Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. LSU Tigers - Box Score - January 03, 2007 - ESPN

Scores

SUGAR BOWL AT NEW ORLEANS LA

Final

Notre Dame 14

(10-3)

LSU 41

(11-2, 6-2 SEC)

Alerts

8:00 PM ET, January 3, 2007

Superdome, NEW ORLEANS, LA

	1	2	3	4	T
ND	7	7	0	0	14
LSU	14	7	13	7	41

Top Performers

Passing: J. Russell (LSU) - 332 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: K. Williams (LSU) - 14 CAR, 107 YDS, 2 TD

Receiving: E. Doucet (LSU) - 8 REC, 115 YDS

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				ND	LSU
	TD	11:16	KEILAND WILLIAMS 3 YD RUN (COLT DAVID KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 34 yards.	0	7
	TD	6:03	DWAYNE BOWE 11 YD PASS FROM JAMARCUS RUSSELL (COLT DAVID KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	0	14
	TD	1:26	DAVID GRIMES 24 YD PASS FROM BRADY QUINN (CARL GIOIA KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				ND	LSU
	TD	2:25	JEFF SAMARDZIJA 10 YD PASS FROM BRADY QUINN (CARL GIOIA KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	14	14
	TD	1:15	JAMARCUS RUSSELL 5 YD RUN (COLT DAVID KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 82 yards.	14	21
THIRD QUARTER				ND	LSU
	FG	9:34	COLT DAVID 25 YD FG Drive info: 13 plays, 73 yards.	14	24
	FG	3:48	COLT DAVID 37 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 59 yards.	14	27
	TD	0:18	BRANDON LAFELL 58 YD PASS FROM JAMARCUS RUSSELL (COLT DAVID KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 73 yards.	14	34
FOURTH QUARTER				ND	LSU
	TD	7:27	KEILAND WILLIAMS 20 YD RUN (RYAN GAUDET KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 76 yards.	14	41

Team Stat Comparison

	ND	LSU
1st Downs	17	31
3rd down efficiency	8-16	3-10
4th down efficiency	0-1	1-1
Total Yards	291	577
Passing	148	332
Comp-Att	15-35	21-34
Yards per pass	4.2	9.8
Rushing	143	245
Rushing Attempts	31	37
Yards per rush	4.6	6.6
Penalties	4-40	9-95
Turnovers	2	2
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	2	1
Possession	28:14	31:46

Notre Dame Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Brady Quinn	15/35	148	4.2	2	2
Team	15/35	148	4.2	--	--

LSU Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
JaMarcus Russell	21/34	332	9.8	2	1
Team	21/34	332	9.8	--	--

Notre Dame Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Darius Walker	22	128	5.8	0	35
James Aldridge	3	7	2.3	0	4
Brady Quinn	3	6	2.0	0	12
Travis Thomas	2	2	1.0	0	1
Jeff Samardzija	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	31	143	4.6	--	--

LSU Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Keiland Williams	14	107	7.6	2	20
Justin Vincent	12	71	5.9	0	19
Jacob Hester	3	25	8.3	0	12
JaMarcus Russell	5	16	3.2	1	21
Trindon Holliday	1	11	11.0	0	11
Craig Davis	1	8	8.0	0	8
R.J. Jackson	1	7	7.0	0	7
Team	37	245	6.6	--	--

Notre Dame Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Jeff Samardzija	8	59	7.4	1	15
Rhema McKnight	3	22	7.3	0	8
Darius Walker	2	30	15.0	0	21
David Grimes	1	24	24.0	1	24
John Carlson	1	13	13.0	0	13
Team	15	148	4.2	--	--

LSU Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Early Doucet	8	115	14.4	0	58
Dwayne Bowe	5	78	15.6	1	29
Craig Davis	4	50	12.5	0	17
Justin Vincent	2	19	9.5	0	11
Brandon LaFell	1	58	58.0	1	58
Jacob Hester	1	12	12.0	0	12
Team	21	332	9.8	--	--

Notre Dame Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Mike Richardson	1	20	0
Team	1	20	--

LSU Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
LaRon Landry	1	32	0
Jonathan Zenon	1	7	0
Team	2	39	--

Notre Dame Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Grimes	4	80	20.0	21	0
George West	2	48	24.0	26	0
Team	6	128	21.3	--	--

LSU Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Early Doucet	3	48	16.0	17	0
Team	3	48	16.0	--	--

Notre Dame Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
No Punt Returns
Team	0	0	0	--	--

LSU Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Craig Davis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	--	--

Notre Dame Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Geoffrey Price	5	237	47.4	55
Team	5	237	47.4	--

LSU Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Chris Jackson	2	84	42.0	45
Team	2	84	42.0	--