Zaire, Notre Dame crush Texas, 38-3
Published 2:11 am Monday, September 7, 2015
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Malik Zaire passed for 313 yards in his first home start, and No. 11 Notre Dame held Texas to 163 yards of total offense in a 38-3 victory Saturday night.
Zaire was 19-of-22 passing with three touchdowns, including a 66-yard scoring strike to Will Fuller.
Fuller had two touchdown catches, Chris Brown had one scoring catch, and freshman Josh Adams ran for a pair of TDs, including 14-yard score on his first career carry.
Notre Dame took advantage of an inexperienced Longhorns squad starting three players who were in high school a year ago, amassing 527 yards of total offense.
The Irish improved to 9-2 against Texas, and to 10-2 in home night games. The Longhorns, coming off a 6-7 season, lost a season opener for the first time since 1999.
No. 11 NOTRE DAME 38, TEXAS 3
Texas 0 0 3 0 — 3
Notre Dame 14 3 14 7 — 38
First Quarter
ND—Fuller 16 pass from Zaire (Yoon kick), 6:29.
ND—Adams 14 run (Yoon kick), 1:02.
Second Quarter
ND—FG Yoon 38, 7:53.
Third Quarter
Tex—FG Rose 41, 8:36.
ND—Fuller 66 pass from Zaire (Yoon kick), 5:50.
ND—Adams 25 run (Yoon kick), 2:00.
Fourth Quarter
ND—Brown 6 pass from Zaire (Yoon kick), 11:46.
A—80,795.
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Tex ND
First downs 8 30
Rushes-yards 29-60 52-214
Passing 103 313
Comp-Att-Int 8-23-0 19-23-0
Return Yards 3 (-1)
Punts-Avg. 10-42.3 4-41.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 4-50 6-39
Time of Possession 20:50 39:10
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Texas, J.Gray 8-40, Swoopes 10-17, D.Foreman 3-5, D.Johnson 2-4, Warren III 3-4, A.Foreman 1-2, Heard 2-(minus 12). Notre Dame, Prosise 20-98, Adams 5-49, D.Williams 7-24, Folston 3-19, Zaire 9-16, Kizer 2-10, Hunter Jr. 1-2, Anderson 2-0, Carlisle 1-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 3).
PASSING—Texas, Swoopes 7-22-0-93, Heard 1-1-0-10. Notre Dame, Zaire 19-22-0-313, Kizer 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING—Texas, D.Johnson 6-45, Burt 1-48, Beck 1-10. Notre Dame, Fuller 7-142, Carlisle 3-55, Brown 3-38, Robinson 2-35, Hunter Jr. 2-31, Prosise 1-6, Smythe 1-6.