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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame					171
OPP					180

1959 (5-5)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 26		North Carolina	28 - 8 W
Oct 3	8	@ Purdue	7 - 28 L
Oct 10		@ California	28 - 6 W
Oct 17		@ Michigan State	0 - 19 L
Oct 24		#2 Northwestern	24 - 30 L
Oct 31		Navy	25 - 22 W
Nov 7		#19 Georgia Tech	10 - 14 L
Nov 14		@ Pittsburgh	13 - 28 L
Nov 21		@ #16 Iowa	20 - 19 W
Nov 28		#7 USC	16 - 6 W

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	171	180
Points per Game	17.1	18.0
1st Downs	141	137
Rushing 1st Downs	84	92
Passing 1st Downs	53	36
Penalty	4	9
Rushing	1,352	1,685
Rushing Attempts	458	452
Average per Rush	3.0	3.7
Average per Game	135.2	168.5
Passing	1,431	987
Passes Attempted	204	165
Passes Completed	91	65
Intercepted	19	13
Average per Pass	7.0	6.0
Average per Catch	15.7	15.2
Average per Game	143.1	98.7
TDs Passing	10
Pass Efficiency	101.08	73.88
Total Offensive Plays	662	617
Total Net Yards	2,783	2,672
Average Gain Per Play	4.20	4.33
Average per Game	278.30	267.20
Fumbles - Lost	36 - 21	39 - 20
Punts - Yards	59 - 2186	62 - 2139
Average Per Punt	37.05	34.50
Punt Returns - Yards	- 381	- 348
Average Attendance	56,347	60,636

Season Info
Record	5-5
Conference	Independent
Coach	Joe Kuharich

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Mastelotto	Utah	1	0	2	0	0	0	8
Geist	UA	1	0	2	0	0	0	8
Dempsey	Wyo	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		14	2	9	0	0	0	99

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Sands	DU	4-10-0	62	6.2	1	125.08
O'Billovich	Mont	3-7-0	58	8.3	1	159.60
Keys	CSU	1-1-0	52	52.0	1	866.80
Johnson	USU	3-5-0	35	7.0	0	118.80
Dempsey	Wyo	2-6-0	32	5.3	1	133.13
Montalbo	USU	3-6-0	31	5.2	0	93.40
Geist	UA	2-11-2	20	1.8	0	-2.91
Ziegler	DU	3-5-0	8	1.6	0	73.44
Wilson	UA	1-5-1	7	1.4	0	-8.24
Roberts	UNM	1-3-0	7	2.3	1	162.93
Greminger	Mont	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
Ramos	Mont	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
Walden	Wyo	0-3-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
Reese	USU	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
Wilson	CSU	0-4-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS		24-74-3	303	4.1	5	81.02

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Keys	CSU	11	104	13	91	8.3	1
Brown	UNM	8	78	0	78	9.8	0
Walden	Wyo	8			69	8.6	0
Perkins	UNM	15	71	6	65	4.3	1
Schneider	CSU	14	62	0	62	4.4	0
Sands	DU	13	80	21	59	4.5	0
Mince	UA	1	57	0	57	57.0	0
Meggert	Wyo	11			56	5.1	0
Greminger	Mont	9	49	0	49	5.4	0
Martinez	CSU	12	49	1	48	4.0	0
Work	DU	13	45	5	40	3.1	0
Crandall	UNM	9	40	0	40	4.4	0
Livingston	UA	5	40	2	38	7.6	1
Mayberry	USU	10	37	0	37	3.7	0
Curliss	DU	4	36	0	36	9.0	1
TOTALS		323	1307	129	1430	4.4	9

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Brinton	USU	3	31	10.3	0
Loos	DU	2	20	10.0	0
Fortune	CSU	1	52	52.0	1
Grasky	Mont	1	32	32.0	1
Gorden	DU	1	28	28.0	0
Hamilton	Wyo	1	23	23.0	0
Meuris	DU	1	20	20.0	1
Stireman	USU	1	16	16.0	0
Smith	Mont	1	14	14.0	0
Cropper	UA	1	13	13.0	0
Lands	Mont	1	12	12.0	0
Allen	USU	1	10	10.0	0
Echtermeyer	Wyo	1	9	9.0	1
Olsen	USU	1	9	9.0	0
Renner	UA	1	7	7.0	0
TOTALS		23	296	12.9	5

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Mince	UA	2	59	29.5	0
TEAM	CSU	1	47	47.0	0
Allen	USU	1	30	30.0	0
Reese	USU	1	23	23.0	0
Greminger	Mont	1	22	22.0	0
Montalbo	USU	1	22	22.0	0
Work	DU	1	21	21.0	0
Livingston	UA	1	18	18.0	0
McCormick	UA	1	18	18.0	0
Neece	DU	1	13	13.0	0
TOTALS		11	273	24.8	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Greminger	Mont	2	39	19.5	0
McCormick	UA	1	11	11.0	0
Larson	USU	1	11	11.0	0
Wade	CSU	2	11	5.5	0
Swineford	UA	1	6	6.0	0
Grasky	Mont	1	5	5.0	0
O'Billovich	Mont	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		9	83	9.2	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
TEAM	Mont	2	35	0
Mince	UA	1	7	0
Work	DU	1	0	0
Camilli	USU	1	0
TOTALS		5	42	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	PBU
Mince	UA	1	1	0		1
Gillespie	UA	1	1	0	1/2
Osborne	UA	1	1	0
Cropper	UA	1	1	0	1/3
TOTALS		4	4	0	2/5	1

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Dempsey	Wyo	2-3	66.7%	42	1-1	7
Beach	UNM	0-0		0	3-3	3
Geist	UA	0-0		0	2-2	2
Greminger	Mont	0-0		0	0-1	0
TEAM	DU	0-0		0	0-1	0
TOTALS		2-3	66.7%	42	6-8	12

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Crandall	UNM	10	319	31.9	43
Geist	UA	5	219	43.8	49
Gustafson	Mont	5	218	43.6	61
Buderus	CSU	5	143	28.6	44
Walden	Wyo	2	94	47.0	55
Miller	USU	2	85	42.5	49
Loos	DU	2	77	38.5	44
Dotson	Mont	2	59	29.5	37
Gates	CSU	1	75	75.0	75
Curliss	DU	1	48	48.0	48
Foley	UA	1	43	43.0	43
TEAM	UA	1	40	40.0	40
Pieczentkowski	UA	1	36	36.0	36
Thomas	UNM	1	24	24.0	24
TOTALS		39	1480	37.9	75