#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	382	4,840	918	5.3	2,551	621	4.1	2,289	297	7.7
Team Rank		6th	5th	3rd	22nd	38th	38th	50th	12th	25th	28th
Opponent	11	129	2,607		3.5	981	447	2.2	1,626	289	5.6
Opponent Rank		72nd	13th		7th	3rd	5th	4th	107th	138th	20th
Net		+253	+2,233	+918	+1.7	+1,570	+174	+1.9	+663	+8	+2.1
Net Rank		6th	3rd	3rd	12th	12th	6th	13th	14th	62nd	21st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Joe Montana J. Montana	9	99	189	52.4	21.0	1,604	8.5	178.2	11	8	134.4	5.8	4.2
Rusty Lisch R. Lisch	10	51	94	54.3	9.4	568	6.0	56.8	6	6	113.3	6.4	6.4
Tim Koegel T. Koegel	3	5	8	62.5	2.7	68	8.5	22.7	1	0	175.2	12.5	0.0
Gary Forystek G. Forystek	2	2	3	66.7	1.5	12	4.0	6.0	0	0	100.3	0.0	0.0
Mike Courey M. Courey	4	2	2	100.0	0.5	37	18.5	9.3	0	0	255.4	0.0	0.0
Jim Stone J. Stone	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	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	11	229	20.8	994	4.3	90.4	6	241	1,127
Dave Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	82	7.5	303	3.7	27.5	4	92	409
Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	9	80	8.9	493	6.2	54.8	6	86	589
Terry Eurick T. Eurick	11	68	6.2	291	4.3	26.5	4	80	370
Rusty Lisch R. Lisch	10	32	3.2	17	0.5	1.7	1
Joe Montana J. Montana	9	32	3.6	5	0.2	0.6	6
Jim Stone J. Stone	10	29	2.9	193	6.7	19.3	2	32	223
Steve Orsini S. Orsini	8	20	2.5	85	4.3	10.6	0	27	154
Pete Pallas P. Pallas	4	17	4.3	85	5.0	21.3	0
Dave Waymer D. Waymer	11	8	0.7	30	3.8	2.7	0	18	194
Dan Knott D. Knott	4	8	2.0	19	2.4	4.8	0
Steve Dover S. Dover	2	3	1.5	8	2.7	4.0	0
Tom Domin T. Domin	11	3	0.3	2	0.7	0.2	0	7	53
Mike Courey M. Courey	4	2	0.5	10	5.0	2.5	0
Greg Knafelc G. Knafelc	2	2	1.0	2	1.0	1.0	0
Tim Koegel T. Koegel	3	2	0.7	-3	-1.5	-1.0	0
Ted Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	11	1	0.1	21	21.0	1.9	0
Gary Forystek G. Forystek	2	1	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	0
Steve Schmitz S. Schmitz	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	4	35
Joe Restic J. Restic	11	1	0.1	-10	-10.0	-0.9	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ken MacAfee K. MacAfee	11	54	4.9	797	14.8	72.5	6
Kris Haines K. Haines	11	28	2.5	587	21.0	53.4	2
Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	11	12	1.1	133	11.1	12.1	0	241	1,127
Terry Eurick T. Eurick	11	12	1.1	79	6.6	7.2	3	80	370
Dave Waymer D. Waymer	11	10	0.9	164	16.4	14.9	1	18	194
Dave Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	10	0.9	106	10.6	9.6	1	92	409
Steve Orsini S. Orsini	8	7	0.9	69	9.9	8.6	0	27	154
Ty Dickerson T. Dickerson	8	6	0.8	98	16.3	12.3	0
Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	9	6	0.7	96	16.0	10.7	1	86	589
Tom Domin T. Domin	11	4	0.4	51	12.8	4.6	0	7	53
Steve Schmitz S. Schmitz	11	3	0.3	33	11.0	3.0	1	4	35
Jim Stone J. Stone	10	3	0.3	30	10.0	3.0	1	32	223
Speedy Hart S. Hart	6	1	0.2	31	31.0	5.2	1
Leo Driscoll L. Driscoll	1	1	1.0	6	6.0	6.0	0
Mark Czaja M. Czaja	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
Kevin Hart K. Hart	9	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Joe Restic J. Restic	11	6	25	4.2	0
Luther Bradley L. Bradley	11	5	46	9.2	0
Leroy Leopold L. Leopold	11	4	104	26	2
Ted Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	11	4	100	25	0
Bob Golic B. Golic	11	3	19	6.3	0
Tom Gibbons T. Gibbons	11	1	38	38	0
Doug Becker D. Becker	11	1	29	29	0
Randy Harrison R. Harrison	11	1	13	13	0
Dick Boushka D. Boushka	11	1	0	0	0
Jim Browner J. Browner	11	1	0	0	0
Tom Flynn T. Flynn	11	1	0	0	0
Mike Whittington M. Whittington	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Joe Montana J. Montana	9	6		17			102
Dave Reeve D. Reeve	11				12	39	75
Terry Eurick T. Eurick	11	4	3	7			42
Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	9	6	1	7			42
Rusty Lisch R. Lisch	10	1		7			42
Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	11	6	0	6			36
Ken MacAfee K. MacAfee	11		6	6			36
Dave Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	4	1	5			30
Jim Stone J. Stone	10	2	1	3			18
Kris Haines K. Haines	11		2	2			12
Leroy Leopold L. Leopold	11			2			12
Speedy Hart S. Hart	6		1	1			6
Kevin Hart K. Hart	9		1	1			6
Tim Koegel T. Koegel	3	0		1			6
Steve Schmitz S. Schmitz	11	0	1	1			6
Dave Waymer D. Waymer	11	0	1	1			6
Joe Unis J. Unis	11					3	3

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Ted Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	11					18	82	4.6	0
Steve Schmitz S. Schmitz	11	3	36	12.0	0	14	127	9.1	0
Terry Eurick T. Eurick	11	9	211	23.4	0
Randy Harrison R. Harrison	11	3	46	15.3	0	6	36	6.0	0
Jim Browner J. Browner	11	8	133	16.6	0
Bob Golic B. Golic	11					1	16	16.0	0
Mark Czaja M. Czaja	11	1	9	9.0	0
Rick Buehner R. Buehner	11					1	7	7.0	0
Kevin Hart K. Hart	9	1	7	7.0	0
Dave Waymer D. Waymer	11					1	4	4.0	0
Tom Gibbons T. Gibbons	11					1	1	1.0	0
Ernie Hughes E. Hughes	11	1	1	1.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Dave Reeve D. Reeve	11	12	20	60.0						39	44	88.6	75
	Joe Unis J. Unis	11									3	4	75.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Joe Restic J. Restic	11	45	1,713	38.1
	Kevin Muno K. Muno	1	6	214	35.7

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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

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

	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

	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