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Week 16: Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Indiana Hoosiers

December 20, 2026
70°
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) Attendance: 41,642 (76%)
Fighting Irish 0 10 3 0 - 13
Hoosiers 0 6 3 3 - 12

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Hoosiers: 4-5- ND 31 (15:00) 4-Omar Craig 49 yard field goal is GOOD. IN 3 ND 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 1-10- ND 46 (13:36) 16-Melvin Shah pass complete to 82-David Roberson for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Dean Rayburn. IN 3 ND 7
(Qtr 2) Hoosiers: 4-2- ND 31 (7:14) 4-Omar Craig 49 yard field goal is GOOD. IN 6 ND 7
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 2-9-IN 18 (0:10) 5-Dean Rayburn 35 yard field goal is GOOD. IN 6 ND 10
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 4-9-IN 11 (11:39) 5-Dean Rayburn 29 yard field goal is GOOD. IN 6 ND 13
(Qtr 3) Hoosiers: 4-2- ND 33 (1:30) 4-Omar Craig 51 yard field goal is GOOD. ND 99-Michael Simmons was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. IN 9 ND 13
(Qtr 4) Hoosiers: 4-12- ND 22 (3:09) 4-Omar Craig 40 yard field goal is GOOD. IN 12 ND 13

Team Statistics

Hoosiers Fighting Irish
First Downs 14 8
- Rushing 5 5
- Passing 8 2
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 260 228
- Offensive Plays 69 41
- Yards Per Play 3.77 5.56
Net Rushing Yards 85 95
- Rushing Attempts 35 29
- Yards Per Rush 2.43 3.28
Net Passing Yards 175 133
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 23 / 1 12 / 10 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 185 133
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.15 11.08
- Yards Per Completion 8.04 13.30
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 8.0
4th Down Conversions 2 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 30 4 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 26 3 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 27
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 29
Time of Possession 35:01 24:56

Drive Charts

Indiana Hoosiers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:25 2:12 OPP 25 3 3 Missed FG
1 9:18 1:34 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
1 5:37 5:40 OWN 20 10 49 Field Goal
2 13:26 3:40 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
2 9:01 1:51 OPP 39 3 8 Field Goal
2 2:56 2:33 OWN 13 5 6 Punt
2 0:07 0:07 OWN 25 1 5 Half
3 15:00 0:40 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
3 11:36 1:26 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 6:01 4:35 OWN 26 8 41 Field Goal
3 0:00 2:48 OWN 33 5 21 Punt
4 9:45 6:39 OWN 32 11 46 Field Goal
4 1:16 1:16 OWN 10 10 47 Game

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:35 OWN 17 3 0 Interception
1 11:13 1:55 OWN 29 3 5 Punt
1 7:44 2:07 OWN 37 3 4 Punt
2 14:57 1:30 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 9:47 0:45 OWN 9 2 17 Fumble
2 7:10 4:14 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
2 0:23 0:16 OWN 42 2 40 Field Goal
3 14:20 2:43 OPP 28 4 16 Field Goal
3 10:10 4:09 OWN 17 6 15 Punt
3 1:26 1:26 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 12:12 2:27 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
4 3:05 1:49 OWN 25 3 5 Punt

Rushing Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Tommy Moore 25 57 2.28 14 2 0
Ronald Merrick 5 15 3.00 8 0 0
Henry Stone 3 11 3.67 5 0 0
Justin Wilson 2 2 1.00 2 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joseph Tong 20 88 4.40 15 5 0
Kenneth Neale 8 9 1.13 5 0 0
Clayton Welsh 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Darrin Taylor 33 23 185 1 / 10 0 17 1 70.90

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Shah 12 10 133 0 / 0 1 54 1 105.90

Receiving Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Compton 6 60 10.00 15 0
Tommy Moore 4 40 10.00 15 0
Henry Stone 4 27 6.75 17 0
Ronald Merrick 2 20 10.00 15 0
Justin Wilson 2 16 8.00 15 0
Frank Leal 2 10 5.00 9 0
Michael Banister 2 8 4.00 8 0
Byron Lane 1 4 4.00 4 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Roberson 2 63 31.50 54 1
Joseph Tong 2 45 22.50 39 0
Kenneth Neale 2 10 5.00 9 0
Vincent Blanton 2 8 4.00 6 0
Clayton Welsh 2 7 3.50 4 0

Blocking Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Walter Townsend 37 38 1 6
Clyde Potts 7 4 0 0
John Martin 0 3 0 1
Allen Haley 0 1 0 0
George Overall 0 2 0 0
Donald Garcia 0 1 0 0
Martin Hedrick 0 1 0 0
Daniel Flournoy 0 1 0 0
Carlton Puentes 2 0 0 0
Byron Lane 0 15 0 2
Alex Alex 5 2 0 0
Tommy Moore 6 5 0 0
Ronald Merrick 0 3 0 0
Justin Wilson 2 2 0 0
Arthur Leventhal 14 4 0 0
Andrew Lane 0 1 0 1
Mel Granger 10 6 0 1
Juan Lopez 10 2 0 1
James Compton 0 20 0 0
Michael Banister 0 17 0 1
Chester Gaines 35 38 0 8
Frank Leal 6 36 0 1
Robert Rehberg 44 48 0 1
William Collins 41 46 0 1
Henry Stone 3 23 0 3
William Sanders 33 37 0 3
Albert Jackson 0 1 0 0
Richard Williams 0 2 0 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Frank Gonzalez 0 2 0 0
Curtis Perryman 21 30 0 5
Kenneth Neale 0 1 0 0
Michael Woodbury 1 11 0 1
Clayton Welsh 2 15 0 0
Vincent Blanton 0 8 0 0
Wesley Martin 6 25 0 4
James Castillo 10 3 0 0
Richard Moreno 10 9 0 1
Michael Wiggins 11 6 0 0
Jose Green 9 2 0 0
Paul Gabbard 0 13 0 0
Gary Stec 0 14 0 0
Arthur Crow 12 27 0 3
Robert Stump 0 2 0 0
Paul Black 20 31 0 2
David Roberson 0 30 0 1
David Reiter 20 32 0 1
George Nowak 5 7 0 1
Edwin Forney 2 3 0 0
Joseph Chandler 0 4 0 1
Renaldo Williams 0 1 0 0
Raymond Pendleton 5 8 0 0
James Stout 0 2 0 1
Chad McClain 0 1 0 0
Michael Simmons 1 2 0 1
Clint Hoye 0 3 0 0
Joseph Tong 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Alex Alex 1 0 0.00 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joseph Chandler 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mel Granger 0 0 1 0
William King 0 1 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Roberson 1 0 0 0
Joseph Tong 1 0 0 0
Gary Stec 0 1 0 0

Punting

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Pritchard 5 253 50.60 41.80 52 2

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Billy Halliday 7 362 51.71 45.14 62 3

Kicking

Indiana Hoosiers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Omar Craig 4 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 1 51 0 / 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dean Rayburn 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 1 / 1

Punt Return

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Justin Wilson 3 25 8.3 12 0
Henry Johnson 1 1 1.0 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Stec 3 22 7.3 12 0

Kick Return

Indiana Hoosiers

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Stec 1 27 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

Indiana Hoosiers

Name Tackles Sacks
Daniel Flournoy 8 0
Carlton Puentes 8 0
Delbert McCampbell 4 0
Albert Jackson 4 0
Mel Granger 3 0
William Taylor 3 0
William King 3 0
Alex Alex 3 0
Alan Hammel 2 0
George Overall 1 0
Arthur Leventhal 1 0
James Compton 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Tackles Sacks
Clint Hoye 10 0
Joseph Chandler 9 0
Edwin Forney 6 1
Raymond Pendleton 6 0
Michael Simmons 6 0
John Gonzalez 5 0
Martin Trice 4 0
Frank Gonzalez 3 0
Robert Calderon 3 0
Robert Stump 3 0
James Stout 2 0
Ryan Schmidt 1 0
Louie Fogg 1 0
Chad McClain 1 0
Clayton Welsh 1 0
Curtis Perryman 1 0
Michael Wiggins 1 0
Joseph Tong 1 0
Jeremiah Henderson 1 0