Sunday, September 14, 2014

Comparing Notre Dame's 2014 Season vs. 2012


FIRST QUARTER OF SEASON -- REPORT CARD:  I thought I'd take a look at how the 3 - 0 Fighting Irish of 2014 -- compared to the 3 - 0 Notre Dame team in 2012 -- enjoy!

Report Card Highlights:
  • The 2014 offense has scored 19 MORE POINTS over the first three games
  • The 2012 defense game up ONE LESS point over the first three games
  • The 2014 team is beating teams by 5 MORE POINTS per game
  • Each team averaged 100 MORE YARDS in offense than the opposition
  • The 2014 team has had FEWER TURNOVERS and FORCED MORE TURNOVERS

2012 FIRST THREE GAMES:
  • Notre Dame 50 -- Navy 10
  • Notre Dame 20 -- Purdue 17
  • Notre Dame 20 -- #10 Michigan State 3
-Total Points on offense:  90
-Total Points allowed on defense:  30
-Average margin of victory:  20 points per game
-Offensive Turnovers: 2
-Defensive Forced Turnovers: 7
-Total Yards Per Game:  388.7
-Total Yards Allowed Per Game:  288.7


2014 FIRST THREE GAMES: 
  • Notre Dame:  48 -- Rice 17
  • Notre Dame:  31 -- Michigan 0
  • Notre Dame;  30 -- Purdue 14
-Total Points on offense:  109
-Total Points allowed on defense:  31
-Average margin of victory:  25.3 points per game
-Offensive Turnovers:  1
-Defensive Forced Turnovers:  9
-Total Yards Per Game:  418
-Total Allowed Yards Per Game: 318.3