Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	279	3,701	784	4.7	1,616	510	3.2	2,085	274	7.6
Team Rank		36th	57th	60th	63rd	70th	43rd	80th	36th	57th	28th
Opponent	11	212	3,500		4.6	1,917	520	3.7	1,583	243	6.5
Opponent Rank		44th	31st		33rd	65th	77th	56th	12th	13th	49th
Net		+67	+201	+784	+0.1	-301	-10	-0.5	+502	+31	+1.1
Net Rank		36th	49th	60th	50th	75th	62nd	77th	19th	34th	32nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	140	232	60.3	23.2	1,920	8.3	192.0	7	18	124.3	3.0	7.8
Scott Grooms S. Grooms	3	14	39	35.9	13.0	134	3.4	44.7	1	1	68.1	2.6	2.6
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	30	15.0	2.7	1	0	391.0	50.0	0.0
Mike Viracola M. Viracola	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	0	108.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	275	25.0	1,105	4.0	100.5	17	294	1,362
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	61	5.5	260	4.3	23.6	0	70	327
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	58	5.8	-75	-1.3	-7.5	0	59	-69
Alonzo Jefferson A. Jefferson	8	35	4.4	112	3.2	14.0	3	38	152
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	11	34	3.1	131	3.9	11.9	3	35	144
Lester Flemons L. Flemons	5	16	3.2	37	2.3	7.4	0
Scott Grooms S. Grooms	3	14	4.7	-19	-1.4	-6.3	0
Ian DeHueck I. DeHueck	2	4	2.0	12	3.0	6.0	0
Frank Stams F. Stams	10	3	0.3	8	2.7	0.8	0
Tom Monahan T. Monahan	10	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.7	0
Dave Machtolf D. Machtolf	1	2	2.0	3	1.5	3.0	0
Ray Carter R. Carter	2	2	1.0	1	0.5	0.5	0
Tim Brown T. Brown	11	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.3	0	29	354
Alvin Miller A. Miller	2	1	0.5	13	13.0	6.5	0	2	28
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	1.0	0
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	10	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	29	359

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	11	32	2.9	395	12.3	35.9	1
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	10	28	2.8	363	13.0	36.3	4	29	359
Tim Brown T. Brown	11	28	2.5	340	12.1	30.9	1	29	354
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	19	1.7	257	13.5	23.4	1	294	1,362
Joe Howard J. Howard	10	13	1.3	212	16.3	21.2	0
Ricky Gray R. Gray	11	13	1.2	159	12.2	14.5	0
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	9	0.8	67	7.4	6.1	0	70	327
Reggie Ward R. Ward	9	6	0.7	194	32.3	21.6	1
Alonzo Jefferson A. Jefferson	8	3	0.4	40	13.3	5.0	0	38	152
Joel Williams J. Williams	7	2	0.3	17	8.5	2.4	0
Alvin Miller A. Miller	2	1	0.5	15	15.0	7.5	0	2	28
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0	35	144
Pat Cusack P. Cusack	10	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	0
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	1	59	-69

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Pat Ballage P. Ballage	11	3	41	13.7
Steve Lawrence S. Lawrence	11	2	26	13
Rick DiBernardo R. DiBernardo	11	2	13	6.5
Mike Haywood M. Haywood	11	2	2	1
Troy Wilson T. Wilson	11	2	0	0
Mike Larkin M. Larkin	11	1	6	6
Hiawatha Francisco H. Francisco	11	1	-2	-2

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	11	17	1	19			114
John Carney J. Carney	11				17	25	76
Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	10	0	1	8			48
Milt Jackson M. Jackson	10	0	4	4			24
Mark Brooks M. Brooks	11	3	0	3			18
Alonzo Jefferson A. Jefferson	8	3	0	3			18
Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	11		1	1			6
Tim Brown T. Brown	11	0	1	1			6
Scott Grooms S. Grooms	3	0		1			6
Reggie Ward R. Ward	9		1	1			6
Pat Chura P. Chura	11				1	1	4
Hal Von Wyl H. Von Wyl	11					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Joe Howard J. Howard	10	4	58	14.5	0	19	142	7.5	0
Alonzo Jefferson A. Jefferson	8	11	229	20.8	0	4	17	4.3	0
Troy Wilson T. Wilson	11					11	84	7.6	0
Hiawatha Francisco H. Francisco	11	6	178	29.7	0	1	5	5.0	0
Tim Brown T. Brown	11	7	121	17.3	0
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	3	43	14.3	0
Alvin Miller A. Miller	2	1	21	21.0	0
Brandy Wells B. Wells	11	1	16	16.0	0
Mike Haywood M. Haywood	11					1	7	7.0	0
Pat Cusack P. Cusack	10	1	5	5.0	0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
John Carney J. Carney	11	17	19	89.5	25	25	100.0	76
Pat Chura P. Chura	11	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	4
Hal Von Wyl H. Von Wyl	11				1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Mike Viracola M. Viracola	11	44	1,732	39.4
	Hal Von Wyl H. Von Wyl	11	1	28	28.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333