Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	297	4,713	799	5.9	2,627	532	4.9	2,086	267	7.8
Team Rank		24th	10th	47th	6th	17th	35th	10th	47th	62nd	16th
Opponent	11	159	3,154		4.3	1,473	454	3.2	1,681	282	6.0
Opponent Rank		13th	13th		12th	29th	34th	31st	14th	33rd	20th
Net		+138	+1,559	+799	+1.6	+1,154	+78	+1.7	+405	-15	+1.9
Net Rank		17th	6th	47th	6th	16th	30th	9th	29th	62nd	13th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	75	145	51.7	14.5	1,061	7.3	106.1	4	6	114.0	2.8	4.1
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	64	115	55.7	10.5	910	7.9	82.7	7	7	130.0	6.1	6.1
Kevin Smith K. Smith	10	1	2	50.0	0.2	15	7.5	1.5	0	0	113.0	0.0	0.0
Scott Grooms S. Grooms	1	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	59	59.0	5.4	0	0	595.6	0.0	0.0
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	29	29.0	2.6	1	0	673.6	100.0	0.0
Tom Cushing T. Cushing	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	0	200.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	252	22.9	1,394	5.5	126.7	16	280	1,682
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	77	7.0	421	5.5	38.3	1	90	563
Hiawatha Francisco H. Francisco	10	38	3.8	194	5.1	19.4	0	43	245
Greg Bell G. Bell	5	37	7.4	169	4.6	33.8	4	43	234
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	11	35	3.2	180	5.1	16.4	2	37	194
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	23	2.3	-9	-0.4	-0.9	0
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	19	1.7	-8	-0.4	-0.7	1
Dave Machtolf D. Machtolf	3	14	4.7	78	5.6	26.0	0	15	90
Lester Flemons L. Flemons	2	13	6.5	52	4.0	26.0	0
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	10	13	1.3	32	2.5	3.2	1	14	49
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	4	0.4	61	15.3	5.5	0	31	525
Scott Grooms S. Grooms	1	2	2.0	33	16.5	33.0	0
Ray Carter R. Carter	1	2	2.0	9	4.5	9.0	0
Alvin Miller A. Miller	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	0	3	62
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	24	439

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	28	2.5	288	10.3	26.2	2	280	1,682
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	27	2.5	464	17.2	42.2	2	31	525
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	11	23	2.1	438	19.0	39.8	3	24	439
Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	11	23	2.1	376	16.3	34.2	3
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	13	1.2	142	10.9	12.9	1	90	563
Mike Favorite M. Favorite	10	8	0.8	123	15.4	12.3	0
Greg Bell G. Bell	5	6	1.2	65	10.8	13.0	1	43	234
Hiawatha Francisco H. Francisco	10	5	0.5	51	10.2	5.1	0	43	245
Alonzo Jefferson A. Jefferson	11	3	0.3	47	15.7	4.3	0
Alvin Miller A. Miller	11	2	0.2	43	21.5	3.9	0	3	62
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	37	194
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	10	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.7	0	14	49
Dave Machtolf D. Machtolf	3	1	0.3	12	12.0	4.0	0	15	90
Joel Williams J. Williams	5	1	0.2	6	6.0	1.2	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Rick Naylor R. Naylor	11	3	24	8
Troy Wilson T. Wilson	11	2	43	21.5
Chris Brown C. Brown	11	2	24	12
Tony Furjanic T. Furjanic	11	2	7	3.5
Steve Lawrence S. Lawrence	11	1	43	43
Joe Johnson J. Johnson	11	1	6	6
Mike Kovaleski M. Kovaleski	11	1	5	5
Pat Ballage P. Ballage	11	1	0	0
Greg Dingens G. Dingens	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	16	2	18			108
Mike Johnston M. Johnston	11				12	33	69
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	1		8			48
Greg Bell G. Bell	5	4	1	5			30
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	0		4			24
Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	11		3	3			18
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	0	2	3			18
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	11	0	3	3			18
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	11	2	0	2			12
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	1	1	2			12
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	10	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	1	7	7.0	28	202	7.2	0
Greg Bell G. Bell	5	5	108	21.6	10	55	5.5	0
Alonzo Jefferson A. Jefferson	11	10	174	17.4	1	-2	-2.0	0
Alvin Miller A. Miller	11	7	138	19.7
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	11	2	30	15.0
John Mosley J. Mosley	11	1	-3	-3.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Johnston M. Johnston	11	12	21	57.1						33	34	97.1	69

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	43	1,704	39.6
Mike Viracola M. Viracola	2	4	136	34.0
Dave Meadows D. Meadows	4	3	125	41.7

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333