Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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120-team Football Bowl Subdivision to not allow a touchdown drive longer than 75 yards. Of the 93 drives that an opponent started at or inside of its 40-yard line ver- sus the Irish, only one resulted in a touchdown — the fewest allowed by an FBS team. That drive came in the opener by Navy. 1 1-8 victories against Notre Dame — with USC's Matt Barkley attempting to be- come the fourth. Purdue's Mike Phipps (1967-69), USC's Matt Leinart (2003-05) and Stanford's Andrew Luck (2009-11) did it in consecutive years. Barkley led USC victories over the Irish in 2009 (34-27) and 2011 (31-17), but was sidelined with an injury during Notre Dame's 20-16 victory at the Los Angeles Me- morial Coliseum in 2010. 3 Quarterbacks in college foot- ball history that started in three Trophy, given to the best defensive player in college football by the Foot- ball Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club. Notre Dame's Manti Te'o joins South Carolina sophomore de- 5 Finalists named Nov. 15 for the 2012 Bronko Nagurski ber during the 2008 (1-4) and 2009 (0-4) football seasons. Under Brian Kelly, that mark since 2010 had been reversed to 8-1 entering the Nov. 17 contest against Wake Forest. Notre Dame's com- bined record in Novem- UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 10 games of the season, Notre Dame was the lone member of the fensive end Jadeveon Clowney, Georgia junior linebacker Jarvis Jones, Ala- bama junior cornerback Dee Milliner and Florida State junior defensive end Bjoern Werner on the list. The award was first presented in 1995. Te'o joins 2002 cornerback Shane he has not allowed a single sack since the first possession in the Navy opener Sept. 1. senior left tackle ZACk MARTIN during Notre Dame's 10-0 start. He has graded out at a team-high 92 percent with his blocking assignments and techniques, and Knockdown blocks recorded by 123 PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA