#9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	440	5,728	945	6.1	1,765	491	3.6	3,963	454	8.7	22	314	126	169	169	77	667
Team Rank		10th	8th	7th	24th	51st	27th	80th	5th	16th	8th	44th	5th	25th	6th	6th	62nd	62nd
Opponent	12	294	4,763	844	5.9	1,588	403	3.9	3,175	410	7.7	31	239	82	137	137	71	554
Opponent Rank		54th	91st	56th	95th	46th	19th	62nd	107th	90th	97th	26th	72nd	23rd	102nd	102nd	85th	96th
Net		+146	+965	+101	+0.2	+177	+88	-0.3	+788	+44	+1.0	-9	+75	+44	+32	+32	+6	+113
Net Rank		17th	18th	3rd	49th	49th	19th	72nd	16th	31st	30th	28th	5th	17th	18th	18th	76th	89th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Brady Quinn B. Quinn	12	292	450	64.9	37.5	3,919	8.7	326.6	32	7	158.4	7.1	1.6
David Wolke D. Wolke	2	1	3	33.3	1.5	28	9.3	14.0	0	1	45.1	0.0	33.3
Marty Mooney M. Mooney	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	16	16.0	16.0	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darius Walker D. Walker	12	253	21.1	1,196	4.7	99.7	9	296	1,547
Brady Quinn B. Quinn	12	70	5.8	90	1.3	7.5	1
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	10	62	6.2	251	4.0	25.1	5	64	260
Rashon Powers-Neal R. Powers-Neal	4	31	7.8	100	3.2	25.0	6	40	190
Asaph Schwapp A. Schwapp	9	27	3.0	67	2.5	7.4	0	30	89
Jeff Jenkins J. Jenkins	5	19	3.8	56	2.9	11.2	0
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	12	9	0.8	13	1.4	1.1	0	86	1,262
David Grimes D. Grimes	8	2	0.3	8	4.0	1.0	0	4	27
Maurice Stovall M. Stovall	12	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0	71	1,150
Justin Hoskins J. Hoskins	5	2	0.4	-1	-0.5	-0.2	0
David Wolke D. Wolke	2	1	0.5	22	22.0	11.0	0
Ashley McConnell A. McConnell	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	2	1	0.5	-7	-7.0	-3.5	0	6	62

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	12	77	6.4	1,249	16.2	104.1	15	86	1,262
Maurice Stovall M. Stovall	12	69	5.8	1,149	16.7	95.8	11	71	1,150
Anthony Fasano A. Fasano	12	47	3.9	576	12.3	48.0	2
Darius Walker D. Walker	12	43	3.6	351	8.2	29.3	2	296	1,547
Matt Shelton M. Shelton	10	28	2.8	329	11.8	32.9	0
Rashon Powers-Neal R. Powers-Neal	4	9	2.3	90	10.0	22.5	0	40	190
John Carlson J. Carlson	10	7	0.7	56	8.0	5.6	1
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	2	5	2.5	69	13.8	34.5	1	6	62
Asaph Schwapp A. Schwapp	9	3	0.3	22	7.3	2.4	0	30	89
David Grimes D. Grimes	8	2	0.3	19	9.5	2.4	0	4	27
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	10	2	0.2	9	4.5	0.9	0	64	260
Rob Woods R. Woods	1	1	1.0	28	28.0	28.0	0
Michael O'Hara M. O'Hara	1	1	1.0	16	16.0	16.0	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Brandon Hoyte B. Hoyte	12	50	42	92	17
Corey Mays C. Mays	12	40	40	80	12	5.0
Ambrose Wooden A. Wooden	12	60	14	74	0		2	41	20.5	0
Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	12	41	30	71	1		5	136	27.2	2
Mike Richardson M. Richardson	12	50	16	66	6		3	16	5.3	0
Maurice Crum M. Crum	12	31	26	57	4
Chinedum Ndukwe C. Ndukwe	12	29	23	52	2		2	14	7	0
Victor Abiamiri V. Abiamiri	12	34	14	48	16
Derek Landri D. Landri	11	16	27	43	8
Trevor Laws T. Laws	11	8	25	33	3
Ronald Talley R. Talley	9	9	14	23	2
Leo Ferrine L. Ferrine	10	16	6	22	2		1	16	16	1
Brian Beidatsch B. Beidatsch	8			14	2
David Bruton D. Bruton	7	9	4	13	0
John Carlson J. Carlson	10	8	5	13	0
Justin Brown J. Brown	8			12	1
Joe Brockington J. Brockington	8			9	1
Anthony Salvador A. Salvador	7			9	0
Chase Anastasio C. Anastasio	6			8	0
Casey Cullen C. Cullen	9			8	0
Terrail Lambert T. Lambert	6			8	0
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	10			7	0
Jake Carney J. Carney	5	4	2	6	0
Chris Frome C. Frome	5	3	3	6	1	1.0
Ray Herring R. Herring	3	2	3	5	0
Nick Borseti N. Borseti	3	1	4	5	0
Marcus Freeman M. Freeman	3	3	1	4	0
Steve Quinn S. Quinn	4	2	2	4	0
Anthony Vernaglia A. Vernaglia	2	2	2	4	0
Patrick Kuntz P. Kuntz	3	1	3	4	0
D.J. Fitzpatrick	12			4	0
Anthony Fasano A. Fasano	12			3	0
Scott Smith S. Smith	4			3	0
Brandon Harris B. Harris	3	1	1	2	0
Dan Chervanick D. Chervanick	1	0	2	2	0
J.J. Jansen	3			2	0
Carl Gioia C. Gioia	3	1	0	1	0
Labrose Hedgemon II L. Hedgemon II	1	1	0	1	0
Justin Hoskins J. Hoskins	5	1	0	1	0
Nate Schiccatano N. Schiccatano	1	1	0	1	1
Mitchell Thomas M. Thomas	1	1	0	1	0
James Bonelli J. Bonelli	1	0	1	1	0
Paul Duncan P. Duncan	1	0	1	1	0
Kyle McCarthy K. McCarthy	1	0	1	1	0
Ryan Harris R. Harris	2			1	0
Mark Levoir M. Levoir	2			1	0
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	12			1	0
Dan Santucci D. Santucci	2			1	0
Maurice Stovall M. Stovall	12			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	12	0	15		15			0	90
D.J. Fitzpatrick	12				0	11	52	0	85
Darius Walker D. Walker	12	9	2		11			1	68
Maurice Stovall M. Stovall	12	0	11		11			0	66
Rashon Powers-Neal R. Powers-Neal	4	6	0		6			0	36
Travis Thomas T. Thomas	10	5	0		5			0	30
Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	12			4	4			0	24
Anthony Fasano A. Fasano	12		2		2			0	12
John Carlson J. Carlson	10		1		1			0	6
Leo Ferrine L. Ferrine	10				1			0	6
Rhema McKnight R. McKnight	2	0	1		1			0	6
Brady Quinn B. Quinn	12	1			1			0	6
Carl Gioia C. Gioia	3				0	1	2	0	5

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	12	1	-10	-10.0	27	379	14.0	2
David Grimes D. Grimes	8	15	338	22.5	1	17	17.0	0
D.J. Hord	4	7	123	17.6
Justin Hoskins J. Hoskins	5	5	105	21.0
Brandon Harris B. Harris	3	3	53	17.7
John Carlson J. Carlson	10	1	14	14.0
Ambrose Wooden A. Wooden	12	1	13	13.0
Asaph Schwapp A. Schwapp	9	1	10	10.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	D.J. Fitzpatrick	12	11	17	64.7						52	54	96.3	85
	Carl Gioia C. Gioia	3	1	1	100.0						2	2	100.0	5

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	D.J. Fitzpatrick	12	45	1,815	40.3
	Brady Quinn B. Quinn	12	1	48	48.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375