Nebraska 27
Notre Dame 24
Sept. 9, 2000
Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Nebraska 7 7 7 0 6 - 27
Notre Dame 0 7 7 7 3 - 24
1st quarter
NU – Crouch 62 run (Brown kick)
2nd quarter
ND – Fisher 2 run (Setta kick)
NU – Crouch 1 run (Brown kick)
3rd quarter
NU – Alexander 28 run (Brown kick)
ND – Jones 100 kickoff return (Setta kick)
4th quarter
ND – Getherall 83 punt return (Setta kick)
Overtime
ND – Setta 29 field goal
NU – Crouch 7 run
NU ND
First downs 20 11
Rushes-yards 59-274 40-184
Passing 103 40
Comp-Att-Int 7-15-1 3-15-1
Total offense 74-377 55-224
Return Yards 21 113
Punts-Avg. 7-42 7-39
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-44 7-65
Time of Possession 36:06 23:54
RUSHING
NU: Alexander 24-112, Crouch 16-80, Buckhalter 9-43,
Miller 6-17, Davies 2-15, Newcombe 2-7.
NN: Battle 14-107, J. Jones 15-52, Fisher 6-11,
Howard 2-6, Lopienski 2-4, Getherall 1-4.
PASSING
NU: Crouch 7-15-1-103.
ND: Battle 3-15-1-40.
RECEIVING
NU: Davison 2-29, Wistrom 2-26, Newcombe 1-36,
Buckhalter 1-9, Alexander 1-3.
ND: Holloway 1-25, Givens 1-9, Howard 1-6.
Attendance: 80,232
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