Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Senior wide receiver TJ Jones had five catches for 66 yards against Rutgers to move up to No. 2 on Notre Dame's all-time receptions chart with 181 career grabs. being one of five teams that have won the five "majors" — Rose, Cotton, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta — the Irish also won in the Gator (1976), Liberty (1983), Hawaii (2008), Sun (2010) and New Era Pinstripe (2013). 21-5 Notre Dame's record the past two seasons. The win total is the most over a two-year period by the Irish since 1992‑93, when they were 21-2-1 with 11-game regular seasons. 45 181 PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA Career receptions by senior wide receiver TJ JONES after snaring five for 66 yards in his final Notre Dame game. He moved past Jeff Samardzija for No. 2 on the all-time Irish chart and was behind only Michael Floyd's 271 from 2008-11. 268 Dollars was the average price of a Pinstripe Bowl ticket, the fourth most expensive on the secondary market, according to Vivid Seats. Only the BCS National Championship Game, the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl had a higher average price among the 35 bowls. Degrees at kickoff, which went higher as the game progressed. The game-time temperature in cold-weather New York City was higher than four of the last five Cotton Bowls Notre Dame played in Dallas, the 40 degrees in the 1997 Independence Bowl in Louisiana and the 34-degree Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas, in 2010. Square feet of sod brought in to convert the field at Yankee Stadium into more of a football venue. The traction still was poor throughout the game with plenty of slips by both teams. 47 47,122 Passes attempted by senior Tommy Rees, the most ever by an Irish quarterback in the school's 33-game bowl history. The previous mark was 45 by Brady Quinn in the 34-20 loss to Ohio State in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. Rees' 7,670 career passing yards are third on the all-time Irish chart. 25,000 A new attendance record in the four-year history of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, with the sellout eclipsing the 38,328 in 2011 between Rutgers and Iowa State. As of Dec. 28, Rutgers and Notre Dame were two of seven schools (among 70) to sell out their bowl allotment.