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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program in various categories,
[1]
[2] including
passing ,
rushing ,
receiving ,
total offense , defensive stats,
kicking , and scoring. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Fighting Irish represent the
University of Notre Dame as an
independent in the
NCAA
Division I
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
Although Notre Dame began competing in intercollegiate football in 1887,
[1] records from the early years are often incomplete and inconsistent and may not appear on this list. Notre Dame's official record book does not list a specific "modern era" beginning in a certain year, and the records listed below can go as far back as 1900, although they may not be complete.
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since the 1940s, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until
1972 (with the exception of the
World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.
[3] The Fighting Irish have played in 13 bowl games since then, allowing more recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
Passing
Passing yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Brady Quinn
11,762
2003
2004
2005
2006
2
Ian Book
8,948
[4]
2017
2018
2019
2020
3
Jimmy Clausen
8,148
2007
2008
2009
4
Tommy Rees
7,670
2010
2011
2012
2013
5
Ron Powlus
7,602
1994
1995
1996
1997
6
Steve Beuerlein
6,527
1983
1984
1985
1986
7
Rick Mirer
5,997
1989
1990
1991
1992
8
Everett Golson
5,850
2012
2014
9
DeShone Kizer
5,809
2015
2016
10
Jarious Jackson
4,820
1996
1997
1998
1999
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Brady Quinn
3,919
2005
2
Jimmy Clausen
3,722
2009
3
Everett Golson
3,445
2014
4
Brady Quinn
3,426
2006
5
Tommy Rees
3,257
2013
6
Jimmy Clausen
3,172
2008
7
Jack Coan
3,150
[5]
2021
8
Ian Book
3,034
[4]
2019
9
DeShone Kizer
2,925
2016
10
DeShone Kizer
2,884
2015
Passing touchdowns
Rushing
Rushing yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Autry Denson
4,318
1995
1996
1997
1998
2
Allen Pinkett
4,131
1982
1983
1984
1985
3
Vagas Ferguson
3,472
1976
1977
1978
1979
4
Darius Walker
3,249
2004
2005
2006
5
Josh Adams
3,198
2015
2016
2017
6
Julius Jones
3,018
1999
2000
2001
2003
7
Jerome Heavens
2,682
1975
1976
1977
1978
8
Cierre Wood
2,447
2009
2010
2011
2012
9
Phil Carter
2,409
1979
1980
1981
1982
10
George Gipp
2,341
1917
1918
1919
1920
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Vagas Ferguson
1,437
1979
2
Josh Adams
1,430
2017
3
Allen Pinkett
1,394
1983
4
Reggie Brooks
1,343
1992
5
Audric Estime
1,341
[18]
2023
6
Julius Jones
1,268
2003
7
Autry Denson
1,268
1997
8
Darius Walker
1,267
2006
9
Darius Walker
1,196
2005
10
Vagas Ferguson
1,192
1978
Rushing touchdowns
Receiving
Receptions
Receiving yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Michael Floyd
3,686
2008
2009
2010
2011
2
Golden Tate
2,707
2007
2008
2009
3
Jeff Samardzija
2,593
2003
2004
2005
2006
4
Derrick Mayes
2,512
1992
1993
1994
1995
Will Fuller
2,512
2013
2014
2015
6
Tim Brown
2,493
1984
1985
1986
1987
7
T. J. Jones
2,429
2010
2011
2012
2013
8
Thom Gatewood
2,283
1969
1970
1971
9
Rhema McKnight
2,277
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
10
Maurice Stovall
2,195
2002
2003
2004
2005
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Golden Tate
1,496
2009
2
Will Fuller
1,258
2015
3
Jeff Samardzija
1,249
2005
4
Maurice Stovall
1,149
2005
5
Michael Floyd
1,147
2011
6
Thom Gatewood
1,123
1970
7
Jack Snow
1,114
1964
8
T. J. Jones
1,108
2013
9
Will Fuller
1,094
2014
10
Golden Tate
1,080
2008
Receiving touchdowns
Total offense
Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.
[33]
Total offense yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Brady Quinn
11,944
2003
2004
2005
2006
2
Ian Book
10,466
[4]
2017
2018
2019
2020
3
Jimmy Clausen
7,793
2007
2008
2009
4
Tommy Rees
7,543
2010
2011
2012
2013
5
Ron Powlus
7,479
1994
1995
1996
1997
6
DeShone Kizer
6,801
2015
2016
7
Rick Mirer
6,691
1989
1990
1991
1992
8
Steve Beuerlein
6,459
1983
1984
1985
1986
9
Everett Golson
6,431
2012
2014
10
Jarious Jackson
5,777
1996
1997
1998
1999
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Brady Quinn
4,009
2005
2
Everett Golson
3,728
2014
3
Jimmy Clausen
3,627
2009
4
Ian Book
3,580
[4]
2019
5
Brady Quinn
3,497
2006
6
DeShone Kizer
3,404
2015
7
DeShone Kizer
3,397
2016
8
Ian Book
3,315
[4]
2020
9
Jarious Jackson
3,217
1999
10
Tommy Rees
3,201
2013
Touchdowns responsible for
"Touchdowns responsible for" is the official NCAA term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns.
[36]
Defense
Interceptions
Tackles
Sacks
Kicking
Field goals made
Field goal percentage
Scoring
Points
Single game
Rank
Player
Points
Year
Opponent
1
Art Smith
37
1911
Loyola (Chicago)
2
Bill Downs
30
1903
DePauw
Alvin Berger
30
1912
St. Viator
Willie Maher
30
1923
Kalamazoo
Bill Wolski
30
1965
Pittsburgh
DeShone Kizer
30
2015
Pittsburgh
Touchdowns
These lists reflect touchdowns scored . Accordingly, they include rushing, receiving, and return touchdowns, but not passing touchdowns.
Single game
Rank
Player
TDs
Year
Opponent
1
Art Smith
7
1911
Loyola (Chicago)
2
Bill Downs
5
1903
DePauw
3
9 times by 7 players
4
Most recent:
Audric Estimé , 2023 vs. Stanford
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