University of Notre Dame Sports Information 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 (fax) Primary Contact: Brian Hardin • [email protected] • Office - 574.631.9471 • Cell - 574.532.4134 www.UND.com Secondary Contact: Michael Bertsch • [email protected] • Office - 574.631.8642 • Cell - 574.532.4154 GAME 12: NOTRE DAME (2-9) vs. STANFORD (3-7) DATE: Saturday, November 24, 2007 TICKETS: The game between Notre Dame and WHAT’S INSIDE Stanford is not sold out. It would become just Series History vs. Stanford/Pac-10..................1-7 TIME: 12:30 p.m. PT the seventh in the last 72 road games for the Irish Probable Starting Lineup ..........................3 Irish that was not a sellout. The 2001, 2003 and Notre Dame’s Record When................................5 SITE (CAPACITY): Stanford Stadium (50,000); 2005 games at Stanford, the 2004 game vs. Individual/Team Honors ......................................6 Stanford, Calif. Navy (The Meadowlands), the 2005 game at Irish Career Firsts ................................................7 Media Information ................................................9 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF Noting Duke ......................................................8-11 27 Notre Dame has had 27 (12 on defense, 15 on offense) different players register their first Irish Team Notes ............................................11-17 career starts this season. Notre Dame Defensive Notes ......................17-21 19 The freshmen WR duo of Golden Tate and Duval Kamara each caught TD passes Irish Offensive Notes ....................................21-25 against Purdue. Notre Dame had gone 19 years since the last time a pair of freshman Other Notre Dame News & Notes ..............26-35 had TD receptions in the same game (MORE ON PAGE 24). Irish Players Season/Career Highs............36-37 18 Eighteen of Notre Dame’s 22 starters against Duke could return for 2008. The Last Time..................................................38-41 15 Golden Tate became the first Irish freshman in 15 years to eclipse 100 yards receiving in Weis Era Record Book ..................................42-47 a single game (MORE ON PAGE 24). Irish Player Pages..........................................48-55 7+5 With freshmen Jimmy Clausen (#7) and Armando Allen (#5) each starting against Penn Pronunciation Guide..........................................56 =12 State, it marked the first time since freshmen were made eligible in 1972 that Notre Alphabetical/Numerical Roster ..................56-57 Dame started rookies at both quarterback and tailback. Depth Chart..........................................................58 11 Freshman HB Armando Allen registered 226 all-purpose yards against Navy last week. 2007 Game Summaries ................................59-69 The 226 all-purpose yards are tied for the 11th most in single-game Notre Dame history. Trevor Laws All-American Flyer ....................70 10 The Irish play 10 BCS affiliated schools (tied second-most in the NCAA) in 2007. Tom Zbikowski All-American Flyer ................71 9 Notre Dame played nine freshmen in the season-opening loss to Georgia Tech. It was Washington and the 2006 game at Air Force tied for the fourth most freshmen to take the field in a season-opener since 1972. were not sellouts. 8 The Irish were the only school in America to play a BCS school in each of their first eight games of the season. TV: ESPN2 national telecast with Dave Lamont 7 The Irish have started seven freshman this season, including QB Jimmy Clausen, HB (play-by-play) and Ed Cunningham (analysis), Armando Allen, WR Duval Kamara, WR Golden Tate, OLB Kerry Neal, OLB Brian Jack Arute (sideline), Bruce Treut (director) and Smith and NT Ian Williams. Jim Zirolli (producer). 6 Freshman QB Jimmy Clausen has thrown six touchdown passes over the last two games (three TD passes against both Air Force and Duke). He became the second Notre RADIO: For the 40th consecutive season, all Dame freshman quarterback to ever throw three TDs in a single game, but became the Notre Dame football games are to be broadcast first to ever throw three in multiple games. on approximately 200 stations in 50 states by 2 6 Notre Dame started six freshman (three on each side of the ball) last week against Duke. Westwood One with Don Criqui (play-by-play), It is the most freshman to ever start in a game in school history. former Irish running back Allen Pinkett (analy- 5 Senior DE Trevor Laws became the fifth Irish defensive lineman to ever eclipse 100 sis) and Jeff Jeffers providing pre-game, half- tackles in a single-season. time and post-game reports. This broadcast 4 Freshman WR Duval Kamara picked up his fourth TD catch of the season last week. He can be heard live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio is the first freshman in Irish history to ever catch four TDs in a single season. (channel 159) and will be streamed live on the 3 Notre Dame ranks third in the NCAA in pass defense. The Irish are limiting their Irish official athletics website at www.und.com. opponents to just 162.5 yards per game in the air. All Notre Dame home games may be 2 The Notre Dame pass defense has only allowed two opponents (Purdue, 252; Boston heard in South Bend on U93-FM (92.9) and College 291) to surpass 250 yards passing in a game. WDND-AM (1490). See page nine of this notes 1 Senior ILB Maurice Crum, Jr. became the first Irish player to ever record a pair of forced package for more information on Irish football fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two interceptions in the same game. Crum also set radio and television shows. a single-game school record with four turnovers forced at UCLA. WEB SITES: Notre Dame (und.com), Stanford 2007 NOTRE DAME SCHEDULE (gostanford.com). Date Opponent Site Time/Result REAL-TIME STATS: Live in-game statistics will September 1 GEORGIA TECH (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 3-33 be provided through College Sports September 8 at #14 Penn State (ESPN) State College, Pa. L, 10-31 Te l e v i s i o n ’s Gametracker via each school's September 15 at Michigan (ABC) Ann Arbor, Mich. L, 0-38 respective official athletic websites. September 22 MICHIGAN STATE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 14-31 September 29 at Purdue (ESPN) West Lafayette, Ind. L, 19-33 : Notre Dame and Stanford each failed October 6 at UCLA (ABC) Pasadena, Calif. W, 20-6 POLLS to receive any votes in either the Associated October 13 #4 BOSTON COLLEGE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 14-27 Press or USA Today coaches polls. October 20 #13 USC (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 0-38 November 3 NAVY (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 44-46 (3ot) SERIES INFO: Notre Dame and Stanford will November 10 AIR FORCE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 24-41 play one another for the 22nd time in series his- November 17 DUKE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. W, 28-7 tory on Saturday. The Irish hold a 15-6 (.714) November 24 at Stanford (ESPN2) Stanford, Calif. 3:30 p.m. (ET) edge in the series, including a 31-10 victory in All Times Local the last season’s meeting in Notre Dame PAGE 2 - IRISH NOTES 2007 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL Stadium. The Irish have captured each of the Notre Dame vs. Stanford last five meetings and six of seven overall. Series History Notre Dame has also won in its last two trips to Stanford Stadium. (see All-Time Series Results Notre Dame leads 15-6 on page 2). In Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads 9-2 In Stanford: Notre Dame leads 5-4 W H AT TO WATCH FOR: Notre Dame All- Neutral Site: Notre Dame leads 1-0 American candidate Trevor Laws is putting Longest Notre Dame Win Streak: 5 (2002-present) together a record-setting season for the Irish. Longest Stanford Win Streak: 1 (six difference occasions) Laws, who leads the entire country for tackles Largest Margin of Victory: 50 (57-7), 2003 in Stanford by an defensive lineman, has 104 tackles on Largest Margin of Defeat: 18 (15-33), 1997 in Stanford the season. The 104 tackles is tied for the sec- ond most ever by an Irish defensive lineman. Site Year Rank W/L ND Stanford With 10 tackles against Stanford, he would RB 1924 W 27 10 break Steve Niehaus’ record for most tackles in * 1942 W 27 0 a single-season by an Irish defensive lineman 1963 L 14 24 (113, 1975). Laws is the fifth Irish defensive line- * 1964 2- W 28 6 man to ever eclipse 100 in a season. He not * 1988 5- W 42 14 only leads the NCAA in tackles by a defensive 1989 1- W 27 17 lineman, but he is also the only DL in the top * 1990 1- L 31 36 100 in tackles. 1991 8- W 42 26 * 1992 7-19 L 16 33 : 1993 4- W 48 20 NOTRE DAME HEAD COACH CHARLIE WEIS A record combined win total for the first two * 1994 8- W 34 15 seasons of any Notre Dame head football 1997 -19 L 15 33 coach, consecutive Bowl Championship Series * 1998 t23- W 35 17 appearances for the first time in Irish history, 1999 L 37 40 and the two most accomplished passing sea- * 2000 25- W 20 14 sons in Notre Dame football annals - those are 2001 -13 L 13 17 the most notable by-products of the first two * 2002 9- W 31 7 seasons of the Charlie Weis era in South Bend. 2003 W 57 7 Weis (Notre Dame, 1978), owner of four Super * 2004 W 23 15 Bowl-champion rings as products of a stellar 2005 6- W 38 31 15-season career as a National Football * 2006 12- W 31 10 League assistant coach, wasted no time put- ting his signature stamp on his alma mater's Notre Dame vs.