Alabama 42-14 Notre Dame (Jan 7, 2013) Final Score

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

12-1

	1	2	3	4	T
ND	0	0	7	7	14
ALA	14	14	7	7	42

Tide bully Irish, capture 3rd BCS title in 4 years

Alabama rolled to its second consecutive Discover BCS National Championship, and third in four seasons, beating No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 in a BCS championship game that was no classic after all.

Jan 8, 2013, 04:35 pm - ESPN.com news services

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter		ND	ALA
	TD ALABAMA rush for a touchdown. alabama drive: 5 plays 82 yards, 02:57 alabama td, 2:57	0	6
	XP ALABAMA Extra point GOOD. alabama drive: 5 plays 82 yards, 02:57 alabama td, 2:57	0	7
	TD ALABAMA pass complete for a touchdown. alabama drive: 10 plays 61 yards, 04:49 alabama td, 4:49	0	13
	XP ALABAMA Extra point GOOD. alabama drive: 10 plays 61 yards, 04:49 alabama td, 4:49	0	14

2nd Quarter		ND	ALA
	TD ALABAMA rush for a touchdown. alabama drive: 8 plays 80 yards, 04:26 alabama td, 4:26	0	20
	XP ALABAMA Extra point GOOD. alabama drive: 8 plays 80 yards, 04:26 alabama td, 4:26	0	21
	TD ALABAMA pass complete for a touchdown. alabama drive: 9 plays 71 yards, 03:12 alabama td, 3:12	0	27
	XP ALABAMA Extra point GOOD. alabama drive: 9 plays 71 yards, 03:12 alabama td, 3:12	0	28

	ND	ALA
TD ALABAMA pass complete for a touchdown. alabama drive: 10 plays 97 yards, 05:37 alabama td, 5:37	0	34
XP ALABAMA Extra point GOOD. alabama drive: 10 plays 97 yards, 05:37 alabama td, 5:37	0	35
TD NOTRE DAME rush for a touchdown. notredame drive: 9 plays 85 yards, 03:26 notredame td, 3:26	6	35
XP NOTRE DAME Extra point GOOD. notredame drive: 9 plays 85 yards, 03:26 notredame td, 3:26	7	35

	ND	ALA
TD ALABAMA pass complete for a touchdown. alabama drive: 14 plays 86 yards, 07:41 alabama td, 7:41	7	41
XP ALABAMA Extra point GOOD. alabama drive: 14 plays 86 yards, 07:41 alabama td, 7:41	7	42
TD NOTRE DAME pass complete for a touchdown. notredame drive: 10 plays 75 yards, 03:36 notredame td, 3:36	13	42
XP NOTRE DAME Extra point GOOD. notredame drive: 10 plays 75 yards, 03:36 notredame td, 3:36	14	42

Data is currently unavailable.

Team	CONF	OVR
Notre Dame	0-0	0-0
UConn	0-0	0-0

Team	CONF	OVR
Alabama	0-0	0-0
Arkansas	0-0	0-0
Auburn	0-0	0-0
Florida	0-0	0-0
Georgia	0-0	0-0
Kentucky	0-0	0-0
LSU	0-0	0-0
Mississippi State	0-0	0-0
Missouri	0-0	0-0
Oklahoma	0-0	0-0
Ole Miss	0-0	0-0
South Carolina	0-0	0-0
Tennessee	0-0	0-0
Texas A&M	0-0	0-0
Texas	0-0	0-0
Vanderbilt	0-0	0-0

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