Notre Dame Fighting Irish Kicking

Seasons: 119 (1899 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 916-327-33

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 895-327-33

Conferences: ACC, Ind

National Championships: 1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988

Bowl Record: 39 Bowls, 21-18, .538 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 62 Times (Preseason), 61 Times (Final), 907 Weeks (Total), 98 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 10 Times (Final), 61 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Angelo Bertelli (1943), Johnny Lujack (1947), Leon Hart (1949), Johnny Lattner (1953), Paul Hornung (1956), John Huarte (1964), Tim Brown (1987)

Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium (cap. 80,795)

Location: Notre Dame, Indiana

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since 1976
* indicates bowl stats included
Players sorted by field goals.

Kicking Table
Rk	Player	From	To	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts
1	Justin Yoon*	2015	2018	190	196	96.9	59	73	80.8	367
2	Kyle Brindza*	2011	2014	117	119	98.3	57	81	70.4	288
3	John Carney	1984	1986	70	75	93.3	51	69	73.9	223
4	Jonathan Doerer*	2017	2021	162	164	98.8	49	65	75.4	309
5	Nicholas Setta*	2000	2003	104	105	99.0	46	66	69.7	242
6	Craig Hentrich	1989	1992	177	180	98.3	39	56	69.6	294
7	D.J. Fitzpatrick*	2002	2005	103	107	96.3	34	49	69.4	205
8	David Ruffer*	2008	2011	93	98	94.9	33	40	82.5	192
9	Mike Johnston	1980	1983	53	54	98.1	31	43	72.1	145
10	Jim Sanson	1996	1999	108	123	87.8	28	47	59.6	192
11	Harry Oliver	1980	1981	47	53	88.7	24	36	66.7	119
12	Chuck Male	1978	1979	38	40	95.0	22	32	68.8	104
13	Dave Reeve	1976	1977	68	77	88.3	21	38	55.3	131
14	Brandon Walker*	2007	2008	61	62	98.4	20	36	55.6	121
15	Nick Tausch*	2009	2013	36	40	90.0	16	20	80.0	81
16	Spencer Shrader*	2023	2023	61	62	98.4	15	22	68.2	106
17	Kevin Pendergast	1992	1993	50	54	92.6	14	19	73.7	87
18	Blake Grupe*	2022	2022	49	49	100.0	14	19	73.7	91
19	Tim Gradel	1987	1987	33	33	100.0	14	18	77.8	75
20	Scott Cengia	1994	1997	32	36	88.9	13	19	68.4	71
Rk	Player	From	To	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts
21	Mitch Jeter*	2024	2024	54	54	100.0	13	21	61.9	93
22	Billy Hackett	1987	1989	8	11	72.7	10	12	83.3	38
23	Carl Gioia*	2005	2006	51	56	91.1	9	14	64.3	78
24	Reggie Ho	1987	1988	33	37	89.2	9	12	75.0	59
25	Stefan Schroffner	1993	1994	31	31	100.0	6	10	60.0	48
26	Kevin Kopka	1995	1995	27	29	93.1	6	11	54.5	45
27	Noah Burnette	2025	2025	20	22	90.9	5	6	83.3	35
28	Joe Unis	1977	1979	15	16	93.8	3	9	33.3	21
29	David Miller*	1999	2002	13	15	86.7	2	5	40.0	19
30	Zac Yoakam*	2022	2024	20	20	100.0	2	5	40.0	26
31	Pat Chura	1984	1984	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	4
32	Nate Whitaker	2007	2007	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	1
33	Harrison Leonard*	2019	2021	5	5	100.0	0	0		5
34	Dawson Goepferich*	2020	2020	2	2	100.0	0	0		2
35	Josh Bryan*	2021	2021	1	1	100.0	0	0		1
36	Marcello Diomede*	2023	2025	4	5	80.0	0	1	0.0	4
37	Rob Leonard	1991	1993	7	8	87.5	0	2	0.0	7
38	Eric Goins*	2024	2024	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
39	Erik Schmidt	2025	2025	41	42	97.6	0	3	0.0	41

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