#14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	283	4,238	766	5.5	3,043	594	5.1	1,195	172	6.9
Team Rank		21st	17th	71st	8th	7th	32nd	3rd	85th	96th	27th
Opponent	10	152	2,571		3.8	1,427	481	3.0	1,144	201	5.7
Opponent Rank		79th	12th		10th	23rd	27th	19th	20th	24th	31st
Net		+131	+1,667	+766	+1.8	+1,616	+113	+2.2	+51	-29	+1.3
Net Rank		15th	7th	71st	6th	8th	26th	4th	57th	80th	23rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tom Clements T. Clements	10	83	162	51.2	16.2	1,163	7.2	116.3	8	12	113.0	4.9	7.4
Cliff Brown C. Brown	10	2	7	28.6	0.7	32	4.6	3.2	0	0	67.0	0.0	0.0
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	8	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Etter B. Etter	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Samuel A. Samuel	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Eric Penick E. Penick	9	124	13.8	727	5.9	80.8	5	126	736
Andy Huff A. Huff	10	115	11.5	567	4.9	56.7	10	124	669
Tom Clements T. Clements	10	86	8.6	341	4.0	34.1	4
Gary Diminick G. Diminick	10	71	7.1	377	5.3	37.7	2	85	520
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	8	62	7.8	319	5.1	39.9	1	66	372
John Cieszkowski J. Cieszkowski	8	54	6.8	212	3.9	26.5	3	58	252
Wayne Bullock W. Bullock	9	27	3.0	123	4.6	13.7	0	29	155
Art Best A. Best	4	17	4.3	158	9.3	39.5	2
Al Samuel A. Samuel	9	14	1.6	41	2.9	4.6	1
Russ Kornman R. Kornman	4	10	2.5	79	7.9	19.8	0
Ron Goodman R. Goodman	4	4	1.0	-3	-0.8	-0.8	0
Cliff Brown C. Brown	10	3	0.3	-12	-4.0	-1.2	0
Jim Roolf J. Roolf	5	2	0.4	49	24.5	9.8	0	8	157
Willie Townsend W. Townsend	9	2	0.2	43	21.5	4.8	0	27	412
Pete Demmerle P. Demmerle	5	1	0.2	23	23.0	4.6	0
Bob Washington B. Washington	4	1	0.3	8	8.0	2.0	0	2	20
Bill Etter B. Etter	1	1	1.0	-9	-9.0	-9.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Willie Townsend W. Townsend	9	25	2.8	369	14.8	41.0	4	27	412
Mike Creaney M. Creaney	10	17	1.7	321	18.9	32.1	2
Gary Diminick G. Diminick	10	14	1.4	143	10.2	14.3	1	85	520
Andy Huff A. Huff	10	9	0.9	102	11.3	10.2	0	124	669
Jim Roolf J. Roolf	5	6	1.2	108	18.0	21.6	1	8	157
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	8	4	0.5	53	13.3	6.6	0	66	372
John Cieszkowski J. Cieszkowski	8	4	0.5	40	10.0	5.0	0	58	252
Wayne Bullock W. Bullock	9	2	0.2	32	16.0	3.6	0	29	155
Eric Penick E. Penick	9	2	0.2	9	4.5	1.0	0	126	736
Bob Washington B. Washington	4	1	0.3	12	12.0	3.0	0	2	20
Dave Casper D. Casper	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Tom Clements T. Clements	10	4		12	72
Andy Huff A. Huff	10	10	0	10	60
Eric Penick E. Penick	9	5	0	5	30
Willie Townsend W. Townsend	9	0	4	4	24
John Cieszkowski J. Cieszkowski	8	3	0	3	18
Gary Diminick G. Diminick	10	2	1	3	18
Art Best A. Best	4	2		2	12
Mike Creaney M. Creaney	10		2	2	12
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	8	1	0	1	6
Jim Roolf J. Roolf	5	0	1	1	6
Al Samuel A. Samuel	9	1		1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
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	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	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	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	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	3	1	.750
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	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250