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only three field goals, and Boston College was the seventh team among the 10 it has shut out during the opening 15 minutes. BY THE NUMBERS 0 tage in the series. It is the first time a Notre Dame graduating class will depart with a 4-0 record against the Eagles since 1995-98. win at Boston College the lowest margin of victory. The Fighting Irish have not won five such games on the road during the regular season since the 1973 national title campaign. 4 5 another off the tip drill during the fourth quarter at Boston College. He is now the single-season record holder at Notre Dame for interceptions by a linebacker, breaking the tie of five with John Pergine (1966) and Lyron Cobbins (1995). 6 Golson as a first-time starting quarterback. The most recent Notre Dame signal-caller to achieve that feat was senior Kevin Mc- Dougal, who won his first nine starts during the 1993 campaign, prior to the 41-39 loss to Boston College. The school record since the birth of the T-formation in 1942 is 11 by Bob Williams during the 1949-50 campaigns. 8 Victories in a row by sophomore EvErEtt Road games in a row this season Notre Dame has won by double digits, with the 15-point Interceptions this season by senior middle linebacker Manti Te'o after he snared yet BY LOU SOMOGYI Touchdowns allowed by Notre Dame all year in the first quarter. The Irish have permitted 10-0 Consecutive years Notre Dame has defeated Boston College to take a 13-9 overall advan- in the closing minute. That moved him past Victor Abiamiri's 10.5 figure in 2006 for No. 2 on the Irish single-season sack chart since it was first kept separate from tackles for loss by the NCAA in 1982. The Notre Dame record is 13.5, set by Justin Tuck in 2003. 11 11.1 ger in its 125-year history. The other years were 1924, 1930, 1949, 1973, 1988, 1989 and 1993. The Fighting Irish were national champions in those first five seasons and finished a debatable No. 2 in the latter two. Record for Notre Dame, only the eighth time it has achieved that led- Sacks this year by sophomore defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt after recording one with Alabama now for No. 1 in the nation after the Crimson Tide yielded 29 points in its loss to Texas A&M. The Irish defense has finished No. 1 in scoring defense one time, 1946, which was the first season the NCAA kept tabs on team statistics. Points per game allowed by Notre Dame this season — which ties it took at least five minutes off the clock, the most in the Football Bowl Subdivision (120 teams). The first two Fighting Irish touch- down drives versus Boston Col- lege required 7:26 and 8:30, re- spectively. 16 Sophomore Everett Golson is just three wins shy of tying the school record of 11 straight victories by a first-time starting quarterback. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA games this season: 10 versus Navy, three at Michigan State, three in the Shamrock Series game with Miami, 13 at Oklahoma and six versus Boston College. 35 Points allowed by Notre Dame in its five road Scoring drives this year by Notre Dame that