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1987 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	86	67	91	85	329
OPP	38	73	32	40	183

1987 (8-4)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 12	16	@ #9 Michigan	26 - 7 W
Sep 12	9	#17 Michigan State	31 - 8 W
Sep 26	8	@ Purdue	44 - 20 W
Oct 10	4	@ Pittsburgh	22 - 30 L
Oct 17	11	@ Air Force	35 - 14 W
Oct 24	10	USC	26 - 15 W
Oct 31	9	Navy	56 - 13 W
Nov 7	9	Boston College	32 - 25 W
Nov 14	7	#11 Alabama	37 - 6 W
Nov 21	7	@ Penn State	20 - 21 L
Nov 28	10	@ #2 Miami (FL)	0 - 24 L
Jan 1	12	vs. #13 Texas A&M	10 - 35 L

Team Stats
	ND	OPP
Scoring	329	183
Points per Game	29.9	16.6
1st Downs	227	188
Rushing 1st Downs	163	86
Passing 1st Downs	57	84
Penalty	7	18
Rushing	2,773	1,696
Rushing Attempts	618	456
Average per Rush	4.5	3.7
Average per Game	252.1	154.2
TDs Rushing	33	14
Passing	1,418	1,618
Passes Attempted	166	263
Passes Completed	82	124
Intercepted	11	13
Average per Pass	8.5	6.2
Average per Catch	17.3	13.0
Average per Game	128.9	147.1
TDs Passing	4	8
Pass Efficiency	115.85	98.98
Total Offensive Plays	784	719
Total Net Yards	4,191	3,314
Average Gain Per Play	5.35	4.61
Average per Game	381.00	301.27
Fumbles - Lost	18 - 9	27 - 16
Penalties - Yards	64 - 566	49 - 373
Interceptions - Yards	13 - 159	11 - 53
Int Return Average	12.23	4.82
Punts - Yards	52 - 2105	60 - 2337
Average Per Punt	40.48	38.95
Punt Returns - Yards	38 - 439	31 - 205
Punt Return Average	11.55	6.61
Kickoff Returns - Yards	37 - 641	57 - 990
Kick Return Average	17.32	17.37
Third Down Conversions	67 of 156	54 of 146
Third Down Percent	42.95%	36.99%
Fourth Down Conversions	8 of 11	7 of 12
Fourth Down Percent	72.73%	58.33%
Average Attendance	59,075	73,796
Neutral Site Average Attendance	73,006

Season Info
Record	8-4
Conference	Independent
Bowl	Cotton Bowl
Coach	Lou Holtz

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Whitehouse	CSU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Hewitt	SDSU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Adkison	UTEP	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Snyder	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Newman	TCU	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
VanHorne	Pitt	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Yarbrough	AFA	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		34	12	25	3	0	0	271

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Garrison	UNM	24-44-4	368	8.4	98	2	0	121.62
Snyder	USU	29-50-1	324	6.5	34	3	2	128.23
Molander	CSU	26-44-0	317	7.2	25	2	9	134.61
Burnett	Wyo	24-46-1	308	6.7	39	3	1	125.59
Santos	SDSU	19-38-3	248	6.5	60	1	4	97.72
Mendonca	Utah	17-36-3	201	5.6	49	1	4	86.62
Genilla	Pitt	6-11-1	166	15.1	47	2	1	223.13
Hegarty	UTEP	11-14-1	142	10.1	44	2	1	196.63
Stafford	Tex	12-26-3	107	4.1	16	0	5	57.65
Kelley	Tex	7-13-1	83	6.4	22	0	0	92.09
Mitchell	Utah	6-14-0	76	5.4	26	0	0	88.46
Jones	UH	5-10-1	70	7.0	29	0	5	88.80
Remo	UTEP	4-12-2	66	5.5	41	1	0	73.70
Briggs	UH	4-7-0	42	6.0	24	1	2	154.69
Rascoe	TCU	3-8-1	32	4.0	17	0	0	46.10
TOTALS		201-391-27	2595	6.6	98	19	35	109.38

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeffery	TCU	19	208	1	207	10.9	69	1
Heyward	Pitt	33	144	8	136	4.1	19	0
Rascoe	TCU	23	113	8	105	4.6	34	1
Darthard	TCU	8	99	0	99	12.4	58	1
Hewitt	SDSU	21	95	3	92	4.4	20	2
Abraham	Wyo	20	91	4	87	4.3	20	1
Roberts	AFA	15	85	0	85	5.7	12	0
Norris	Tex	8	85	0	85	10.6	43	1
Dowis	AFA	15	78	0	78	5.2	21	0
Metcalf	Tex	15	82	4	78	5.2	17	0
Briggs	UH	15	92	18	74	4.9	10	0
Booker	AFA	5	66	0	66	13.2	53	0
Heyward	Pitt	10	65	1	64	6.4	17	0
Dixon	UTEP	10	52	0	52	5.2	17	0
Whitehouse	CSU	16	54	6	48	3.0	11	2
TOTALS		462	2113	472	1641	3.6	69	14

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mathis	UNM	8	112	14.0	61	1
Smith	USU	8	101	12.6	33	2
Smith	Utah	7	76	10.9	49	1
Loving	Wyo	6	73	12.2	27	0
Newman	USU	6	48	8.0	14	1
Whitehouse	CSU	6	40	6.7	11	1
Hall	UNM	6	24	4.0	7	0
Reed-Martin	SDSU	5	101	20.2	60	0
Wade	USU	5	72	14.4	34	0
Slack	SDSU	5	61	12.2	34	0
Jones	Tex	5	61	12.2	22	0
Maiden	USU	5	48	9.6	20	0
Jones	Utah	5	38	7.6	9	0
McArthur	UH	5	35	7.0	13	1
Duff	UNM	4	78	19.5	23	0
TOTALS		201	2595	12.9	98	19

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Gilbreath	SDSU	7	145	20.7	36	0
Payne	USU	5	143	28.6	30	0
Beach	CSU	6	126	21.0	25	0
Williams	UH	4	78	19.5	29	0
Roberson	AFA	3	74	24.7	27	0
Mathis	UNM	2	56	28.0	40	0
Smith	USU	2	55	27.5	34	0
Jenkins	Utah	2	50	25.0	28	0
Carr	CSU	1	45	45.0	45	0
Johnson	UTEP	1	44	44.0	44	0
TOTALS		47	1023	21.8	45	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Johnson	UNM	3	77	25.7	72	1
Metcalf	Tex	5	59	11.8	23	0
Sargent	Wyo	6	54	9.0	21	0
Newton	TCU	5	35	7.0	13	0
Smith	USU	2	30	15.0	29	0
Bell	UH	2	27	13.5	19	0
Barth	AFA	3	25	8.3	10	0
Olsavsky	Pitt	1	21	21.0	21	0
Osborn	Pitt	4	20	5.0	6	0
Gilbreath	SDSU	2	19	9.5	11	0
TOTALS		39	380	9.7	72	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Newton	TCU	1	37	0
Walker	UTEP	1	33	0
Fields	Utah	1	30	0
Harris	Wyo	1	27	0
Bell	UH	1	23	0
Allen	UNM	1	15	0
Trumper	CSU	1	14	0
Conley	TCU	1	13	0
Spencer	TCU	1	12	0
Tippeconnic	CSU	1	11	0
TOTALS		23	234	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Allen	UNM	19	7	12	2	1/		2
Heber	UNM	15	8	7	0	0/		0
Morgan	UTEP	14	7	7	0	1/		0
Hager	Tex	14	7	7	0	0/		2
Austin	UH	13	10	3	0	1/		1
Mathis	AFA	12	10	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Robertson	Utah	12	9	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Miller	USU	12	4	8	0	0/	0	0	2
Earley	SDSU	11	6	5	0	0/	0	0	1
Hock	CSU	11	2	9	0	0/		2	0
Martinez	UNM	11	2	9	0	1/		0
Bonifacio	Utah	10	8	2	0	0/	0	1	0
Lalau	UH	10	5	5	0	0/		0
Bell	UH	10	4	6	0	0/		0
Gadson	Pitt	9	9	0	4	0/	2	0	2
Belcher	UH	9	8	1	1	0/		0
Bernard	SDSU	9	7	2	0	0/	0	1	0
Schenbeck	Wyo	9	6	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Brown	USU	9	6	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Llewellyn	TCU	9	6	3	0	0/		0
Hanser	Wyo	9	5	4	1	0/	0	1	1
Wilson	SDSU	8	7	1	1	0/	0	0	0
Owens	Pitt	8	7	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Hill	Wyo	8	6	2	0	0/	0	3	1
Benson	TCU	8	6	2	0	2/		0
TOTALS		860	496	364	42	44/0	6	66	31

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Newman	TCU	2-2	100.0%	49	3-4	9
VanHorne	Pitt	2-4	50.0%	41	3-3	9
Yarbrough	AFA	2-2	100.0%	32	1-1	7
Castellanos	UTEP	1-2	50.0%	39	3-3	6
Garner	USU	2-4	50.0%	49	0-0	6
Walsh	UNM	1-2	50.0%	29	2-2	5
Clements	Tex	1-2	50.0%	46	2-2	5
Lieber	Utah	1-1	100.0%	47	1-1	4
Ackerson	SDSU	0-0		0	3-3	3
Worker	Wyo	0-2	0.0%	0	3-3	3
Tyler	CSU	0-1	0.0%	0	2-3	2
Valverde	UH	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
TOTALS		12-23	52.2%	49	25-27	61

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Cruse	Utah	8	404	50.5	55
Ross	SDSU	8	399	49.9	53
Adkison	UTEP	8	285	35.6	56
Kilpatrick	Wyo	7	359	51.3	63
Ah Loo	UH	7	259	37.0	47
Albrecht	UNM	6	287	47.8	72
Newman	TCU	5	193	38.6	46
Blasy	AFA	4	182	45.5	48
Waits	Tex	4	166	41.5	49
Rasp	Pitt	4	158	39.5	50
Luke	CSU	4	136	34.0	43
Agular	USU	3	113	37.7	46
Rouen	CSU	3	105	35.0	42
Walsh	UNM	1	41	41.0	41
TEAM	Tex	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		73	3087	42.3	72

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