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 | |  | | Nevada (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Notre Dame (1-0) | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Notre Dame: Kyle Rudolph 19 yd pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | | | Notre Dame: Michael Floyd 24 yd pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | | | Notre Dame: Michael Floyd 70 yd pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | | | Notre Dame: Armando Allen 1 yd run (Nick Tausch kick) | | | Notre Dame: Michael Floyd 88 yd pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Notre Dame | Nevada | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 15 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 510 | 307 | | Total Plays | 61 | 56 | | Average Gain | 8.4 | 5.5 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 178 | 153 | | Rushes | 41 | 29 | | Average per rush | 4.3 | 5.3 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 332 | 154 | | Completions-attempted | 17-20 | 13-27 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 0 | 3 | | Interceptions | 0 | 2 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 3 | 4 | | Penalty Yards | 35 | 49 | | Time of Possesion | 33:40 | 26:20 | | Punts | 3 | 5 | | Punt Average | 40.67 | 46.6 | | Return Yards | 45 | 88 |
| Passing | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Jimmy Clausen (0) | 15 | 18 | 315 | 4 | 0 | 17.5 | | | Dayne Crist (0) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | | | Nevada | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Colin Kaepernick (0) | 12 | 23 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | | | Tyler Lantrip (0) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Rushing | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Armando Allen (0) | 15 | 72 | 1 | 4.8 | | | Jonas Gray (0) | 9 | 50 | 0 | 5.6 | | | Robert Hughes (0) | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3.3 | | | Theo Riddick (0) | 5 | 19 | 0 | 3.8 | | | James Aldridge (0) | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4.3 | | | Golden Tate (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Jimmy Clausen (0) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | | | Nevada | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Vai Taua (0) | 18 | 114 | 0 | 6.3 | | | Colin Kaepernick (0) | 10 | 39 | 0 | 3.9 | | | Mike Ball (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Receiving | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Michael Floyd (0) | 4 | 189 | 3 | 47.3 | | | Kyle Rudolph (0) | 4 | 29 | 1 | 7.3 | | | Golden Tate (0) | 3 | 59 | 0 | 19.7 | | | Armando Allen (0) | 3 | 25 | 0 | 8.3 | | | Deion Walker (0) | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15.0 | | | Robby Parris (0) | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Jonas Gray (0) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Nevada | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Tray Session (0) | 5 | 51 | 0 | 10.2 | | | Vai Taua (0) | 3 | 38 | 0 | 12.7 | | | Brandon Wimberly (0) | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18.0 | | | Chris Wellington (0) | 2 | 27 | 0 | 13.5 | | | Virgil Green (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
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