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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	72	51	40	69	232
OPP	31	36	39	54	160

1981 (5-6)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 15	4	LSU	27 - 9 W
Sep 19	1	@ #11 Michigan	7 - 25 L
Sep 26	13	@ Purdue	14 - 15 L
Oct 3		Michigan State	20 - 7 W
Oct 10		#20 Florida State	13 - 19 L
Oct 24		#5 USC	7 - 14 L
Oct 31		Navy	38 - 0 W
Nov 7		Georgia Tech	35 - 3 W
Nov 14		@ Air Force	35 - 7 W
Nov 15		@ #13 Penn State	21 - 24 L
Nov 27		@ #9 Miami (FL)	15 - 37 L

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	232	160
Points per Game	21.1	14.5
1st Downs	177	162
Rushing 1st Downs	96	100
Passing 1st Downs	71	48
Penalty	10	14
Rushing	1,985	1,829
Rushing Attempts	491	507
Average per Rush	4.0	3.6
Average per Game	180.5	166.3
TDs Rushing	17	12
Passing	1,624	1,399
Passes Attempted	252	243
Passes Completed	120	114
Intercepted	15	13
Average per Pass	6.4	5.8
Average per Catch	13.5	12.3
Average per Game	147.6	127.2
TDs Passing	12	8
Pass Efficiency	105.56	95.44
Total Offensive Plays	743	750
Total Net Yards	3,609	3,228
Average Gain Per Play	4.86	4.30
Average per Game	328.09	293.45
Fumbles - Lost	18 - 6	25 - 10
Penalties - Yards	59 - 584	51 - 473
Interceptions - Yards	13 - 204	15 - 75
Int Return Average	15.69	5.00
Punts - Yards	74 - 2958	84 - 3329
Average Per Punt	39.97	39.63
Punt Returns - Yards	34 - 230	36 - 213
Punt Return Average	6.76	5.92
Kickoff Returns - Yards	26 - 660	32 - 627
Kick Return Average	25.38	19.59
Time of Possession/Game	20:21	29:39
Third Down Conversions	46 of 158	43 of 176
Third Down Percent	29.11%	24.43%
Average Attendance	54,075	69,490

Season Info
Record	5-6
Conference	Independent
Coach	Gerry Faust

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Rodgers	Utah	3	0	0	1	0	0	20
Davis	Wyo	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
McPherson	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Crouse	UNLV	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Phillips	UNLV	0	1	6	0	0	0	9
Moore	Wyo	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Alvarez	Utah	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Riley	UTEP	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
TOTALS		30	4	18	5	0	0	220

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
King	UNLV	31-57-4	473	8.3	52	2	121.64
Essington	CU	22-35-1	271	7.7	33	2	141.04
Kofler	SDSU	19-33-1	214	6.5	28	0	105.99
Ferguson	Utah	15-27-1	212	7.9	47	0	114.10
Quarles	UH	9-17-0	151	8.9	42	0	127.55
Davis	Wyo	5-11-0	124	11.3	81	1	170.15
Canales	USU	16-30-3	118	3.9	19	3	99.37
Nugent	CSU	9-18-2	116	6.4	27	1	100.24
Antoine	AFA	11-19-2	103	5.4	19	0	82.38
Thenell	CSU	7-16-1	92	5.8	23	1	100.18
Gasca	LBS	11-24-3	73	3.0	22	0	46.38
Osborn	UNM	5-18-0	50	2.8	15	1	69.44
McEachern	UTEP	6-19-0	47	2.5	39	0	52.36
Disney	LBS	2-4-0	43	10.8	32	1	222.80
Miller	AFA	3-3-0	33	11.0	17	0	192.40
TOTALS		185-363-19	2210	6.1	81	12	102.55

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Rodgers	Utah	14	173	0	173	12.4	87	3
Davis	Wyo	16	151	11	140	8.8	32	3
Quarles	UH	15	100	12	88	5.9	36	0
Crouse	UNLV	16	89	2	87	5.4	18	2
Rouson	CU	17	85	1	84	4.9	17	1
Moore	Wyo	7	80	0	80	11.4	25	1
Lindsay	CSU	23	81	6	75	3.3	10	0
Sundquist	AFA	18	70	1	69	3.8	19	1
Toloumu	UH	8	59	0	59	7.4	20	0
Turner	USU	18	62	3	59	3.3	17	1
Monroe	Utah	11	56	1	55	5.0	13	0
Goffigan	Wyo	9	46	0	46	5.1	22	0
Bynum	USU	9	49	3	46	5.1	18	0
Morton	UNLV	8	42	0	42	5.2	15	0
Brooks	CSU	8	40	0	40	5.0	10	0
TOTALS		508	2186	528	1658	3.3	87	17

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Morton	UNLV	10	146	14.6	62	1
Champine	CSU	9	116	12.9	23	1
McPherson	USU	9	87	9.7	19	2
Sandusky	UNLV	8	161	20.1	36	1
Kirby	AFA	8	91	11.4	19	0
Spek	UNLV	7	62	8.9	12	0
Graham	Utah	5	95	19.0	41	0
Rouson	CU	5	64	12.8	22	0
Durham	SDSU	5	55	11.0	17	0
Ellis	SDSU	5	45	9.0	13	0
Williams	Wyo	4	114	28.5	81	1
Smith	SDSU	4	57	14.2	28	0
Parker	CU	4	35	8.8	14	0
Gross	LBS	4	35	8.8	22	0
Richesen	Utah	3	61	20.3	47	0
TOTALS		184	2173	11.8	81	10

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Stanley	CU	5	158	31.6	0
Monroe	Utah	5	107	21.4	0
Jones	USU	3	69	23.0	0
Adams	AFA	4	65	16.2	0
Smith	SDSU	4	56	14.0	0
Clash	Wyo	2	55	27.5	0
Allen	UTEP	3	54	18.0	0
Toloumu	UH	2	49	24.5	0
Faucett	CSU	2	39	19.5	0
Browne	CSU	2	37	18.5	0
TOTALS		43	861	20.0	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Kirby	AFA	6	110	18.3	1
Nobles	SDSU	4	31	7.8	0
McLemore	UH	2	21	10.5	0
Wilson	Utah	2	20	10.0	0
Leidelmeyer	LBS	3	14	4.7	0
Davis	Wyo	1	13	13.0	0
Fernandez	USU	2	13	6.5	0
Sandusky	UNLV	2	10	5.0	0
Stanley	CU	2	8	4.0	0
Clash	Wyo	2	6	3.0	0
TOTALS		27	251	9.3	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Williams	UNLV	2	62	0
Dean	SDSU	2	46	0
McLemore	UH	1	23	0
Fowler	Wyo	1	21	0
Saint	UNLV	1	19	0
Jenkins	UNLV	1	18	0
Ray	LBS	1	14	0
Mog	CSU	1	0	0
Hogue	USU	1	0	0
Anderson	LBS	1	0	0
TOTALS		12	203	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Gompf	Utah	14	9	5	1	0/	1	0	0
Marchese	Utah	12	8	4	0	0/	0	1	0
Dale	SDSU	12	6	6	1	1/		0
Scott	AFA	12	2	10	0	0/	0	0	0
Harper	CSU	11	2	9		0/		1
Clough	CSU	11	2	9		0/		0
Dean	SDSU	10	7	3	0	0/		3
Hornfeck	UNM	10	6	4	0	0/	0	1	0
Jarvis	UNLV	10	6	4	0	1/	0	0	1
Salley	Wyo	10	4	6		0/		1
Reid	Utah	9	6	3	0	0/	0	0	1
Franey	SDSU	9	6	3	1	1/		0
Howard	LBS	9	6	3		0/		1
Faucett	CSU	9	4	5		0/		2
Remington	CU	9	3	6	0	1/	0	0	0
McLemore	UH	8	7	1	0	1/	0	1
Kyle	UH	8	7	1	0	1/	0	0
Bynum	CU	8	7	1	0	0/	0	1	1
Ray	LBS	8	7	1		0/		1
Clash	Wyo	8	6	2		1/		4
Greenwood	UNM	8	5	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Guines	Wyo	8	5	3		1/		0
Lawson	Utah	8	4	4	0	0/	0	0	0
Donaldson	CU	8	4	4	0	0/	0	1	0
Brown	UTEP	8	4	4		0/		0
TOTALS		874	454	420	18	49/0	9	71	24

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Phillips	UNLV	1-2	50.0%	45	6-6	9
Alvarez	Utah	2-3	66.7%	43	2-2	8
Larsen	UH	1-3	33.3%	40	0-0	3
Pavlich	AFA	0-0		0	3-3	3
Poole	CSU	0-0		0	2-2	2
Money	USU	0-1	0.0%	0	2-4	2
Parks	UNM	0-1	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Tobin	Wyo	0-1	0.0%	0	1-2	1
Meyer	SDSU	0-1	0.0%	0	1-1	1
TOTALS		4-12	33.3%	45	18-21	30

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Padia	UTEP	12	470	39.2	5
Ferguson	UNM	12	445	37.1	58
Horan	LBS	9	446	49.6	62
Kubiak	AFA	7	300	42.9	52
Woods	CU	6	275	45.8	56
Weil	Wyo	6	252	42.0	51
Speer	Utah	6	250	41.7	46
Natividad	UH	6	246	41.0	53
Jezulin	SDSU	6	237	39.5	50
Poole	CSU	5	208	41.6	44
Rutledge	UNLV	4	165	41.2	45
McClure	USU	3	159	53.0	60
TOTALS		82	3453	42.1	62