The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-10
NO OTHER TEAM
MATCHED IRISH
National Collegiate Athletic
Bureau Announces 1916
Figures Monday

o1kAAS OGS. O.-h e
Dame earned its position as the
No. l college football team CT 1916
oy the unique but jnfallible method
IF combining the nations most
powerful ofteense With the stubborn
est defense seen ON any gridiron
the season just closed.
The National Collegiate Athletic
Bureau, announcing the figures for
the year, emphasized Monday that
no other team ever matched Notre
Danes DUAL achievement Of top
ping all the collegiate outfits OF
the country in both offense and de-
Tense during the same season.
In nine games Coach Frank
Leahy's unbeaten but once-tied
rolled up 1872 yards by both
rushing and passing, an average
of ALB yards per game and d
total greater than any other team
even though some of them played
ten games.
They held their nine opponents
Illinois,. Pittsburgh, Purdue, Iowa,
Army, Northwestern, Tulane
and Southern Califorria-to a total
o. 1,275 yards both On the ground
and in the air, an average Of 141.7
per game.
Notre Danes offensive average
OF ALB yards was the second high
est in history, topped only by
record 1927 in 1915. Hav-
ing led the nation in total otfense
in 1943, the Irish also became the
first team to win this honor twice.
Oklahoma's Big Six co-cham-
pions compiled the best defensive
record against ground attacks,
holding ten opponents to an aver
age of Only So yards per game.
Nevada topped the list in the for
ward passing department., where
the teams are ranked On average
yardage. with an average OF 1881
yards per game on 60 competitions
out of 156 attempts for eight con-
tests and wound ur in third place
in total offense.
Holy Cross threw ur the best de-
Sense against passing for the
second straight year, holding nine
opponents to an average Of 53.7
yards per game through the air to
be the only repeater among the
leaders of the various departments.
Georgia's unbeaten Bulldogs fin
ished second to Notre Dame in
total offense with an average of
394.6 yards per game and second
to Nevada in the passing depart
ment with an average of 1877.
The Bulldogs gained 1,737 Of their
seasons total of penory yards
through the air and completed 112
of their zoe passes, more than any
others team.
Behind Notre Dame and Okla
homa in total defense was Penn
State with an average yield Of 1883
yards, North Carolina State with
1862. and Rice with 1863.
Mississippi State finished second
to Oklahoma in rushing defense,
yielding 1854 yards per game. Har-
ward, with a defensive average OF
75.4 was third, while South Caro-
lima was fourth with 1915 and Notre
Dame fifth with 1877.
Texas Mines led in the punting
department with an average of 41.2
wards on GA kicks.
1t was the fourth straight year
that Notre Dame had finished
among the top ten offensive teams
and the sixth straight year for
Georgia.
The ten leaders in each department:
Total offense-(Gians rushing and pas
sing)-Notre Dame, ALP yards average
per game; Georgia. 394.6; Nevada, 1888;
UCLA 377.s; Michigan, 1865. 9; Hardin
Simmons 1884; Boston college, ISL; Yale,
343.9; Utah 1884; Pennsylvania 340.6 {.
Total defense-Notre Dame. 141.7 yards
average yielded per. game to rushes and
passes; Oklahoma. 1855; Penn State, 1889;
North Carolina State. 1921; Rice. 1861 8;
Davidson. 1864; Hardin-Simmons 1878;
Mississippi State, 1898; Harvord, 1907;
Texas 176.
! Rushing offense-Notre Dame. $40.
yards average per game; Hardin-Sim-
mons. 1905; Utah, 1885; Detroit. 1882;
.UCLA 1888; Oklahoma 1854; North Caro-
lima 234:1; Yale 1888; Pennsylvania, 233. l;
Army, 224.2.
Rushing defense-Oklahoma. So yards
average yielding per game; Mississippi
State, 1914: Harvard, 1874; South Caro-
lima. 1916; Notre Dame 83.7: North Caro-
lima State 85; Yale, 85.4; William and
Mary, 89.5; Tulsa, 90; Texas s3.4.
/; Passing offense-Nevada 1881 yards
average per game; Georgia, 1877; Texas,
1863: Oklahoma A. and M, 1902: Michi-
gan 1869; Boston college. 140.7; Indiana,
t4O.4; Marquette 1881; Princeton, 1877;
Washington and Lee, 1856.
Passing defense-Holy Cross. SSH yards
average yielded per game; West Texas
State. 81: Notre Dame. So; Indiana, $50;
Florida 6l.9; Rice So: Detroit, 63.4; Penn
State, $3.50: West Virginia, 64.2; Navy,
84.2.
Punting-Texas mines 41.2 yards aver
age per punt; Nevada, N.6; New Mexico,
4o.2: Mississippi, 3s.7; Mani Fla.l, 3s.6: