Notre Dame vs. LSU Football Game, 1997 Season, Independence Bowl, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1997 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	3	3	0	3	9
LSU	0	3	10	14	27

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Scott Cengia 33 yard field goal	3	0
SECOND QUARTER
	FG	Wade Richey 37 yard field goal	3	3
	FG	Scott Cengia 21 yard field goal	6	3
THIRD QUARTER
	FG	Wade Richey 42 yard field goal	6	6
	TD	Abram Booty 12 yard pass from Herb Tyler (Wade Richey kick)	6	13
FOURTH QUARTER
	FG	Scott Cengia 33 yard field goal	9	13
	TD	Rondell Mealey 2 yard run (Wade Richey kick)	9	20
	TD	Rondell Mealey 1 yard run (Wade Richey kick)	9	27

Team Stats
	ND	LSU
1st Downs	19	19
Rushing 1st Downs	10	14
Passing 1st Downs	6	5
Penalty	3	0
Rushing	128	265
Rushing Attempts	41	52
Yards Gained Rushing	198	294
Yards Lost Rushing	70	29
TDs Rushing	0	2
Passing	115	61
Passes Attempted	25	12
Passes Completed	13	5
Intercepted	0	0
TDs Passing	0	1
Pass Efficiency	90.64	111.87
Total Offensive Plays	66	64
Total Net Yards	243	326
Average Gain Per Play	3.68	5.09
Fumbles - Lost	1 - 1	0 - 0
Penalties - Yards	5 - 30	5 - 55
Interceptions - Yards	0 - 0	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	5 - 225	4 - 143
Average Per Punt	45.00	35.75
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 23	3 - 38
Kickoff Returns - Yards	4 - 61	2 - 34
Time of Possession	29:56	30:04
Third Down Conversions	6 of 16	7 of 15
Third Down Percent	37.50%	46.67%
Fourth Down Conversions	0 of 0	1 of 1
Fourth Down Percent	0.00%	100.00%
Sacks	3 - 18	7 - 62

Game Info
Independence Bowl
Stadium	Independence Stadium
Location	Shreveport, Louisiana
Date	Dec 28, 1997
Attendance	50,459
Conference	ND: Independent LSU: SEC
Head Coach	ND: Bob Davie LSU: Gerry DiNardo
AP Rank	ND: NR LSU: 15
Final AP Rank	ND: NR LSU: 13
Season Record	ND: 7-6 LSU: 9-3

Notre Dame Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Scott Cengia	0	3	0	0	0	0	9
TOTALS	0	3	0	0	0	0	9

LSU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Rondell Mealey	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wade Richey	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Abram Booty	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	3	2	3	0	0	0	27

Notre Dame Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Ron Powlus	8-18-0	66	3.7	14	0	75.24
Jarious Jackson	5-7-0	49	7.0	20	0	130.23
TOTALS	13-25-0	115	4.6	20	0	90.64

LSU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Herb Tyler	12-5-0	61	12.2	14	1	408.48
TOTALS	12-5-0	61	12.2	14	1	408.48

Notre Dame Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Autry Denson	20	106	5	101	5.0	35	0
Ken Barry	8	44	1	43	5.4	12	0
Tony Driver	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
Clement Stokes	1	0	2	-2	-2.0	0	0
Jarious Jackson	4	14	16	-2	-0.5	13	0
Ron Powlus	7	33	46	-13	-1.9	26	0
TOTALS	41	198	70	128	3.1	35	0

LSU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Rondell Mealey	34	233	11	222	6.5	78	2
Tommy Banks	6	23	0	23	3.8	9	0
Herb Tyler	9	31	18	13	1.4	6	0
Kevin Faulk	3	7	0	7	2.3	4	0
TOTALS	52	294	29	265	5.1	78	2

Notre Dame Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Malcolm Johnson	5	49	9.8	13	0
Autry Denson	3	32	10.7	20	0
Joey Getherall	3	23	7.7	10	0
Bobby Brown	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ken Barry	1	1	1.0	1	0
TOTALS	13	115	8.8	20	0

LSU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Abram Booty	5	61	12.2	14	1
TOTALS	5	61	12.2	14	1

Notre Dame Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Allen Rossum	2	32	16.0	0
Tony Driver	2	29	14.5	0
TOTALS	4	61	15.2	0

LSU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Rondell Mealey	2	34	17.0	0
TOTALS	2	34	17.0	0

Notre Dame Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Autry Denson	2	23	11.5	0
TOTALS	2	23	11.5	0

LSU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Kevin Faulk	1	23	23.0	0
Larry Foster	2	15	7.5	0
TOTALS	3	38	12.7	0

Notre Dame Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Scott Cengia	3-	33	0-0	9
TOTALS	3-	33	0-0	9

LSU Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Wade Richey	2-	42	3-3	9
TOTALS	2-	42	3-3	9

Notre Dame Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Hunter Smith	5	225	45.0	52
TOTALS	5	225	45.0	52

LSU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Chad Kessler	2	85	42.5	43
Jeremy Witten	2	58	29.0	30
TOTALS	4	143	35.8	43

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