Notre Dame team stats
2008 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 4:07:21 | 19:02 | 3:46:26 | 17:25 |
| Offensive plays | 883 | 67.9 | 852 | 65.5 |
| Total yards | 4,616 | 355.1 | 4,288 | 329.8 |
| Penalties–yards | 69–649 | — | 95–834 | — |
| First downs | 249 | 19.2 | 233 | 17.9 |
| Third down | 63–18134.8% | — | 57–17432.8% | — |
| Fourth down | 11–3036.7% | — | 5–1338.5% | — |
Passing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 271–44760.6% | — | 228–42254.0% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,380 | 260.0 | 2,739 | 210.7 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.6 | — | 6.5 | — |
| Passing TDs | 25 | — | 15 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 14 | — | 17 | — |
Rushing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 436 | 33.5 | 430 | 33.1 |
| Rushing yards | 1,426 | 109.7 | 1,744 | 134.2 |
| Yards per carry | 3.3 | — | 4.1 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 11 | — | 18 | — |
Turnovers
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 30 | 2.3 | 25 | 1.9 |
| Fumbles lost | 13 | — | 11 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 14 | — | 17 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 17 | — | 14 | — |
| Interception yards | 228 | — | 134 | — |
| Interception TDs | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 11 | — | 13 | — |
Returns
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt returns | 48 | — | 38 | — |
| Punt return yards | 232 | — | 153 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 4.8 | — | 4.0 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 1 | — | 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.