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Week 6 AF @ ND

Posted on July 26, 2011 at 09:13 AM.

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October 8, 2011
AF @ ND
Week 6

Climbing the ladder
Irish beat Air Force 35-22 with hopes of cracking top ten

Tyler Eifert pumps up the crowd after scoring his 2nd TD in the 3rd quarter.

This is the game Brian Kelly has been waiting for from Tyler Eifert. After finishing the season strong last year filling in for the then injured Kyle Rudolph, Kelly expected a strong 2011 from Eifert. The first five games he was silent. Against Air Force Saturday, Tyler Eifert bursted out of his slump in a big way. He ended up with 4 catches for a career high 176 yards and 2 TD. "It felt great to get involved and contribute." said Eifert.

QB Tommy Rees threw 2 interceptions but also managed to throw 3 TD's for 268 yards. Junior WR Robby Toma returned from injury to catch 4 passes for 62 yards and a TD. Jonas Gray repeated his last game's performance with 9 carries for 74 yards. Brian Kelly was far from happy with his offense's performance. "We were real sloppy today on the offensive side of the ball. We have to have them things cleaned up before we play USC." said Kelly.

Aaron Lynch continues to dominate offensive lines. Lynch had the lone two sacks for the Irish. He wasn't finished though. For the second time this season Lynch recovered a fumble and returned it for a TD. Manti Te'o forced a fumble and Lynch ran it back 48 yards for the score. This young DE is really a force to be reckoned with. Notre Dame has a bye this week but in week 8 they take on USC.

Air Force Falcons (3-2) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-0)

Oct 8, 2011	1	2	3	4	F
Air Force Falcons	7	6	9	0	22
#12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish	14	7	14	0	35

Top Performers

Air Force Falcons

J. Warzeka - 5 rec, 106 yds

J. Hall - INT, TD

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

T. Eifert - 4 red, 176 yds, 2 TD

A. Lynch - 4 tkls, 2 sacks, FMBREC, TD

Team Stats Comparison
	AF	ND
First Downs	17	7
3rd Down Efficiency	7-16 (43%)	4-10 (40%)
4th Down Efficiency	0-1 (0%)	1-1 (100%)
Total Yards	345	257
Passing Yards	181	268
Rushing Yards	164	-11
Penalties-Penalty Yards	1-5	1-15
Turnovers	1	2
Time of Possession	19:18	12:42

Air Force Falcons
PASSING	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Jefferson	9/21 (42%)	181	0	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Clark	15	77	5.1	0
T. Jefferson	12	20	1.6	0
C. Getz	12	27	2.2	0
W. Cobb	3	34	11.3	1
M. DeWitt	3	8	2.6	0
B. Hirneise	1	-2	-2.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Warzeka	5	106	21.2	0
Z. Kauth	3	76	25.3	0
A. Clark	1	-1	-1.0	0
DEFENSIVE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
J. Waiwaiole	6	0.0	1	0
B. Lindsay	5	0.0	0	0
A. Means	5	0.5	0	0
A. Wooding	3	1.0	0	0
J. Hall	2	0.0	1	1
H. Kehs	1	1.0	0	0
Z. Payne	1	1.0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LG
E. Soderburg	3/3	1/1	10	50

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
PASSING	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Rees	13/27 (48%)	268	3	2
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Gray	9	74	4.7	0
T. Rees	7	-60	-8.5	0
G. Atkinson	1	6	6.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Eifert	4	176	44.0	2
R. Toma	4	62	15.5	1
M. Floyd	2	20	10.0	0
T. Riddick	1	5	5,0	0
T.J. Jones	1	3	3.0	0
G. Atkinson	1	2	2.0	0
DEFENSIVE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
Z. Motta	10	0.0	0	0
M. Te'o	9	0.0	0	0
G. Gray	7	0.0	0	0
H. Smith	6	0.0	0	0
D. Fleming	6	0.0	0	0
P. Shembo	6	0.0	0	0
A. Lynch	4	2.0	0	1
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LG
N. Tausch	0/0	5/5	5	0

*Coach Brian Kelly had four more recruits commit after attending the Air Force Game. Here is the 2011 list so far.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Recruiting - 2011
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Antonio Diggs # 7 HB	HB	HS	North Potomac, ND	5'10"	213
Brett Lane # 11 G	G	HS	Englewood, NJ	6'5"	337
Matt Vickers # 87 G	G	HS	Bellwood, IL	6'6"	289
Jonathan Allen # 6 T	T	HS	Elkhart, IN	6'4"	285
Luke Williams # 3 TE	TE	HS	Sunbury, PA	6'5"	241