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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame					175
OPP					182

1961 (5-5)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 30		Oklahoma	19 - 6 W
Oct 7		@ Purdue	22 - 20 W
Oct 14	8	USC	30 - 0 W
Oct 21	6	@ #1 Michigan State	7 - 17 L
Oct 28	8	Northwestern	10 - 12 L
Nov 4		Navy	10 - 13 L
Nov 11		@ Pittsburgh	26 - 20 W
Nov 18		#10 Syracuse	17 - 15 W
Nov 25		@ Iowa	21 - 42 L
Dec 2		@ Duke	13 - 37 L

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	175	182
Points per Game	17.5	18.2
1st Downs	154	163
Rushing 1st Downs	109	78
Passing 1st Downs	39	67
Penalty	6	18
Rushing	2,245	1,282
Rushing Attempts	475	464
Average per Rush	4.7	2.8
Average per Game	224.5	128.2
Passing	961	1,591
Passes Attempted	152	205
Passes Completed	61	107
Intercepted	20	17
Average per Pass	6.3	7.8
Average per Catch	15.8	14.9
Average per Game	96.1	159.1
TDs Passing	5
Pass Efficiency	77.78	100.80
Total Offensive Plays	627	669
Total Net Yards	3,206	2,873
Average Gain Per Play	5.11	4.29
Average per Game	320.60	287.30
Fumbles - Lost	33 - 20	32 - 11
Interceptions - Yards	17 - 248	20 - 346
Int Return Average	14.59	17.30
Punts - Yards	51 - 1900	57 - 2102
Average Per Punt	37.25	36.88
Punt Returns - Yards	21 - 150	- 226
Punt Return Average	7.14
Average Attendance	54,604	54,191

Season Info
Record	5-5
Conference	Independent
Coach	Joe Kuharich

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Holloway	NT	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Pedro	WTAM	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
	OPP	1	0	0	3	0	0	12
Linton	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Harward	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Larscheid	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Williams	OSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dawson	WTAM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Christle	NT	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Richman	OSU	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
Turner	USU	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
Williams	WTAM	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		39	1	26	5	0	1	275

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
O'Billovich	Mont	4-7-2	103	14.7	0	123.60
Baker	OSU	4-14-0	63	4.5	0	66.37
Gutierrez	CSU	4-8-0	53	6.6	0	105.65
Munson	USU	3-11-0	45	4.1	0	61.64
Schubert	CSU	2-10-0	32	3.2	0	46.88
Turner	USU	3-4-0	29	7.2	0	135.90
Lamson	Wyo	2-2-0	26	13.0	0	209.20
Cromartie	UNM	1-9-1	21	2.3	0	8.49
Melosky	Wyo	1-2-0	12	6.0	0	100.40
McNitt	UNM	1-4-0	12	3.0	0	50.20
Montalbo	USU	1-3-0	5	1.7	0	47.33
Dillon	Mont	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
Hines	CSU	0-1-1	0	0.0	0	-200.00
Chavez	UNM	0-3-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS		26-79-4	401	5.1	0	65.42

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Larscheid	USU	12	138	1	137	11.4		2
Christle	NT	19	128	0	128	6.7	30	1
Linton	Wyo	14	98	3	95	6.8		2
Harward	USU	6	91	0	91	15.2		2
Holloway	NT	11	81	0	81	7.4	25	2
Morgan	UNM	7	77	3	74	10.6		0
Whittle	OSU	13	77	4	73	5.6		0
Walker	Wyo	14	71	0	71	5.1		0
Dillon	Mont	15	80	11	69	4.6		0
Perkins	NT	15	66	0	66	4.4	9	0
Bisacre	Wyo	6	60	0	60	10.0		0
Ness	UNM	10	59	0	59	5.9		0
Duke	UNM	11	49	0	49	4.5		1
Dodson	Mont	9	58	11	47	5.2		1
Cagaanan	USU	10	45	2	43	4.3		0
TOTALS		354	1988	78	1910	5.4	30	24

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Wohlhueter	CSU	2	43	21.5	0
Kasso	OSU	2	36	18.0	0
Dodson	Mont	2	29	14.5	0
Cagaanan	USU	2	28	14.0	0
Kaanehe	CSU	2	11	5.5	0
Bouchee	Mont	1	58	58.0	0
McFarland	CSU	1	23	23.0	0
Bradford	UNM	1	21	21.0	0
Dillon	Mont	1	16	16.0	0
Washburn	OSU	1	15	15.0	0
Engel	Wyo	1	13	13.0	0
Ward	Wyo	1	13	13.0	0
Schmitt	Wyo	1	12	12.0	0
Rivera	OSU	1	12	12.0	0
Santiago	UNM	1	12	12.0	0
TOTALS		26	401	15.4	0

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Boyd	NT	2	52	26.0	34	0
Christle	NT	1	44	44.0	44	0
Sinyard	OSU	1	28	28.0		0
Linton	Wyo	1	27	27.0		0
Santiago	UNM	1	26	26.0		0
Hines	CSU	1	24	24.0		0
Stack	Mont	1	20	20.0		0
Bisacre	Wyo	1	20	20.0		0
Larscheid	USU	1	20	20.0		0
Kaanehe	CSU	1	20	20.0		0
TOTALS		18	368	20.4	44	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Spicer	Wyo	2	81	40.5		1
Sinyard	OSU	4	52	13.0		0
Morgan	UNM	1	25	25.0		0
Smith	NT	1	22	22.0	22	0
Santiago	UNM	1	20	20.0		0
Shafer	USU	1	14	14.0		0
Kaanehe	CSU	2	14	7.0		0
Schutte	Wyo	1	13	13.0		0
Bradford	UNM	1	9	9.0		0
Larscheid	USU	2	7	3.5		0
TOTALS		20	272	13.6	22	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Ottmann	UNM	2	11	0
Cagaanan	USU	2	7	0
Schwertfeger	Mont	2	1	0
Holloway	NT	1	62	1
Barry	Wyo	1	35	0
Swindle	USU	1	35	0
McNitt	UNM	1	35	1
TEAM	NT	1	31	0
Neil	OSU	1	17	0
Rivera	OSU	1	10	0
TOTALS		15	254	2

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	PBU
Wright	NT	5	2	3
Sullivant	NT	4	3	1	1/5
Pirkle	NT	4	3	1	1/7
Farris	NT	4	2	2
Weaver	NT	4	1	3
Perkins	NT	3	3	0	2/4
Lawlis	NT	3	2	1
Christle	NT	3	0	3		1
Freeman	NT	2	1	1
Cope	NT	2	1	1		1
Hawkins	NT	2	1	1
Kirbie	NT	2	0	2
Littlepage	NT	1	1	0
Svehlak	NT	1	1	0
Selph	NT	1	1	0	1/4
Smith	NT	1	1	0
Price	NT	1	1	0	1/1
Denson	NT	1	0	1
Holloway	NT	1	0	1
Schulze	NT	1	0	1
TOTALS		46	24	22	6/21	2

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Turner	USU	1-1	100.0%	23	4-4	7
Meadows	UNM	0-0		0	4-5	4
Lamson	Wyo	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
Cronk	Wyo	0-0		0	2-2	2
Price	NT	0-0		0	1-1	1
Moss	NT	0-0		0	1-2	1
Freeman	NT	0-0		0	1-1	1
Richman	OSU	0-0		0	1-3	1
TOTALS		1-2	50.0%	23	16-20	19

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Turner	USU	4	164	41.0	63
Fitzsimmons	UNM	3	127	42.3	48
Schubert	CSU	2	105	52.5	65
Gustafson	Mont	2	86	43.0
Dillon	Mont	2	86	43.0
Kasso	OSU	1	185	185.0	42
Gidley	Wyo	1	39	39.0	39
TOTALS		15	792	52.8	65