1996 University of Notre Dame Football
            Notre Dame Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 16, 1996)
                                   All games

            TEAM STATISTICS                          ND          OPP
            --------------------------------------------------------
            SCORING.......................          407          181
              Points Per Game.............         37.0         16.5
            FIRST DOWNS...................          258          170
              Rushing.....................          161           82
              Passing.....................           87           77
              Penalty.....................           10           11
            RUSHING YARDAGE...............         2965         1314
              Yards gained rushing........         3201         1774
              Yards lost rushing..........          236          460
              Rushing Attempts............          567          422
              Average Per Rush............          5.2          3.1
              Average Per Game............        269.5        119.5
              TDs Rushing.................           34           14
            PASSING YARDAGE...............         2131         1656
              Att-Comp-Int................    250-145-4   292-131-13
              Average Per Pass............          8.5          5.7
              Average Per Catch...........         14.7         12.6
              Average Per Game............        193.7        150.5
              TDs Passing.................           15            9
            TOTAL OFFENSE.................         5096         2970
              Total Plays.................          817          714
              Average Per Play............          6.2          4.2
              Average Per Game............        463.3        270.0
            KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS......       27-628      59-1315
            PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.........       37-600       24-188
            INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..........       13-165         4-52
            KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE........         23.3         22.3
            PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...........         16.2          7.8
            INT RETURN AVERAGE............         12.7         13.0
            FUMBLES-LOST..................        33-23        17-11
            PENALTIES-YARDS...............       66-603       64-513
              Average Per Game............         54.8         46.6
            PUNTS-YARDS...................      46-1992      84-3431
              Average Per Punt............         43.3         40.8
            TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.......        33:23        26:37
            3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..........       69/147       45/159
              3rd-Down Pct................          47%          28%
            4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..........        11/19         8/12
              4th-Down Pct................          58%          67%
            SACKS BY-YARDS................       41-315       17-169
            MISC YARDS....................           66            0
            TOUCHDOWNS SCORED.............           57           23
            FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS..........         6-10         8-12
            PAT-ATTEMPTS..................        45-53        15-16
            ATTENDANCE....................       354450       298282
              Games/Avg Per Game..........      6/59075      5/59656

            BY QUARTER    1st  2nd  3rd  4th  OT     Total
            ------------  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---      ---
            Team........   80  135   95   97    0  -   407
            Opponents...   31   52   35   53   10  -   181