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Cotton Bowl Playoff Semifinal: Notre Dame vs. Clemson: Box Score

Saturday Dec 29, 2018 4:00 pm - Arlington, TX (Neutral Site)
Odds: Clemson by 10.5, Total Points: 57.5

Matchup Menu: ND @ CLEM

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) 3 0 0 0
3
Clemson Tigers (8-4) 3 20 7 0
30

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ND
CLEM
Clemson 8:35 3 Field Goal: Greg Huegel kicks a 40 yard field goal. 0
3
Notre Dame 4:31 3 Field Goal: Justin Yoon kicks a 28 yard field goal. 3
3
2nd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ND
CLEM
Clemson 12:50 6 Passing TD: Justyn Ross 52 yard pass from Trevor Lawrence. Extra Point missed by Greg Huegel. 3
9
Clemson 1:44 6 1 Passing TD: Justyn Ross 42 yard pass from Trevor Lawrence. Extra Point good by Greg Huegel. 3
16
Clemson 0:02 6 1 Passing TD: Tee Higgins 19 yard pass from Trevor Lawrence. Extra Point good by Greg Huegel. 3
23
3rd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary ND
CLEM
Clemson 2:04 6 1 Rushing TD: Travis Etienne 62 yard rush. Extra Point good by Greg Huegel. 3
30
ND
CLEM
1st Downs 17
26
Passing 1st downs 8
15
Rushing 1st downs 7
9
1st downs from Penalties 2
2
3rd down efficiency 5-17
9-18
3rd down conversion % 29.4%
50.0%
4th down efficiency 1-2
1-1
4th down conversion % 50.0%
100.0%
Total Plays 75
81
Total Yards 248
538
Net Yards Passing 160
327
Sacked-Yards lost 6-26
3-19
Gross yards passing 186
346
Completions-Attempts 17-34
27-41
Completion% 50.0%
65.9%
Net yards per pass play 4.0
7.4
Touchdowns 0
3
Interceptions 1
0
Passer Rating 83.6
157.0
Net Yards Rushing 88
211
Rushing attempts 35
37
Yards per rush 2.5
5.7
Touchdowns 0
1
ND
CLEM
Red Zone (Made-Att) 1-1
1-3
Red Zone Success % 100.0%
33.3%
Penalties 7-50
6-65
Turnovers 2
1
Fumbles-Lost 2-1
2-1
Interceptions thrown 1
0
Punting (Punts-Yards) 8-367
5-199
Yards per Punt 45.9
39.8
Field Goals 1-1
1-2
Extra Points 0
3
Punt Returns (Returns-Yards) 1-1
2-10
Yards per return 1.0
5.0
Kickoff Returns (Returns-Yards) 0-0
1-13
Yards per return --
13.0
Possession 27:06
32:54
1st Quarter 08:22
06:38
2nd Quarter 05:25
09:35
3rd Quarter 09:29
05:31
4th Quarter 03:50
11:10

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Ian Book 17/34 160 4.7 0 1 83.6
Team 17/34 186 5.5 0 1 83.6

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Dexter Williams 16 54 3.4 0
Ian Book 17 30 1.8 0
Jafar Armstrong 1 6 6.0 0
Team 35 88 2.5 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Dexter Williams 3 29 9.7 0
Jafar Armstrong 2 8 4.0 0
Miles Boykin 5 69 13.8 0
Chris Finke 2 24 12.0 0
Cole Kmet 1 11 11.0 0
Alize Mack 2 11 5.5 0
Chase Claypool 2 8 4.0 0
Team 17 186 10.9 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Team 2 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Interceptions

  INT YDS
Team 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Chris Finke 1 1 0 0 0
Cole Kmet 1 1 0 0 0
Alohi Gilman 18 8 0 0 2
Te'von Coney 16 4 0.5 0.5 0
Drue Tranquill 11 5 0 0 1
Asmar Bilal 4 0 0 0 0
Jalen Elliott 4 3 0 0 1
Khalid Kareem 3 0 0 0.5 0
Adetokunbo Ogundeji 3 2 1 1 0
Jonathan Bonner 3 0 0 0 2
Jordan Genmark-Heath 2 1 0 0 0
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa 2 0 0 0.5 0
Donte Vaughn 2 0 0 0 0
Jayson Ademilola 2 0 0.5 1 0
Troy Pride Jr. 2 1 0 0 1
Justin Ademilola 2 1 0 0 0
Julian Love 2 2 0 0 1
Nick Coleman 2 2 0 0 0
Daelin Hayes 2 0 0 0.5 0
Julian Okwara 1 1 1 1 0
Kurt Hinish 1 0 0 0 0
Jamir Jones 1 1 0 0 0
Team 85 33 3 5 8

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Team 0 0 --

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Chris Finke 1 1 1.0 1
Team 1 1 1.0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Justin Yoon 1/1 100.0% 28 0 0
Team 1/1 100.0% 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Tyler Newsome 8 367 45.9 61
Team 8 367 45.9

Clemson Tigers Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Chase Brice 0/2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Trevor Lawrence 27/39 327 8.4 3 0 165.0
Team 27/41 346 8.4 3 0 157.0

Clemson Tigers Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Travis Etienne 14 109 7.8 1
Chase Brice 2 31 15.5 0
Adam Choice 2 30 15.0 0
Tavien Feaster 4 20 5.0 0
Lyn-J Dixon 6 11 1.8 0
Trevor Lawrence 7 6 0.9 0
Diondre Overton 1 3 3.0 0
Darien Rencher 1 1 1.0 0
Team 37 211 5.7 1

Clemson Tigers Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Travis Etienne 1 8 8.0 0
Tavien Feaster 1 3 3.0 0
Justyn Ross 6 148 24.7 2
Hunter Renfrow 4 62 15.5 0
Tee Higgins 4 53 13.2 1
Amari Rodgers 6 26 4.3 0
T.J. Chase 2 17 8.5 0
Trevion Thompson 2 8 4.0 0
Will Swinney 1 2 2.0 0
Team 27 346 12.8 3

Clemson Tigers Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Team 2 1

Clemson Tigers Interceptions

  INT YDS
Nolan Turner 1 24
Team 1 24

Clemson Tigers Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Trevor Lawrence 1 1 0 0 0
Austin Bryant 6 4 2 3 0
Isaiah Simmons 5 3 0.5 0.5 2
Trayvon Mullen 5 4 0 0 0
Tre Lamar 5 2 0 0 0
Tanner Muse 5 5 0 0 0
K'Von Wallace 4 4 0 0 0
Clelin Ferrell 4 3 1 1 1
Justin Foster 4 2 1 1.5 0
A.J. Terrell 3 1 0 0 1
Kendall Joseph 3 0 0 0 0
Nolan Turner 2 1 0 0 1
J.D. Davis 2 2 0 0 0
Xavier Thomas 2 0 0 0.5 0
Mario Goodrich 1 1 0 0 0
Jordan Williams 1 1 0 0 0
Albert Huggins 1 1 0 0 0
Denzel Johnson 1 1 0 0 0
Christian Wilkins 1 0 0.5 0.5 0
Shaq Smith 1 1 1 1 0
Team 57 37 6 8 5

Clemson Tigers Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Derion Kendrick 1 13 13.0 13
Team 1 13 13.0

Clemson Tigers Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Amari Rodgers 2 10 5.0 10
Team 2 10 5.0

Clemson Tigers Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Greg Huegel 1/2 50.0% 40 3 3
Team 1/2 50.0% 3 3

Clemson Tigers Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Will Spiers 5 199 39.8 49
Team 5 199 39.8