FIRST QUARTER

NOTRE DAME 3, BYU 0

Time: 7:38 remaining

Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 2:04

Scoring play: 27-yard field goal by D.J. Fitzpatrick

Key play: BYU's Tafui Vakapuna fumbles; Notre Dame's Greg Pauly recovers to set up the Irish's first score

BYU 7, NOTRE DAME 3

Time: 6:7 remaining

Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards, 1:21

Scoring play: 18-yard touchdown run by Reynaldo Brathwaite

Key play: BYU's Matt Berry rolls out and finds tight end Justin Jory for a 46-yard gain to the Irish 18-yard line

Conversion: Matt Payne PAT kick

BYU 7, NOTRE DAME 6

Time: :56 remaining

Drive: 11 plays, 56 yards, 5:21

Scoring play: 31-yard field goal by Fitzpatrick

Key play: 20-yard run by Julius Jones to the BYU 38

SECOND QUARTER

NOTRE DAME 9, BYU 7

Time: 3:38 remaining

Drive: 10 plays, 16 yards, 4:45

Scoring play: 34-yard field goal by Fitzpatrick

Key play: Notre Dame's Derek Curry picks off a Berry pass that bounced off center Scott Jackson.

NOTRE DAME 16, BYU 7

Time: :25 remaining

Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards, 1:36

Scoring play: Julius Jones 1-yard touchdown run.

Key play: A 15-yard late-hit penalty on BYU's Mike Tanner gave Notre Dame the ball at the Cougar 22

Conversion: Fitzpatrick PAT kick

THIRD QUARTER

NOTRE DAME 23, BYU 7

Time: 11:31 remaining

Drive: 4 plays, 59 yards, :59

Key play: 33-yard catch by Rhema McKnight to the BYU 23.

Scoring play: 23-yard run by Jones

Conversion: Fitzpatrick PAT kick

FOURTH QUARTER

NOTRE DAME 26, BYU 7

Time: 12:23 remaining

Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 3:00

Scoring play: 38-yard field goal by Fitzpatrick

Key play: 27-yard run by Jones to the BYU 26-yard line.

NOTRE DAME 33, BYU 14

Time: 7:27 remaining

Drive: 4 plays, 21 yards, 1:47

Scoring play: 13-yard run by Jones

Key play: Notre Dame stops BYU on fourth down to give the Irish the ball deep in Cougar territory

Conversion: Fitzpatrick PAT kick

PLAY OF THE GAME: Trailing 9-7 in the second quarter, BYU linebacker Mike Tanner was whistled for a questionable late hit penalty that put the ball at the Cougar 22. Six plays later, Jones scored a touchdown to give the Irish a nine-point cushion at halftime.

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PLAYER OF THE GAME: Notre Dame's Julius Jones. The senior running back rushed 35 times for 161 yards and three touchdowns.

RECORDS: BYU 4-7; Notre Dame 4-6

NEXT WEEK FOR BYU: The Cougars face arch-rival Utah (1 p.m.) at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

NOTES: Attendance was 80,795, marking Notre Dame's the 221st home sellout in the last 222 games, dating back to 1964 . . . Notre Dame ran 80 offensive plays compared to 56 for BYU. The Irish had the ball 36:56 compared to 23:04 for BYU . . . The Cougars have committed 36 turnovers this season. The school record for turnovers in a season is 42, set in 1977 and 1998 . . . Rey Brathwaite's first-quarter touchdown run was his second touchdown of the season and his first since a 95-yard scoring run at San Diego State . . . Brathwaite finished with 77 yards rushing on 14 carries . . . The 2003 Notre Dame Football media guide is 484 pages long. By comparison, BYU's media guide is 302. Even the Notre Dame Band has its own eight-page media guide . . . Notre Dame offers a Football Fantasy Camp. It runs from June 30-July 4 and costs $4,290. It is trumpeted as "the ideal Christmas or birthday present."

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