Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 8-3 in 1978. They emerged victorious over the Houston Cougars, 35 to 34, in the Cotton Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Mon 1/1	vs	HOU	W 35-34
Sat 11/25	@	USC	L 25-27
Sat 11/18	@	GT	W 38-21
Sat 11/11	vs	TENN	W 31-14
Sat 11/4	vs	NAVY	W 27-7

Team Leaders

PASS YDS

2,010

Montana

Montana

RUSH YDS

1,192

Ferguson

Ferguson

REC YDS

699

Haines

Haines

1978 Stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	258	4,355	832	5.2	2,299	561	4.1	2,056	271	7.6
Team Rank		43rd	21st	37th	22nd	51st	70th	43rd	21st	38th	22nd
Opponent	11	163	3,572		4.4	1,537	490	3.1	2,035	317	6.4
Opponent Rank		31st	61st		54th	22nd	20th	27th	132nd	133rd	65th
Net		+95	+783	+832	+0.8	+762	+71	+1.0	+21	-46	+1.2
Net Rank		32nd	38th	37th	33rd	32nd	39th	30th	65th	97th	33rd

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Hampton

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Pass TD Leaders

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Ward

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Opp PPG Rankings

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Total Yards Rankings

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488.7

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Rush Yards Rankings

301.5

258.7

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Pass Yards Rankings

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342.5

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CFB 2024 Division Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona State	11	2	.846
2	BYU	10	2	.833

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	12	1	.923
2	UNLV	11	3	.786

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Marshall	10	3	.769
2	Louisiana	10	3	.769

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	12	1	.923
2	UConn	8	4	.667

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	11	3	.786
2	Miami (OH)	8	5	.615

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon	13	0	1.000
2	Penn State	12	2	.857

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	7	.417
2	Washington State	8	4	.667

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	SMU	11	3	.786
2	Clemson	10	4	.714

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	11	2	.846
2	Texas	12	2	.857

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Army	11	2	.846
2	Tulane	9	5	.643

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
2	Western Kentucky	8	6	.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 12/22	CCAR	@	UTSA	15-44
Fri 12/20	TENN	@	OSU	17-42
Fri 12/20	CLEM	@	TEX	24-38
Fri 12/20	SMU	@	PSU	10-38
Thu 12/19	IND	@	ND	17-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/4	BUFF	@	LIB	11:00 AM
Fri 1/3	MINN	@	VT	7:30 PM
Fri 1/3	UNT	@	TXST	4:00 PM
Thu 1/2	DUKE	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Wed 1/1	ND	@	UGA	8:45 PM