The 2015 season's largest margin: Notre Dame 38, Texas 3. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2015 — The Top-10 Year
Notre Dame finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- DeShone KizerQB2,884 passing yards
- Malik ZaireQB428 passing yards
- C.J. ProsiseRB1,032 rushing yards
- Josh AdamsRB835 rushing yards
- Chris BrownWR597 receiving yards
- Torii Hunter Jr.WR363 receiving yards
- Amir Carlisle?355 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2015.
The season's deepest loss: Notre Dame 28, Ohio State 44. A 16-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Notre Dame fell to Ohio State 28-44 in the postseason.
"The Irish don't wait to be invited to the conversation — they walk in."
2015 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.