North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Box Score - January 01, 2003 - ESPN

Scores

GATOR BOWL

Final

NC State 28

(11-3, 5-3 ACC)

Notre Dame 6

(10-3)

Alerts

1:30 PM ET, January 1, 2003

Everbank Field, JACKSONVILLE, FL

	1	2	3	4	T
NCST	0	21	0	7	28
ND	3	0	3	0	6

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				NCST	ND
	FG	4:12	NICK SETTA 23 YD FG Drive info: 12 plays, 52 yards.	0	3
SECOND QUARTER				NCST	ND
	TD	14:03	T.A. MCLENDON 2 YD RUN (ADAM KIKER KICK) Drive info: 12 plays, 96 yards.	7	3
	TD	5:02	T.A. MCLENDON 3 YD RUN (ADAM KIKER KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 76 yards.	14	3
	TD	1:16	JERRICHO COTCHERY 9 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (ADAM KIKER KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 48 yards.	21	3
THIRD QUARTER				NCST	ND
	FG	1:44	NICK SETTA 41 YD FG Drive info: 10 plays, 39 yards.	21	6
FOURTH QUARTER				NCST	ND
	TD	10:41	SEAN BERTON 7 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (ADAM KIKER KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 69 yards.	28	6

Team Stat Comparison

	NCST	ND
1st Downs	21	23
3rd down efficiency	7-15	4-19
4th down efficiency	0-1	4-7
Total Yards	317	286
Passing	255	200
Comp-Att	25-41	23-44
Yards per pass	6.1	4.3
Rushing	62	86
Rushing Attempts	26	38
Yards per rush	2.4	2.3
Penalties	10-87	9-90
Turnovers	0	3
Fumbles lost	0	0
Interceptions thrown	0	3
Possession	26:40	32:39

North Carolina State Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Philip Rivers	23/37	228	6.2	2	0
Bryan Peterson	2/3	27	9.0	0	0
Team	25/41	255	6.1	--	--

Notre Dame Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Pat Dillingham	19/37	166	4.5	0	3
Carlyle Holiday	3/6	22	3.7	0	0
Joey Hildbold	1/1	12	12.0	0	0
Team	23/44	200	4.3	--	--

North Carolina State Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Philip Rivers	7	22	3.1	0	8
T.A. McLendon	11	18	1.6	2	7
Josh Brown	7	18	2.6	0	10
Sean Berton	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	26	62	2.4	--	--

Notre Dame Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Ryan Grant	21	68	3.2	0	11
Rashon Powers-Neal	5	16	3.2	0	6
Mike McNair	4	8	2.0	0	5
Arnaz Battle	2	6	3.0	0	5
Carlyle Holiday	2	3	1.5	0	3
Pat Dillingham	4	-15	-3.8	0	2
Team	38	86	2.3	--	--

North Carolina State Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Jerricho Cotchery	10	127	12.7	1	26
Sean Berton	5	40	8.0	1	9
T.A. McLendon	3	16	5.3	0	8
Dovonte Edwards	3	13	4.3	0	5
Bryan Peterson	2	16	8.0	0	12
Joseph Gray	1	24	24.0	0	24
Sterling Hicks	1	19	19.0	0	19
Team	25	255	6.1	--	--

Notre Dame Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Arnaz Battle	10	84	8.4	0	21
Jared Clark	4	41	10.3	0	14
Omar Jenkins	3	42	14.0	0	17
Maurice Stovall	3	25	8.3	0	12
Gary Godsey	1	5	5.0	0	5
Ronnie Rodamer	1	5	5.0	0	5
Rhema McKnight	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Team	23	200	4.3	--	--

North Carolina State Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Rod Johnson	3	36	0
Team	3	36	--

Notre Dame Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
No Interceptions
Team	0	0	--

North Carolina State Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lamont Reid	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team	1	7	7.0	--	--

Notre Dame Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vontez Duff	2	51	25.5	28	0
Team	2	51	25.5	--	--

North Carolina State Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerricho Cotchery	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	--	--

Notre Dame Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vontez Duff	2	20	10.0	16	0
Team	2	20	10.0	--	--

North Carolina State Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Austin Herbert	5	216	43.2	51
Team	5	216	43.2	--

Notre Dame Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joey Hildbold	4	121	30.3	39
Team	4	121	30.3	--