Statistical Analyses of Notre Dame Football

 

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Econo Lodge

Rating Coaches and the Willingham Hire

Evaluating Notre Dame's Five Most Recent Coaches

Point Differentials and Coaching

Yardage Per Play Differentials as a Measure of a Team's Strength

The 2002 Crop of Coaches

More on Yardage Differentials and N.D.'s prospects

LoVecchio and Holiday by the Numbers

Offensive Balance

Defensive Balance

Balance Generally

Recruiting Rankings and Team Performance

Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring

Willingham's Defenses

Coaching Handicaps

Willingham's Offenses

Probabilities and the 2002 Schedule

Michigan

Turnovers

Decisions and the 2002 Campaign

Michigan State

One-year wonders

Improvement

Run-Pass Balance

Willingham's 1994-95 Transition

Ranking Coaches Over Time

Devine's 1977 Team

Stanford-U.S.C. 2000

Holiday's Passing (and Rushing) Statistics

The Road Back

Shambles?

Pre-Season Polls

Willingham in clutch situations

Right Track ?

Willingham's First Year at Stanford

The Coaching "Market" for Davie

Notre Dame and Maryland's Common Opponent

Pre-season Projections of the Pac 10 in 1995

Projected Margins of N.D. Games in 2002

Penalty Yardage under Willingham and Davie

Holtz, Davie and Willingham on the Road

Three-Touchdown Victories

Measuring N.D.'s Improvement in 2002 (9/4/02)

2-0 Starts (9/9/02)

N.D.-Michigan and the Prior Year's Records (9/10/02)

Notre Dame's Winning Formula (9/30/02)

Inspiration:  the Stanford Preview (10/4/02)

Turning the Corner:  the first 5 games (10/7/02)

Turnovers and the 2002 Season (10/8/2002)

Confidence:  The Pittsburgh Preview (10/12/2002)

Mid-Term Grades in the 2002 Season (10/14/2002)

Desire:  The Air Force Preview (10/18/2002)

Defense ! (10/22/2002)

Composure:  The F.S.U. Preview (10/24/2002)

Willingham and the Social Significance of the Alabama-U.S.C. 1970 game (10/24/2002)

Comparison of N.D. through 11 games 2001 and 2002 (11/24/2002)

Holtz and Willingham's First Seasons Compared (12/6/2002)

Evaluating First Year Coaches (12/7/2002)

Notre Dame and N.C. State Comparisons (12/9/2002)

Notre Dame in Bowl Games (12/22/2002)

Notre Dame and N.C. State Statistics against Common Opponents  (12/23/2002)

So What Now? (1/4/2003)

First Year Miracles (1/7/2003)

N.D. Coaches through 13 games (1/12/2003)

The Experience Factor (1/17/2003)

Tailback Production (1/24/2003)

Recruiting Rankings:  2003 (2/16/2003)

Experience Levels:  N.D. 2002 and 2003 (2/16/2003)

Draft Rankings (3/29/2003)

Spring Hints (3/30/2003)

Probabilities and the 2003 Schedule (4/19/2003)

Holiday's Participation (5/9/2003)

Pre-Season Projections (6/5/2003)

Chow and Diedrick (6/11/2003)

Was N.D. Any Good in 2002? (6/14/2003)

Second-Year Coaches (7/29/2003)

Improving the Running Game (8/14/2003)

Game Speed (9/7/2003)

Are the Irish Really this Bad? (10/05/03)

Where do we Stand? (12/24/03)

The Sleeping Giant (5/7/04)

Offensive and Defensive Coordination (6/8/04)

Projecting 2004 (6/15/04)

First half, second half (7/25/04)

Perceived Talent (8/1/04)

Willingham Can Still Succeed (8/14/04)

Notre Dame's Improving Passing Attack (9/20/04)

Run the Ball, Stop the Run (10/7/04)

Not-so-special Special Teams (10/7/04)

Time for a Change (11/27/04)

Great Expectations (12/15/04)

Coaching Hires Like Weis (12/27/04)

The Joe Moore Era (2/5/05)

Five Spring Questions  (3/31/05)

Run the Darn Ball  (4/19/05)

On Beating USC  (4/22/05)

Rebuilding Notre Dame (5/23/05)

Big Wins and "What the Heck?" Losses (7/5/05)

Early Season Learning Curve (8/3/05)

2-0 Starts (Updated) (9/13/05)

Points and Yards (9/27/05)

Pete Carroll's Contribution to ND Football (10/10/05)

The Big Picture (10/18/05)

Evaluating ND's Defense (11/13/05)

A Season Under the Microscope (11/2705)

Annual Performance Review (/2/2006)

Clausen Commitment (4/22/2006)

Playing the Cards (6/17/2006)

1953 National Champs (7/10/2006)

The Team that Willingham Built (12/8/2006)

There's a Lot of Football Left (12/8/2006)

Reasons for Optimism 2007 (8/16/2007)

Down but Never Out (12/8/2007)

Save a Ring for Trevor Laws (12/8/2007)

The 2008 “Bet” (7/13/2008)

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