Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM SEPT. 27, 2025 25 0 Punts for Notre Dame's James Rendell in Notre Dame's 56-30 victory over Purdue. 1st Time Notre Dame had 2 rushing touch- downs over 20 yards and 2 touchdown receptions over 40 yards in the same game since 1966, per Notre Dame media relations. Running backs Jadarian Price (21 yards) and Jer- emiyah Love (46) accounted for the scoring runs, while wide receivers Malachi Fields (66) and Jor- dan Faison (48) hauled in the touchdown passes. 1 Is the number of times a Barry Odom defense had given up 56 points or more in a game in his seven seasons as a college head coach at Mis- souri, UNLV and now Purdue, prior this matchup with Notre Dame. That came in his first season as a head coach, a 63-37 loss to Tennessee by Missouri. 3 Sacks by Notre Dame through three games after getting two of them against Purdue. The Irish came into the game ranked 131st out of 134 charted FBS teams in sacks per game in the national statistics. 5 Games in Notre Dame football history, home or away, have been delayed by weather/light- ning, with three of those occurring in the past three seasons. The Irish are 3-2 in those games following their 56-30 win over Purdue. Current Irish offensive coordinator Mike Den- brock was on the Notre Dame sideline for all five of those contests. 8th Time that both Love and Price have scored a rushing touchdown in the same game, and the second time that both have rushed for multiple touchdowns in the same game (Nov. 23, 2024 vs. Army). 10 Notre Dame's current winning streak in the Purdue series. The longest in the 89- game series was 11 games (1986-96), the entirety of the Lou Holtz coaching era. 53 Years between games that three Notre Dame defensive players made their first career starts in the same game. Freshmen cor- nerbacks Dallas Golden and Mark Zackary IV and redshirt freshman safety Tae Johnson all made their first career start against the Boilermakers. Per Notre Dame media relations, it is the first time since 1972 — the first season in which the NCAA per- manently restored freshman eligibility — that three Notre Dame defensive players made first career start together. All told, it is the eighth time that three freshmen have started on defense and the fourth time that three freshmen started in the secondary. 56 Points scored by Notre Dame versus Pur- due, after the Irish posted 66 in a win over the Boilermakers in 2024. That marks the first time since 1993-94 that Notre Dame has scored 56 or more points in back-to-back meetings against an opponent. In 1993-94, the Irish scored 58 points in consecu- tive meetings against Navy. 59 Lightning strikes were detected within a 10-mile radius of Notre Dame Stadium during the one-hour, 54-minute weather delay. 83-48 Is the margin that Notre Dame has outscored its opponents post- delays in the five games that were halted due to weather/lightning — 2011 at home versus South Florida, 2016 on the road at North Carolina State, 2023 on the road at North Carolina State, 2024 at home versus Stanford and 2025 at home against Purdue. The Fighting Irish outscored the Boilermakers 28-17 in this year's game after returning to action. 98 Yards allowed by the Notre Dame defense in the second half, after getting gashed for 286 yards by the Boilermakers in the first half. Last season, Purdue managed just 162 total yards for the entire game. 100 Yards on redshirt junior running back Jadarian Price's second career kick re- turn touchdown. His first one was a 99-yarder versus Southern Cal on Oct. 14, 2023. It's the fourth kick return for a touchdown of 100 yards in Notre Dame history, and the first since Julius Jones against Nebraska on Sept. 9, 2000. 535 Total yards for Notre Dame against Pur- due, its highest output since its 66-7 pounding of the Boilermakers last September in which it amassed a season-high 578. BY THE NUMBERS BY ERIC HANSEN 66 -Yard touchdown catch for redshirt senior wide receiver MALACHI FIELDS on the first play of scrimmage for Notre Dame. It was a career long for Fields and his first touchdown in an Irish uniform. With the catch, Fields crossed the 2,000 mark for career receiving yards. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER