Notre Dame 28, Utah 3
When: 2:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 13, 2010
Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Temperature:
59°
Head Official:
Scott Novak
Attendance:
80795
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Freshman quarterback Tommy Rees threw three touchdown passes as Notre Dame topped visiting Utah, 28-3, on Saturday afternoon.
The 18-year-old Rees was 13-of-20 for 129 yards. He hit Michael Floyd early in the second quarter with a 3-yard
touchdown, then hooked up with Duval Kamara twice in the third quarter for 26 and 12 yards to cap the scoring.
The Irish defense held the nation's ninth-ranked scoring offense to 265 yards. The Utes had been averaging 41 points per game.
Notre Dame's special teams and defense combined to block a punt, force a fumble and pick off a pass by Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn.
Joe Phillips kicked a 47-yard field goal to give Utah a 3-0 lead in the first quarter. Robert Blanton then blocked a Utah punt and ran it in from six yards out to give the Irish a 7-3 lead with 2:04 left in the first quarter.
The Irish improved to 5-5 and the Utes dropped their second straight game and fell to 8-2.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Utah |
|
Notre Dame |
|
Matt Asiata
|
Player |
Cierre Wood
|
|
13 |
Attempts |
19 |
|
48 |
Yards |
71 |
|
3.7 |
Avg Yards |
3.7 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Utah
|
265 |
71 |
194 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |
| Notre Dame
|
256 |
127 |
129 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2.0 |
1 |