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Rossum and Ivory Covington graduated. Even then, starting 1997 free safety Deveron Harper was moved to corner. The Irish appear to have no such luxury this season after graduating starters Gary Gray and Robert Blanton. 0 Career starts at the cornerback position by Notre Dame players enter- ing the 2012 season — a first since 1998, the year after starters Allen the first time in 22 years this season. The Irish defeated Michigan under the lights in 1982 (23-17), the first night game ever in Notre Dame Stadium; 1988 (19-17); and 1990 (28-24). (1983-85), Autry Denson (1996-98) and Darius Walker (2005-06). Cierre Wood will attempt to be the fifth during his senior year in 2012 after rushing for 1,102 yards last season. Ragone. However, Ragone was not in- vited back by the Irish and will use it at Kansas, where he will be reunited with former Irish head coach Charlie Weis and starting quarterback Dayne Crist. Ragone missed the 2008 and 2011 seasons because of injuries. An- other graduating Notre Dame senior, defensive lineman Brandon Newman, will use his fifth year of eligibility at Ball State. 3-0 4 6 Seasons granted by the NCAA to for- mer Notre Dame tight end Mike Notre Dame's record against the University of Michigan when it hosts the Wolverines in a night game — and will do again for Running backs in Notre Dame history who posted back-to-back 1,000- yard rushing campaigns: Vagas Ferguson (1978-79), Allen Pinkett UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS nior Jonathan Shawel (1,200 meters), freshman Chris Giesting (400 meters), senior Randall Babb (800 meters), and junior Jeremy Rae (mile) March 10 in Nampa, Idaho. The quartet joins Rick Wohlhuter (600 yards) in 1970 and Tom McMannon (55-meter hurdles) in 1972 as the lone track and field student- athletes at Notre Dame to win an indoor national title. The late Ryan Shay won the 2001 NCAA title in 10,000 meters at the outdoor championships. 9:35.48 11 19 Time posted by Notre Dame's 2012 indoor track na- tional champion distance medley relay team of se- the highest-ranked opponent Notre Dame had defeated on the road since stunning No. 1 Florida State June 10, 2002, to advance to the College World Series under Mainieri. Ranking of LSU baseball, led by former Irish coach Paul Mainieri, when the Irish upset them 7-1 in Baton Rouge March 11. It was Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. That eclipsed the previous pro- gram standard of 18 set by the 2001 national champions. Austin Carr (1968-71), Luke Harangody (2006-10) and Ruth Riley (1997-2001) as the four players in Notre Dame's Ring of Honor at Purcell Pavilion. Dant- ley's scoring average is second only to Carr's 34.6. He also averaged a team- high 19.3 points for the 1976 United States Summer Olympics gold medal team (tallying 32 points in the championship) and had a 24.3 average (same as Larry Bird) during a 15-year NBA career. 25.8 100-7 Career scoring average at Notre Dame of Nai- smith Basketball Hall of Fame member AdriAn dAntley (1973-76), who on March 2 joined ledgers and a 16-1 mark this past campaign. The .935 winning percentage is the third best in the country since the 2006-07 campaign, behind only Kansas (106-4, .964) and Utah State (94-6, .940). The 47-6 (.887) record in Big East play during that time also is the best in the 16- team league, ahead of No. 2 Louisville at 43-10 (.811). Notre Dame men's basketball record in Purcell Pavilion the past six seasons, highlighted by three unbeaten terback. However, whereas the 2009 Irish had a dozen completions that covered at least 40 yards (and half of them more than 60 yards), the 2011 Irish had only two, with the latter a 45-yard dump-off to Theo Riddick in the final minute when the Irish trailed 28-7 at Stanford in the regular-season finale. Dame women's basketball All-America point guard Skylar Diggins, who was at 159,938. Brian Kelly has on the social network Twitter, as of March 19, according to Pete Roussel of CoachingSearch.com. LSU's Les Miles was first among college football head coaches with 63,249, and Washington's Steve Sarkisian a distant third at 36,705. All three combined don't have as many as Notre 48,224 www.BLUEANDGOLD.com Followers that Notre Dame head coach APRIL 2012 9 the 301 set in 2009 with Jimmy Clausen at quar- 302 Passes completed by Notre Dame in 2011, a school record that topped Consecutive weeks during the 2011-12 women's basketball cam- paign that Notre Dame was a consensus top-five team in both the PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND