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Case in point:
** Tommy Rees had two passes dropped by Purdue defenders. One might have been a pick-six except the ball hit Purdue DB on the hands.
** Michael Floyd fumbled and recovered the ball after a nice catch.
** Tommy Rees and Jonas Gray fumbled a handoff that was recovered by Rees.
Notre Dame and Air Force are different as night and day. Here are some miscellaneous statistics and rankings that bear this out.
Rushing Offense:
AF ranked 3rd.
ND ranked 41st.
Passing Offense:
AF ranked 113th, 55 for 38, 596 yards, 69.1 completion
ND ranked 21st, 196 for 125, 1347 yards, 63.8 completion
Net yards:
AF ranked 38th, 2054 yards, 1458 rushing and 600 passing
ND ranked 15th, 2245 yards, 898 rushing and 1373 passing
First Downs:
AF ranked 65th, 93 first downs, 64 rushing, 25 passing, 6 on penalties
ND ranked 3rd, 130 first downs, 45 rushing, 69 passing, 12 on penalties
Defense by Sacks and Interceptions:
AF ranked 40th, 10 sacks and 5 interceptions
ND ranked 19th, 13 sacks and 5 interceptions
Punting:
AF ranked 112th, 12 for 511 yards and 38.4 net
ND ranked 83rd, 19 for 708 yards and 37.1 net (Don't be fooled, Ben Turk is getting good/lucky rolls out of his rugby style punting)
Punt Returns: (We already know this is dismal)
AF 4 for 50 yards, 12.5 avg.
ND 10 for 3 yards, .3 avg.
Kick-Off Returns:
AF ranked 77th, 15 for 361 yards
ND ranked 37th, 21 for 484 yards (Without George Atkinson’s touchdown run, this stat would be average)
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