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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	78	120	79	81	358
OPP	10	16	13	27	66

1973 (11-0)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 22	8	Northwestern	44 - 0 W
Sep 29	7	@ Purdue	20 - 7 W
Oct 6	8	Michigan State	14 - 10 W
Oct 13	9	@ Rice	28 - 0 W
Oct 20	8	@ Army	62 - 3 W
Oct 27	8	#6 USC	23 - 14 W
Nov 3	5	Navy	44 - 7 W
Nov 10	5	@ #20 Pittsburgh	31 - 10 W
Nov 22	5	Air Force	48 - 15 W
Dec 1	5	@ Miami (FL)	44 - 0 W
Dec 31	3	vs. #1 Alabama	24 - 23 W

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	358	66
Points per Game	35.8	6.6
1st Downs	244	119
Rushing 1st Downs	181	54
Passing 1st Downs	57	51
Penalty	6	14
Rushing	3,502	824
Rushing Attempts	673	390
Average per Rush	5.2	2.1
Average per Game	350.2	82.4
TDs Rushing	35	3
Passing	1,112	1,188
Passes Attempted	142	225
Passes Completed	75	88
Intercepted	7	20
Average per Pass	7.8	5.3
Average per Catch	14.8	13.5
Average per Game	111.2	118.8
TDs Passing	11	4
Pass Efficiency	134.30	71.55
Total Offensive Plays	815	615
Total Net Yards	4,614	2,012
Average Gain Per Play	5.66	3.27
Average per Game	461.40	201.20
Fumbles - Lost	38 - 23	34 - 19
Penalties - Yards	54 - 567	28 - 259
Interceptions - Yards	20 - 178	7 - 55
Int Return Average	8.90	7.86
Punts - Yards	41 - 1738	78 - 2972
Average Per Punt	42.39	38.10
Punt Returns - Yards	29 - 269	10 - 60
Punt Return Average	9.28	6.00
Kickoff Returns - Yards	19 - 454	46 - 851
Kick Return Average	23.89	18.50
Average Attendance	58,707	52,355

Season Info
Record	11-0
Conference	Independent
Bowl	Sugar Bowl
Coach	Ara Parseghian

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Odom	Utah	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
MacLachlan	CSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Green	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Malone	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Marion	Wyo	0	2	5	0	0	0	11
Kush	ASU	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
Knapp	USU	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		29	7	23	1	0	1	222

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
White	ASU	17-25-0	303	12.1	77	3	209.41
Van Galder	Utah	14-41-2	248	6.0	59	3	99.35
Cockreham	Wyo	14-26-0	227	8.7	25	3	165.26
Stuebbe	CSU	13-31-1	205	6.6	47	0	91.03
White	OSU	15-41-1	193	4.7	35	0	71.25
Williams	UNM	8-21-2	132	6.3	42	2	103.28
Woods	UNM	9-20-3	99	5.0	40	0	56.58
Hill	UA	5-17-1	72	4.2	27	0	53.22
Bockwoldt	Web	5-15-0	72	4.8	32	0	73.65
Grant	Web	1-2-0	70	35.0	70	1	509.00
Alexander	ASU	3-9-0	56	6.2	22	0	85.60
Duncan	UTEP	3-11-4	51	4.6		0	-6.51
Church	Web	4-14-1	37	2.6	17	0	36.49
Taroli	OSU	1-1-0	26	26.0	26	1	648.40
Wilson	USU	3-6-0	22	3.7	12	0	80.80
TOTALS		117-290-18	1832	6.3	77	13	95.79

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Upchurch	UA	17			146	8.6	80	1
Gibson	USU	21	135	0	135	6.4	26	1
Green	ASU	17			128	7.5	33	0
Willis	UTEP	16			98	6.1	39	0
Hamilton	UA	10			96	9.6	80	1
Taroli	OSU	13			70	5.4	45	0
White	ASU	7			66	9.4	49	1
Williams	Wyo	17			66	3.9	13	1
Dixon	Wyo	4			63	15.8	54	1
MacLachlan	CSU	24			58	2.4	10	2
Cuie	ASU	13			52	4.0	13	1
Church	Web	12			51	4.2	45	0
Malone	ASU	11			44	4.0	32	2
Hutchins	Utah	8			42	5.2	18	0
Petty	UTEP	13			41	3.2	10	0
TOTALS		434	228	32	1575	3.6	80	15

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Owens	ASU	6	173	28.8	77	1
Childress	Web	6	126	21.0	70	1
Gray	Wyo	6	112	18.7	25	1
Hudson	ASU	6	84	14.0	23	0
Dunn	Wyo	6	81	13.5	21	1
Miller	CSU	5	89	17.8	40	0
Hutchins	Utah	4	80	20.0	59	1
Robbins	Utah	4	45	11.2	18	0
Hawbaker	UNM	4	37	9.2	13	0
Lege	UNM	4	31	7.8	8	1
Odom	Utah	3	76	25.3	36	2
Bauer	UNM	3	60	20.0	13	0
Maurer	OSU	3	50	16.7	35	0
Hammack	OSU	3	38	12.7	26	1
Labarrere	UNM	2	80	40.0	42	1
TOTALS		117	1832	15.7	77	12

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Trussell	Web	3	82	27.3	0
Taroli	OSU	2	66	33.0	0
Bauer	UNM	3	58	19.3	0
Odom	Utah	1	48	48.0	0
Cuie	ASU	2	47	23.5	0
Collins	Utah	1	45	45.0	0
Overton	OSU	2	43	21.5	0
Petty	UTEP	2	37	18.5	0
Paige	UTEP	2	36	18.0	0
Conway	Utah	3	33	11.0	0
TOTALS		31	685	22.1	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Giammona	USU	2	26	13.0	0
Bell	UA	4	20	5.0	0
Trussell	Web	1	13	13.0	0
Liss	CSU	2	9	4.5	0
Pehrson	Utah	1	7	7.0	0
Owens	ASU	1	7	7.0	0
Odom	Utah	1	5	5.0	0
Byers	OSU	3	5	1.7	0
Fairman	Web	2	3	1.5	0
Hudson	ASU	2	2	1.0	0
TOTALS		23	99	4.3	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Lawrence	UA	1	38	1
Opperman	CSU	1	18	0
Steward	CSU	1	16	0
Phason	UA	1	15	0
Erzinger	Wyo	1	12	0
Gresham	UA	1	5	0
Scott	USU	1	4	0
Parish	Web	1	4	0
Battle	CSU	1	3	0
Williams	USU	1	0	0
TOTALS		15	115	1

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Wade	UTEP	18	6	12
Erzinger	Wyo	15	9	6		0/0			0
Nielson	OSU	15	8	7					0
Parish	Web	14	4	10		0/			0
Downey	OSU	13	10	3					0
Sanders	OSU	12	7	5	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Barrett	UTEP	12	6	6					1
Huddleston	Utah	12	5	7					0
Walker	CSU	12	4	8					0
Edwards	Web	12	4	8		0/			0
Rydalch	Utah	11	5	6					0
Fair	OSU	11	4	7					0
Lofgreen	Web	11	1	10		1/			1
Stevens	Utah	10	9	1					0
Coleman	UTEP	10	6	4					0
Woodcock	UNM	10	5	5		0/			1
Mott	OSU	10	4	6					0
Longuevan	USU	10	3	7		0/0			0
Battle	CSU	9	4	5					0
Breunig	ASU	9	4	5		5/			0
Cerveny	CSU	9	3	6					0
Lavarato	USU	9	2	7		1/2			0
Rosa	USU	8	6	2		1/2			0
Fedore	Wyo	8	6	2		0/0			1
Moore	ASU	8	5	3		0/			1
TOTALS		793	385	408	0	37/67	0	0	27	0

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Marion	Wyo	2-		43	5-5	11
Kush	ASU	1-		38	5-7	8
Knapp	USU	2-3	66.7%	35	1-1	7
Gorham	UA	1-		21	3-3	6
Marrelli	Utah	1-1	100.0%	37	1-2	4
Morales	CSU	0-		0	3-3	3
Berg	UNM	0-		0	3-3	3
Kulaas	OSU	0-		0	2-2	2
Drecksel	Web	0-		0	0-1	0
Belichesky	UTEP	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	0
TOTALS		7-5	140.0%	43	23-27	44

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Parish	Web	13	514	39.5	52
Bauer	UNM	9	358	39.8	45
Hoopes	UA	8	329	41.1	54
Crittenden	UTEP	7	307	43.9	58
Marrelli	Utah	7	294	42.0	50
McKenzie	OSU	7	276	39.4	47
White	ASU	6	277	46.2	60
Gutierrez	USU	6	250	41.7	67
Marion	Wyo	6	232	38.7	52
Blackford	CSU	5	197	39.4	57
Schuknecht	ASU	1	43	43.0	43
Gervais	OSU	1	38	38.0	38
Heber	Wyo	1	18	18.0	18
TOTALS		77	3133	40.7	67