Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME ✦ GIMME FIVE Ever so quietly, Brian Kelly be- came the sixth Notre Dame foot- ball coach, among the 15 hired full time since 1913, to join the 50-win club with the Fighting Irish. The 41-24 victory versus Navy Oct. 10 raised his career record at Notre Dame to 50-21 for a .704 winning percentage. Sometime in November, unless the team falls into a huge slump like last year, he should pass Dan Devine's 53 wins in his six seasons from 1975-80 for fifth-most on the Irish all-time coaching chart. Moving higher beyond that will require several more years with Frank Leahy's 87 victories next on the list. However, the current top five each either won a national title or finished unbeaten in their third season — while Kelly came close with a 12-0 regular season and No. 1 finish before losing 42-14 to Alabama in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game. Here are the top five in wins at Notre Dame: Coach (Years) Wins (Pct.) 1. Knute Rockne (1918-30) 105-12-5 (.881) 2. Lou Holtz (1986-96) 100-30-2 (.765) 3. Ara Parseghian (1964-74) 95-17-4 (.836) 4. Frank Leahy (1941-43, 46-53) 87-11-9 (.855) 5. Dan Devine (1975-80) 53-16-1 (.764) SNAP COUNT TOTALS VS. NAVY Here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 41-24 win over Navy Oct. 10: Quarterbacks Navy 2015 Total DeShone Kizer 72 286 Malik Zaire* 0 106 Brandon Wimbush 0 22 Running Backs Navy 2015 Total C.J. Prosise 57 305 Josh Adams 15 74 Dexter Williams 0 24 Tarean Folston* 0 7 Josh Anderson 0 2 Wide Receivers Navy 2015 Total Will Fuller 71 377 Chris Brown 45 262 Amir Carlisle 26 196 Torii Hunter Jr. 28 141 Corey Robinson 24 109 Equanimeous St. Brown 0 36 CJ Sanders 0 28 Austin Webster 0 3 Omar Hunter 0 1 Notes: For the first time this season, Hunter played more snaps (28) than fellow slot receiver Carlisle (26). Tight Ends Navy 2015 Total Nic Weishar 29 148 Alizé Jones 12 108 Durham Smythe* 0 105 Tyler Luatua 28 97 Chase Hounshell 25 49 Offensive Linemen Navy 2015 Total Steve Elmer 72 393 Mike McGlinchey 72 393 Nick Martin 71 379 Ronnie Stanley 72 377 Quenton Nelson 0 294 Alex Bars 72 120 Hunter Bivin 0 37 Sam Mustipher 1 35 Colin McGovern 0 21 Mark Harrell 0 17 John Montelus 0 5 Notes: Nelson did not play against Navy after leaving the Clemson game due to an ankle injury. In his place, Bars started and played all 72 snaps.