Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome 5 By The Numbers Basketball players who will be in Notre Dame's "Ring of Honor" in Purcell Pavilion, with 2013 alumnus Skylar Diggins the most recent addition. The four-time All-American who led the Irish to three straight Final Fours from 2011-13 will receive the honor during the Nov. 16 Valparaiso game. Her No. 4 jersey will join Austin Carr's, Adrian Dantley's, Luke Harangody's and Ruth Riley's in the rafters. 13 Freshman football players expected to preserve a fifth season of eligibility for the Irish in the 23man scholarship class: quarterback Malik Zaire, running back Greg Bryant (medical), wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. (medical), tight ends Mike Heuerman and Durham Smythe, offensive linemen Hunter Bivin, Colin McGovern, John Montelus and Mike McGlinchey, defensive lineman Jacob Matuska, linebackers Michael Deeb and Doug Randolph (medical), and cornerback Rashad Kinlaw. 14-2 Career record of Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly coming off a bye week during the regular season, including 3-1 at Notre Dame. The Irish defeated No. 15 Utah (28-3) in 2010, lost at home to USC in 2011 (31-17), won against Miami (41-3) in 2012 and vanquished USC (14-10) earlier this season. BYU will be his fifth such game at Notre Dame. 40 On Jan. 19, 2014, it will mark 40 years to the day that Notre Dame recorded its most famous men's basketball victory, a dramatic 71-70 comeback win versus UCLA to end the Bruins' 88-game winning streak. On that day of this year's Virginia Tech game, former Irish head coach Digger Phelps (197191) will be inducted into Notre Dame's "Ring Of Honor." 63-19-1 Notre Dame's record (.765 winning percentage) in its final home game of the season, now better known as "Senior Day," in the 84-year history of Notre Dame Stadium dating back to 1930. Frank Leahy (10-0-1) and Ara Parseghian (10-1) had the most victories as head coaches, while Lou Holtz (7-4) had the most defeats. Hunk Anderson (1-2) and Gerry Faust (2-3) were the only two to finish under .500. Terry Brennan (5-0) was the lone head coach to go unscathed with at least five seasons (1954-58) on the job. Brian Kelly is 3-0 so far. 73 Former missionaries on Brigham Young's team that will play at Notre Dame Nov. 23 — including former Irish safety Chris Badger. The Utah native transferred to BYU this August for family reasons and was permitted immediate eligibility by the NCAA. He is a backup who wears No. 29, appeared in five of the Cougars' first eight games and has been credited with an assisted tackle. 1996 The most recent year in which Notre Dame played a regular-season game on a weekday instead of Saturday. The Irish opened that campaign on a Thursday night with a 14-7 victory at Vanderbilt. As a partial member of the ACC starting in 2014, Notre Dame does not anticipate playing any weekday games, which Kelly had at many of his previous stops. "The ACC plays [weekday] night games," Kelly said. "We've tried to stay away from that [scheduling] rotation and I think we're going to be successful in staying away from those [weekday] games. I would like to stick with the Saturday format unless it's a prime-time game, maybe an opener that pits Notre Dame in a marquee matchup on Labor Day, or something like that. I've had enough of Tuesdays and Thursdays and those other days."