2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Fiesta Bowl vs. Ohio State, L 28–44
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
2015 record	10–3
Head coach	Brian Kelly (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford Jr. (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brian VanGorder (2nd year)
Base defense	4–3 multiple
Captain	Sheldon Day
Captain	Nick Martin
Captain	Joe Schmidt
Captain	Jaylon Smith
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (Capacity: 80,795)
Seasons « 2014 2016 »

2015 Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 Notre Dame			–						10	–	3
BYU			–						9	–	4
Army			–						2	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3 • #11 Fighting Irish 14 3 14 7 38 Date: September 5, 2015 Location: Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN Game start: 7:42 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 11 minutes Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: Temp: 82 F • Wind: E 3 MPH • Weather: Clear & Humid Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (NBC): Dan Hicks and Doug Flutie

1 2 3 4 Total • #9 Fighting Irish 12 0 14 8 34 Cavaliers 0 14 0 13 27 Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA Game start: 3:36 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hour 36 minutes Game attendance: 58,200 Game weather: Temp: 73 F • Wind: SSW 4 MPH • Weather: Cloudy Referee: Gary Patterson TV announcers (ABC): Ed Cunningham and Mike Patrick

1 2 3 4 Total #14 Yellow Jackets 0 7 0 15 22 • #8 Fighting Irish 7 6 3 14 30 Date: September 19, 2015 Location: Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN Game start: 3:42 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 32 minutes Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: Temp: 66 F • Wind: NW 15 MPH • Weather: Clear Referee: Jeff Flanagan TV announcers (NBC): Dan Hicks and Doug Flutie

1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 6 14 0 7 27 • #6 Fighting Irish 14 21 20 7 62 Date: September 26, 2015 Location: Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN Game start: 3:40 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 30 minutes Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: Temp: 75 F • Wind: E 13 MPH • Weather: Partly Cloudy Referee: Pat Garvey TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond and Doug Flutie

1 2 3 4 Total #6 Fighting Irish 3 0 0 19 22 • #11 Tigers 14 0 7 3 24 Date: October 3, 2015 Location: Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina Game start: 8:22 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 20 minutes Game attendance: 82,415 Game weather: Temp: 64 F • Wind: ENE 12 MPH • Weather: Rain Referee: Jeff Heaser TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Heather Cox (sideline)

Rip Miller Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 7 14 3 0 24 • #15 Fighting Irish 7 17 14 3 41 Date: October 10, 2015 Location: Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN Game start: 3:40 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 14 minutes Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: Temp: 63 F • Wind: W 8 MPH • Weather: Sunny Referee: Michael Roche TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Doug Flutie and Kathryn Tappen (sideline)

Jeweled Shillelagh

1 2 3 4 Total Trojans 10 14 7 0 31 • #14 Fighting Irish 21 3 0 17 41 Date: October 17, 2015 Location: Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN Game start: 7:42 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 23 minutes Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: Temp: 43 F • Wind: 7 MPH • Weather: Clear Referee: Land Clark TV announcers (NBC): Doug Flutie, Dan Hicks and Kathryn Tappen (sideline)

1 2 3 4 Total • #9 Fighting Irish 7 7 3 7 24 #21 Owls 3 7 0 10 20 Date: October 31, 2015 Location: Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA Game start: 8:14 pm EST Elapsed time: 3 hours 24 minutes Game attendance: 69,280 Game weather: Temp: 52 F • Wind: SSE 3 MPH • Weather: Mostly Cloudy Referee: Tracy Jones TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Heather Cox (sideline)

The 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Brian Kelly and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. They competed as an independent.

The 2015 Fighting Irish squad was arguably the most explosive offense that Brian Kelly has coached at Notre Dame. During the regular season, the Irish were one of twenty-one schools in the country to average 200 or more passing yards and rushing yards per game. The Irish had fourteen plays of over 50 yards during the season, which ranked 13th in the country and was a school record. They also had two touchdowns of over 90 yards, (a 91 yard touchdown run by C.J. Prosise and a 98 yard touchdown run by Josh Adams). The Irish only had two in the previous 126 years of Notre Dame football. The running game was dominant. The 5.76 yards per carry were fifth in the country. They finished the regular season averaging 34 points per game, including a 62 point effort against UMass, the most points in a game since 1996.

The Irish were defeated by Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl by a score of 44–28.

The 2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finished the regular season with a 7–5 record. They beat the LSU Tigers, 31–28, in the 2014 Music City Bowl.

On May 19, 2015, QB Everett Golson announced he was transferring to the Florida State Seminoles football team to complete his college eligibility. Golson will be able to play immediately as he has graduated from Notre Dame. On June 11, 2015, sophomore defensive end Jhonny Williams announced his transfer from the university. Williams transferred to Toledo. Sophomore defensive end Kolin Hill transferred from the university, and headed to Texas Tech.

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