1996 Irish Football Wrap-up

                     1996 University of Notre Dame Football          Notre Dame Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 16, 1996)                                   All games                              First   ----RUSHING----   ----------PASSING----------    --TOTAL OFFENSE--   Return    Penalty  Turn-Opponent              Score   Downs    Number-Yards      Attempts-Comp-Int    Yards     Plays     Yards     Yards     Yards   Overs--------              -----   --/--   -------/-------    --------/--------    --/--     --/--    ---/---    --/--    ---/---  --/--Vanderbilt..........  14-7    25/5    57-218 / 23-2     32-19- 0 / 17-10-1   216/124    89/40    434/126    78/117    73/41    4/3PURDUE..............  35-0    28/13   43-215 / 26-44    34-20- 1 / 31-14-0   244/159    77/57    459/203   119/112    13/87    3/0Texas...............  27-24   27/21   54-292 / 35-134   25-13- 0 / 30-14-1   127/178    79/65    419/312     5/51     76/71    0/1OHIO STATE..........  16-29   17/19   44-126 / 43-206   30-13- 2 / 20-13-1   154/185    74/63    280/391   137/190     9/30    3/2WASHINGTON..........  54-20   31/16   58-397 / 42-111   16-11- 0 / 35-12-2   253/146    74/77    650/257    51/196    61/51    3/3AIR FORCE...........  17-20   16/17   37-67  / 57-304   24-16- 0 / 11- 5-0   268/51     61/68    335/355   148/94     51/20    2/0Navy................  54-27   16/18   45-303 / 55-184   11- 6- 0 / 20-11-1    91/218    56/75    394/402   199/128    34/45    0/3Boston College......  48-21   24/21   58-426 / 34-142   17- 9- 1 / 47-19-2   118/193    75/81    544/335   174/208   116/24    4/5PITTSBURGH..........  60-6    28/16   55-332 / 39-101   21-13- 0 / 30-14-2   233/143    76/69    565/244   350/193    25/20    2/4RUTGERS.............  62-0    27/6    56-329 / 36--6    21-17- 0 / 16- 3-2   319/49     77/52    648/43    105/177    80/63    2/2USC.................  20-27   19/18   60-260 / 32-92    19- 8- 0 / 35-16-1   108/210    79/67    368/302    93/89     65/61    4/1Totals.............. 407-181 258/170 567-2965/422-1314 250-145-4/292-131-13 2131/1656  817/714  5096/2970 1459/1555  603/513  27/24Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category                         3rd Down        4th Down       Time of       TOP  Avg        Avg        Avg         PuntingOpponent               Conversions     Conversions     Possession   Margin Yds/Rush   Yds/Pass   Yds/Play    Number-Avg--------             -------/------- -------/------- ------/------ ------- ----/----  ----/----  ----/---- --------/--------Vanderbilt..........   9-17 /  2-10    0-1  /  0-0    38:47/ 21:13   17:34  3.8/0.1    6.8/7.3    4.9/3.2   4-42.8 /  8-46.9PURDUE..............   9-14 /  2-13    1-1  /  0-0    34:28/ 25:32    8:56  5.0/1.7    7.2/5.1    6.0/3.6   3-44.0 / 10-39.5Texas...............   5-13 /  5-12    1-2  /  0-0    34:00/ 26:00    8:00  5.4/3.8    5.1/5.9    5.3/4.8   5-37.6 /  5-42.4OHIO STATE..........   6-16 /  5-13    0-2  /  0-0    30:57/ 29:03    1:54  2.9/4.8    5.1/9.3    3.8/6.2   5-46.4 /  4-36.3WASHINGTON..........   9-13 /  7-20    0-0  /  1-1    31:14/ 28:46    2:28  6.8/2.6   15.8/4.2    8.8/3.3   4-45.0 / 10-32.5AIR FORCE...........   5-13 /  4-14    1-1  /  1-1    26:45/ 33:15   -6:30  1.8/5.3   11.2/4.6    5.5/5.2   5-47.4 /  8-41.0Navy................   2-8  /  7-15    0-0  /  1-1    34:15/ 25:45    8:30  6.7/3.3    8.3/10.9   7.0/5.4   5-41.4 /  6-38.8Boston College......   4-11 /  5-17    1-1  /  1-2    34:05/ 25:55    8:10  7.3/4.2    6.9/4.1    7.3/4.1   5-45.6 /  6-41.3PITTSBURGH..........   6-12 /  3-15    3-4  /  2-3    32:59/ 27:01    5:58  6.0/2.6   11.1/4.8    7.4/3.5   2-37.5 /  9-45.2RUTGERS.............   7-12 /  1-14    1-3  /  1-2    33:42/ 26:18    7:24  5.9/-0.2  15.2/3.1    8.4/0.8   2-45.0 / 11-40.0USC.................   7-18 /  4-16    3-4  /  1-2    36:00/ 24:00   12:00  4.3/2.9    5.7/6.0    4.7/4.5   6-42.0 /  7-46.1Totals..............  69-147/ 45-159  11-19 /  8-12  367:12/292:48   74:24   5.2/3.1    8.5/5.7    6.2/4.2  46-43.3 / 84-40.8Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category