FINAL SCORE
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pittsburgh Panthers game details
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 12:00 PM ET
Acrisure Stadium
Put the final score in perspective.
Notre Dame finished 3 points ahead. The teams combined for 27 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Notre Dame 7, Pittsburgh 6. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Pittsburgh outscored its opponent in 2 and Notre Dame in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Notre Dame | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
 Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 19 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-15 | 7-17 |
| 4th down efficiency | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 398 | 268 |
| Passing | 221 | 201 |
| Comp/Att | 24/41 | 22/32 |
| Yards per pass | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Rushing | 182 | 103 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 38 |
| Yards per rush | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| Penalties | 8-85 | 9-55 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 19:00 | 17:40 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
passing
| Thomas Rees | 24/41 | 216 | 5.3 | 1 | 1 | 68.6 |
rushing
| Cierre Wood | 23 | 94 | 4.1 | 0 | 18 |
| Jonas Gray | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 1 | 79 |
| Thomas Rees | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 8 |
receiving
| Tyler Eifert | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 1 | 18 |
| Theo Riddick | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 19 |
| TJ Jones | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Floyd | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Robby Toma | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cierre Wood | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ben Koyack | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
kickReturns
| George Atkinson III | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Austin Collinsworth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
puntReturns
| John Goodman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
kicking
| David Ruffer | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Ben Turk | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Pittsburgh Panthers
passing
| Tino Sunseri | 22/30 | 165 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 |
| Trey Anderson | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
rushing
| Ray Graham | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 0 | 42 |
| Zach Brown | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tino Sunseri | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Anthony Gonzalez | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Mike Shanahan | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | 18 |
| Ray Graham | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 0 | 13 |
| Devin Street | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Ronald Jones | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cameron Saddler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Darius Patton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hubie Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Joshua Brinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Darius Patton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Ronald Jones | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
kicking
| Kevin Harper | 2/2 | 100.0 | 45 | 0/0 | 6 |
punting
| Matt Yoklic | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Mark Myers | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Tino Sunseri | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 2:16 | PITTSBURGH 45 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 – 3 |
| 2 | 13:44 | NOTRE DAME rush for a touchdown. | 6 – 3 |
| 2 | 13:44 | NOTRE DAME Extra point GOOD. | 7 – 3 |
| 2 | 9:13 | PITTSBURGH 23 yard field goal GOOD. | 7 – 6 |
| 3 | 6:36 | PITTSBURGH pass complete for a touchdown. | 7 – 12 |
| 4 | 6:48 | NOTRE DAME pass complete for a touchdown. | 13 – 12 |
| 4 | 6:48 | NOTRE DAME2-point conversion pass GOOD. | 15 – 12 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 2:06 PM UTCData methodology