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1978 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	50	74	62	72	258
OPP	19	48	21	75	163

1978 (9-3)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 9	5	Missouri	0 - 3 L
Sep 23	14	#5 Michigan	14 - 28 L
Sep 30		Purdue	10 - 6 W
Oct 7		@ Michigan State	29 - 25 W
Oct 14		#9 Pittsburgh	26 - 17 W
Oct 21	20	@ Air Force	38 - 15 W
Oct 28	19	Miami (FL)	20 - 0 W
Nov 4	15	vs. #11 Navy	27 - 7 W
Nov 11	14	Tennessee	31 - 14 W
Nov 18	10	@ #20 Georgia Tech	38 - 21 W
Nov 25	8	@ #3 USC	25 - 27 L
Jan 1	10	vs. #9 Houston	35 - 34 W

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	258	163
Points per Game	23.5	14.8
1st Downs	228	202
Rushing 1st Downs	122	95
Passing 1st Downs	97	93
Penalty	9	14
Rushing	2,299	1,537
Rushing Attempts	561	490
Average per Rush	4.1	3.1
Average per Game	209.0	139.7
TDs Rushing	20	7
Passing	2,056	2,035
Passes Attempted	271	317
Passes Completed	146	169
Intercepted	9	16
Average per Pass	7.6	6.4
Average per Catch	14.1	12.0
Average per Game	186.9	185.0
TDs Passing	10	13
Pass Efficiency	123.14	110.68
Total Offensive Plays	832	807
Total Net Yards	4,355	3,572
Average Gain Per Play	5.23	4.43
Average per Game	395.91	324.73
Fumbles - Lost	24 - 13	25 - 18
Penalties - Yards	61 - 657	41 - 422
Interceptions - Yards	16 - 216	9 - 68
Int Return Average	13.50	7.56
Punts - Yards	61 - 2330	75 - 2899
Average Per Punt	38.20	38.65
Punt Returns - Yards	35 - 197	19 - 112
Punt Return Average	5.63	5.89
Kickoff Returns - Yards	29 - 471	38 - 683
Kick Return Average	16.24	17.97
Time of Possession/Game	29:21	30:39
Third Down Conversions	67 of 170	71 of 188
Third Down Percent	39.41%	37.77%

Season Info
Record	9-3
Conference	Independent
Bowl	Cotton Bowl
Coach	Dan Devine

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Morton	UNLV	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wright	UNM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jones	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
TOTALS		23	7	15	1	0	0	176

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gomez	Utah	20-31-2	265	8.5	42	3	155.35
Malone	ASU	10-25-0	176	7.0	47	2	125.54
Hipple	USU	18-26-0	175	6.7	52	1	138.46
Halda	SDSU	24-45-1	175	3.9	23	0	81.56
Wright	UNM	9-20-0	158	7.9	65	1	127.86
Fairchild	CSU	9-16-0	138	8.6	48	0	128.70
Duva	UH	9-19-2	137	7.2	52	1	104.25
Pagel	ASU	5-13-0	116	8.9	63	1	138.80
Robertson	UNLV	4-15-1	102	6.8	81	1	92.45
Durando	Ore	9-16-1	93	5.8	41	0	92.58
White	OSU	4-12-0	91	7.6	46	1	124.53
Cousins	Wyo	4-12-2	80	6.7	43	0	56.00
Lee	CSU	7-16-0	75	4.7	16	1	103.75
Matheney	USU	1-1-0	38	38.0	38	0	419.20
Ramirez	UTEP	6-25-1	32	1.3	13	0	26.75
TOTALS		148-326-12	1951	6.0	81	13	101.47

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Morton	UNLV	27	147	2	145	5.4	42	2
Allen	UH	21	145	7	138	6.6	75	1
Walker	UNLV	19	116	4	112	5.9	35	0
Lindsay	Utah	30	111	7	104	3.5	12	0
Williams	Ore	18	86	0	86	4.8	15	0
Parros	USU	15	100	25	75	5.0	23	0
Jones	Wyo	17	72	0	72	4.2	20	2
Robertson	Ore	6	70	1	69	11.5	56	0
Williams	ASU	20	66	2	64	3.2	10	0
Jones	CSU	8	65	1	64	8.0	28	0
DuBois	SDSU	12	63	0	63	5.2	16	0
Wright	UNM	15	68	7	61	4.1	13	2
Moseley	Utah	9	58	0	58	6.4	14	0
Sayers	UNM	13	57	0	57	4.4	8	0
Gipson	USU	16	62	6	56	3.5	17	1
TOTALS		587	2335	431	1904	3.2	75	9

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Henry	Utah	8	79	9.9	19	1
Edwards	ASU	7	108	15.4	24	0
Hill	SDSU	7	42	6.0	23	0
Warren	SDSU	6	71	11.8	20	0
Coury	OSU	5	101	20.2	46	1
Teahan	Utah	5	85	17.0	31	1
Lewis	CSU	5	26	5.2	6	0
Mistler	ASU	4	83	20.8	49	1
Bryant	USU	4	58	14.5	38	0
Matheney	USU	4	41	10.2	14	0
Garcia	UTEP	4	30	7.5	13	0
Stapler	SDSU	4	12	3.0	12	0
Jett	UH	3	74	24.7	52	1
Cassidy	USU	3	63	21.0	52	0
Newberry	CSU	3	40	13.3	16	1
TOTALS		148	1951	13.2	81	13

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Vereen	UNLV	3	105	35.0	0
Holt	UTEP	5	92	18.4	0
Jones	CSU	4	83	20.8	0
Pittman	Wyo	3	66	22.0	0
Hamilton	UH	3	55	18.3	0
Sayers	UNM	2	51	25.5	0
Hoover	ASU	2	48	24.0	0
Bussey	Wyo	3	44	14.7	0
Park	UH	3	40	13.3	0
Lowe	Ore	1	35	35.0	0
TOTALS		48	864	18.0	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Schwartz	Ore	1	40	40.0	0
Montague	Wyo	3	34	11.3	0
Vereen	UNLV	2	34	17.0	0
Cobb	UNLV	3	22	7.3	0
Hoover	ASU	1	12	12.0	0
Sutton	UNM	1	11	11.0	0
Solomon	Utah	1	7	7.0	0
Walker	Utah	1	6	6.0	0
Hudspeth	UNM	1	5	5.0	0
Lawler	Ore	0	4		0
TOTALS		23	177	7.7	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Anderson	ASU	3	9	0
Smith	OSU	2	33	0
Dennis	Wyo	1	25	0
Jorde	SDSU	1	23	0
Rigsbee	USU	1	21	0
Parise	CSU	1	20	0
Mastin	SDSU	1	14	0
Thomas	SDSU	1	14	0
Merriweather	UTEP	1	12	0
Richmond	Ore	1	9	0
TOTALS		22	195	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Sneed	UTEP	14	12	2	0	1/	0	0	2
Blasher	Ore	13	7	6		/8		1
Bell	CSU	12	11	1	0	4/	0	0	1
Merriweather	UTEP	11	10	1	0	3/	0	0	0
Peyton	OSU	11	9	2		1/6		2
Berkich	Ore	11	9	2		/2		0
Forrest	UNM	10	8	2		0/0		2
Forkerway	UTEP	10	8	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Franklin	OSU	10	7	3		0/0		0
Parise	CSU	10	7	3	0	0/	1	0	0
Martin	SDSU	10	7	3	1	5/	0	1	1
Hanawahine	UH	10	5	5		0/0		0
Bell	UNM	9	8	1		0/0		1
Schillinger	OSU	9	7	2		1/25		0
Perkov	SDSU	9	6	3	1	1/	0	0	2
Baker	UNM	9	5	4		3/14		0
McLemore	UH	9	4	5		0/0		0
Apuna	ASU	9	3	6		1/		1
Howe	OSU	8	7	1		1/11		0
Rumbaugh	UNM	8	6	2		2/6		1
Gila	ASU	8	5	3		0/		0
Beekley	Ore	8	5	3		/15		2
Fisk	CSU	8	4	4	1	1/	0	0	1
Koskovich	UNM	8	1	7		0/0		1
Tillotson	USU	7	7	0	0	1/	0	0	0
TOTALS		716	445	271	14	65/145	6	56	24

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
English	Ore	2-1	200.0%	34	1-2	7
Steinke	USU	1-1	100.0%	20	3-3	6
Gaetano	UNLV	1-1	100.0%	37	3-3	6
Hicks	ASU	1-2	50.0%	21	2-3	5
Moore	UNM	1-1	100.0%	39	2-3	5
Hucko	Utah	1-2	50.0%	37	2-2	5
Duncan	SDSU	1-2	50.0%	37	0-0	3
Christopulos	Wyo	0-0		0	2-2	2
Kim	UH	0-1	0.0%	0	1-2	1
Walford	OSU	0-1	0.0%	0	0-1	0
Barilla	CSU	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	0
TOTALS		8-14	57.1%	39	16-21	40

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Misko	OSU	12	437	36.4	48
Rutdledge	ASU	10	354	35.4	46
Clayton	Wyo	9	360	40.0	52
McClure	USU	8	304	38.0	47
Roeszler	SDSU	8	301	37.6	46
Babb	Ore	7	294	42.0	53
Woody	CSU	6	230	38.3	52
Hudspeth	UNM	6	222	37.0	40
Gortz	UNLV	6	195	32.5	37
Cummins	UH	5	167	33.4	46
Partridge	Utah	4	166	41.5	48
Templer	CSU	1	38	38.0	38
TOTALS		82	3068	37.4	53

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