No. 1 Colorado 10, No. 5 Notre Dame 9
January 01, 1991 | Football
Scoring Summary (Final)
Notre Dame (9-3) vs. Colorado (11-1-1,7-0)
Date: Jan 1, 1991 Site: Miami, FL Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 77062
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Notre Dame.......... 0 6 3 0 - 9
Colorado............ 0 3 7 0 - 10
COLORADO- Harper 22 yard FG, (Drive: 11 plays, 63 yards, 4:24) Score 3-0, Time 12:04 2Q
NOTRE DAME- Watters 2 run (kick blocked) (Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:32) Score 3-6, Time 7:32 2Q
NOTRE DAME- Hentrich 24 yard FG, (Drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 4:50) Score 3-9, Time 10:10 3Q
COLORADO- Bieniemy 1 run (Harper kick) (Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards, 3:58) Score 10-9, Time 4:26 3Q
Kickoff time: 8:30 pm End of Game: 11:56 pm Total elapsed time: 3:26
Officials: Referee: Frank Shepard; Umpire: Louis Schaufele; Linesman: James Wilson;
Line judge: Bobby Brooks; Back judge: Ron Murphy; Field judge: Rogers Redding;
Side judge: Mike Wetzel;
Temperature: 76 Wind: E 9 Weather: Fair Skies
Team Statistics (Final)
ND CU
FIRST DOWNS................... 18 19
Rushing..................... 8 13
Passing..................... 9 6
Penalty..................... 1 0
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 123 186
Rushing Attempts............ 35 54
Average Per Rush............ 3.5 3.4
Yards Gained Rushing........ 141 235
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 18 49
NET YARDS PASSING............. 141 109
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 13-31-3 9-19-0
Average Per Attempt......... 4.5 5.7
Average Per Completion...... 10.8 12.1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 264 295
Total offense plays......... 66 73
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.0 4.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 2-2 2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 3-45 6-50
PUNTS-YARDS................... 3-153 7-283
Average Yards Per Punt...... 51.0 40.4
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 51.0 30.7
Inside 20................... 0 0
50+ Yards................... 1 1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 4-68-0 0-0-0
Average Per Return.......... 17.0 0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-53-0 3-49-0
Average Per Return.......... 17.7 16.3
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 3-50-0
Possession Time............... 24:24 35:36
Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 12 6 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 0
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-27 2-13
PAT Kicks..................... 0-1 1-1
Field Goals................... 1-3 1-2
Individual Statistics (Final)
Notre Dame Colorado
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Brooks, Tony 9 46 0 46 0 11 5.1 Bieniemy, Eric 26 95 9 86 1 18 3.3
Watters, Ricky 9 45 1 44 1 19 4.9 Hemingway, Geor 14 78 2 76 0 20 5.4
Bettis, Jerome 3 27 0 27 0 18 9.0 Hagan, Darian 7 36 0 36 0 12 5.1
Culver, Rodney 5 11 2 9 0 4 1.8 Pritchard, Mike 2 24 0 24 0 15 12.0
Ismail, Raghib 3 1 2 -1 0 1 -0.3 Rouen, Tom 1 0 11 -11 0 0 -11.0
Mirer, Rick 6 11 13 -2 0 9 -0.3 Johnson, C. S. 4 2 27 -25 0 2 -6.2
Totals... 35 141 18 123 1 19 3.5 Totals... 54 235 49 186 1 20 3.4
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Mirer, Rick 31-13-3 141 0 26 2 Hagan, Darian 12-4-0 29 0 10 0
Totals... 31-13-3 141 0 26 2 Johnson, C. S. 6-5-0 80 0 29 3
Bieniemy, Eric 1-0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 19-9-0 109 0 29 3
Receiving No. Yds TD Long Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Ismail, Raghib 6 57 0 15 Pritchard, Mike 3 45 0 29
Brown, Derek 4 56 0 26 Brown, Sean 2 23 0 16
Jarrell, Adrian 1 11 0 11 Hemingway, Geor 2 13 0 7
Smith, Irv 1 9 0 9 Bieniemy, Eric 1 19 0 19
Davis, Greg 1 8 0 8 Boman, Jon 1 9 0 9
Totals... 13 141 0 26 Totals... 9 109 0 29
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Sexton, Jim 1 32 32.0 32 0 0 Rouen, Tom 7 283 40.4 59 0 0
Hentrich, Craig 2 121 60.5 77 0 0 Totals... 7 283 40.4 59 0 0
Totals... 3 153 51.0 77 0 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Ismail, Raghib 4 68 28 2 30 17 0 0 0 Thomas, Greg 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 23
Culver, Rodney 0 0 0 1 23 23 0 0 0 Johnson, C. E. 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0
Totals... 4 68 28 3 53 23 0 0 0 Figures, Deon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 27
McCloughan, Dav 0 0 0 2 46 35 0 0 0
Totals... 0 0 0 3 49 35 3 50 27
Defensive Statistics (Final)
Notre Dame
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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32 Clark, Willie 8 3 11 1.0/2 . 1-0 . . . / .
50 Zorich, Chris 8 2 10 2.0/6 . . . . . 1/10 .
21 Smith, Rod 6 3 9 . . . . . . / .
42 Stonebreaker, M 6 3 9 1.0/3 . . . . . / .
31 DuBose, Demetri 4 3 7 . . . . . . / .
93 Dahl, Bob 5 1 6 . . . . . . / .
45 McDonald, Devon 4 1 5 . . . . . . / .
7 Jones, Andre 4 . 4 . . . . . . / .
26 Davis, Greg 2 2 4 . . . . 1 . / .
36 Grimm, Donn 1 3 4 . . . . . . / .
37 Kowalkowski, Sc 3 . 3 . . . . . . / .
69 Williams, Georg 2 1 3 1.0/11 . . . . 1 1/9 .
97 Young, Bryant 2 1 3 . . . . . . / .
1 Lyght, Todd 1 2 3 . . . . . . 1/8 .
81 Jones, Eric 2 . 2 . . . . . . / .
44 Flanigan, Jim 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
29 Covington, John 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
6 Bettis, Jerome 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
68 Marshall, Georg 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
33 Lane, Greg . 1 1 . . . . . . / .
Colorado
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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27 Thomas, Greg 5 2 7 . . . 2-23 . . / .
19 Biekert, Greg 5 2 7 1.0/1 . . . . . / .
94 Williams, Alfre 3 4 7 . . . . 1 . 1/11 .
2 Figures, Deon 6 . 6 . . . 1-27 . . / .
34 Brown, Chad 5 1 6 1.0/2 . . . 2 . / .
95 Howe, Garry 5 . 5 1.0/1 . . . . . / .
46 Rose, Paul 3 2 5 1.0/1 . 1-0 . . . 1/2 .
17 James, Tim 3 2 5 . . 1-0 . . . / .
96 McGhee, Kanavis 3 2 5 . . . . . . / .
97 Elder, Marcello 3 . 3 . . . . . . / .
1A McCloughan, Dav 3 . 3 . . . . 1 . / .
41 Katovsich, John 2 . 2 . . . . . . / .
43 Hutchins, Rob 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
91 Gray, Lamarr 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
10 Rouen, Tom . . . . . 1-0 . . . / .
13 Bradford, Ronni . . . . . . . . 1 / .
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