Terry Hanratty Interview -- w/ Ryan Harris

Pitt Week: Brian Kelly Show Last Night

Here Come The Irish Football Show -- Pitt

Student Body Prez and Provost Talk Covid-19

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Packer & Durham Interviews Kyren Williams

Notre Dame Interview of the Week!

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Jack Swarbrick's UND Night Interview...

Interview w/ Notre Dame's Student Body Prez...

Pitt's Narduzzi Talks Notre Dame Game...

Pitt Week: Brian Kelly's Monday Presser

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
  

Know Thy Foe: Pitt's Narduzzi Talks Loss...

Domer Fullers' 53 Yard TD Catch -- Sunday

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

 

Notre Dame's rushing attack:

• 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

Game Highlights: Notre Dame 12 -- Louisville 7

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

Domer Cole Kmet Talks First NFL TD Catch!

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.

I Love How They Play the Victory March!