Notre Dame team stats
2016 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 5:47:10 | 28:56 | 6:12:50 | 31:04 |
| Offensive plays | 826 | 68.8 | 842 | 70.2 |
| Total yards | 5,011 | 417.6 | 4,546 | 378.8 |
| Penalties–yards | 78–638 | — | 68–606 | — |
| First downs | 254 | 21.2 | 244 | 20.3 |
| Third down | 68–16840.5% | — | 67–17239.0% | — |
| Fourth down | 13–2065.0% | — | 12–2352.2% | — |
Passing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 224–38857.7% | — | 193–31361.7% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,051 | 254.3 | 2,357 | 196.4 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.9 | — | 7.5 | — |
| Passing TDs | 27 | — | 14 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 9 | — |
Rushing
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 438 | 36.5 | 529 | 44.1 |
| Rushing yards | 1,960 | 163.3 | 2,189 | 182.4 |
| Yards per carry | 4.5 | — | 4.1 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 18 | — | 23 | — |
Turnovers
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 18 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.2 |
| Fumbles lost | 9 | — | 6 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 9 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacks | 14.0 | — | 28.0 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 63.0 | — | 65.0 | — |
| Interceptions | 9 | — | 8 | — |
| Interception yards | 73 | — | 173 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 6 | — | 9 | — |
Returns
| Notre Dame | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 38 | — | 42 | — |
| Kick return yards | 877 | — | 935 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 23.1 | — | 22.3 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Punt returns | 21 | — | 22 | — |
| Punt return yards | 191 | — | 316 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 9.1 | — | 14.4 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
⚠ 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.