Navy win by the Numbers

At 7-2 with three games to go the Irish need a few things to happen to end up in a BCS game and salvage this season.  Overall Notre Dame needs to end up in the top 14 in the BCS rankings, for that to happen it is most likely that other team will have to help by getting some checks in the loss columns, after that Kelly and his boys just need to get wins.  Style points are concerns for team like Oregon, Ohio State and Florida State who are campaigning to meet #1 Alabama in the BCS Championship game, Notre Dame just needs wins.  With that being said the Irish’s 38-34 point win over the Midshipmen is as beneficial to their cause as the Buckeyes 56-0 win over Purdue is to theirs.  Lest look at the stats from Saturdays game that led to Notre Dames most important statistic; one win.

4 – The number of quarters that Notre Dame’s offense scored, 10, 7, 7, 14 respectively.

331/4.7 & 264/7.3 – Total rushing yards / Yards per carry for Navy & Notre Dame.  I’ll take the 7.3 yards per carry.

242 & 88 – Total passing yards for Notre Dame / Navy

79/56 – Total number of offensive plays run by Navy / Notre Dame (36 rush/20 pass) respectively.

0 – Number of punts by the Irish

37:36 / 22:24 – Time of possession for Navy / Notre Dame

2- Number of interceptions thrown by Tommy Rees

140 / 7.8 – Total number of rushing yards and yards per carry for T. Folston

10.6 – Yards per carry for G. / Atkinson

111 – Receiving yards by T.J. Jones to become the 10^th player in Irish history to have 2000 career receiving yards.

4 – Receptions by T.J. Jones to move into 4^th place on Notre Dame’s all time receptions list.

1 – Touchdown reception to be alone in 8^th place on the Irish’s all time TD reception list.

5 / 1 – Tackles for loss and Sacks for the Irish Defense

1 - Forced Fumble by Jarron Jones

11 – Total tackles for Louis Nix fill in Kona Schwenke to lead Notre Dame in tackles

Overall these numbers show Notre Dame’s effectiveness and efficiently on the field.  If Kelly and Crew are going to keep winning and get into the BSC top 14 and possible a BCS Bowl Game they had better keep being effective and efficient.