Monday, October 19, 2020
Tale of the Tape: Pitt vs. Notre Dame
Here's how these two teams match up -- going into Saturday's game in Pittsburgh...
Notre Dame Offense vs. Pittsburgh Defense:
- Rushing
- Notre Dame averages 261 yards per game -- #7 in the country
- Pittsburgh allows 61 yards per game -- #1 in the country
- Notre Dame averages 5.83 yards per carry -- #6 in the country
- Pittsburgh allows 1.85 yards per carry -- #1 in the country
- Passing
- Notre Dame averages 179.8 yards per game -- #64 in the country
- Pittsburgh allows 213.2 yards per game -- #27 in the country
- Notre Dame QB's sacked 2 times per game -- #35 in the country
- Pittsburgh has sacked QB's 29 times -- #1 in the country
- Total Offense
- Notre Dame averages 440.8 yards per game -- #23 in the country
- Pittsburgh allows 274.7 yards per game -- #7 in the country
- Notre Dame averages 33.3 points per game -- #29 in the country
- Pittsburgh allows 20.3 points per game -- #16 in the country
Notre Dame Defense vs. Pittsburgh Offense:
- Rushing
- Pittsburgh averages 107 yards per game -- #70 in the country
- Notre Dame allows 107.5 yards per game -- #19 in the country
- Pittsburgh averages 2.89 yards per game -- #70 in the country
- Notre Dame allows 3.41 yards per rush -- #19 in the country
- Passing
- Pittsburgh averages 283.2 yards per game -- #20 in the country
- Notre Dame allows 189.8 yards per game -- #17 in the country
- Pittsburgh QB's sacked 2 times per game -- #35 in the country
- Notre Dame has sacked QB 9 times -- #39 in the country
- Total Offense
- Pittsburgh averages 390.2 yards per game -- #49 in the country
- Notre Dame allows 297.3 yards per game -- #11 in the country
- Pittsburgh averages 29.5 points per game -- #45 in the country
- Notre Dame allows 11.5 points per game -- #4 in the country
Other Interesting Stats:
- Penalties
- Notre Dame is averaging 3.1 penalties per game -- #6 in the country
- Pittsburgh is averaging 7.6 penalties per game -- #70 in the country
- Third Down Offense
- Notre Dame is converting 48.1% of the time -- #16 in the country
- Pittsburgh is converting 35.8% of the time -- #61 in the country
- Third Down Defense
- Notre Dame is allowing 20.8% of the time -- #2 in the country
- Pittsburgh is allowing 29.5% of the time -- #14 in the country
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Saturday's Great Test: Can ND Run on Pitt?
The Pittsburgh Panthers know how to play run defense -- they are #1 in the country! Look at how they have held teams down so far this season:
- Austin Peay: 1 yard rushing / 22 attempts
- Syracuse: 51 yards rushing / 34 attempts
- Louisville: 116 yards rushing / 30 attempts
- NC State: 62 yards rushing / 30 attempts
- Boston College: 30 yards rushing / 41 attempts
- Miami: 109 yards rushing / 42 attempts
To give this some context -- here's how these teams rank in rushing on the season:
- #33 Miami: 179 yards rushing per game
- #43 Louisville: 161 yards rushing per game
- #46 NC State: 154 yards rushing per game
- #74 Syracuse: 81 yards rushing per game
- #75 Boston College: 66 yards rushing per game
Season stats for Pitt's run defense:
- 61.5 yards per game rushing -- #1 in the country
- 1.9 yards rushing per attempt -- #1 in the country
- 2 rushing TD's allowed this season -- #6 in the country
- 261 yards rushing per game -- #7 in the country
- 5.83 yards rushing per attempt -- #5 in the country
- 13 rushing TD's this season -- #7 in the country
This game will match up one of the top defensive lines in the country vs. one of the top offensive lines in the country -- a game that will be truly won in the trenches...
LINK: PITT'S DEFENSIVE LINE
Notre Dame Moves Up to #3 in Both Major Polls
Most Notre Dame fans were disappointed in the Fighting Irish's 12 - 7 win over the Louisville Cardinals yesterday...
Fortunately, the media and the coaches felt other wise.
Are the IRISH receiving some "favored nation" status for being a member of a conference -- from beat writers and coaches inside the Atlantic Coast Conference?
LINK: AP POLL & COACHES POLL
First Look at ACC Football Standings
As you can see, Clemson leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 4 - 0 record, followed by our Fighting Irish who are also undefeated at 3 - 0.
Never thought I'd be flashing "conference standings" with Notre Dame football...
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE -- FOOTBALL STANDINGS:
- Clemson: 4 - 0
- NOTRE DAME: 3 - 0
- NC State: 4 - 1
- Virginia Tech: 4 - 1
- North Carolina: 3 - 1
- Miami: 3 - 1
- Georgia Tech: 2 - 2
- Boston College: 2 - 2
- Pittsburgh: 2 - 3
- Wake Forest: 1 - 2
- Florida State: 1 - 3
- Virginia: 1 - 3
- Syracuse: 1 - 3
- Duke: 1 - 5
- Louisville: 0 - 4
RED denotes on Notre Dame's schedule this season.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Brian Kelly Talks 12 - 7 Win Over Louisville
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Lowest Point Total In Home Win Since 1978
Back in 1978, Notre Dame beat Purdue 10 - 6 in a home game... Today was a WEIRD game in many ways -- it resembled games we've played against the Naval Academy over the years, in regards to offensive possessions.
Just The Facts:
- Notre Dame only had 7 offensive possessions in the game -- Clemson had 8 offensive possessions in the first half alone versus Georgia Tech today
- Louisville only ran 45 plays on offense --21 in the first half / 24 in the second half!
- Louisville came into the game averaging 75.8 plays (per game) on offense
- Louisville's offense came into the game with 9 fumbles and 5 interceptions -- a turnover machine. There were ZERO turnovers in today's game
- Louisville's defense had been giving up 34.25 points per game
- Louisville came into the game with just 3 sacks -- they sacked Book 4 times today...
- Both starting QB's threw 19 passes
- Louisville connected on 16 for 134 yards and a TD
- Notre Dame connected on 11 for 107 yards and no TD's
- Notre Dame held Louisville to 7 points
- Louisville scored 35 vs. Western Kentucky
- Louisville scored 34 vs. Miami
- Louisville scored 20 vs. Pittsburgh
- Louisville scored 27 vs. Georgia Tech
- Notre Dame held Louisville to only 233 yards of offense
- Louisville gained 487 vs. Western Kentucky
- Louisville gained 516 vs. Miami
- Louisville gained 223 vs. Pittsburgh
- Louisville gained 471 vs. Georgia Tech
- Notre Dame gained 339 yards of offense today
- Louisville held Western Kentucky to 248 yards of offense
- Louisville held Miami to 485 yards of offense
- Louisville held Pittsburgh to 376 yards of offense
- Louisville held Georgia Tech to 450 yards of offense
Here's what is concerning:
- Notre Dame's inability to consistently move the ball and score points through the air:
- Book has only 3 TD passes in our first four games
- 57 QB's have more TD passes than Ian this season -- only 76 teams are currently playing FBS
- Book's completing just 61.7% of his passes
- Ian completed 68.2% of his passes during the 2018 season
- Ian completed 60.2% of his passes during the 2019 season
Here's what is not concerning:
- 10 straight wins -- longest in college football!
- 22 straight wins at home
- Ian Book is 24 - 3 as a starting QB!
GO IRISH -- KEEP WINNING!
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