The 2022 season's largest margin: Notre Dame 44, Boston College 0. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Winning Chapter
Notre Dame's 2022 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Drew PyneQB2,021 passing yards
- Tyler BuchnerWR652 passing yards
- Audric EstimeRB920 rushing yards
- Logan DiggsRB821 rushing yards
- Chris TyreeWR444 rushing yards
- Michael MayerTE809 receiving yards
- Jayden ThomasWR362 receiving yards
- Lorenzo Styles Jr.CB340 receiving yards
- JD BertrandLB74 tackles
- Jack KiserLB53 tackles
- Marist LiufauLB49 tackles
- Isaiah FoskeyDL10.5 sacks
- Jordan BotelhoDL4.5 sacks
- Justin AdemilolaDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Notre Dame 10, Ohio State 21. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Notre Dame beat South Carolina 45-38 in the postseason.
"The Irish don't wait to be invited to the conversation — they walk in."
2022 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.