Notre Dame team stats
2011 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 4:07:17 | 19:01 | 3:59:06 | 18:24 |
| Offensive plays | 906 | 69.7 | 887 | 68.2 |
| Total yards | 5,369 | 413.0 | 4,481 | 344.7 |
| Penalties–yards | 82–758 | — | 96–812 | — |
| First downs | 308 | 23.7 | 262 | 20.2 |
| Third down | 81–17446.6% | — | 64–18534.6% | — |
| Fourth down | 6–785.7% | — | 12–2060.0% | — |
Passing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 302–47363.8% | — | 244–40959.7% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,404 | 261.8 | 2,833 | 217.9 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.2 | — | 6.9 | — |
| Passing TDs | 21 | — | 23 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 17 | — |
Rushing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 433 | 33.3 | 478 | 36.8 |
| Rushing yards | 2,085 | 160.4 | 1,806 | 138.9 |
| Yards per carry | 4.8 | — | 3.8 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 25 | — | 8 | — |
Turnovers
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 29 | 2.2 | 14 | 1.1 |
| Fumbles lost | 12 | — | 6 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 17 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 17 | — | 8 | — |
| Interception yards | 186 | — | 203 | — |
| Interception TDs | 1 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 6 | — | 12 | — |
Returns
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 59 | — | 57 | — |
| Kick return yards | 1,281 | — | 1,256 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 21.7 | — | 22.0 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 2 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 46 | — | 31 | — |
| Punt return yards | 48 | — | 161 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 1.0 | — | 5.2 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 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.