#4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	261	3,853	729	5.3	2,393	551	4.3	1,460	178	8.2
Team Rank		12th	2nd	2nd	5th	5th	2nd	11th	1st	1st	3rd
Opponent	10	115	2,180		4.0	1,094	354	3.1	1,086	187	5.8
Opponent Rank		79th	10th		11th	6th	2nd	5th	22nd	21st	16th
Net		+146	+1,673	+729	+1.3	+1,299	+197	+1.3	+374	-9	+2.4
Net Rank		16th	1st	2nd	8th	4th	1st	8th	3rd	9th	5th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Ralph Guglielmi R. Guglielmi	10	68	127	53.5	12.7	1,160	9.1	116.0	6	7	134.8	4.7	5.5
Paul Hornung P. Hornung	10	5	19	26.3	1.9	36	1.9	3.6	0	0	42.2	0.0	0.0
Tom Carey T. Carey	10	9	17	52.9	1.7	172	10.1	17.2	4	1	203.8	23.5	5.9
Jim Bigelow J. Bigelow	10	2	4	50.0	0.4	28	7.0	2.8	0	1	58.8	0.0	25.0
Joe Heap J. Heap	10	3	3	100.0	0.3	32	10.7	3.2	1	0	299.6	33.3	0.0
Jim Morse J. Morse	10	0	3	0.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Reynolds P. Reynolds	10	1	2	50.0	0.2	20	10.0	2.0	0	1	34.0	0.0	50.0
Dean Studer D. Studer	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	10	10.0	1.0	0	0	184.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Keller D. Keller	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sherrill Sipes S. Sipes	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Don Schaefer D. Schaefer	10	141	14.1	766	5.4	76.6	144	826
Joe Heap J. Heap	10	110	11.0	594	5.4	59.4	128	963
Ralph Guglielmi R. Guglielmi	10	79	7.9	95	1.2	9.5
Jim Morse J. Morse	10	68	6.8	345	5.1	34.5	83	581
Dean Studer D. Studer	10	30	3.0	151	5.0	15.1	31	198
Paul Reynolds P. Reynolds	10	29	2.9	113	3.9	11.3	33	164
Paul Hornung P. Hornung	10	23	2.3	159	6.9	15.9
Tom Carey T. Carey	10	19	1.9	25	1.3	2.5
Dick Fitzgerald D. Fitzgerald	10	13	1.3	26	2.0	2.6	15	63
Nick Raich N. Raich	10	11	1.1	29	2.6	2.9	12	13
Sherrill Sipes S. Sipes	10	10	1.0	28	2.8	2.8	12	66
Jack Witucki J. Witucki	10	9	0.9	39	4.3	3.9	10	49
Frank Pinn F. Pinn	10	5	0.5	15	3.0	1.5
John Gaffney J. Gaffney	10	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3
Jim Milota J. Milota	10	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4
John McDonnell J. McDonnell	10	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Joe Heap J. Heap	10	18	1.8	369	20.5	36.9	0	128	963
Paul Matz P. Matz	10	16	1.6	224	14.0	22.4	1
Jim Morse J. Morse	10	15	1.5	236	15.7	23.6	3	83	581
Dan Shannon D. Shannon	10	11	1.1	215	19.5	21.5	3
Bob Scannell B. Scannell	10	5	0.5	63	12.6	6.3	0
Gene Kapish G. Kapish	10	4	0.4	79	19.8	7.9	1
Paul Reynolds P. Reynolds	10	4	0.4	51	12.8	5.1	0	33	164
Don Schaefer D. Schaefer	10	3	0.3	60	20.0	6.0	0	144	826
Jim Munro J. Munro	10	3	0.3	32	10.7	3.2	2
Sherrill Sipes S. Sipes	10	2	0.2	38	19.0	3.8	1	12	66
Dick Fitzgerald D. Fitzgerald	10	2	0.2	37	18.5	3.7	0	15	63
Dean Studer D. Studer	10	1	0.1	47	47.0	4.7	0	31	198
Pete Noznesky P. Noznesky	10	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.1	0
Jack Witucki J. Witucki	10	1	0.1	10	10.0	1.0	0	10	49
Don George D. George	10	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
Dick Szymanski D. Szymanski	10	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
Nick Raich N. Raich	10	1	0.1	-16	-16.0	-1.6	0	12	13

Scoring	GP	REC	TOT	PTS
Ralph Guglielmi R. Guglielmi	10		6	36
Tom Carey T. Carey	10		4	24
Jim Morse J. Morse	10	3	3	18
Dan Shannon D. Shannon	10	3	3	18
Jim Munro J. Munro	10	2	2	12
Joe Heap J. Heap	10	0	1	6
Gene Kapish G. Kapish	10	1	1	6
Paul Matz P. Matz	10	1	1	6
Sherrill Sipes S. Sipes	10	1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333