Notre Dame completed their second undefeated regular season in three years, winning a sloppy but decisive win over Syracuse 45-21. The Irish showed some weaknesses on both sides of the ball, but did more than enough to win the game and will have two weeks to work out the kinks before taking on Trevor Lawrence and the Clemson Tigers.
Before diving into these stats we need to re-explain some statistics. First, we count scrambles as passing plays because we want to learn which play calls are working. A successful or unsuccessful scramble from Ian Book is the result of a passing play call, and should be classified as such.