#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	258	4,355	832	5.2	2,299	561	4.1	2,056	271	7.6
Team Rank		43rd	21st	37th	22nd	51st	70th	43rd	21st	38th	22nd
Opponent	11	163	3,572		4.4	1,537	490	3.1	2,035	317	6.4
Opponent Rank		31st	61st		54th	22nd	20th	27th	132nd	133rd	65th
Net		+95	+783	+832	+0.8	+762	+71	+1.0	+21	-46	+1.2
Net Rank		32nd	38th	37th	33rd	32nd	39th	30th	65th	97th	33rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Joe Montana J. Montana	11	141	260	54.2	23.6	2,010	7.7	182.7	10	9	124.9	3.8	3.5
Tim Koegel T. Koegel	4	4	8	50.0	2.0	50	6.3	12.5	0	0	102.5	0.0	0.0
Greg Knafelc G. Knafelc	9	1	2	50.0	0.2	-4	-2.0	-0.4	0	0	33.2	0.0	0.0
Joe Restic J. Restic	11	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
Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	11	211	19.2	1,192	5.6	108.4	7	231	1,363
Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	10	178	17.8	728	4.1	72.8	4	191	841
Joe Montana J. Montana	11	72	6.5	104	1.4	9.5	6
Jim Stone J. Stone	11	28	2.5	109	3.9	9.9	1	36	178
Pete Buchanan P. Buchanan	11	22	2.0	67	3.0	6.1	2	25	85
Pete Pallas P. Pallas	10	16	1.6	82	5.1	8.2	0	20	146
Dave Mitchell D. Mitchell	8	12	1.5	38	3.2	4.8	0	13	49
Mike Courey M. Courey	5	4	0.8	-10	-2.5	-2.0	0
Tim Koegel T. Koegel	4	4	1.0	-19	-4.8	-4.8	0
Ty Barber T. Barber	8	3	0.4	6	2.0	0.8	0	4	2
Tony Belden T. Belden	11	3	0.3	5	1.7	0.5	0
Greg Knafelc G. Knafelc	9	3	0.3	2	0.7	0.2	0
Dean Masztak D. Masztak	11	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0	15	239
Pete Holohan P. Holohan	10	2	0.2	-12	-6.0	-1.2	0	22	289
Mike Boushka M. Boushka	3	1	0.3	4	4.0	1.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kris Haines K. Haines	11	32	2.9	699	21.8	63.5	5
Pete Holohan P. Holohan	10	20	2.0	301	15.1	30.1	1	22	289
Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	11	20	1.8	171	8.6	15.5	1	231	1,363
Dennis Grindinger D. Grindinger	11	16	1.5	177	11.1	16.1	2
Dean Masztak D. Masztak	11	13	1.2	236	18.2	21.5	0	15	239
Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	10	13	1.3	113	8.7	11.3	0	191	841
Jim Stone J. Stone	11	8	0.7	69	8.6	6.3	0	36	178
Dave Condeni D. Condeni	9	7	0.8	87	12.4	9.7	0
Kevin Hart K. Hart	11	5	0.5	60	12.0	5.5	0
Pete Pallas P. Pallas	10	4	0.4	64	16.0	6.4	1	20	146
Pete Buchanan P. Buchanan	11	3	0.3	18	6.0	1.6	0	25	85
Nick Vehr N. Vehr	9	2	0.2	38	19.0	4.2	0
Lou Pagley L. Pagley	4	1	0.3	16	16.0	4.0	0
Dave Mitchell D. Mitchell	8	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.4	0	13	49
Ty Barber T. Barber	8	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.5	0	4	2

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Joe Restic J. Restic	11	3	59	19.7	1
Tom Gibbons T. Gibbons	11	3	48	16	0
Dave Waymer D. Waymer	11	3	10	3.3	0
Jim Browner J. Browner	11	2	64	32	1
Bob Golic B. Golic	11	2	3	1.5	0
Randy Harrison R. Harrison	11	1	34	34	0
Pete Johnson P. Johnson	11	1	0	0	0
Steve Heimkreiter S. Heimkreiter	11	1	-2	-2	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Joe Montana J. Montana	11	6		16			96
Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	11	7	1	8			48
Chuck Male C. Male	10				9	14	41
Kris Haines K. Haines	11		5	5			30
Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	10	4	0	4			24
Joe Unis J. Unis	8				3	12	21
Pete Buchanan P. Buchanan	11	2	0	2			12
Dennis Grindinger D. Grindinger	11		2	2			12
Jim Browner J. Browner	11			1			6
Pete Holohan P. Holohan	10	0	1	1			6
Pete Pallas P. Pallas	10	0	1	1			6
Joe Restic J. Restic	11			1			6
Jim Stone J. Stone	11	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Dave Waymer D. Waymer	11	2	25	12.5	0	25	175	7.0	0
Jim Stone J. Stone	11	13	242	18.6	0
Randy Harrison R. Harrison	11	5	79	15.8	0	7	4	0.6	0
Tony Belden T. Belden	11	3	37	12.3	0
Tom Gibbons T. Gibbons	11					3	18	6.0	0
Dave Mitchell D. Mitchell	8	2	42	21.0	0
Pete Pallas P. Pallas	10	2	23	11.5	0
Ty Barber T. Barber	8	1	23	23.0	0
Dean Masztak D. Masztak	11	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Chuck Male C. Male	10	9	12	75.0						14	14	100.0	41
	Joe Unis J. Unis	8	3	8	37.5						12	12	100.0	21

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Joe Restic J. Restic	11	61	2,330	38.2

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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