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Tucker with 2 good runs, but their WR drops the play action 3rd and 3 pass. We force a 3 and out.
Sanders has pressure on him and makes two bad throws which force a 3 and out.
They start to drive, but Brad Adams has a big sack for a loss of 6 which puts them into a 3rd and 16.
They hit a 50 yard pass on 3rd and 16, but holding negates the play. We stop them on 4th down and force the quick punt.
We drive down to the 20, and an ineligible receiver downfield negates a 20 yard screen TD to Wes Nelson.
On 3rd and 17, Billy Kelley runs a reverse for 28 yards and a TD!! 7-0.
Notre Dame returns the kickoff for 85 yards and a TD. 7-7.
C Eric Evans is hurt on a play in which Sedrick connect on a 32 yard pass with Kelley. However, they are getting tremendous pressure on Sanders and this won't help.
Sedrick does a great job of making some good throws despite pressure, and he ends a 73 yard drive with a 13 yard TD on a post pattern to Franklin. 14-7.
We stop them on the 11 this kickoff.
Dwone Secules hurts his foot tackling their big HB and he has to leave the game.
End of 1: 14-7 USC, with ND driving deep into our territory.
They drive to our 20, mostly on the ground, but we stop them there and they attempt a 39 yard FG. It is short!
Sedrick throws a pick, but he is bailed out as pass interference is called against ND.
Sedrick hits Jerry Jones on a short out, Jones jukes two defenders, runs down the sideline for a 53 yard gain!!! Next play Wes runs it in from the 4 yard line. 21-7 with 10 minutes left in the half.
First play of the drive, Brockington hits Morin in stride for a 76 yard TD! Dwone's injury really hurts our secondary. 21-14.
We easily drive into the 30, and then are forced into a 3rd and 12. Sanders connects with the freshman Posey for a 19 yard gain!
We are stopped on the 4 and we settle for the short FG. 24-14 lead with 5 minutes left in the half.
They throw deep right away, Terry Betters intercepts it, returns it 16 yards to their 35. Very nice play.
We end the short drive with a 2 yard TD run by Wes Nelson. 31-14 lead with 2 minutes left in the 1st half.
We force a punt after a short drive. They pin us inside our 5 with just 30 seconds left. Donovan our backup C hurts his hip on the first run, and he doesn't look like he will return! This is very bad as our 3rd string C is horrible and will have to play now.
Halftime: 31-14 lead. Sanders' stats: 15 of 21 for 231 yards 1 TD 0 INT.
We easily move down the field on our first drive, but they stop us just outside the 5. We kick the short FG. 34-14 lead.
Nate Ferrario, the freshman FS, intercepts their first pass which was deep. We get it on their 40.
They stop us on their 16 and we kick the 33 yard FG. 37-14.
Joshua Lewis with a big sack to start the drive. They aren't running it too much with Tucker due to the big deficit.
We force a 3 and out.
We exchange failed drives.
End of 3: 37-14 lead for us.
Sedrick drives us to about midfield, but throws a pick to the CB on a hook route.
Despite the short field, we stop them at the 10. They kick the 27 yard FG. 37-17.
Terry Betters breaks a tackle, jukes a defender, and races down the sideline for a long TD on the kickoff return! 44-17!
Trevor Malone with a big hit on their HB inside our own 30, and forces a fumble which Bratton recovers.
Sanders with a bad throw on 3rd and 5 and we have to punt. This is one of Sanders' worse games this year. Still a good game for most QB's.
We force a 3 and out.
We get stopped outside the 33, but eat up plenty of clock and make the 51 yard FG. 47-17 lead with just over a minute left.
Backup MLB Robert Peete intercepts a slant and returns it 36 yards to their 25 to end a nice drive they were putting together.
We run out the clock.
Game over. 47-17.
Pros: Great defensive effort against a very good offensive team - we held another great RB to under 100 yards rushing.
Cons: So-so game for Sanders (compared to his other starts.) A few injuries that we can't afford. Hopefully, they aren't serious.