Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM SEPT. 20, 2025 19 Stats: 12 of 18, 144 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (141.09); -8 yards on 1 carry • Tommy Rees, freshman; Nov. 13, 2010, at South Bend Final Score: Notre Dame 28, No. 15 Utah 3 Stats: 13 of 20, 129 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT (168.68); -7 yards on 2 carries • Dayne Crist, junior; Sept. 4, 2010, at South Bend Final Score: Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12 Stats: 19 of 26, 205 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT (152.00); 6 yards on 9 carries • Evan Sharpley, junior; Oct. 20, 2007, at South Bend Final Score: No. 13 USC 38, Notre Dame 0 Stats: 17 of 33, 117 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (75.24); -31 yards on 8 carries • Jimmy Clausen, freshman; Sept. 8, 2007, at State College, Pa. Final Score: No. 14 Penn State 31, Notre Dame 10 Stats: 17 of 32, 144 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (84.68); -25 yards on 10 carries • Demetrius Jones, sophomore; Sept. 1, 2007, at South Bend Final Score: Georgia Tech 33, Notre Dame 3 Stats: 1 of 3, 4 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT (44.53); 28 yards on 12 carries Note: This ended up being Jones' only playing time at Notre Dame • Brady Quinn, freshman; Sept. 27, 2003, at West Lafayette, Ind. Final Score: No. 22 Purdue 23, Notre Dame 10 Stats: 29 of 59, 297 yards, 1 TD, 4 INT (83.49); 25 yards on 8 carries • Pat Dillingham, sophomore; Oct. 5, 2002, at South Bend Final Score: No. 9 Notre Dame 31, Stanford 7 Stats: 14 of 27, 129 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (84.58); -20 yards on 2 carries • Carlyle Holiday, sophomore; Sept. 29, 2001, at College Station, Texas Final Score: Texas A&M 24, Notre Dame 3 Stats: 6 of 13, 73 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT (62.55); 23 yards on 12 carries • Matt LoVecchio, freshman; Oct. 7, 2000, at South Bend Final Score: No. 25 Notre Dame 20, Stanford 14 Stats: 10 of 18, 100 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT (138.89); 36 yards on 13 carries • Gary Godsey, junior; Sept. 16, 2000, at South Bend Final Score: No. 21 Notre Dame 23, No. 13 Pur- due 21 Stats: 14 of 25, 158 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (99.74); 3 yards on 7 carries, 1 TD • Arnaz Battle, junior; Sept. 2, 2000, at South Bend Final Score: Notre Dame 24, No. 23 Texas A&M 10 Stats: 10 of 16, 133 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT (173.57); 50 yards on 12 carries • Eric Chappell, senior; Nov. 28, 1998, at Los Angeles Final Score: USC 10, No. 9 Notre Dame 0 Stats: 0 of 3, 0 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT (-133.33); 33 yards on 7 carries • Jarious Jackson, senior; Sept. 5, 1998, at Ann Arbor, Mich. Final Score: No. 22 Notre Dame 36, No. 5 Michi- gan 20 Stats: 4 of 10, 96 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT (166.64); 62 yards on 16 carries • Tom Krug, junior; Nov. 18, 1995, at U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Final Score: No. 8 Notre Dame 44, Air Force 14 Stats: 8 of 13, 96 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (108.18); 13 yards on 3 carries • Ron Powlus, sophomore; Sept. 3, 1994, at Evanston, Ill. Final Score: No. 3 Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 15 Stats: 18 of 24, 291 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT (231.55); 6 yards on 2 carries • Kevin McDougal, senior; Sept. 4, 1993, at South Bend Final Score: No. 7 Notre Dame 27, Northwestern 12 Stats: 6 of 8, 135 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT (216.75); -16 yards on 5 carries • Paul Failla, freshman; Sept. 28, 1991, at West Lafayette, Ind. Final Score: No. 8 Notre Dame 45, Purdue 20 Stats: 1 of 1, 10 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT (184.00); 11 yards on 2 carries. • Rick Mirer, sophomore; Sept. 15, 1990, at South Bend Final Score: No. 1 Notre Dame 28, No. 4 Michi- gan 24 Stats: 14 of 23, 165 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (126.78); 12 yards on 10 carries, 1 TD • Kent Graham, freshman; Nov. 7, 1987, at South Bend Final Score: No. 9 Notre Dame 32, Boston Col- lege 25 Stats: 6 of 8, 111 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (166.55); 7 yards on 3 carries • Tony Rice, sophomore; Oct. 17, 1987, at U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Final Score: No. 11 Notre Dame 35, Air Force 14 Stats: 1 of 5, 10 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (-3.20); 70 yards on 9 carries, 2 TD • Terry Andrysiak, sophomore; Nov. 9, 1985, at South Bend Final Score: Notre Dame 37, Mississippi 14 Stats: 11 of 15, 137 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (158.72); -7 yards on 2 carries • Scott Grooms, senior; Oct. 13, 1984, at South Bend Final Score: Air Force 21, Notre Dame 7 Stats: 12 of 35, 117 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (66.08); -9 yards on 12 carries • Steve Beuerlein, freshman; Oct. 1, 1983, at Boulder, Colo. Final Score: Notre Dame 27, Colorado 3 Stats: 8 of 12, 133 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT (159.77); no rushing attempts • Ken Karcher, sophomore; Nov. 20, 1982, at U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Final Score: Air Force 30, No. 18 Notre Dame 17 Stats: 2 of 4, 21 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (44.1); -10 yards on 1 carry • Blair Kiel, freshman; Oct. 11, 1980, at South Bend Final Score: No. 7 Notre Dame 32, No. 13 Miami 14 Stats: 4 of 17, 35 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT (40.82); 28 yards on 11 carries, 1 TD • Mike Courey, senior; Sept. 6, 1980, at South Bend Final Score: No. 11 Notre Dame 31, No. 9 Purdue 10 Stats: 10 of 13, 151 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (184.49); 59 yards on 9 carries, 1 TD • Tim Koegel, sophomore; Sept. 22, 1979, at West Lafayette, Ind. Final Score: No. 17 Purdue 28, No. 5 Notre Dame 22 Stats: 6 of 18, 81 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (78.36); 0 yards on 4 carries • Rusty Lisch, sophomore; Nov. 20, 1976, at Tokyo, Japan Final Score: No. 3 Notre Dame 40, Miami 27 Stats: 5 of 11, 102 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT (153.35); 9 yards on 15 carries, 3 TD • Joe Montana, sophomore; Oct. 4, 1975, at South Bend Final Score: Michigan State 10, No. 8 Notre Dame 3 Stats: 2 of 5, 19 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT (31.92); no rushing attempts • Rick Slager, senior; Sept. 15, 1975, at Chestnut Hill, Mass. Final Score: No. 9 Notre Dame 17, Boston College 3 Stats: 7 of 12, 72 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT (108.73); no rushing attempts The last Notre Dame quarterback to eventually win a national title, Tony Rice, somehow ended up with a negative pass-efficiency rating (-3.20) in his first-ever start in an Irish uniform in 1987. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS