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National Championship: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Clemson Tigers

January 21, 1912
45°
Doak Campbell Stadium (Tallahassee, FL) Attendance: 79,560 (100%)
Fighting Irish 3 0 0 7 - 10
Tigers 0 13 3 6 - 22

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-13-Clm 16 (4:55) 7-Ricky Childress 33 yard field goal is GOOD. Clm 0 NDU 3
(Qtr 2) Tigers: 4-5-NDU 5 (15:00) 5-Paul Garcia 22 yard field goal is GOOD. Clm 3 NDU 3
(Qtr 2) Tigers: 4-5-NDU 38 (5:12) 5-Paul Garcia 55 yard field goal is GOOD. Clm 6 NDU 3
(Qtr 2) Tigers: 1-4-NDU 4 (0:41) 8-Richard Pratt pass complete to 28-Brian Herring for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Paul Garcia. Clm 13 NDU 3
(Qtr 3) Tigers: 4-3-NDU 28 (8:39) 5-Paul Garcia 45 yard field goal is GOOD. Clm 16 NDU 3
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-3-NDU 34 (7:55) 5-Paul Garcia 51 yard field goal is GOOD. Clm 19 NDU 3
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 1-10-Clm 30 (4:19) 13-Justin Olson pass complete to 87-William McKernan for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Ricky Childress. Clm 19 NDU 10
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-15-NDU 21 (0:59) 5-Paul Garcia 38 yard field goal is GOOD. Clm 22 NDU 10

Team Statistics

Tigers Fighting Irish
First Downs 20 10
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 11 3
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 410 227
- Offensive Plays 72 46
- Yards Per Play 5.69 4.93
Net Rushing Yards 128 100
- Rushing Attempts 41 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.12 4.55
Net Passing Yards 282 127
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 24 / 0 24 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 282 127
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.10 5.29
- Yards Per Completion 11.75 7.94
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 0 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 8 / 71 5 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 13 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 22
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 38:23 21:37

Drive Charts

Clemson Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:41 OWN 25 8 25 Punt
1 4:52 4:54 OWN 25 8 70 Field Goal
2 12:40 3:58 OWN 13 7 33 Punt
2 7:15 2:08 OPP 43 3 5 Field Goal
2 3:37 3:00 OWN 13 10 87 Touchdown
3 14:07 5:32 OWN 25 9 48 Field Goal
3 6:35 2:12 OWN 12 3 15 Punt
3 1:24 3:34 OWN 11 8 24 Punt
4 10:39 2:49 OWN 24 4 42 Field Goal
4 7:01 2:11 OPP 30 3 3 Missed FG
4 4:14 3:18 OWN 49 8 29 Field Goal
4 0:06 0:06 OPP 30 1 0 Game

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:19 5:27 OWN 20 9 64 Field Goal
2 14:58 2:18 OWN 25 4 15 Punt
2 8:42 1:27 OWN 4 3 -1 Punt
2 5:07 1:31 OWN 25 4 31 Punt
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 15:00 0:53 OWN 24 3 1 Punt
3 8:35 2:00 OWN 25 4 16 Punt
3 4:23 2:59 OWN 23 4 20 Punt
4 12:51 2:11 OWN 19 3 9 Punt
4 7:51 0:50 OWN 25 4 5 Downs
4 4:49 0:35 OWN 34 3 66 Touchdown
4 0:56 0:50 OWN 25 4 5 Downs

Rushing Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jason Winters 13 56 4.31 11 2 0
Travis Webb 19 39 2.05 9 0 0
Brian Herring 7 36 5.14 11 1 0
Richard Pratt 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Taylor Gray 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mitchell Dillard 6 46 7.67 16 2 0
David Carter 7 25 3.57 10 1 0
Joseph Reinhardt 8 15 1.88 4 0 0
Ralph Patel 1 14 14.00 14 1 0

Passing Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Pratt 31 24 282 0 / 0 1 55 0 115.26

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Justin Olson 24 16 127 0 / 0 1 30 0 93.58

Receiving Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Travis Webb 10 116 11.60 35 0
David Kennedy 5 82 16.40 55 0
Paul Shephard 4 39 9.75 15 0
Dennis Moreno 3 23 7.67 11 0
William Dice 1 18 18.00 18 0
Brian Herring 1 4 4.00 4 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William McKernan 2 43 21.50 30 1
David Carter 3 33 11.00 22 0
Lucio Bowie 2 27 13.50 27 0
Joseph Reinhardt 3 11 3.67 8 0
Tommy Fortner 4 11 2.75 6 0
Ronald Gooden 1 5 5.00 5 0
Mitchell Dillard 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Blocking Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Mackay 40 44 0 1
Dean Calderon 11 6 0 0
Brian Herring 0 3 0 0
Brian Shapiro 0 2 0 0
Julio Fish 0 2 0 0
Richard Robinson 0 2 0 0
Gerald Taylor 0 1 0 1
David Charles 0 1 0 0
Aaron Miller 0 3 0 1
Daniel Rowsey 0 1 0 0
Justin Olson 0 1 0 0
Gary Wallace 0 1 0 0
Vincent Taylor 0 3 0 0
Gary Page 4 4 0 0
Charles Guy 41 46 0 4
Peter Bost 10 2 0 0
William Baker 11 2 0 0
Travis Webb 4 6 0 0
Dennis Moreno 0 28 0 1
William Dice 0 12 0 0
Charles Pittenger 39 42 0 1
William Millan 31 43 0 3
Paul Shephard 9 34 0 0
David Kennedy 0 20 0 0
Jason Winters 19 21 0 2
Taylor Gray 1 5 0 0
Anthony Smith 41 41 0 2
Robert Smyth 0 1 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Lucio Bowie 0 9 0 1
Trevor Parenteau 8 3 0 0
Grady Thornton 0 1 0 0
John Mohr 0 1 0 0
Thomas Taylor 0 1 0 0
John Hayes 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Valenzuela 0 1 0 0
Carl Vincent 0 1 0 0
Mario Luter 0 1 0 0
Rodney Garcia 0 1 0 0
Robert Abrams 7 5 0 0
Irving McDuffie 9 0 0 0
Brandon Slater 4 0 0 0
William McKernan 0 4 0 0
Ronald Gooden 1 25 0 0
Joseph Reinhardt 0 5 0 0
Ralph Patel 2 4 0 2
Andy Palmer 0 13 0 2
Mitchell Dillard 2 8 0 1
Keith Dasher 24 29 0 1
Tony Hines 33 25 0 0
Robert Callan 29 32 0 0
David Carter 7 8 0 0
Tommy Fortner 0 14 0 0
Antoine Eberly 29 26 0 1
Mitchel Harper 33 28 0 2
Richard Jaramillo 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Clemson Tigers

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Fumble Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ryan Reid 0 0 1 0
William Dice 0 1 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Carter 1 0 0 0
Antoine Eberly 0 1 0 0

Punting

Clemson Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clayton Culpepper 4 198 49.50 44.25 51 2

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Marion Kinder 7 323 46.14 44.43 52 4

Kicking

Clemson Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Paul Garcia 5 / 6 3 / 4 2 / 2 55 1 / 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ricky Childress 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 1 / 1

Punt Return

Clemson Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vincent Taylor 1 13 13.0 13 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Kick Return

Clemson Tigers

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lucio Bowie 1 22 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Tackles Sacks
David Charles 9 0
Julio Fish 5 0
Richard Robinson 3 0
Robert Smyth 3 0
Valentine Nadeau 3 0
Brian Shapiro 3 0
Ryan Reid 2 0
James Roberts 2 0
Jaime Little 2 0
Gerald Taylor 2 0
Matthew Soto 1 0
Vincent Taylor 1 0
Gary Page 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Tackles Sacks
Grady Thornton 10 0
John Hayes 10 0
David Fennell 6 0
Robert Abrams 6 0
Jeffrey Valenzuela 5 0
Kenneth Gresham 4 0
Carl Vincent 4 0
James Pearson 4 0
Milton Bush 3 0
Thomas Taylor 2 0
James Samuel 2 0
John Mohr 2 0
Ronnie Lippincott 2 0
Mitchel Harper 1 0
Rodney Garcia 1 0
Richard Jaramillo 1 0
Mario Luter 1 0