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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	52	60	48	55	225
OPP	30	42	7	7	86

1971 (8-2)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 18	2	Northwestern	50 - 7 W
Sep 25	2	@ Purdue	8 - 7 W
Oct 2	4	Michigan State	14 - 2 W
Oct 9	7	@ Miami (FL)	17 - 0 W
Oct 16	7	North Carolina	16 - 0 W
Oct 23	6	USC	14 - 28 L
Oct 30	12	Navy	21 - 0 W
Nov 6	8	@ Pittsburgh	56 - 7 W
Nov 13	8	Tulane	21 - 7 W
Nov 20	7	@ #14 LSU	8 - 28 L

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	225	86
Points per Game	22.5	8.6
1st Downs	206	110
Rushing 1st Downs	154	48
Passing 1st Downs	47	50
Penalty	5	12
Rushing	2,321	864
Rushing Attempts	613	383
Average per Rush	3.8	2.3
Average per Game	232.1	86.4
TDs Rushing	22	3
Passing	1,008	1,105
Passes Attempted	206	215
Passes Completed	87	89
Intercepted	12	13
Average per Pass	4.9	5.1
Average per Catch	11.6	12.4
Average per Game	100.8	110.5
TDs Passing	5	8
Pass Efficiency	79.70	84.75
Total Offensive Plays	819	598
Total Net Yards	3,329	1,969
Average Gain Per Play	4.06	3.29
Average per Game	332.90	196.90
Fumbles - Lost	20 - 14	22 - 15
Penalties - Yards	44 - 442	42 - 395
Interceptions - Yards	13 - 203	12 - 129
Int Return Average	15.62	10.75
Punts - Yards	58 - 2259	81 - 3034
Average Per Punt	38.95	37.46
Punt Returns - Yards	36 - 316	24 - 97
Punt Return Average	8.78	4.04
Kickoff Returns - Yards	19 - 417	37 - 813
Kick Return Average	21.95	21.97
Average Attendance	59,075	64,567

Season Info
Record	8-2
Conference	Independent
Coach	Ara Parseghian

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Green	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Henry	UNM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dragon	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Butler	KSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
McCutcheon	CSU	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Ekstrand	ASU	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
TOTALS		26	6	19	2	0	1	199

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Fox	Wyo	19-35-3	335	9.6	64	1		126.97
Simmons	CSU	19-32-2	247	7.7	39	1		122.03
Demory	UA	12-26-1	217	8.3	92	2		133.95
Van Galder	Utah	21-37-0	200	5.4	30	0		102.16
Keithley	UTEP	19-39-2	175	4.5		0		76.15
Adams	USU	12-23-0	172	7.5	0	1		129.34
White	ASU	13-26-1	164	6.3	23	1		107.98
Long	UNM	9-12-0	115	9.6		0		155.50
Starks	Tlsa	12-28-3	99	3.5	16	1		62.91
Shaw	NT	4-20-5	86	4.3	46	1	2	22.62
Morrison	KSU	5-15-4	75	5.0	40	0		22.00
Woodrow	NT	7-22-1	44	2.0	16	0	0	39.53
Cockreham	Wyo	2-2-0	31	15.5	17	1		395.20
Whithurst	Tlsa	3-8-2	26	3.2	16	0		14.80
Erickson	CSU	1-4-1	14	3.5	14	0		4.40
TOTALS		158-333-25	2000	6.0	92	9	2	91.80

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Green	ASU	26			162	6.2	20	2
Butler	KSU	41	144	2	142	3.5	12	2
Long	UNM	11			110	10.0	57	0
Henry	UNM	22			82	3.7	20	2
McCutcheon	CSU	24			73	3.0	7	1
Malone	ASU	19			72	3.8	15	0
McCall	UNM	12			57	4.8	11	0
Poulson	Utah	19			55	2.9	12	1
Brown	Wyo	17			52	3.1	9	0
Adams	USU	11	63	12	51	4.6	27	1
Giles	USU	13	49	1	48	3.7	14	0
Diller	UNM	12			43	3.6	11	0
Holman	KSU	10	41	0	41	4.1	11	0
White	Tlsa	12			40	3.3	6	0
McCall	UA	15			39	2.6	7	0
TOTALS		554	609	90	1752	3.2	57	15

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Graves	Utah	8	99	12.4	30	0
Stemrick	CSU	7	127	18.1	39	1
McCutcheon	CSU	7	65	9.3	18	0
Freeman	Wyo	6	140	23.3	64	1
Gadlin	Wyo	6	131	21.8	46	0
Demery	ASU	6	97	16.2	23	0
Poulson	Utah	6	46	7.7	16	0
Yaege	NT	5	81	16.2	46	0
Smith	UNM	5	79	15.8	29	0
Wicks	USU	5	66	13.2	19	0
McKee	UA	4	128	32.0	92	1
Forzani	USU	4	93	23.2	29	1
Anderson	UTEP	4	46	11.5	15	0
Kennedy	CSU	4	37	9.2	19	0
Adamian	UTEP	4	32	8.0	20	0
TOTALS		158	2000	12.7	92	9

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Fontno	NT	5	113	22.6	37	0
McCutcheon	CSU	3	57	19.0		0
McGill	Tlsa	3	46	15.3		0
Odom	Utah	2	39	19.5		0
Johnson	NT	2	35	17.5	19	0
Emery	ASU	2	33	16.5		0
Green	CSU	1	31	31.0		0
Thorne	NT	1	24	24.0	24	0
Blackford	CSU	2	24	12.0		0
Hinton	Wyo	2	23	11.5		0
TOTALS		33	556	16.8	37	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Wicks	USU	4	88	22.0	61	1
Fontno	NT	3	67	22.3	35	0
McGill	Tlsa	3	33	11.0		0
Holden	ASU	2	25	12.5		0
Robbins	Utah	3	18	6.0		0
Green	ASU	2	15	7.5		0
Kimball	UTEP	2	12	6.0		0
Scrivener	Tlsa	1	10	10.0		0
Duncan	CSU	2	7	3.5		0
Turner	Wyo	1	7	7.0		0
TOTALS		36	298	8.3	61	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Wallace	UA	3	47	0
Hall	ASU	2	29	0
White	UA	2	14	0
Fredenberg	UNM	2	0	0
Robertson	KSU	1	22	0
Bradley	ASU	1	22	0
Coupee	USU	1	16	0
Cafferty	KSU	1	15	0
Delbridge	ASU	1	7	0
Perea	UTEP	1	6	0
TOTALS		21	188	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Perea	UTEP	23	8	15		1	0	2
Croft	UTEP	20	7	13		0	0	2
Johnson	UA	17	3	14			0
Fredenberg	UNM	16	6	10			0
Jones	Tlsa	14	5	9			0
Carter	Wyo	13	9	4			0
Funk	Tlsa	13	4	9			0
Arneson	UA	13	4	9			0
Best	KSU	12	8	4	1/11	0	0
Ross	UNM	12	4	8			1
Hagood	Utah	12	3	9	0/
Dobler	Wyo	11	8	3			0
Russell	Tlsa	11	4	7			1
Ventrigila	UA	11	4	7			0
Fratto	Utah	11	1	10	0/
Poole	UA	11	1	10			0
Meadows	Wyo	10	7	3			0
Gray	ASU	10	7	3			0
Dodson	UA	10	5	5			0
Colquitt	KSU	10	4	6	2/9	0	0
Fitzgerald	UNM	10	3	7			1
Ashcom	Tlsa	10	3	7			0
Moore	Tlsa	10	1	9			1
Schmidt	Wyo	9	9	0			0
West	UTEP	9	5	4		1	0	0
TOTALS		814	346	468	14.5/74	3	27	4

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Ekstrand	ASU	1-1	100.0%	32	5-5	8
Bateman	Utah	1-		32	2-2	5
Goerger	KSU	1-1	100.0%	27	2-3	5
Doyle	USU	1-5	20.0%	32	2-3	5
Hudman	Wyo	1-1	100.0%	23	2-2	5
Means	NT	1-1	100.0%	36	0-0	3
DeSylvia	UA	0-0		0	3-4	3
Hartshorne	UNM	0-0		0	2-2	2
Henry	Tlsa	0-1	0.0%	0	1-1	1
TOTALS		6-10	60.0%	36	19-22	37

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Shuford	UA	13	508	39.1	47
Yaege	NT	11	427	38.8	49
Bateman	Utah	8	375	46.9	53
Keithley	UTEP	7	316	45.1	54
White	ASU	7	302	43.1	63
Boone	UNM	5	196	39.2	47
Holladay	Wyo	5	196	39.2	54
Doyle	USU	5	191	38.2	48
Morgan	Tlsa	5	142	28.4	36
Blackford	CSU	4	139	34.8	44
Hill	CSU	3	135	45.0	49
Bowling	Tlsa	3	84	28.0	34
Brandt	KSU	1	49	49.0	49
TEAM	NT	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		78	3060	39.2	63