The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 11-0 in 1988. They emerged victorious over the West Virginia Mountaineers, 34 to 21, in the Fiesta Bowl, and won their eighth National Championship.
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 | |
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Team | 11 | 359 | 4,268 | 763 | 5.6 | 2,838 | 593 | 4.8 | 1,430 | 170 | 8.4 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 16th | 37th | 68th | 27th | 11th | 16th | 16th | 87th | 96th | 11th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 135 | 3,083 | 4.3 | 1,236 | 403 | 3.1 | 1,847 | 320 | 5.8 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 3rd | 12th | 17th | 9th | 11th | 16th | 32nd | 66th | 17th | ||||||||||
Net | +224 | +1,185 | +763 | +1.3 | +1,602 | +190 | +1.7 | -417 | -150 | +2.6 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 8th | 16th | 68th | 13th | 10th | 7th | 11th | 75th | 96th | 6th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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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 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |