Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME against Michigan State and then made the cover of Sports Illus- trated a week later for his performance against Michigan, head coach Brian Kelly noted that Te'o played his best game in the 41-3 rout of Miami. The only players listed ahead of Te'o were quarter- backs: Geno Smith (West Virginia), Braxton Miller (Ohio State), Collin Klein (Kansas State) and AJ McCarron (Alabama). versus Miami Oct. 6. That is the fifth highest ever at Notre Dame in a game for a minimum of 10 carries. The record is 17.1 (171 yards on 10 carries) by John Petitbon in a 36-33 loss to Michigan State in 1950. The other three were Angelo Dabiero against Oklahoma in 1961 (11 carries for 176 yards, 16.0), Reggie Brooks versus Purdue in 1992 (15 carries for 215 yards, 13.7) and quarterback Bill Etter against Navy in 1969 (11 carries for 146 yards, 13.3). 12.3 20 45 51 Yards per carry by sophomore George Atkinson III (123 on 10 attempts) in Notre Dame's 41-3 victory The original GameDay telecast was at Notre Dame on Nov. 13, 1993, when the No. 2 Irish defeated No. 1 Florida State. Through Oct. 13, Notre Dame was seventh in appearances, behind Florida (34), Ohio State (30), Oklahoma (25), Florida State (25), Michigan (24) and Alabama (23). Notre Dame also was tied with USC, LSU, Tennessee and Florida State for hosting College GameDay the most with eight apiece. The top three are Ohio State (13), Michigan and Florida (10 each). It was the first time in seven years (USC, 2005) Notre Dame hosted GameDay. Appearances by Notre Dame on ESPN College GameDay after last weekend's Stanford game, eight of them at home. the off-site game in Chicago against Miami. It was 4.2 million this year compared to 2.9 million in 2011. The coverage of Miami-Notre Dame from Soldier Field was watched by 3.7 million viewers, up 131 percent versus last year's third game on NBC (Air Force, 1.6 million, afternoon). Percent higher viewership of NBC's coverage of Notre Dame football through three games this season, including Brady Quinn had 74 — 60 on one run — in a 44-24 loss at USC in the 2006 regular-season finale. Current junior Andrew Hendrix romped for 111 yards against Air Force last season, but that was in a reserve capacity. Yards rushing by sophomore Everett Golson in the Oct. 6 Miami game, the most by a starting Irish quarterback since ATTENTION IRISH FANS Packages are available for all Notre Dame home football games Sept. 08 Purdue Sept. 22 Michigan Oct. 13 Stanford Oct. 20 B.Y.U Nov. 03 Pittsburgh Nov. 17 Wake Forest All Package will include: * Game Ticket- Endzone to the 40 yard line * Two night hotel in either South Bend or Elkhart * Great Customer Service Please visit www.diamondtravel.com for complete details and price or call 1.602.870.9197 DIAMOND TRAVEL 24 YEARS IN BUSINESS GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE