Stanford 45, Notre Dame 38
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 14 10 7 7 38 Final 
Stanford 10 10 7 18 45  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Fighting Irish - Cardinal 
  1st Quarter
 Cardinal TD Toby Gerhart rushed to the left for 4 yard gain (Nate Whitaker made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
 Fighting Irish TD Jimmy Clausen passed to Golden Tate to the left for 5 yard gain (David Ruffer made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 Cardinal FG Nate Whitaker kicked a 40-yard field goal 7 - 10 
 
 Fighting Irish TD Jimmy Clausen passed to Michael Floyd to the right for 18 yard gain (David Ruffer made PAT) 14 - 10 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Cardinal FG Nate Whitaker kicked a 47-yard field goal 14 - 13 
 
 Fighting Irish FG David Ruffer kicked a 42-yard field goal 17 - 13 
 
 Fighting Irish TD Jimmy Clausen passed to Golden Tate to the right for 78 yard gain (David Ruffer made PAT) 24 - 13 
 
 Cardinal TD Owen Marecic rushed to the right for 1 yard gain (Nate Whitaker made PAT) 24 - 20 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Fighting Irish TD Jimmy Clausen passed to Michael Floyd down the middle for 46 yard gain (David Ruffer made PAT) 31 - 20 
 
 Cardinal TD Toby Gerhart rushed to the left for 10 yard gain (Nate Whitaker made PAT) 31 - 27 
 
  4th Quarter
 Cardinal FG Nate Whitaker kicked a 29-yard field goal 31 - 30 
 
 Fighting Irish TD Jimmy Clausen passed to Golden Tate to the left for 28 yard gain (David Ruffer made PAT) 38 - 30 
 
 Cardinal TD Toby Gerhart passed to Ryan Whalen down the middle for 18 yard gain (2pt attempt converted, Andrew Luck pass to Jim Dray) 38 - 38 
 
 Cardinal TD Toby Gerhart rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain (Nate Whitaker made PAT) 38 - 45 
 
 Team Statistics
  Fighting Irish Cardinal 
  First Downs 21 25 
    Passing 12 10 
    Rushing 6 15 
    Penalty 3 0 
  Third Down Efficiency 4-10 7-13 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1 1-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 447 496 
    Total Plays 55 69 
    Average Gain Per Play 8.1 7.2 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 107 280 
    Rushes 25 48 
    Average Per Rush 4.3 5.8 
  NET YARDS PASSING 340 216 
    Completions-Attempts 23-30 15-21 
    Yards Per Pass Play 11.3 10.3 
    Times Sacked 2 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 16 6 
    Had Intercepted 0 0 
  PUNTS 3 2 
    Average Punt 43.0 32.0 
  PENALTIES 3 7 
    Penalty Yards 13 90 
  FUMBLES 3 1 
    Fumbles Lost 1 1 
 Passing                  
 Notre Dame Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 J. Clausen 23 30 340 76.7 11.3 2 16 5 0 
 Stanford Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 A. Luck 14 20 198 70.0 9.9 0 0 0 0 
 T. Gerhart 1 1 18 100.0 18.0 0 0 1 0 
 T. Pritchard 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 0 0 
 Rushing            
 Notre Dame Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Hughes 13 74 5.7 15 0 0 
 T. Riddick 6 35 5.8 24 0 0 
 G. Tate 1 15 15.0 15 0 0 
 J. Clausen 3 -15 -5.0 1 0 0 
 Stanford Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 T. Gerhart 29 205 7.1 28 3 0 
 A. Luck 3 35 11.7 18 0 0 
 S. Taylor 12 35 2.9 13 0 0 
 C. Owusu 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 
 O. Marecic 2 1 0.5 1 1 0 
 T. Pritchard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Notre Dame Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 G. Tate 10 201 20.1 78 3 0 
 M. Floyd 6 85 14.2 46 2 0 
 R. Hughes 4 50 12.5 22 0 0 
 P. Duncan 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 
 B. Burger 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 
 T. Riddick 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 
 Stanford Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Whalen 6 75 12.5 23 1 0 
 C. Fleener 4 56 14.0 22 0 0 
 T. Gerhart 1 33 33.0 33 0 0 
 C. Owusu 2 29 14.5 21 0 0 
 J. Dray 2 23 11.5 12 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Notre Dame XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 D. Ruffer 5 5 1 1 42 100.0 8 
 Stanford XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 N. Whitaker 4 4 3 3 47 100.0 13 
 Punting            
 Notre Dame Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Turk 3 43.0 53 0 2 0 
 Stanford Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 D. Green 2 32.0 35 0 2 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Notre Dame PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 T. Riddick 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 122 20.3 25 0 
 G. Tate 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 B. Gallup 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 2 2.0 2 0 
 Stanford PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 C. Owusu 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 66 33.0 41 0 
 M. Thomas 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 23 23.0 23 0 
 J. Catron 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 28 14.0 16 0 
 T. Gaffney 1 4 4.0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 D. Terrell 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 

Updated on Sunday, Nov 29, 2009 11:11 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Notre Dame
J. Clausen J. Clausen, QB
23-30, 340 yds
5 TDs
 Stanford
T. Gerhart T. Gerhart, RB
29 Rush, 205 yds
3 TDs
1-1, 18 yds, 1 TD
 Independents (FBS) Box Scores
Saturday, Nov 28
Notre Dame 38
Stanford 45
 Final

Navy 17
Hawaii 24
 Final