Avani Patel

Notre Dame has the toughest schedule in the country through the rest of the season, with its remaining opponents boasting a combined 18-4 record. Contributing heavily to that statistic is...

Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco may not throw the ball often in his team's option offense, but he throws it efficiently. On the season, he is completing 63.8 percent of his...

For Notre Dame linebacker Brandon Hoyte, Saturday's game against Navy in East Rutherford, N.J., will be a homecoming twice over. Hoyte hails from nearby Parlin, N.J., and starred at Sayreville...

After missing two games with a left hamstring injury, Notre Dame's Ryan Grant finally took the field against Stanford, his impact exceeding the 67 yards he gained on the ground....

Notre Dame's offensive line received mixed reviews for its last outing, even though the Irish passed for 460 yards in the loss to Purdue. "It's that same old good and...

Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn has fond memories of playing Stanford last year in November when the Irish won 57-7. "I think that game, everything was clicking for us--the running...

Notre Dame's special teams didn't look so special against Purdue when it allowed Jerome Brooks to return a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Nor did it look so great...

When did the players turn their attention away from Saturday's 41-16 loss to Purdue and toward Saturday's matchup with Stanford? "We really have to do it now, today," Irish tight...

Like Purdue, which ended a 30-year drought Saturday by finally winning a game at Notre Dame Stadium, Stanford also will be trying to end a dry spell in South Bend....

Last year, Purdue's defense had a field day against Notre Dame's freshman quarterback, Brady Quinn. Quinn, making his first career start against the Boilermakers, was a respectable 29 of 59...