Under the Dome
25.8
Points per game averaged by Notre Dame (78th in
the country) last year while finishing No. 4 in the final
BCS poll. Of the 19 Fighting Irish teams since 1946 to finish in the top
five, last year's scoring average was the second lowest, behind only
the 18.3 by head coach Frank Leahy's 1952 unit that placed No. 3
nationally.
50
Former Notre Dame players (44) or coaches (six) in the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame, the
most for any NCAA member institution. Scheduled to be the 50th for
enshrinement this Aug. 28 in Atlanta is 1971-73 offensive tackle/tight
end Dave Casper, a tri-captain for the 1973 national champs.
107
Players on Notre Dame's 2013 football roster. There are
82 on grant-in-aid (the NCAA permits 85) and 25 walkons. Among the grant-in-aid players, the breakdown is: six fifth-year
seniors, 17 fourth-year seniors, 22 juniors (including defensive end
Chase Hounshell who has been ruled out from action this season because of a second surgery to his shoulder); 14 sophomores (including
safety Nicky Baratti, who is sidelined for the season because of dislocated shoulder, and safety Chris Badger, who enrolled in the spring of
2010 prior to a two-year Mormon mission); and 23 freshmen.
293
Career starts on Notre Dame's offense and defense
entering the 2013 football season, with 149 on offense
and 144 on defense. Fifth-year senior left tackle Zack Martin has the
most with 39, followed by senior wideout TJ Jones (30) and fifth-year
senior left guard Chris Watt (26). Tops on defense are senior nose
guard Louis Nix III and fifth-year senior inside linebacker Dan Fox
with 22 apiece.
