notre dame fighting irish most rushing yards in a season single player

Vagas Ferguson has rushed for the most yards for Notre Dame in a season, with 1,437 yards in 1979.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	1,437	1979	ND	11	301	4.8	130.6	17	72	14		5.1	6.5	0
2	Josh Adams J. Adams	1,430	2017	ND	13	206	6.9	110.0	9	101	13	21	7.8	7.8	0
3	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	1,394	1983	ND	11	252	5.5	126.7	16	288	28		10.3	26.2	2
4	Jeremiyah Love J. Love	1,372	2025	ND	12	199	6.9	114.3	18	280	27	34	10.4	23.3	3
5	Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	1,343	1992	ND	11	167	8.0	122.1	13	24	1		24.0	2.2	1
6	Audric Estime A. Estime	1,341	2023	ND	12	210	6.4	111.8	18	142	17	20	8.4	11.8	0
7	Julius Jones J. Jones	1,268	2003	ND	12	229	5.5	105.7	10	53	10		5.3	4.4	0
8	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,268	1997	ND	12	264	4.8	105.7	12	175	30		5.8	14.6	1
9	Darius Walker D. Walker	1,267	2006	ND	13	255	5.0	97.5	7	391	56		7.0	30.1	1
10	Darius Walker D. Walker	1,196	2005	ND	12	253	4.7	99.7	9	351	43		8.2	29.3	2
11	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	1,192	1978	ND	11	211	5.6	108.4	7	171	20		8.6	15.5	1
12	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,179	1996	ND	11	202	5.8	107.2	8	111	11		10.1	10.1	2
13	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,176	1998	ND	11	251	4.7	106.9	15	81	6		13.5	7.4	0
14	Jeremiyah Love J. Love	1,125	2024	ND	16	163	6.9	70.3	17	237	28	33	8.5	14.8	2
15	Kyren Williams K. Williams	1,125	2020	ND	12	211	5.3	93.8	13	313	35	47	8.9	26.1	1
16	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	1,105	1984	ND	11	275	4.0	100.5	17	257	19		13.5	23.4	1
17	Cierre Wood C. Wood	1,102	2011	ND	13	217	5.1	84.8	9	189	27		7.0	14.5	0
18	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	1,100	1985	ND	11	255	4.3	100.0	11	135	17		7.9	12.3	0
19	Ryan Grant R. Grant	1,085	2002	ND	13	261	4.2	83.5	9	22	9		2.4	1.7	0
20	Al Hunter A. Hunter	1,058	1976	ND	11	233	4.5	96.2	12	189	15		12.6	17.2	1
21	Lee Becton L. Becton	1,044	1993	ND	11	164	6.4	94.9	6	153	12		12.8	13.9	1
22	C.J. Prosise	1,032	2015	ND	11	156	6.6	93.8	11	308	26	35	11.8	28.0	1
23	Kyren Williams K. Williams	1,002	2021	ND	12	204	4.9	83.5	14	359	42	49	8.5	29.9	3
24	Dexter Williams D. Williams	995	2018	ND	9	158	6.3	110.6	12	133	16	22	8.3	14.8	1
25	Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	994	1977	ND	11	229	4.3	90.4	6	133	12		11.1	12.1	0

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PASS

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Carr

RUSH

119

Williams

REC

135

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PPG

46.5

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OPP PPG

6.5

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RUSH YDS/G

114.5

136th

PASS YDS/G

299.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	MSU	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	ND	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

Notre Dame

2 - 0

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Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

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Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333