Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS (Continued) 15 difference was the second greatest disparity on the negative side by the program. Head coach Joe Kuharich's 2-8 team in 1960 finished at minus-16, committing 38 turnovers to the opposition's 22. Difference in turnovers between Notre Dame (29) and its 2011 opposition (14). Our research going back to the 1951 season shows the minus-15 ratio 20-1 23.4 ing a record nine this year. They have earned total of 19 medals (nine gold, three silver and seven bronze). Former Notre Dame track All-American/head coach Alex Wilson, class of 1932, won the most medals with four (one silver and three bronze) while competing for his native Canada in 1928 and 1932. 38 Notre Dame participants in the Olympics that goes back 100 years to the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Sweden, includ- 591-215 head basketball coach at Notre Dame, highlighted by the 2001 national title and Final Fours in 1997, 2011 and 2012, with the latter two teams advanc- ing to the championship game. After signing a 10-year-contract extension through the 2021-22 season this July, she has a chance to post the most victories by any coach in school history. The 56-year-old McGraw is 184 wins short of eclipsing fencing coach Mike DeCicco's 774 victories from 1962-95. Career record of Muf- fet McGRaw after 25 seasons as the women's AUGUST 2012 17 rushing in any game during Brian Kelly's first season (2010), but did so three times last year: Purdue (287), Air Force (266) and Maryland (212). The lone loss was in 2007 to Navy in triple overtime. With running back/ slot potentially a strength and quarterback a question mark, are the Irish more apt to travel via the ground in 2012? Today (19th) and the lowest from Lindy's (33rd). The others included Athlon (20th), Phil Steele's (21st) and ESPN's College Football Live (24th). Last year the highest ranking for Notre Dame was No. 6 by Phil Steele's and Athlon. Notre Dame's record the past 10 years (2002-11) when it gains 200 or more yards rushing. The Irish did not eclipse 200 yards Aggregate preseason ranking of Notre Dame by five major media outlets this summer. The highest came from USA PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND