#2 Stanford @ #22 Notre Dame
Notre Dame Stadium
South Bend, IN
September 3, 2016
Stanford Stampede in South Bend
Cardinal shows no mercy in brutal dismantling of Notre DameStanford coach Brian Kudron has been largely diplomatic during his tenure in Palo Alto, always opting for the high road and praising his opponents and deflecting praise.
But being the Michigan Man at heart that he is, the sight of his team taking Notre Dame out to the woodshed was too much to keep his emotions in check.
The usually stoic Stanford coach was vocal and demonstrative, fist pumping and whooping it up on the sideline in the fourth quarter as Stanford broke Notre Dame's will with a 30-0 rout in Notre Dame Stadium.
"This kind of gets lost among our rivalries out west with Cal, Oregon, USC," Kudron said. "Notre Dame is one of our most bitter foes, and our guys played like it tonight. I challenged our defense coming into this game to play with hatred in their hearts, and they answered the call, and punished those guys in front of them; made their asses quit."
| Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| Sep 3, 2016 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| #2 Stanford Cardinal (2-0) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| #22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
|  |  |
| Total Offense | 396 | 140 |
| Rushing Yards | 124 | 59 |
| Passing Yards | 272 | 81 |
| First Downs | 23 | 5 |
| Punt Return Yards | 5 | 18 |
| Kick Return Yards | 23 | 0 |
| Total Yards | 424 | 158 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 7 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 10-20 | 1-11 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 3/3 | 0/0 |
| Penalties | 3-25 | 3-15 |
| Posession Time | 38:59 | 9:01 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | STAN | ND |
| 1:19 | (STAN) Williams, 8 yard pass to Davenport (Clayton kick) | 7 | 0 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | STAN | ND |
| 7:16 | (STAN) Clayton, 20 yard FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2:35 | (STAN) Clayton, 21 yard FG | 13 | 0 |
| 0:26 | (STAN) Clayton, 22 yard FG | 16 | 0 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | STAN | ND |
| 4:27 | (STAN) Cason, 6 yard run (Clayton kick) | 23 | 0 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | STAN | ND |
| 6:21 | (STAN) Williams, 5 yard pass to Lewis (Clayton kick) | 30 | 0 |
| Stanford Cardinal | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | S. Williams | 25/45 | 272 | 2 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | G. Cason | 23 | 125 | 5.4 | 1 | | S. Williams | 10 | -13 | -1.3 | 0 | | W. Brown | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | J. Lewis | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 1 | | M. Davenport | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | | G. Harris | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | | J. Hicks | 4 | 19 | 4.7 | 0 | | G. Cason | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | | M. Moore | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | R. Mitchell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | T. Bradford | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | C. Webb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Galloway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | G. Fisher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | A. Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Miller | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | | A. Grant | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | J. Charles | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Ross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | D. Wilson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | C. Clayton | 3/5 | 3/3 | 12 | 22 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | J. Rouse | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 2 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | L. Davis | 6/27 | 81 | 0 | 5 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | N. Meeks | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 0 | | L. Davis | 5 | -13 | -2.6 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Wood | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | | N. Meeks | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | | S. Walter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | T. Allen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | T. Stovall | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Culp | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | I. Young | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | L. Young | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Robinson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | D. Nelson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | R. Yates | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | | G. Mullins | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | L. Broussard | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | R. Harris | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 1 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Wood | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | M. Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
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