NCAAF: DUKE at NOTRE DAME <div class="pre">NCAAF TD NOTRE DAME JOHN CARLSON 9 YD PASS FROM JIMMY CLAUSEN (BRANDON WALKER KICK) DUKE 0 NOTRE DAME 28 6:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: DUKE at NOTRE DAME <div class="pre">NCAAF TD DUKE ZACK ASACK 6 YD RUN (NICK MAGGIO KICK) DUKE 7 NOTRE DAME 28 1:12 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: DUKE at NOTRE DAME <div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DUKE 0 0 0 7 7 NOTRE DAME 0 14 7 7 28 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: NOTRE DAME - TD, DAVID GRIMES 25 YD PASS FROM JIMMY CLAUSEN (BRANDON WALKER KICK), 13:49. NOTRE DAME 7-0 NOTRE DAME - TD, DUVAL KAMARA 25 YD PASS FROM JIMMY CLAUSEN (BRANDON WALKER KICK), 14:56. NOTRE DAME 14-0 3RD QUARTER: NOTRE DAME - TD, ROBERT HUGHES 13 YD RUN (BRANDON WALKER KICK), 14:35. NOTRE DAME 21-0 4TH QUARTER: NOTRE DAME - TD, JOHN CARLSON 9 YD PASS FROM JIMMY CLAUSEN (BRANDON WALKER KICK), 8:09. NOTRE DAME 28-0 DUKE - TD, ZACK ASACK 6 YD RUN (NICK MAGGIO KICK), 13:48. NOTRE DAME 28-7</div>
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- In a season that will not beremembered in Notre Dame's storied past, freshmen Jimmy Claussenand Robert Hughes gave the Fighting Irish some hope for thefuture. Claussen threw three touchdown passes and Hughes rushed for 108yards and a TD as the Fighting Irish snapped a four-game losingstreak with a 28-7 victory over lowly Duke on Saturday. The victory enabled Notre Dame (2-9) to avoid its first winlesshome season in school history and sent the Blue Devils (1-10)tumbling to their eighth consecutive defeat. Claussen, who has been shuttled in and out of the startinglineup this season, finished with pedestrian stats - 16-of-32for 192 yards and zero interceptions. But the highly touted quarterback threw a pair of decisive25-yard scoring tosses in the final 77 seconds of the first halfto give the Irish a 14-0 lead. That would be more than enough against bumbling Duke, and itprevented Notre Dame from earning the dubious distinction ofbeing the school's first team in 119 years to lose to a 1-9opponent. Hughes, who had to cope with the murder of his older brotherTony in late October, had his finest game by far, surpassing hisprevious high of 33 yards against Michigan State. The 5-11, 238-pounder from Chicago scored on a 13-yard run with25 seconds left in the third quarter and set up the FightingIrish's first touchdown with a big gain on fourth down. Hughes added a 32-yard run in the fourth quarter to set upClaussen's 10-yard TD toss to tight end John Carlson. Duke avoided a shutout on Zack Asack's six-yard scoring run withjust 1:12 to play. Notre Dame capitalized on a pair of fumbles by Duke to scoredtwo touchdowns in the final 1:17 of the first half to take a14-0 lead. Duke showed why it entered this one on a seven-game skid,turning prosperity into points for the Irish in the finalminutes of the second quarter. A 15-yard pass from Thaddeus Lewis to Clifford Harris and afacemask penalty gave Duke a first down at Notre Dame's 30-yardline. On the next three plays, Lewis slipped and fell for a nine-yardloss, overthrew a wide-open Brandon King and fumbled the snap,which the Irish recovered at their own 42. With Notre Dame facing a 4th-and-1 at Duke's 49, coach CharlieWeis went for it and Hughes broke loose for a 24-yard run. On the very next play, Claussen threaded a 25-yard scoring passbetween two defenders to David Grimes for a 7-0 lead. The Blue Devils seemed content to head to the locker room withthat deficit, but on third down, a short pass into the left flatwas fumbled by Jomar Wright at the 25. Two plays later, Claussen floated a pass to Duval Kamara in theleft corner of the end zone for a 14-0 lead with just fourseconds to play in the half.
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- In a season that will not beremembered in Notre Dame's storied past, freshmen Jimmy Clausenand Robert Hughes gave the Fighting Irish some hope for thefuture. Clausen threw three touchdown passes and Hughes rushed for 108yards and a TD as the Fighting Irish snapped a four-game losingstreak with a 28-7 victory over lowly Duke on Saturday. The victory enabled Notre Dame (2-9) to avoid its first winlesshome season in school history and sent the Blue Devils (1-10)tumbling to their eighth consecutive defeat. Clausen, who has been shuttled in and out of the starting lineupthis season, finished with pedestrian stats - 16-of-32 for 192yards and zero interceptions. But the highly touted quarterback threw a pair of decisive25-yard scoring tosses in the final 77 seconds of the first halfto give the Irish a 14-0 lead. That would be more than enough against bumbling Duke, and itprevented Notre Dame from earning the dubious distinction ofbeing the school's first team in 119 years to lose to a 1-9opponent. Hughes, who had to cope with the murder of his older brotherTony in late October, had his finest game by far, surpassing hisprevious high of 33 yards against Michigan State. The 5-11, 238-pounder from Chicago scored on a 13-yard run with25 seconds left in the third quarter and set up the FightingIrish's first touchdown with a big gain on fourth down. Hughes added a 32-yard run in the fourth quarter to set upClausen's 10-yard TD toss to tight end John Carlson. Duke avoided a shutout on Zack Asack's six-yard scoring run withjust 1:12 to play. Notre Dame capitalized on a pair of fumbles by Duke to scoredtwo touchdowns in the final 1:17 of the first half to take a14-0 lead. Duke showed why it entered this one on a seven-game skid,turning prosperity into points for the Irish in the finalminutes of the second quarter. A 15-yard pass from Thaddeus Lewis to Clifford Harris and afacemask penalty gave Duke a first down at Notre Dame's 30-yardline. On the next three plays, Lewis slipped and fell for a nine-yardloss, overthrew a wide-open Brandon King and fumbled the snap,which the Irish recovered at their own 42. With Notre Dame facing a 4th-and-1 at Duke's 49, coach CharlieWeis went for it and Hughes broke loose for a 24-yard run. On the very next play, Clausen threaded a 25-yard scoring passbetween two defenders to David Grimes for a 7-0 lead. The Blue Devils seemed content to head to the locker room withthat deficit, but on third down, a short pass into the left flatwas fumbled by Jomar Wright at the 25. Two plays later, Clausen floated a pass to Duval Kamara in theleft corner of the end zone for a 14-0 lead with just fourseconds to play in the half.
NCAAF: DUKE at NOTRE DAME <div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DUKE 0 0 0 7 7 NOTRE DAME 0 14 7 7 28 FINAL 10:38 1st Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, D Grimes 25 YD PASS FROM J Clausen (B Walker KICK) 13:43 2nd Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, D Kamara 25 YD PASS FROM J Clausen (B Walker KICK) 14:56 2nd Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, R Hughes 13 YD RUN (B Walker KICK) 14:35 3rd Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, J Carlson 9 YD PASS FROM J Clausen (B Walker KICK) 8:09 4th Qtr DUKE-TD, Z Asack 6 YD RUN (N Maggio KICK) 13:48 4th Qtr DUKE NOTRE DAME First downs 16 24 Rushed-yards 27-94 48-220 Passing yards 138 194 Sacked-yards lost 2-10 2-13 Return yards 9 8 Passes 18-38-0 16-32-0 Punts 7-36.7 5-41 Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 6-55 11-103 Time of possession 24:25 35:35 Individual Statistics RUSHING: DUKE-Justin Boyle 8-45, Requan Boyette 8-35, Clifford Harris 2-12, Zack Asack 1-6, Ronnie Drummer 2-4, Thaddeus Lewis 6-MINUS 8. NOTRE DAME-Robert Hughes 17-110, Armando Allen Jr. 9-42, James Aldridge 8-27, Travis Thomas 1-17, Junior Jabbie 2-14, Jimmy Clausen 7-12, Tom Zbikowski 3-0, - Team 1-MINUS 2. PASSING: DUKE-Thaddeus Lewis 16-33-121- 0, Zack Asack 2-5-17- 0. NOTRE DAME-Jimmy Clausen 16-32-194- 0. RECEIVING: DUKE-Eron Riley 3-50, Clifford Harris 2-24, Sheldon Bell 2-16, Ronnie Drummer 3-15, Austin Kelly 1-12, Jomar Wright 5-11, Justin Boyle 2-10. NOTRE DAME-John Carlson 3-58, Duval Kamara 2-32, David Grimes 2-26, George West Jr. 4-24, Junior Jabbie 1-17, Armando Allen Jr. 2-17, Robert Hughes 1-13, James Aldridge 1-7. Att: 80,975</div>
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- In a season that will not beremembered in Notre Dame's storied past, freshmen Jimmy Clausenand Robert Hughes gave the Fighting Irish some hope for thefuture. Clausen threw three touchdown passes and Hughes rushed for 108yards and a TD as the Fighting Irish snapped a four-game losingstreak with a 28-7 victory over lowly Duke on Saturday. The victory enabled Notre Dame (2-9) to avoid its first winlesshome season in school history and sent the Blue Devils (1-10)tumbling to their eighth consecutive defeat. "It's almost like a weight is lifted," Irish coach Charlie Weissaid. "Like tonight will be - everyone will have fun. They aregoing to classes here for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; theywill feel good. They will go home for Thanksgiving. It won'tbe that you're 2-9; it will be at least they won the game athome. So I felt happy especially for the seniors." Clausen, who has been shuttled in and out of the starting lineupthis season, finished with pedestrian stats - 16-of-32 for 192yards and zero interceptions. But the highly touted quarterback threw a pair of decisive25-yard scoring tosses in the final 77 seconds of the first halfto give the Irish a 14-0 lead. That would be more than enough against bumbling Duke, and itprevented Notre Dame from earning the dubious distinction ofbeing the school's first team in 119 years to lose to a 1-9opponent. "I thought if we were up two scores, it was going to be a toughtask for the other team to win the way things were going at thattime," Weis said. "I think those two scores right beforehalftime really ... changed the complexion of the game." Hughes, who had to cope with the murder of his older brotherTony in late October, had his finest game by far, surpassing hisprevious high of 33 yards against Michigan State. The 5-11, 238-pounder from Chicago scored on a 13-yard run with25 seconds left in the third quarter and set up the FightingIrish's first touchdown with a big gain on fourth down. "I thought he ran really hard. Thought he ran well," said Dukecoach Ted Root of Hughes. "I was very impressed with him, and Ithought he ran hard and added some punch to their offense. Hughes added a 32-yard run in the fourth quarter to set upClausen's 10-yard TD toss to tight end John Carlson. Duke avoided a shutout on Zack Asack's six-yard scoring run withjust 1:12 to play. "Jimmy made some great throws. Robert (Hughes) ran hard andmade some great plays. And Duval (Kamara) had a heck of a catchin the end zone," Carlson said. "I think it's a glimpse of somethings that are to come. I think it's great that they'vegotten so much game experience. They've been in the heat of thebattle and I think that will help them next year." Notre Dame capitalized on a pair of fumbles by Duke to scoredtwo touchdowns in the final 1:17 of the first half to take a14-0 lead. Duke showed why it entered this one on a seven-game skid,turning prosperity into points for the Irish in the finalminutes of the second quarter. A 15-yard pass from Thaddeus Lewis to Clifford Harris and afacemask penalty gave Duke a first down at Notre Dame's 30-yardline. On the next three plays, Lewis slipped and fell for a nine-yardloss, overthrew a wide-open Brandon King and fumbled the snap,which the Irish recovered at their own 42. With Notre Dame facing a 4th-and-1 at Duke's 49, Weis went forit and Hughes broke loose for a 24-yard run. On the very next play, Clausen threaded a 25-yard scoring passbetween two defenders to David Grimes for a 7-0 lead. The Blue Devils seemed content to head to the locker room withthat deficit, but on third down, a short pass into the left flatwas fumbled by Jomar Wright at the 25. Two plays later, Clausen floated a pass to Duval Kamara in theleft corner of the end zone for a 14-0 lead with just fourseconds to play in the half. "He's the first quarterback, and he did pretty well today," BlueDevils defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase said of Clausen."That's our fault as a defense by not taking charge of him. Hecapitalized on our mistakes and made great big plays down thefield for Notre Dame."
