Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Dame's 18th win over its last 21 games, and the 10-game winning streak is the longest since the program put together 17 wins in a row from 1992- 93. It's also Notre Dame's 15th winning streak of at least 10 games in program history. • The Irish are now 317-122-27 (.709) all time and • The victory over Boston College was Notre MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Dame has limited opponents to just five offensive touchdowns in the last eight contests and held teams to 10 points or fewer in five games (Navy, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 18 Michigan, Miami and Boston College). • Though only 14 points were scored in the first 115-65-16 (.628) on the road in November games and 144-48-8 in that month when ranked. Under third-year head coach Brian Kelly, Notre Dame has an 8-1 record in November. Prior to his hiring, the Irish were 1-8 in their last nine November contests. • Including the 1951, when it crushed Detroit, 48-6, at Briggs Sta- dium. Notre Dame has played 106 night games with an overall record of 68-36-2. The Irish have won their last five night games (all this season). The last three contests in Chestnut Hill, Mass., have been played after the sunset. • Notre Dame kept its stingy first-quarter streak game at Boston College, Notre Dame has played five times at night this season. A sixth and seventh noctur- nal kickoff are likely with the season finale at Southern California and a BCS bowl game, which would tie a school record. The first night game for Notre Dame came in Sophomore Everett Golson scored his fifth rushing touch- down of the season, the most by an Irish quarterback since Jarious Jarious had seven in 1999. half by Notre Dame, the team compiled 256 yards of total offense through the first two quarters, which is its highest output in the opening half since it put up 278 against Miami at Soldier Field in Chi- cago on Oct. 6. • Senior running back Cierre Wood earned the dubious distinc- tion of being the first Irish tailback to lose a fumble last week in over- time against Pitt. At Boston College, sophomore George Atkinson III and se- nior Theo Riddick both coughed up the ball. • Notre Dame alive after not allowing an Eagles touchdown in the opening frame. The Irish haven't given up a first-quarter touchdown in 11 games, and have outscored opponents 54-9 this year in the opening 15 minutes. • The Irish defense has surrendered 111 points this season, which is its lowest total through 10 games since 1980, when they gave up 81. Notre tered a two-yard touchdown run at the 7:26 mark in the first quarter for his fifth rushing score of the year, which is the most for a Notre Dame QB since Jarious Jackson collected seven in 1999. —its longest drive of the season — on 13 plays to grab a 7-0 lead in the first quarter at Boston College. The Irish pieced together a 93-yard drive in the fourth quarter against Miami Oct. 6. The Irish have not had a longer drive since Sept. 3, 2011, when they went 99 yards for a touchdown against South Florida in the season opener. Notre Dame's two scoring drives in the first half versus the Eagles were 13 and 16 plays, respectively. Five of the last six scoring drives, going back to the Pittsburgh game, have included at least 11 plays. • Sophomore quarterback Everett Golson regis- PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA marched 95 yards