Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Pittsburgh Panthers - Box Score - September 03, 2005 - ESPN

Scores

Final

Notre Dame 42

(1-0)

Pittsburgh 21

(0-1, 0-1 home)

Alerts

8:00 PM ET, September 3, 2005

Heinz Field, PITTSBURGH, PA

	1	2	3	4	T
ND	7	28	7	0	42
PITT	10	3	0	8	21

Top Performers

Passing: B. Quinn (ND) - 227 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: R. Powers-Neal (ND) - 8 CAR, 41 YDS, 3 TD

Receiving: G. Lee (PITT) - 4 REC, 63 YDS, 1 TD

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				ND	PITT
	TD	10:58	GREG LEE 39 YD PASS FROM TYLER PALKO (JOSH CUMMINGS KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 73 yards.	0	7
	TD	8:19	DARIUS WALKER 51 YD PASS FROM BRADY QUINN (D.J. FITZPATRICK KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 78 yards.	7	7
	FG	1:40	JOSH CUMMINGS 49 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 22 yards.	7	10
SECOND QUARTER				ND	PITT
	TD	13:07	DARIUS WALKER 2 YD RUN (D.J. FITZPATRICK KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 65 yards.	14	10
	TD	6:59	RASHON POWERS-NEAL 2 YD RUN (D.J. FITZPATRICK KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 65 yards.	21	10
	TD	6:03	JEFF SAMARDZIJA 19 YD PASS FROM BRADY QUINN (D.J. FITZPATRICK KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 19 yards.	28	10
	FG	4:20	JOSH CUMMINGS 23 YD FG Drive info: 5 plays, 55 yards.	28	13
	TD	1:39	RASHON POWERS-NEAL 9 YD RUN (D.J. FITZPATRICK KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 70 yards.	35	13
THIRD QUARTER				ND	PITT
	TD	7:59	RASHON POWERS-NEAL 4 YD RUN (D.J. FITZPATRICK KICK) Drive info: 20 plays, 80 yards.	42	13
FOURTH QUARTER				ND	PITT
	TD	12:55	TYLER PALKO 4 YD RUN (TIM MURPHY 2PT RUSH) Drive info: 7 plays, 72 yards.	42	21

Team Stat Comparison

	ND	PITT
1st Downs	33	20
3rd down efficiency	10-15	4-14
4th down efficiency	0-0	1-3
Total Yards	502	323
Passing	227	220
Comp-Att	18-27	20-35
Yards per pass	8.4	5.5
Rushing	275	103
Rushing Attempts	50	31
Yards per rush	5.5	3.3
Penalties	10-94	6-55
Turnovers	1	2
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Possession	32:46	27:14

Notre Dame Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Brady Quinn	18/27	227	8.4	2	1
Team	18/27	227	8.4	--	--

Pittsburgh Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Tyler Palko	20/35	220	6.3	1	1
Team	20/35	220	5.5	--	--

Notre Dame Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Darius Walker	20	100	5.0	1	11
Brady Quinn	5	49	9.8	0	16
Rashon Powers-Neal	8	41	5.1	3	9
Travis Thomas	8	40	5.0	0	16
David Wolke	1	22	22.0	0	22
Jeff Jenkins	6	17	2.8	0	9
Asaph Schwapp	2	6	3.0	0	4
Team	50	275	5.5	--	--

Pittsburgh Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Raymond Kirkley Jr.	5	64	12.8	0	55
Rashad Jennings	7	29	4.1	0	9
LaRod Stephens	2	17	8.5	0	12
Tim Murphy	5	2	0.4	0	3
Tyler Palko	12	-9	-0.8	1	10
Team	31	103	3.3	--	--

Notre Dame Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Anthony Fasano	4	42	10.5	0	18
Darius Walker	3	52	17.3	1	51
Rhema McKnight	3	51	17.0	0	27
Jeff Samardzija	3	34	11.3	1	19
Maurice Stovall	2	27	13.5	0	16
John Carlson	2	3	1.5	0	3
Rashon Powers-Neal	1	18	18.0	0	18
Team	18	227	8.4	--	--

Pittsburgh Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Greg Lee	4	63	15.8	1	39
Joe DelSardo	4	45	11.3	0	18
Steve Buches	4	39	9.8	0	18
Erik Gill	3	26	8.7	0	9
Derek Kinder	2	29	14.5	0	22
Tim Murphy	2	19	9.5	0	15
Rashad Jennings	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
Team	20	220	5.5	--	--

Notre Dame Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Tom Zbikowski	1	0	0
Team	1	0	--

Pittsburgh Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Darrelle Revis	1	3	0
Team	1	3	--

Notre Dame Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Justin Hoskins	1	24	24.0	24	0
Brandon Harris	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team	2	35	17.5	--	--

Pittsburgh Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marcus Furman	4	80	20.0	33	0
Jemeel Brady	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	5	80	16.0	--	--

Notre Dame Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Zbikowski	1	23	23.0	23	0
Team	1	23	23.0	--	--

Pittsburgh Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
No Punt Returns
Team	0	0	0	--	--

Notre Dame Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D.J. Fitzpatrick	3	137	45.7	54
Team	3	137	45.7	--

Pittsburgh Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Adam Graessle	4	195	48.8	51
Team	4	195	48.8	--