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Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-6)

ND signs 23, adding highly rated OL Matt James

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly added offensive tackle Matt James and defensive end Kona Schwenke on Wednesday to his first recruiting class, giving the Fighting Irish what analysts described as a solid but unspectacular class.

"It's a very respectable class. Not a great one, but respectable," said Tom Lemming, CBS College Sports Network recruiting analyst.

Kelly described the 23 signees as a good class, especially after he spent his first few days on the job working to make sure the five early enrollees would stay committed and then working to hold together the rest of the class recruited by Charlie Weis. (MORE)

Sat, Nov 28
Final 1 2 3 4 T
14 10 7 7 38
10 10 7 18 45
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Leader Fighting Irish Cardinal
Passing J. Clausen 340 A. Luck 198
Rushing R. Hughes 74 T. Gerhart 205
Receiving G. Tate 201 R. Whalen 75
Independents (FBS)
  Overall Conference
Navy 10-4 --
Notre Dame 6-6 --
Army 5-7 --
Leaders
Passing Yards: J. Clausen3722
Passing TDs: J. Clausen28
Rushing Yards: A. Allen697
Rushing TDs: R. Hughes5
Receiving Yards: G. Tate1496
Receiving TDs: G. Tate15
Interceptions: K. McCarthy5
Offense (FBS Rank)
Yards: 5421 (24)
Passing Yards: 3882 (7)
Rushing Yards: 1539 (88)
Points per game: 30.1 (33)
Yards per game: 451.8 (8)
Touchdowns: 43 (45)
Field Goals: 19 (25)
Defense (FBS Rank)
Yards: 4773 (71)
Passing Yards: 2730 (59)
Rushing Yards: 2043 (84)
Points per game: 25.9 (64)
Yards per game: 397.8 (86)
Touchdowns: 35 (56)
Field Goals: 14 (60)
Schedule 2009
Date Opponent Result / Time
9/5 vs. Nevada W 35 - 0
9/12 at Michigan L 34 - 38
9/19 vs. Michigan State W 33 - 30
9/26 at Purdue W 24 - 21
10/3 vs. Washington W 37 - 30
10/17 vs. 6 USC L 27 - 34
10/24 vs. Boston College W 20 - 16
10/31 vs. Washington State W 40 - 14
11/7 vs. Navy L 21 - 23
11/14 at 8 Pittsburgh L 22 - 27
11/21 vs. Connecticut L 30 - 33
11/28 at Stanford L 38 - 45
AP Rank
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama 14-0
2 Texas 13-1
3 Florida 13-1
4 Boise State 14-0
5 Ohio State 11-2
6 TCU 12-1
7 Iowa 11-2
8 Cincinnati 12-1
9 Penn State 11-2
10 Virginia Tech 10-3
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Coaches Rank
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama 14-0
2 Texas 13-1
3 Florida 13-1
4 Boise State 14-0
5 Ohio State 11-2
6 TCU 12-1
7 Iowa 11-2
8 Penn State 11-2
9 Cincinnati 12-1
10 Virginia Tech 10-3
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