Advanced Stats Review: Syracuse

Notre Dame put together a complete effort to kill Syracuse's dreams, jumping out to an early lead and holding it thanks to contributions from the defense, rushing attack, and special teams. The offensive line and rushing attack allowed Notre Dame to dominate the efficiency battle, but without explosive plays the Orange threatened to pull off [...]

By |2022-11-03T12:47:39-04:00November 3rd, 2022|Football|6 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: UNLV

The Irish defense and special teams served up the perfect chance for a relaxing afternoon against UNLV, but the offense struggled to throw down the alley oops enough that starters were still playing in the closing minutes. It was a fine but unsatisfying performance, as a hot start with two punt blocks and multiple 3-and-outs [...]

By |2022-10-27T09:59:05-04:00October 27th, 2022|Football|4 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: BYU

For a second straight week, Notre Dame played 30 minutes of dominant football only to see consistency waver and things start falling apart late. Drew Pyne put up his strongest statistical performance of the year, wisely relying on Michael Mayer to dominate the BYU defense. The Irish defense was phenomenal for the first half, then [...]

By |2022-10-13T09:57:02-04:00October 13th, 2022|Football|7 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: Georgia Tech

Notre Dame was nearly perfect in the 2021 home finale against Georgia Tech, scoring on every possession in the first half (with just one field goal) and shutting out the Yellow Jackets. The Irish continued to dominate inexperienced quarterbacks, and Jack Coan's recent run of passing efficiency hit levels Ian Book rarely matched against P5 [...]

By |2021-11-23T17:23:32-05:00November 23rd, 2021|Football|15 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: Cincinnati

An inefficient Notre Dame offense reliant on explosive plays through the air met up with an elite passing defense, and Cincinnati's early turnovers and passing attack late held off the Irish for a massive win. While the game was full of self-inflicted errors at home for ND, Cincinnati wasn't perfect either, squandering many scoring chances [...]

By |2021-10-05T10:09:47-04:00October 5th, 2021|Football|37 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: Purdue

The Irish still haven't looked dominant this season, but Notre Dame destroyed Purdue in the explosiveness battle to cement a third straight awkward win. The offense survived ghastly efficiency numbers against a bad Boilermaker defense, including many self-inflicted wounds in the passing game. Defensively, Marcus Freeman and company finally limited big plays and made Jeff [...]

By |2021-09-20T16:15:39-04:00September 21st, 2021|Football|5 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: Toledo

Two straight weeks, two straight heart attacks, 2-0. Notre Dame nearly suffered a massive upset against Toledo despite dominating the efficiency battle, as several concerning storylines from Tallahassee followed the Irish home. For a second straight week, the defense dominated long stretches of the game and wreaked tons of havoc, yet surrendered huge plays to [...]

By |2021-09-13T11:37:39-04:00September 13th, 2021|Football|34 Comments
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