Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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In his final game at Notre Dame Stadium, fifth-year senior wideout John Goodman hauled in a 50-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Everett Golson — his third scoring grab this year on six catches. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA points per game in 2001 and Texas Christian held opponents to 9.6 points per game in 2000. • The lone defense to allow fewer total touch- downs than Notre Dame (45) over the last 28 games is Alabama (33). Over that same span, the Irish have given up only 11 rushing touchdowns, which ties the Crimson Tide. • Notre Dame is allowing 92.2 rushing yards per game, and it's the first time the Irish defense has held opponents to less than 100 yards per contest since 2004, when it gave up just 88.2 yards on the ground per week. • The Irish have limited eight of their 11 op- ponents to 300 yards of total offense or less this season. Wake Forest managed a paltry 209 yards. the Demon Deacons came up just four yards shy of a season high. The Irish put up 587 in the 41-3 blowout victory over Miami. • Senior inside linebacker Carlo Calabrese got his first career forced fumble on Wake Forest's open- ing drive, which led to an Irish touchdown eight plays later and a 14-0 lead. • Fifth-year senior receiver John Goodman pulled in a 50-yard touchdown pass from sopho- more quarterback Everett Golson just more than 10 minutes into the first quarter to give Notre Dame a 21-0 cushion. Goodman had just one touchdown reception prior to this season, but has collected three in 11 games this fall. • Notre Dame's 584 yards of total offense against