#13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	12	426	5,467	830	6.6	3,229	584	5.5	2,238	246	9.1
Team Rank		7th	6th	25th	4th	5th	13th	2nd	40th	78th	3rd
Opponent	12	261	4,588		5.3	2,458	547	4.5	2,130	316	6.7
Opponent Rank		59th	90th		73rd	98th	98th	89th	59th	66th	43rd
Net		+165	+879	+830	+1.3	+771	+37	+1.0	+108	-70	+2.4
Net Rank		14th	23rd	25th	16th	23rd	45th	23rd	50th	84th	6th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	12	132	234	56.4	19.5	2,117	9.0	176.4	18	10	149.2	7.7	4.3
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	3	5	8	62.5	2.7	46	5.8	15.3	0	0	110.8	0.0	0.0
Paul Failla P. Failla	7	2	2	100.0	0.3	17	8.5	2.4	0	0	171.4	0.0	0.0
Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	42	42.0	4.2	0	0	452.8	0.0	0.0
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	12	1	1	100.0	0.1	16	16.0	1.3	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	12	168	14.0	972	5.8	81.0	16	185	1,162
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	12	147	12.3	894	6.1	74.5	5	158	1,020
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	101	9.2	550	5.4	50.0	2	107	626
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	12	75	6.3	306	4.1	25.5	9	76	322
Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	9	18	2.0	122	6.8	13.6	2	19	126
Willie Clark W. Clark	7	18	2.6	114	6.3	16.3	1
Lee Becton L. Becton	4	15	3.8	62	4.1	15.5	0
Ryan Mihalko R. Mihalko	7	14	2.0	62	4.4	8.9	1
Paul Failla P. Failla	7	10	1.4	29	2.9	4.1	0
Ray Zellars R. Zellars	2	6	3.0	51	8.5	25.5	0
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	3	4	1.3	30	7.5	10.0	1
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	10	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.3	0	25	446
George Poorman G. Poorman	1	1	1.0	10	10.0	10.0	0
Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	10	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	0
Clint Johnson C. Johnson	3	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	2	1	0.5	3	3.0	1.5	0
Rick Lozano R. Lozano	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0
Travis Davis T. Davis	1	1	1.0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tony Smith T. Smith	10	42	4.2	789	18.8	78.9	4
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	10	24	2.4	433	18.0	43.3	1	25	446
Derek Brown D. Brown	9	22	2.4	325	14.8	36.1	4
Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	12	17	1.4	190	11.2	15.8	4	185	1,162
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	12	11	0.9	126	11.5	10.5	1	158	1,020
Irv Smith I. Smith	4	6	1.5	86	14.3	21.5	3
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	6	0.5	76	12.7	6.9	0	107	626
Ray Griggs R. Griggs	4	5	1.3	66	13.2	16.5	0
William Pollard W. Pollard	2	2	1.0	50	25.0	25.0	1
Oscar McBride O. McBride	2	2	1.0	18	9.0	9.0	0
Greg Davis G. Davis	12	1	0.1	42	42.0	3.5	0
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	12	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.3	0	76	322
Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	9	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	19	126

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Tom Carter T. Carter	12	5	79	15.8	1
Rod Smith R. Smith	12	3	0	0	0
Jeff Burris J. Burris	9	2	0	0	0
Demetrius DuBose D. DuBose	12	1	49	49	1
Willie Clark W. Clark	7	1	25	25	0
LeShane Saddler L. Saddler	12	1	12	12	0
Greg Davis G. Davis	12	1	0	0	0
Germaine Holden G. Holden	12	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	12	9	0	27			162
Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	12	16	4	20			120
Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	10	0		0	5	48	63
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	12	5	1	6			36
Derek Brown D. Brown	9		4	4			24
Tony Smith T. Smith	10		4	4			24
Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	9	2	0	3			18
Irv Smith I. Smith	4		3	3			18
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	2	0	2			12
Rob Leonard R. Leonard	3				0	7	7
Tom Carter T. Carter	12			1			6
Willie Clark W. Clark	7	1		1			6
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	10	0	1	1			6
Demetrius DuBose D. DuBose	12			1			6
Clint Johnson C. Johnson	3	0		1			6
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	3	1		1			6
Ryan Mihalko R. Mihalko	7	1		1			6
William Pollard W. Pollard	2		1	1			6
Drew Marsh D. Marsh	2					2	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Burris J. Burris	9	3	54	18.0	0	18	227	12.6	0
Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	9	9	198	22.0	0	1	26	26.0	1
Clint Johnson C. Johnson	3	9	217	24.1	1
Willie Clark W. Clark	7	5	85	17.0	0
Michael Miller M. Miller	1	3	19	6.3	0	1	5	5.0	0
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	3	56	18.7	0
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	2	2	25	12.5	0
Brian Ratigan B. Ratigan	12	1	7	7.0	0
Jim Flanigan J. Flanigan	12	1	3	3.0	0
Dean Lytle D. Lytle	12	1	0	0.0	0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	10	5	8	62.5	48	48	100.0	63
Rob Leonard R. Leonard	3	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	7
Drew Marsh D. Marsh	2				2	2	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	10	23	986	42.9
	Jim Sexton J. Sexton	12	18	626	34.8

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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

7.0

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

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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