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

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

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

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

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

40.4

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

329.6

324.1

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	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
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

	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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
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

	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