Notre Dame team stats
2009 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 3:54:13 | 19:31 | 3:27:38 | 17:18 |
| Offensive plays | 848 | 70.7 | 771 | 64.3 |
| Total yards | 5,421 | 451.8 | 4,773 | 397.8 |
| Penalties–yards | 75–646 | — | 81–672 | — |
| First downs | 293 | 24.4 | 236 | 19.7 |
| Third down | 64–15641.0% | — | 62–15739.5% | — |
| Fourth down | 9–1656.3% | — | 8–1266.7% | — |
Passing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 301–44767.3% | — | 198–34158.1% | — |
| Passing yards | 4,055 | 337.9 | 2,871 | 239.3 |
| Yards per attempt | 9.1 | — | 8.4 | — |
| Passing TDs | 30 | — | 17 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 12 | — | 5 | — |
Rushing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 401 | 33.4 | 430 | 35.8 |
| Rushing yards | 1,539 | 128.3 | 2,043 | 170.3 |
| Yards per carry | 3.8 | — | 4.8 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 13 | — | 18 | — |
Turnovers
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 14 | 1.2 | 19 | 1.6 |
| Fumbles lost | 9 | — | 7 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 12 | — | 5 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 5 | — | 12 | — |
| Interception yards | 132 | — | 30 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 7 | — | 9 | — |
Returns
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 50 | — | 63 | — |
| Kick return yards | 1,085 | — | 1,385 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 21.7 | — | 22.0 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
| Punt returns | 40 | — | 28 | — |
| Punt return yards | 232 | — | 102 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 5.8 | — | 3.6 | — |
| 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.