collins).
Nd 3-17at Nd30GOLSON pass incomplete to DANIELS.
Nd 4-17at Nd30TURK punt 38 yards to the UA32, fair catch by Christion Jones.
Drive: 3 plays, minus 7 yards, TOP 01:35
Ua 1-10at Ua32ALABAMA drive start at 04:19.
Ua 1-10at Ua32T.J. Yeldon rush for 8 yards to the UA40 (RUSSELL).
Ua 2-2at Ua40T.J. Yeldon rush for 3 yards to the UA43, 1ST DOWN UA (COUNCELL).
Ua 1-10at Ua43Blake Sims at QB for Alabama.
Ua 1-10at Ua43Kenyan Drake rush for 6 yards to the UA49 (TE'O).
Ua 2-4at Ua49Kenyan Drake rush for 2 yards to the ND49 (NIX).
Ua 3-2at Nd49Kenyan Drake rush for no gain to the ND49 (SHEMBO).
Ua 4-2at Nd49Cody Mandell punt 49 yards to the ND0, touchback.
Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards, TOP 03:12
Nd 1-10at Nd20NOTRE DAME drive start at 01:07.
Nd 1-10at Nd20WOOD, C. rush for no gain to the ND20 (Nick Perry).
Nd 2-10at Nd20WOOD, C. rush for 1 yard to the ND21 (Tyler Hayes).
Nd 3-9at Nd21End of game, clock 00:00.
Drive: 2 plays, 1 yards, TOP 01:07
FINAL SCORE
Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14
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Alabama                                Notre Dame

Down               RUN PASS  Total     Down               RUN PASS  Total

OVERALL..........   45   28     73     OVERALL..........   17   38     55
1ST DOWN.........   21   12     33     1ST DOWN.........    8   18     26
2ND DOWN-SHORT...    4    1      5     2ND DOWN-SHORT...    3    1      4
2ND DOWN-MIDDLE..    4    4      8     2ND DOWN-MIDDLE..    0    2      2
2ND DOWN-LONG....    8    5     13     2ND DOWN-LONG....    4   10     14
3RD DOWN-SHORT...    4    0      4     3RD DOWN-SHORT...    0    2      2
3RD DOWN-MIDDLE..    2    0      2     3RD DOWN-MIDDLE..    1    1      2
3RD DOWN-LONG....    1    6      7     3RD DOWN-LONG....    1    3      4
4TH DOWN.........    1    0      1     4TH DOWN.........    0    1      1

Alabama                                Notre Dame

Formation        RUN PASS  Total       Formation        RUN PASS  Total

...............   45   28     73       ...............   17   38     55




Alabama (Sorted by Play type)

1ST DOWN RUN  (21 RUN, 12 PASS)                                  1ST DOWN PASS
1-10 A43 #17   6 [    ]                                          1-10 A41 #10 to #4      - [     ]
1-10 A29 #4    2 [    ]                                          1-10 N42 #10 to #4      0 [     ]
1-10 A32 #4    8 [    ]                                          1-10 A41 #10 to #42     - [     ]
1-5  N22 #4    2 [    ]                                          1-10 N11 #10 to #42    11 [     ]
1-6  N06 #4    5 [    ]                                          1-10 N44 #10 to #80     - [     ]
1-10 A25 #4    4 [    ]                                          1-10 A23 #10 to #83    12 [     ]
1-10 N37 #4   -2 [    ]                                          1-10 A39 #10 to #84     - [     ]
1-10 A25 #4    6 [    ]                                          1-3  N03 #10 to #89     3 [     ]
1-10 A14 #4    8 [    ]                                          1-10 N19 #10 to #9     19 [     ]
1-10 N46 #4    5 [    ]                                          1-10 N34 #10 to #9     34 [     ]
1-10 A35 #4    6 [    ]                                          1-10 N48 #10 to #9     11 [     ]
1-10 A20 #4    7 [    ]                                          1-10 N39 #10 to #9      - [     ]
1-10 A03 #42   4 [    ]
1-10 A18 #42   1 [    ]
1-10 N49 #42  -3 [    ]
1-10 N32 #42   5 [    ]
1-10 A13 #42  17 [    ]
1-10 A48 #42  10 [    ]
1-10 A37 #42   4 [    ]
1-10 A30 #42   5 [    ]
1-10 A39 #42   3 [    ]

2ND-SHORT RUN  (4 RUN, 1 PASS)                                   2ND-SHORT PASS
2-2  A40 #4    3 [    ]                                          2-3  A27 #10 to #83    25 [     ]
2-1  N01 #4    1 [    ]
2-2  A22 #4    3 [    ]
2-3  N20 #42  20 [    ]

2ND-MIDDLE RUN  (4 RUN, 4 PASS)                                  2ND-MIDDLE PASS
2-4  A49 #17   2 [    ]                                          2-4  A41 #10 to #22    13 [     ]
2-5  N41 #4    3 [    ]                                          2-5  A35 #10 to #89     6 [     ]
2-6  A07 #42  16 [    ]                                          2-6  A41 #10 to #9     10 [     ]
2-4  A31 #42   6 [    ]                                          2-5  N27 #10 to #9      4 [     ]

2ND-LONG RUN  (8 RUN, 5 PASS)                                    2ND-LONG PASS
2-10 A41 #4    7 [    ]                                          2-13 A48 #10 to #31     5 [     ]
2-11 A24 #4    4 [    ]                                          2-10 A41 #10 to #42     - [     ]
2-12 N39 #4    6 [    ]                                          2-7  A42 #10 to #42     6 [     ]
2-9  A15 #4   10 [    ]                                          2-10 N39 #10 to #80     7 [     ]
2-8  A31 #4   10 [    ]                                          2-9  A19 #10 to #83    29 [     ]
2-10 N44 #42   5 [    ]
2-10 A39 #42  -2 [    ]
2-10 N42 #42   4 [    ]

3RD-SHORT RUN  (4 RUN, 0 PASS)                                   3RD-SHORT PASS
3-2  N49 #17   0 [    ]
3-2  N38 #42   1 [    ]
3-1  A48 #42   8 [    ]
3-1  N23 #42  20 [    ]

3RD-MIDDLE RUN  (2 RUN, 0 PASS)                                  3RD-MIDDLE PASS
3-3  A48 #4   10 [    ]
3-3  N32 #42  13 [    ]

3RD-LONG RUN  (1 RUN, 6 PASS)                                    3RD-LONG PASS
3-22 A27 #10   9 [    ]                                          3-7  A28 #10 to #22     - [     ]
                                                                 3-6  N38 #10 to #22    27 [     ]
                                                                 3-5  N39 #10 to #80     7 [     ]
                                                                 3-8  N47 #10 to #89     8 [     ]
                                                                 3-6  N33 #10 to #9     27 [     ]
                                                                 3-10 A41 #10 to #9      - [     ]

4TH DOWN RUN  (1 RUN, 0 PASS)                                    4TH DOWN PASS
4-1  N37 #42   3 [    ]


Notre Dame (Sorted by Play type)

1ST DOWN RUN  (8 RUN, 18 PASS)                                   1ST DOWN PASS
1-10 N20 #20   0 [    ]                                          1-10 A44 #5A to #10     - [     ]
1-10 N25 #6    6 [    ]                                          1-10 N25 #5A to #10    31 [     ]
1-10 A17 #6    1 [    ]                                          1-10 N19 #5A to #10     - [     ]
1-10 N15 #6    4 [    ]                                          1-10 N32 #5A to #10     - [     ]
1-10 N35 #6    0 [    ]                                          1-10 N15 #5A to #10    12 [     ]
1-10 N28 #6   -2 [    ]                                          1-10 N35 #5A to #10     - [     ]
1-10 N08 #6   20 [    ]                                          1-10 A43 #5A to #20    -2 [     ]
1-3  A03 #6    1 [    ]                                          1-6  A06 #5A to #6      6 [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N43 #5A to #6      - [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N25 #5A to #7      8 [     ]
                                                                 1-10 A48 #5A to #7      9 [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N04 #5A to #80    11 [     ]
                                                                 1-10 A17 #5A to #80     - [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N20 #5A to #80     8 [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N27 #5A to #80    16 [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N25 #5A to #80     - [     ]
                                                                 1-10 A36 #5A to #9      - [     ]
                                                                 1-10 N37 #5A to #    SACK [     ]

2ND-SHORT RUN  (3 RUN, 1 PASS)                                   2ND-SHORT PASS
2-2  N28 #20   7 [    ]                                          2-2  N33 #5A to #80     - [     ]
2-2  A02 #5A   2 [    ]
2-1  A39 #6    3 [    ]

2ND-MIDDLE RUN  (0 RUN, 2 PASS)                                  2ND-MIDDLE PASS
                                                                 2-6  N19 #5A to #10    13 [     ]
                                                                 2-4  N31 #5A to #10    21 [     ]

2ND-LONG RUN  (4 RUN, 10 PASS)                                   2ND-LONG PASS
2-10 N43 #20  -6 [    ]                                          2-10 N25 #5A to #10    10 [     ]
2-10 N20 #20   1 [    ]                                          2-12 A45 #5A to #10    28 [     ]
2-10 A44 #6    0 [    ]                                          2-10 A36 #5A to #6A   INT [     ]
2-21 N26 #6    4 [    ]                                          2-10 N35 #5A to #7      9 [     ]
                                                                 2-12 N26 #5A to #7      9 [     ]
                                                                 2-10 A17 #5A to #7     14 [     ]
                                                                 2-10 N35 #5A to #7      - [     ]
                                                                 2-9  A16 #5A to #7     10 [     ]
                                                                 2-10 N19 #5A to #80     6 [     ]
                                                                 2-10 N32 #5A to #80     7 [     ]

3RD-SHORT RUN  (0 RUN, 2 PASS)                                   3RD-SHORT PASS
                                                                 3-2  N33 #5A to #80     - [     ]
                                                                 3-1  N44 #5A to #80    13 [     ]

3RD-MIDDLE RUN  (1 RUN, 1 PASS)                                  3RD-MIDDLE PASS
3-3  N35 #5A   2 [    ]                                          3-3  N39 #5A to #    SACK [     ]

3RD-LONG RUN  (1 RUN, 3 PASS)                                    3RD-LONG PASS
3-10 A44 #5A   5 [    ]                                          3-17 N30 #5A to #10     - [     ]
                                                                 3-16 N37 #5A to #7     31 [     ]
                                                                 3-10 N35 #5A to #80     - [     ]

4TH DOWN RUN  (0 RUN, 1 PASS)                                    4TH DOWN PASS
                                                                 4-5  A39 #5A to #7      - [     ]