The 2021 season's largest margin: Notre Dame 55, Georgia Tech 0. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2021 — The Top-10 Year
Notre Dame finished 2021 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
Lost the Fiesta Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Jack CoanQB3,150 passing yards
- Kyren WilliamsRB1,002 rushing yards
- Tyler BuchnerWR336 rushing yards
- Logan DiggsRB229 rushing yards
- Kevin AustinWR888 receiving yards
- Michael MayerTE840 receiving yards
- Avery DavisWR386 receiving yards
- JD BertrandLB102 tackles
- Drew WhiteLB55 tackles
- Clarence LewisDB53 tackles
- Isaiah FoskeyDL11 sacks
- Justin AdemilolaDL5.5 sacks
- Jayson AdemilolaDL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Notre Dame 13, Cincinnati 24. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Notre Dame fell to Oklahoma State 35-37 in the postseason.
"The Irish don't wait to be invited to the conversation — they walk in."
2021 is a middle chapter for Notre Dame — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.