Notre Dame team stats
2005 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 4:00:13 | 20:01 | 3:19:51 | 16:39 |
| Offensive plays | 945 | 78.8 | 813 | 67.8 |
| Total yards | 5,728 | 477.3 | 4,763 | 396.9 |
| Penalties–yards | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | — |
| First downs | 314 | 26.2 | 239 | 19.9 |
| Third down | 86–18446.7% | — | 55–16533.3% | — |
| Fourth down | 8–1844.4% | — | 12–2744.4% | — |
Passing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 294–45464.8% | — | 218–41053.2% | — |
| Passing yards | 4,107 | 342.3 | 3,396 | 283.0 |
| Yards per attempt | 9.0 | — | 8.3 | — |
| Passing TDs | 32 | — | 17 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 8 | — |
Rushing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 491 | 40.9 | 403 | 33.6 |
| Rushing yards | 1,765 | 147.1 | 1,588 | 132.3 |
| Yards per carry | 3.6 | — | 3.9 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 21 | — | 17 | — |
Turnovers
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 14 | 1.2 | 25 | 2.1 |
| Fumbles lost | 6 | — | 12 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 8 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 8 | — | 13 | — |
| Interception yards | 223 | — | 103 | — |
| Interception TDs | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 12 | — | 6 | — |
Returns
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt returns | 36 | — | 30 | — |
| Punt return yards | 396 | — | 174 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 11.0 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 2 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.