Notre Dame team stats
2012 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 6:51:56 | 31:41 | 6:06:38 | 28:12 |
| Offensive plays | 894 | 68.8 | 830 | 63.8 |
| Total yards | 5,358 | 412.2 | 3,971 | 305.5 |
| Penalties–yards | 71–550 | — | 67–543 | — |
| First downs | 281 | 21.6 | 221 | 17.0 |
| Third down | 82–17746.3% | — | 65–17836.5% | — |
| Fourth down | 3–650.0% | — | 6–1735.3% | — |
Passing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 226–38858.2% | — | 261–43460.1% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,896 | 222.8 | 2,597 | 199.8 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.5 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Passing TDs | 14 | — | 11 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 16 | — | 8 | — |
Rushing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 506 | 38.9 | 396 | 30.5 |
| Rushing yards | 2,462 | 189.4 | 1,374 | 105.7 |
| Yards per carry | 4.9 | — | 3.5 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 23 | — | 4 | — |
Turnovers
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 15 | 1.2 | 23 | 1.8 |
| Fumbles lost | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 16 | — | 8 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 8 | — | 16 | — |
| Interception yards | 172 | — | 25 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 7 | — | 7 | — |
Returns
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 30 | — | 45 | — |
| Kick return yards | 588 | — | 996 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 19.6 | — | 22.1 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 21 | — | 11 | — |
| Punt return yards | 46 | — | 74 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 2.2 | — | 6.7 | — |
| 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.