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 7: NOTRE DAME (1-5) vs. #4/4 BOSTON COLLEGE (6-0) : Saturday, October 13, 2007 one - a 1973 Thanksgiving Day game vs. Air DATE WHAT’S INSIDE Force. The Irish have now played in front of Series History vs. Boston College/ACC ................1-7 TIME: 3:43 p.m. ET sellouts in 243 of their last 244 home games. Irish Probable Starting Lineup ..................................3 Notre Dame’s Record When........................................5 SITE (CAPA C I T Y ) : Notre Dame Stadium TV: NBC national telecast with Tom Hammond Individual/Team Honors ..............................................6 (80,795); Notre Dame, Ind. (play-by-play) and Pat Haden (analysis), Alex Irish Career Firsts ..........................................................7 Flanagan (sideline), David Gibson (producer) Last Meetings with Boston College ......................8-11 TICKETS: The game is officially sold out mak- and John Gonzalez (director). NBC will stream Media Information ......................................................13 Noting UCLA ..........................................................12-14 ing it the 195th consecutive sellout at Notre a live 30 min. pre-game show (3-3:30 p.m.) and Irish Team Notes ....................................................14-16 Dame Stadium. Since 1966, every Notre Dame post-game show on NBCSports.com. Notre Dame Defensive Notes ..............................16-20 home football game has been a sellout except Irish Offensive Notes..............................................20-23 Other Notre Dame News & Notes ......................24-29 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF Irish Players Season/Career Highs ....................30-31 The Last Time ..........................................................32-35 20 Notre Dame has already had 20 (10 on defense, 10 on offense) different players Weis Era Record Book ..........................................36-41 register their first career starts this season. Irish Player Pages ..................................................42-49 19 The freshmen wide receiver duo of Golden Tate and Duval Kamara each caught TD Pronunciation Guide ..................................................50 passes against Purdue. Notre Dame had gone 19 years since the last time a pair of Alphabetical/Numerical Roster ..........................50-51 freshman had TD receptions in the same game. Raghib “Rocket” Ismail and Depth Chart ..................................................................52 Derek Brown accomplished the feat against the Boilermakers on Sept. 24, 1988. 2007 Game Summaries ........................................53-58 became the first Irish freshman in 15 years to eclipse 100 yards 15 Golden Tate RADIO: For the 40th consecutive season, all receiving in a single game. Derrick Mayes was the last Notre Dame rookie wide Notre Dame football games are to be broadcast receiver to register a 100-yard receiving game (Oct. 10, 1992 vs. Pittsburgh). on approximately 200 stations in 50 states by 7+5=12 With freshmen Jimmy Clausen (#7) and Armando Allen (#5) each starting against Westwood One with Don Criqui (play-by-play), Penn State, it marked the first time since freshmen were made eligible in 1972 that former Irish running back Allen Pinkett (analy- Notre Dame started rookies at both quarterback and tailback. sis) and Jeff Jeffers providing pre-game, half- 10 The Irish play 10 BCS affiliated schools (tied second-most in the NCAA) in 2007. time and post-game reports. This broadcast 9 Notre Dame played nine freshmen in the season-opening loss to Georgia Tech. It can be heard live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio was tied for the fourth most freshmen to take the field in a season-opener since 1972. (channel 159) and will be streamed live on the 8 The Irish are the only school in America to play a BCS school in each of their first Irish official athletics website at www.und.com. eight games of the season. All Notre Dame home games may be 7 Notre Dame forced seven UCLA turnovers on Oct. 6. The seven turnovers were the heard in South Bend on U93-FM (92.9) and most for an Irish opponent since Purdue had eight turnovers on Sept. 30, 1989. WDND-AM (1490) with pre-game analysis fea- 6 The Irish limited UCLA to six points on a pair of field goals. Notre Dame had not held turing Sean Stires and Vince DeDario. The an opponent without an offensive touchdown since Sept. 25, 2004. The six points post-game show is hosted by Jack Nolan and allowed were the fewest by the Irish since the same game. features former Notre Dame players Reggie 5 Notre Dame entered the game versus Purdue with just two passing plays of 20+ Brooks and Mirko Jurkovic. See page 11 of this yards. The Irish registered five such passing plays against the Boilermakers. notes package for more information on Irish 4 Notre Dame ranks fourth in the NCAA in pass defense. The Irish are giving up just football radio and television shows. 153.67 yards per game in the air -- over 50 yards per game better than 2006 . Notre Dame forced three fumbles against UCLA. The Irish had not forced three 3 WEB SITES: Notre Dame (und.com), Boston fumbles in a single game since Sept. 9, 2006 against Penn State. College (bceagles.com). 2 Junior Evan Sharpley became the first Irish quarterback other than Brady Quinn to throw two TDs in a game since Carlyle Holiday (4) against Rutgers on Nov. 23, 2002. REAL-TIME STATS: Live in-game statistics will 1 Senior inside linebacker Maurice Crum, Jr. became the first Irish player to ever be provided through College Sports record a pair of forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two interceptions in the Te l e v i s i o n ’s Gametracker via each school's same game. Crum also set a single-game school record with four turnovers forced. respective official athletic websites. 2007 NOTRE DAME SCHEDULE POLLS: Notre Dame failed to receive any votes Date Opponent Site Time/Result in either the Associated Press or USA Today September 1 GEORGIA TECH (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 3-33 coaches polls. Boston College received 1,346 September 8 at Penn State (ESPN) State College, Pa. L, 10-31 top 25 votes from the AP (4th) and 1,283 votes September 15 at Michigan (ABC) Ann Arbor, Mich. L, 0-38 from the USA Today coaches (4th). September 22 MICHIGAN STATE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. L, 14-31 September 29 at Purdue (ESPN) West Lafayette, Ind. L, 19-33 SERIES INFO: This meeting will be the 17th all- October 6 at UCLA (ABC) Pasadena, Calif. W, 20-6 time meeting between the two schools and first October 13 BOSTON COLLEGE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. 3:30 p.m. matchup since 2004. Boston College has won October 20 USC (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. 3:30 p.m. five of the last six meetings, including each of November 3 NAVY (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. 2:30 p.m. the last four matchups. The Eagles have also November 10 AIR FORCE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. 2:30 p.m. won two straight and three of the last four November 17 DUKE (NBC) Notre Dame, Ind. 2:30 p.m. inside Notre Dame Stadium. (see All-Ti m e November 24 at Stanford (TBA) Stanford, Calif. TBA Series Results on page 2). All Times Local PAGE 2 - IRISH NOTES 2007 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Boston College has Notre Dame vs. Boston College defeated a top 10-ranked Irish squad on three Series History occasions (twice unranked). The Eagles enter the game ranked fourth (the highest they have Notre Dame leads 9-7 ever been ranked entering a game with the In Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads 5-4 Irish) and Notre Dame is unranked. In Chestnut Hill: Boston College leads 3-2 Neutral: Notre Dame leads 2-0. NOTRE DAME HEAD COACH CHARLIE WEIS: Longest Notre Dame Win Streak: 4, twice (1975-92, 1995-98) Charlie Weis (Notre Dame, 1978) is in his third Longest Boston College Win Streak: 4 (2001-04) season as the Notre Dame head coach. The Largest Margin of Victory: 47, (54-7), 1992 in South Bend Irish finished his inaugural season with a 9-3 Largest Margin of Defeat: 19, (11-30) 1994 in Boston mark and an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl. Notre Dame followed that campaign with a 10- Site Year Rank W/L ND BC 3 record last season and another BCS Bowl FX 1975 9- W 17 3 berth (Sugar). With 19 wins over his first two LB 1983 -13 W 19 18 seasons, Weis has captured more games than * 1987 9- W 32 25 any other previous Irish coach through his first * 1992 8-9 W 54 7 two years on the Notre Dame sidelines. In addi- * 1993 1-16 L 39 41 tion to leading one of three schools to consecu- 1994 8- L 11 30 tive BCS bowl games, Weis guided the Irish to * 1995 12- W 20 10 their most wins over any two-year span since 1996 17- W 48 21 1993-94. * 1997 W 52 20 1998 13- W 31 26 * 1999 -25 L 29 31 BOSTON COLLEGE HEAD COACH JEFF : Jeff Jagodzinski (University of * 2000 11- W 28 16 JAGODZINSKI Wisconsin-Whitewater, ‘85) returned to Boston 2001 L 17 21 College as its 33rd head football coach in 2007, * 2002 4- L 7 14 his 15th collegiate season and 23rd overall in 2003 L 25 27 coaching. Jagodzinski spent last season as the * 2004 24- L 23 24 offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. He had spent the three previous sea- Notre Dame vs. sons with the Atlanta Falcons after five years Atlantic Coast Conference Schools with the Packers (1999-2003) as tight ends coach.