Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME ✦ GIMME FIVE The Notre Dame-USC series fre- quently used to be the last game of the regular season for both teams. T h at c h a n ge d i n 1960 when John McKay became the head coach of the Trojans. His demand was rather than play in the cold of late No- vember (or December) in northern In- diana, USC would instead play at Notre Dame in the odd-numbered years dur- ing the more tolerable autumn days in October. That's been the case ever since 1961, but USC still is easily the leader as the opponent with the most home finales at Notre Dame Stadium. On Nov. 14, Wake Forest was Notre Dame's last home game of the season for the sec- ond time in four years. Top Five Home Finale Opponents School Games ND Record 1. USC 12 9-3 2t. Air Force 7 6-1 2t. Iowa 7 4-2-1 4. Penn State 6 3-3 5. Michigan State 5 4-1 Defensive Pitt 1st/2nd Pitt Pitt 2015 Linemen Downs 3rd Down Total Total Isaac Rochell 51 12 63 547 Sheldon Day 46 12 58 523 Romeo Okwara 44 11 55 370 Jerry Tillery 29 3 32 285 Daniel Cage 23 7 30 242 Andrew Trumbetti 8 3 11 149 Jonathan Bonner 5 0 5 45 Doug Randolph 0 0 0 27 Grant Blankenship 0 0 0 17 Peter Mokwuah 0 0 0 16 Jacob Matuska 0 0 0 15 Pitt 1st/2nd Pitt Pitt 2015 Linebackers Downs 3rd Down Total Total Jaylon Smith 51 12 63 553 Joe Schmidt 51 12 63 552 James Onwualu 50 9 59 409 Greer Martini 2 3 5 175 Te'von Coney 1 0 1 50 Nyles Morgan 0 0 0 41 Jarrett Grace 1 0 1 26 Notes: Martini was inserted as an extra linebacker in short-yardage situations, while Coney and Grace played on one goal-line snap. Defensive Pitt 1st/2nd Pitt Pitt 2015 Backs Downs 3rd Down Total Total Cole Luke 50 12 62 549 KeiVarae Russell 47 11 58 547 Elijah Shumate 21 4 25 515 Max Redfield 50 12 62 381 Matthias Farley 28 5 33 207 Drue Tranquill* 0 0 0 81 Devin Butler 0 0 0 59 Nick Coleman 3 1 4 44 Nick Watkins 0 0 0 37 Nicky Baratti 0 0 0 34 Torii Hunter 0 3 3 3 Notes: Hunter debuted as a two-way player with three defen- sive snaps as the nickel back. Shumate missed the first half due to his ejection for targeting from the win at Temple Oct. 31. Farley started at safety in Shumate's place. * Out with a season-ending injury MOVING? Let our customer service department know your new address! CALL US 1-800-421-7751