1996 Irish Football Wrap-up

                     1996 University of Notre Dame Football            Notre Dame Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 16, 1996)                                   All games            TEAM STATISTICS                          ND          OPP            --------------------------------------------------------            SCORING.......................          407          181              Points Per Game.............         37.0         16.5            FIRST DOWNS...................          258          170              Rushing.....................          161           82              Passing.....................           87           77              Penalty.....................           10           11            RUSHING YARDAGE...............         2965         1314              Yards gained rushing........         3201         1774              Yards lost rushing..........          236          460              Rushing Attempts............          567          422              Average Per Rush............          5.2          3.1              Average Per Game............        269.5        119.5              TDs Rushing.................           34           14            PASSING YARDAGE...............         2131         1656              Att-Comp-Int................    250-145-4   292-131-13              Average Per Pass............          8.5          5.7              Average Per Catch...........         14.7         12.6              Average Per Game............        193.7        150.5              TDs Passing.................           15            9            TOTAL OFFENSE.................         5096         2970              Total Plays.................          817          714              Average Per Play............          6.2          4.2              Average Per Game............        463.3        270.0            KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS......       27-628      59-1315            PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.........       37-600       24-188            INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..........       13-165         4-52            KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE........         23.3         22.3            PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...........         16.2          7.8            INT RETURN AVERAGE............         12.7         13.0            FUMBLES-LOST..................        33-23        17-11            PENALTIES-YARDS...............       66-603       64-513              Average Per Game............         54.8         46.6            PUNTS-YARDS...................      46-1992      84-3431              Average Per Punt............         43.3         40.8            TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.......        33:23        26:37            3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..........       69/147       45/159              3rd-Down Pct................          47%          28%            4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..........        11/19         8/12              4th-Down Pct................          58%          67%            SACKS BY-YARDS................       41-315       17-169            MISC YARDS....................           66            0            TOUCHDOWNS SCORED.............           57           23            FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS..........         6-10         8-12            PAT-ATTEMPTS..................        45-53        15-16            ATTENDANCE....................       354450       298282              Games/Avg Per Game..........      6/59075      5/59656            BY QUARTER    1st  2nd  3rd  4th  OT     Total            ------------  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---      ---            Team........   80  135   95   97    0  -   407            Opponents...   31   52   35   53   10  -   181