Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS never trailed in a game this September. When the Irish entered their Sept. 29 bye Saturday, five other teams also had yet to trail, but each fell behind that weekend, including No. 1 Alabama (7-6) against Ole Miss for all of 15 seconds before returning the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. 1 sophomore quarterback Everett Golson, junior cornerback Bennett Jackson, junior offensive tackle Christian Lombard, soph- omore tight end Troy Niklas, freshman cornerback KeiVarae Russell, junior nose guard Kona Schwenke, junior wide receiver Daniel Smith and junior outside linebacker Danny Spond. played for the first time. Eleven made starts for the first time in their careers: sophomore running back GEORGE AT- kINSON III, freshman wide receiver Chris Brown, sophomore safety Matthias Farley, 63 tradition. Four half-hour "Strong of Heart" shows will be produced for the NBC Sports Network, comprised of two stories per episode. The airings ing senior linebacker Manti Te'o and longtime Irish statistician Steve Boda. It chronicles Notre Dame community members who exemplify shared val- ues of excellence, education, community, faith and gan Oct. 3 on the NBC Sports Network, first featur- 10 Episodes of Notre Dame's "Strong of Heart" video series in October that be- Different players used by Notre Dame in Sep- tember, 21 of whom Team in the Football Bowl Subdivi- sion (FBS) — Notre Dame — that PHOTO BY MIKE BENNETT/LIGHTHOUSE IMAGING