#17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 10-2 in 2006. They fell to the LSU Tigers, 41 to 14, in the Sugar Bowl on January 3, 2007.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Wed 1/3	@	LSU	L 14-41
Sat 11/25	@	USC	L 24-44
Sat 11/18	vs	ARMY	W 41-9
Sat 11/11	@	AFA	W 39-17
Sat 11/4	vs	UNC	W 45-26

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,278

Quinn

RUSH YDS

1,139

Walker

REC YDS

958

Samardzija

Latest Notre Dame Fighting Irish News

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Sep 28, 2026
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2006 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	403	5,067	894	5.7	1,634	423	3.9	3,433	471	7.3	280	103	157	157	87	695
Team Rank		19th	26th	13th	40th	70th	72nd	68th	13th	7th	49th	15th	46th	10th	10th	97th	87th
Opponent	13	310	4,423		5.5	1,779	468	3.8	2,644	339	7.8	241	110	111	111	79	695
Opponent Rank		76th	78th		74th	66th	90th	54th	69th	37th	100th	84th	93rd	50th	50th	38th	25th
Net		+93	+644	+894	+0.2	-145	-45	+0.1	+789	+132	-0.5	+39	-7	+46	+46	+8	0
Net Rank		39th	33rd	13th	57th	75th	84th	65th	16th	6th	75th	29th	73rd	8th	8th	83rd	58th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,530

Sayin

1,519

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

613

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith

7

Duff

7

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.0

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

524.6

523.3

514.4

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.0

361.3

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

22.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	1	.800
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250