Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME 2 BY THE NUMBERS Linebackers in the Dec. 28 New Era Pinstripe Bowl that were named a Freshman All-American. Notre Dame's Jaylon Smith made 247Sports' True Freshman All-American squad after finishing the regular season third on the team in tackles with 61 (6.5 for lost yardage). Smith did not make Sporting News' Freshman AllAmerican team, but Rutgers' Steve Longa did with 111 stops (7.5 for lost yardage). However, Longa is a redshirt freshman, a classification Sporting News includes. Notre Dame BaNNerS 4 Schools in NCAA history that have won national titles in men's and women's soccer. With the Fighting Irish men's team capturing its first national championship Dec. 15, they joined North Carolina, Santa Clara and UCLA. The Irish women's team finished No. 1 in 1995, 2004 and 2010. 5 Days it took for Notre Dame to sell out its entire ticket allotment — approximately 10,000 — for the 2013 Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 28. It marked the fourth consecutive time the Fighting Irish have sold out for a postseason game: 2010 Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas), 2011 Champs Sports Bowl (Orlando, Fla.), BCS National Championship Game (Miami) and 2013 Pinstripe Bowl (New York City). 26 Consecutive starts by sophomore cornerback KeiVarae Russell, the first defensive back at Notre Dame to start every game as a true freshman and sophomore since safety/cornerback Luther Bradley in 1973 and 1975 (Bradley sat out the 1974 season because of a suspension). Outside linebacker Jaylon Smith could duplicate Russell's achievement next season. 28 NCAA titles won by Notre Dame, most recently in men's soccer, the eighth different sport to finish No. 1 in NCAA Tournament or in football action. Football has 11 consensus national titles, followed by fencing (eight), women's soccer (three, most recently in 2010), men's tennis (two, most recently in 1959) and one apiece in golf (1944), cross country (1957), women's basketball (2001) and now men's soccer. The Helms Foundation also retroactively awarded Notre Dame men's basketball national titles in 1927 and 1936 (the NCAA Tournament didn't begin until 1939), but the NCAA does not recognize that organization. $24.99 +$4.00 S&H Item #6576 Your cHoIce of 3 StYleS: FB Helmet • ND Logo • Leprechaun Please add Sales Tax if you live in NC (7.5%), MI (6%), or IN (7%) Blue & Gold Illustrated P.O. Box 2331 Durham, NC 27702 1-800-421-7751 Visit our online store! www.BlueGoldOnline.com