Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	206	3,640	785	4.6	1,909	501	3.8	1,731	284	6.1
Team Rank		75th	68th	75th	62nd	43rd	54th	39th	65th	53rd	77th
Opponent	11	174	3,123		4.1	1,050	414	2.5	2,073	346	6.0
Opponent Rank		25th	13th		16th	8th	14th	9th	67th	82nd	27th
Net		+32	+517	+785	+0.5	+859	+87	+1.3	-342	-62	+0.1
Net Rank		45th	38th	75th	32nd	25th	33rd	17th	76th	79th	56th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	118	219	53.9	19.9	1,273	5.8	115.7	3	10	98.1	1.4	4.6
Ken Karcher K. Karcher	9	16	38	42.1	4.2	228	6.0	25.3	1	1	95.9	2.6	2.6
Jim O'Hara J. O'Hara	3	15	27	55.6	9.0	230	8.5	76.7	2	0	151.6	7.4	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Phil Carter P. Carter	11	179	16.3	715	4.0	65.0	2	191	800
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	10	107	10.7	532	5.0	53.2	5	116	626
Larry Moriarty L. Moriarty	10	88	8.8	520	5.9	52.0	5	106	690
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	44	4.0	-29	-0.7	-2.6	1
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	10	30	3.0	96	3.2	9.6	0	37	139
Greg Bell G. Bell	2	24	12.0	123	5.1	61.5	1	27	143
Ken Karcher K. Karcher	9	16	1.8	-85	-5.3	-9.4	0
Rodney Morris R. Morris	6	3	0.5	28	9.3	4.7	0
Jim O'Hara J. O'Hara	3	3	1.0	-21	-7.0	-7.0	0
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	2	0.2	28	14.0	2.5	0	30	552
John Sweeney J. Sweeney	8	2	0.3	9	4.5	1.1	0	3	16
Chris Smith C. Smith	10	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	3	15
Lester Flemons L. Flemons	1	1	1.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	0
Van Pearcy V. Pearcy	10	1	0.1	-11	-11.0	-1.1	0	9	53

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tony Hunter T. Hunter	11	42	3.8	507	12.1	46.1	0
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	28	2.5	524	18.7	47.6	2	30	552
Larry Moriarty L. Moriarty	10	18	1.8	170	9.4	17.0	2	106	690
Mike Haywood M. Haywood	9	13	1.4	128	9.8	14.2	0
Phil Carter P. Carter	11	12	1.1	85	7.1	7.7	0	191	800
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	10	9	0.9	94	10.4	9.4	0	116	626
Van Pearcy V. Pearcy	10	8	0.8	64	8.0	6.4	0	9	53
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	10	7	0.7	43	6.1	4.3	0	37	139
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	7	3	0.4	47	15.7	6.7	0
Greg Bell G. Bell	2	3	1.5	20	6.7	10.0	0	27	143
Chris Smith C. Smith	10	2	0.2	11	5.5	1.1	2	3	15
Mike Favorite M. Favorite	3	1	0.3	17	17.0	5.7	0
Chris Stone C. Stone	9	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.6	0
John Sweeney J. Sweeney	8	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.9	0	3	16

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Dave Duerson D. Duerson	11	7	104	14.9
Mark Zavagnin M. Zavagnin	11	3	35	11.7
Joe Johnson J. Johnson	11	2	56	28
Chris Brown C. Brown	11	2	3	1.5
Stacey Toran S. Toran	11	2	0	0
Daane Spielmaker D. Spielmaker	11	1	4	4

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Johnston M. Johnston	11				19	19	76
Larry Moriarty L. Moriarty	10	5	2	7			42
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	10	5	0	6			36
Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	1		4			24
Phil Carter P. Carter	11	2	0	2			12
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	0	2	2			12
Jim O'Hara J. O'Hara	3	0		2			12
Chris Smith C. Smith	10	0	2	2			12
Greg Bell G. Bell	2	1	0	1			6
Ken Karcher K. Karcher	9	0		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Dave Duerson D. Duerson	11					34	245	7.2	0
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	10	14	354	25.3	1
Joe Howard J. Howard	11	5	111	22.2	0	1	-2	-2.0	0
Greg Bell G. Bell	2	3	50	16.7	0	1	12	12.0	0
Pat Ballage P. Ballage	11	2	51	25.5	0
Chris Stone C. Stone	9	2	31	15.5	0
Phil Carter P. Carter	11	1	18	18.0	0
Rodney Morris R. Morris	6	1	12	12.0	0
Tony Hunter T. Hunter	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
	Mike Johnston M. Johnston	11	19	22	86.4						19	19	100.0	76

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Blair Kiel B. Kiel	11	77	3,267	42.4
	Mike Viracola M. Viracola	2	1	42	42.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333