NO. 2 ALABAMA 42, NO. 1 NOTRE DAME 14

Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron completed 20 of 28 passes for 264 and 4 touchdowns in the Crimson Tide’s victory.
Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron completed 20 of 28 passes for 264 and 4 touchdowns in the Crimson Tide’s victory.

— Alabama ......14 14 7 7 - 42 Notre Dame ....0 0 7 7 - 14 First Quarter Ala-Lacy 20 run (Shelley kick), 12:03. Ala-M.Williams 3 pass from A.McCarron (Shelley kick), 6:14.

Second Quarter Ala-Yeldon 1 run (Shelley kick), 14:56.

Ala-Lacy 11 pass from A.McCarron (Shelley kick), :31.

Third Quarter Ala-Cooper 34 pass from A.McCarron (Shelley kick), 7:34.

ND-Golson 2 run (Brindza kick), 4:08. Fourth Quarter Ala-Cooper 19 pass from A.McCarron (Shelley kick), 11:27.

ND-Riddick 6 pass from Golson (Brindza kick), 7:51.

Attendance-80,120.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Alabama, Lacy 20-140, Yeldon 21-108, A.McCarron 1-9, K.Drake 3-8. Notre Dame, Riddick 10-37, C.Wood 4-2, Golson 5-(minus 7).

PASSING-Alabama, A.McCarron 20-28-0-264. Notre Dame, Golson 21-36-1-270.

RECEIVING-Alabama, Cooper 6-105, Norwood 3-66, M.Williams 3-17, Ch.Jones 2-40, Lacy 2-17, Shinn 2-14, K.Johnson 1-5, Yeldon 1-0. Notre Dame, T.Jones 7-90, Daniels 6-115, Eifert 6-61, Riddick 1-6, C.Wood 1-(minus 2).

Sports, Pages 20 on 01/08/2013

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