Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 7-2-1 in 1951.

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/1	@	USC	W 19-12
Sat 11/24	vs	IOWA	T 20-20
Sat 11/17	@	UNC	W 12-7
Sat 11/10	@	MSU	L 0-35
Sat 11/3	@	NAVY	W 19-0

1951 Stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	241	3,267	773	4.2	2,100	593	3.5	1,167	180	6.5
Team Rank		28th	9th	2nd	13th	8th	2nd	14th	7th	10th	7th
Opponent	10	122	2,512		4.0	1,294	409	3.2	1,218	220	5.5
Opponent Rank		86th	11th		11th	9th	2nd	9th	16th	15th	7th
Net		+119	+755	+773	+0.2	+806	+184	+0.4	-51	-40	+0.9
Net Rank		19th	7th	2nd	16th	5th	4th	13th	10th	15th	10th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,053

Stokes

989

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

419

Duff

400

Smith

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

6

Carter

6

Hawkins

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

396.5

368.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

340.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	1	.667
2	Boise State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	2	.333
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	3	.000
8	Washington State	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	2	.333
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
9	Ohio	1	2	.333
10	Toledo	2	1	.667
11	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	North Texas	1	2	.333
7	Rice	1	2	.333
8	Temple	1	2	.333
9	Tulane	1	2	.333
10	UAB	1	2	.333
11	Charlotte	0	3	.000
12	East Carolina	1	2	.333
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	3	0	1.000
3	Iowa	3	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	1	.667
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	1	.667
7	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	3	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
13	Illinois	2	1	.667
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	2	.333
3	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
4	Liberty	2	1	.667
5	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
6	Missouri State	1	2	.333
7	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

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