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BCS Title Game: Alabama vs. Notre Dame: Box Score

Monday Jan 7, 2013 8:30 pm - Miami Gardens, FL (Neutral Site)
Odds: Alabama by 10, Total Points: 39.5

Matchup Menu: ALA @ ND

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Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1) 14 14 7 7
42
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) 0 0 7 7
14

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ALA
ND
Alabama 12:03 6 1 Rushing TD: Eddie Lacy 20 yard rush. Extra Point good by Jeremy Shelley. 7
0
Alabama 6:14 6 1 Passing TD: Michael Williams 3 yard pass from A.J. McCarron. Extra Point good by Jeremy Shelley. 14
0
2nd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ALA
ND
Alabama 14:56 6 1 Rushing TD: T.J. Yeldon 1 yard rush. Extra Point good by Jeremy Shelley. 21
0
Alabama 0:31 6 1 Passing TD: Eddie Lacy 11 yard pass from A.J. McCarron. Extra Point good by Jeremy Shelley. 28
0
3rd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ALA
ND
Alabama 7:34 6 1 Passing TD: Amari Cooper 34 yard pass from A.J. McCarron. Extra Point good by Jeremy Shelley. 35
0
Notre Dame 4:08 6 1 Rushing TD: Everett Golson 2 yard rush. Extra Point good by Kyle Brindza. 35
7
4th Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ALA
ND
Alabama 11:27 6 1 Passing TD: Amari Cooper 19 yard pass from A.J. McCarron. Extra Point good by Jeremy Shelley. 42
7
Notre Dame 7:51 6 1 Passing TD: Theo Riddick 6 yard pass from Everett Golson. Extra Point good by Kyle Brindza. 42
14
ALA
ND
1st Downs 28
16
Passing 1st downs 14
12
Rushing 1st downs 13
3
1st downs from Penalties 1
1
3rd down efficiency 8-13
2-8
3rd down conversion % 61.5%
25.0%
4th down efficiency 1-1
0-1
4th down conversion % 100.0%
0.0%
Total Plays 73
57
Total Yards 529
302
Net Yards Passing 264
270
Sacked-Yards lost 0-0
2-16
Gross yards passing 264
286
Completions-Attempts 20-28
21-36
Completion% 71.4%
58.3%
Net yards per pass play 9.4
7.1
Touchdowns 4
1
Interceptions 0
1
Passer Rating 197.8
128.7
Net Yards Rushing 265
32
Rushing attempts 45
19
Yards per rush 5.9
1.7
Touchdowns 2
1
ALA
ND
Red Zone (Made-Att) 5-5
2-2
Red Zone Success % 100.0%
100.0%
Penalties 4-40
3-35
Turnovers 0
1
Fumbles-Lost 0-0
1-0
Interceptions thrown 0
1
Punting (Punts-Yards) 4-197
5-214
Yards per Punt 49.2
42.8
Field Goals 0-0
0-0
Extra Points 6
2
Punt Returns (Returns-Yards) 1-1
3-2
Yards per return 1.0
0.7
Kickoff Returns (Returns-Yards) 2-31
3-47
Yards per return 15.5
15.7
Possession 38:13
21:47
1st Quarter 12:08
02:52
2nd Quarter 07:38
07:22
3rd Quarter 09:45
05:15
4th Quarter 08:42
06:18

Alabama Crimson Tide Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
A.J. McCarron 20/28 264 9.4 4 0 197.8
Team 20/28 264 9.4 4 0 197.8

Alabama Crimson Tide Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Eddie Lacy 20 140 7.0 1
T.J. Yeldon 21 108 5.1 1
A.J. McCarron 1 9 9.0 0
Kenyan Drake 3 8 2.7 0
Team 45 265 5.9 2

Alabama Crimson Tide Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Eddie Lacy 2 17 8.5 1
T.J. Yeldon 1 0 0.0 0
Amari Cooper 6 105 17.5 2
Kevin Norwood 3 66 22.0 0
Christion Jones 2 40 20.0 0
Michael Williams 3 17 5.7 1
Marvin Shinn 2 14 7.0 0
Kelly Johnson 1 5 5.0 0
Team 20 264 13.2 4

Alabama Crimson Tide Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Team 0 0

Alabama Crimson Tide Interceptions

  INT YDS
Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix 1 0
Team 1 0

Alabama Crimson Tide Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Christion Jones 1 0 0 0 0
C.J. (ALA) Mosley 8 5 0 1 0
Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix 7 4 0 0.5 1
Robert Lester 6 3 0 0 0
Deion Belue 4 4 0 1 1
Trey Depriest 3 1 0 0 0
DeMarcus Miller 3 1 0 0 2
Landon Collins 3 3 0 0 0
Vinnie Sunseri 2 1 0 0 0
Adrian Hubbard 2 1 1 1 0
Tyler Hayes 2 2 0 0 0
Denzel Devall 1 0 0 0 0
Jesse Williams 1 0 0 0 0
Nico Johnson 1 0 0 0 0
Geno Smith 1 1 0 0 0
D.J. Pettway 1 1 1 1 0
Jeoffrey Pagan 1 1 0 0 0
Nick (ALA) Perry 1 1 0 0 0
Brandon Ivory 1 1 0 0 0
Ed Stinson 1 1 0 0 0
Quinton Dial 1 0 0 0.5 0
Team 51 31 2 5 4

Alabama Crimson Tide Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Christion Jones 2 31 15.5 17
Team 2 31 15.5

Alabama Crimson Tide Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Christion Jones 1 1 1.0 1
Team 1 1 1.0

Alabama Crimson Tide Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Team 0/0 -- 6 6

Alabama Crimson Tide Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Cody Mandell 4 197 49.2 55
Team 4 197 49.2

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Everett Golson 21/36 270 7.5 1 1 124.9
Team 21/36 286 7.9 1 1 128.7

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Theo Riddick 10 37 3.7 0
Cierra Wood 4 2 0.5 0
Everett Golson 5 -7 -1.4 1
Team 19 32 1.7 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Theo Riddick 1 6 6.0 1
Cierra Wood 1 -2 -2.0 0
DaVaris Daniels 6 115 19.2 0
T.J. Jones 7 90 12.9 0
Tyler Eifert 6 61 10.2 0
Team 21 286 13.6 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Davonte Neal 1 0
Team 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Interceptions

  INT YDS
Team 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Zeke Motta 16 7 0 0 0
Manti Te'o 10 3 0 0 0
KeiVarae Russell 8 3 0 0 0
Matthias Farley 6 4 0 0 0
Dan Fox 6 4 0 0 0
Louis Nix 5 5 0 2 0
Stephon Tuitt 5 2 0 0 0
Bennett Jackson 4 1 0 0 0
Prince Shembo 3 1 0 0 0
Carlo Calabrese 3 2 0 1 0
Sheldon Day 3 1 0 0 0
Connor Cavalaris 2 1 0 0 0
Ben Councell 1 1 0 0 0
Ishaq Williams 1 0 0 0 0
Elijah Shumate 1 1 0 0 0
Kapron Lewish-Moore 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Spond 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Salvi 1 0 0 0 0
Team 77 37 0 3 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
George Atkinson III 3 47 15.7 18
Team 3 47 15.7

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Davonte Neal 3 2 0.7 6
Team 3 2 0.7

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Team 0/0 -- 2 2

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Ben Turk 5 214 42.8 50
Team 5 214 42.8