2012 Schedule and Results
Navy W 50-10
Purdue W 20-17
at Michigan State W 20-3
Michigan W 13-6
Miami W 41-3
Stanford W 20-13 (OT)
BYU W 17-14
at Oklahoma W 30-13
Pittsburgh W 29-26 (3OT)
at Boston College W 21-6
Wake Forest W 38-0
at USC W 22-13
History
First year of football – 1887
All-time record – 865-299-42
Bowl appearances – 32
Bowl record – 15-16
Last title – 1988
Consensus national championships – 11 (1924, '29, '30, '43, '46, '47, '49, '66, '73, '77, '88)
Team Info
Offense – Spread
Defense – 3-4
2012 record – 12-0
Ranking – No. 1
Leaders
* Passing
Yards – Everett Golson, 2,135
Completions – Golson, 166 of 282 with 5 INTs
TDs – Golson, 11
* Rushing
Yards – Theo Riddick, 880 yards
TDs – Riddick, George Atkinson III and Golson with 5 each
* Receiving
Receptions – Tyler Eifert, 44
Yards – Eifert, 624
TDs – Eifert and T.J. Jones with 4 each
* Scoring
Points – Kyle Brindza, 95
* Defense
Tackles – Manti Te'o, 103
INTs – Te'o, 7
Sacks – Stephon Tuitt, 12
Impression
“Notre Dame is a very well-coached team and has great balance on offense. They have a great player that plays tight end (Eifert) and has made a lot of great plays for them. The balance that they have on offense and the toughness that they play with is something that I think will be very challenging. Defensively, they probably have the best front seven in the country. This is just a good all-around football team.”
— Alabama coach Nick Saban
