#17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	403	5,067	894	5.7	1,634	423	3.9	3,433	471	7.3	280	103	157	157	87	695
Team Rank		19th	26th	13th	40th	70th	72nd	68th	13th	7th	49th	15th	46th	10th	10th	97th	87th
Opponent	13	310	4,423		5.5	1,779	468	3.8	2,644	339	7.8	241	110	111	111	79	695
Opponent Rank		76th	78th		74th	66th	90th	54th	69th	37th	100th	84th	93rd	50th	50th	38th	25th
Net		+93	+644	+894	+0.2	-145	-45	+0.1	+789	+132	-0.5	+39	-7	+46	+46	+8	0
Net Rank		39th	33rd	13th	57th	75th	84th	65th	16th	6th	75th	29th	73rd	8th	8th	83rd	58th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Brady Quinn B. Quinn	13	289	467	61.9	35.9	3,426	7.3	263.5	37	7	146.7	7.9	1.5
Evan Sharpley E. Sharpley	4	1	2	50.0	0.5	7	3.5	1.8	0	0	79.4	0.0	0.0
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	13	0	2	0.0	0.2	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
Darius Walker D. Walker	13	255	19.6	1,267	5.0	97.5	7	311	1,658
Brady Quinn B. Quinn	13	82	6.3	71	0.9	5.5	2
James Aldridge J. Aldridge	7	37	5.3	142	3.8	20.3	0
Munir Prince M. Prince	6	15	2.5	21	1.4	3.5	0
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	9	12	1.3	81	6.8	9.0	2
Asaph Schwapp A. Schwapp	2	4	2.0	15	3.8	7.5	0
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	13	4	0.3	6	1.5	0.5	1	82	1,023
Ashley McConnell A. McConnell	6	3	0.5	6	2.0	1.0	0	5	14
John Lyons J. Lyons	1	2	2.0	14	7.0	14.0	0
Evan Sharpley E. Sharpley	4	2	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0
George West G. West	12	1	0.1	11	11.0	0.9	1	3	25
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	13	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.4	0	68	912
David Grimes D. Grimes	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	1	27	338

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	13	78	6.0	1,017	13.0	78.2	12	82	1,023
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	13	67	5.2	907	13.5	69.8	15	68	912
Darius Walker D. Walker	13	56	4.3	391	7.0	30.1	1	311	1,658
John Carlson J. Carlson	11	47	4.3	634	13.5	57.6	4
David Grimes D. Grimes	11	26	2.4	336	12.9	30.5	2	27	338
Marcus Freeman M. Freeman	8	9	1.1	98	10.9	12.3	2
Chase Anastasio C. Anastasio	3	2	0.7	21	10.5	7.0	0
George West G. West	12	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.2	0	3	25
Ashley McConnell A. McConnell	6	2	0.3	8	4.0	1.3	1	5	14
Robby Parris R. Parris	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Maurice Crum M. Crum	13	47	53	100	10		1	0	0	0
Chinedum Ndukwe C. Ndukwe	13	58	40	98	3		2	52	26	0
Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	12	44	35	79	1
Derek Landri D. Landri	13			65	16
Trevor Laws T. Laws	13	22	40	62	9		1	0	0	0
Joe Brockington J. Brockington	10	23	36	59	2
Mike Richardson M. Richardson	13	34	21	55	6		4	21	5.3	0
Victor Abiamiri V. Abiamiri	12	25	17	42	14	10.5
Terrail Lambert T. Lambert	10	30	10	40	1		3	27	9	1
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	9	22	13	35	5
Chris Frome C. Frome	12	10	21	31	2
Ambrose Wooden A. Wooden	7	17	4	21	0
David Bruton D. Bruton	7	12	6	18	1
Ray Herring R. Herring	7			18	0
Nick Borseti N. Borseti	10			14	1
Ronald Talley R. Talley	5	1	11	12	0
Casey Cullen C. Cullen	7			11	0
Travis Leitko T. Leitko	7	6	4	10	1
Mitchell Thomas M. Thomas	5			10	0
Toryan Smith T. Smith	5	6	3	9	0
Leo Ferrine L. Ferrine	6			9	0
Kyle McCarthy K. McCarthy	7			9	0
Steve Quinn S. Quinn	9			8	0
Patrick Kuntz P. Kuntz	3	5	2	7	0
Justin Brown J. Brown	4			6	2
Sergio Brown S. Brown	3	3	1	4	0
John Carlson J. Carlson	11	3	1	4	0
Raeshon McNeil R. McNeil	4			4	0
John Ryan J. Ryan	4			4	1
Darrin Walls D. Walls	5			4	0
Marcus Freeman M. Freeman	8			3	0
Geoff Price G. Price	12			3	0
Junior Jabbie J. Jabbie	2	2	0	2	0
Bobby Renkes B. Renkes	1	1	0	1	0
Anthony Vernaglia A. Vernaglia	1	1	0	1	0
Dwight Stephenson D. Stephenson	1	0	1	1	0
Ryan Burkhart R. Burkhart	2			1	0
Carl Gioia C. Gioia	13			1	0
David Grimes D. Grimes	11			1	0
J.J. Jansen	2			1	0
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	13			1	0
George West G. West	12			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	13	0	15	15			90
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	13	1	12	13			78
Carl Gioia C. Gioia	13			0	8	49	73
Darius Walker D. Walker	13	7	1	8			48
John Carlson J. Carlson	11		4	4			24
David Grimes D. Grimes	11	1	2	3			18
Marcus Freeman M. Freeman	8		2	2			12
Terrail Lambert T. Lambert	10			2			12
Brady Quinn B. Quinn	13	2		2			12
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	9	2		2			12
Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	12			2			12
Ashley McConnell A. McConnell	6	0	1	1			6
George West G. West	12	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
David Grimes D. Grimes	11	21	514	24.5	0
Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	12	5	107	21.4	0	16	144	9.0	1
George West G. West	12	12	251	20.9	0	4	20	5.0	0
Darrin Walls D. Walls	5	5	84	16.8	0
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	13					2	4	2.0	0
Travis Leitko T. Leitko	7	1	9	9.0	0
Steve Quinn S. Quinn	9					1	1	1.0	0
Nick Possley N. Possley	1	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
	Carl Gioia C. Gioia	13	8	13	61.5						49	54	90.7	73

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Geoff Price G. Price	12	50	2,272	45.4
	Brady Quinn B. Quinn	13	1	37	37.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

53.5

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

532.8

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
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	2	.600
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	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	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	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	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	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	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	3	1	.750
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