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Northwestern 43, No. 15/16 Notre Dame 40
Saturday, Nov. 15 South Bend, Ind.
Notre Dame Stadium
Postgame Quotes
Northwestern Players
S Ibraheim Campbell
On how he felt about winning in overtime...
"It means a lot, especially with me being a senior and this being my last season. The opportunity to extend the season on a good note makes it that much better and more exciting. I actually sat down, and I'm not a very excitable guy in the first place, but it was just a lot to take in so I had to take a seat and then I hugged a lot of people."
On being one of his favorite moments...
"Absolutely. It was a great moment, and I'll remember it for a long time. It was a big feeling. We knew we had to adapt and move defensively, and we did it while knowing our offense had to play. We gave our team a chance to win and we pulled it off. It was awesome. He doesn't always get that many opportunities but he made the most out of them and that's all you can ask for from a teammate."
On how the sideline was during overtime...
"We knew it was a team effort. We knew the more turnovers we had, the more chances we had to win. We held down. We had to go do work. We had to have each other's backs. Having been around a long time, you kind of know things can go different ways. You can never get too excited. You just got to stay focused on the goal, which is to win the game. I just try to support my team and have faith in my teammates."
WR Kyle Prater
On embrace with head coach Pat Fitzgerald...
"That hug represented my whole journey, from when I transferred here until now. And that hug was to basically say thank you. It's been a great run here, especially to come out with a win against Notre Dame on the road, a place with so much prestige. It was just great. That hug was a lot of love for everything that we've been through as a team. It's been real fun here tonight."
On the mentality while marching down the field at the end of regulation...
"Our mentality was to win. That was our mentality from the start, to come out here and win this game. Our guys kept on believing. We kept fighting out there. We knew we could win this game and we kept telling everybody that. I told them on that drive `Let's be great,' and we went out there and did exactly that."
On what tonight means to him...
"It meant a lot here tonight. I sent my dad a photo of the hotel we stayed at because it was the same hotel we stayed at when I was at USC and we traveled out here. It was a bittersweet moment because I'm looking back at all the moments throughout my years at college: the injuries, the surgeries and all the adversity I had to overcome. To come out here and win and produce the way we did is real big, and it's a great moment. But, I can't take all the credit. The line did a great job protecting Trevor, and Trevor did a great job getting the ball to us on the outside. I just give all my thanks to God."
PK Jack Mitchell
On playing at Notre Dame Stadium...
"To be on this stage at Notre Dame is very special. My parents were here too so I was really excited."
On impact of the win...
"This win is incredible. Not only achieving the success we did today, but it can also catapult us in the next couple of games against Purdue and Illinois to get those last two wins and make us bowl eligible. So, we're all excited."
On feeling in locker room...
"It's unbelievable. We are very excited. We are excited to get back to Evanston and have a good time."
On key to the win...
"We won the game. Our offense played amazing and our defense played amazing. Special teams played very nice. Everyone was doing their job and we had a good time out there."
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On his mindset after being iced...
"Staying as calm as possible. Staying away from everyone. Just staying loose. Stretching and staying warm. I rushed the practice kick a little bit. I was just getting into my steps as they were calling the timeout. I knew I had to rush and just get a swing in. I felt comfortable after that."
QB Trevor Siemian
On seeing kick go through for the win...
"It was really cool, but tough to put in words. I was behind the kick. I started running on the field when I saw it in the air and thought it had a chance. I was right there with Doug Diedrick. It was a cool moment. The craziest game of my life."
On being healthy and mobile...
"(It) just helps our offense. (It) makes the defense think about another thing to defend. I would not call it mobile but it feels good to be healthy and even better to win."
On Tony Jones' play today...
"I am sure he had a couple plays back, but I think guys picked up the slack, so that's what we told him on the sideline. He was good too. He had a good attitude about it. You have days like that."