2012 NCAA First Round Playoff-Notre Dame-33, Nebraska-0

Riddick gained 165 from scrimmage (MikeCarter/US Presswire)

December 15, 2012

Weather-46 degrees, 11 mph SSE, rain

South Bend, IN-The Fighting Irish used a stifling defense to intercept Taylor Martinez 4 times and blank the Cornhuskers, 33-0. Theo Riddick led the Notre Dame ground attack by rushing for 122 yards on 22 carries, going over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Cierre Wood added 106 yards and 2 TD for the undefeated Irish, now 13-0.

Notre Dame will host a quarterfinal game next weekend.

Nebraska Cornhuskers.........(10-4)-0-0-0-0-0
Notre Dame Fighting Irish.(13-0)-10-13-7-3-33

ND-Brindza 46 FG
ND-Wood 3 run (Brindza Kick)
ND-Riddick 20 pass from Golson (Brindza Kick)
ND-Brindza 31 FG
ND-Brindza 46 FG
ND-Wood 4 run (Brindza Kick)
ND-Brindza 28 FG

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Neb-Abdullah-23-122-0 (242-1,211-8), Martinez-16-34-0 (191-1,007-10), Burkhead-13-33-0 (87-568-4), Heard-5-0-0 (56-343-3)
ND-Riddick-22-122-0 (202-1,002-5), Wood-16-106-2 (126-846-6), Golson-15-19-0 (104-324-5), Atkinson-1-1-0 (52-362-5)

Passing
Neb-Martinez-19-10-88-0-4 (360-222-2,755-21-14)
ND-Golson-26-12-141-1-0 (308-178-2,276-12-5)

Receiving
Neb-Enunwa-3-29-0 (43-488-1), Reed-2-16-0 (25-370-2), Abdullah-2-13-0 (26-191-2), Cotton-1-12-0 (17-182-2), Burkhead-1-11-0 (8-64-1), Osborne-1-7-0 (11-98-2)
ND-Riddick-3-43-1 (38-407-2), Jones-3-38-0 (46-597-4), Daniels-2-27-0 (27-402-0), Toma-2-19-0 (26-271-0), Eifert-1-8-0 (45-632-4), Goodman-1-6-0 (8-165-3)