Comparing Stanford to Notre Dame

Since the week at the Notre Dame blog is shortened in light of the Thanksgiving holiday, this will be the last one you loyal readers get before the Fighting Irish play the Stanford Cardinal in their last regular season game. The Cardinal and the Irish make for some good competitors, and there is a great history between the two teams if you look back over the years. Stanford is at the bottom of the Pac-10 standings heading into the game, with an overall record of 3-7. One of those wins was against USC, the highlight of the season for Jim Harbaugh’s Cardinal. Other than that, though, Stanford has had a tough go of it in 2007.

But how do the Irish stack up against Stanford? Well, if you look at the head-to-head team stat comparisons at FOXSports.com, you’ll see that Stanford is overwhelmingly the better team on the offensive side of the ball. They average more rushing and passing yards per game, and most importantly, they have proven that they can score more points on any given night. However, the defensive stats lean towards favoring Notre Dame. They are much better at defending the pass, and aren’t significantly worse at defending the run. Interestingly enough, Stanford averages giving up 30.5 points per game to their opponents. The Irish? 30.1… Should be a close one.

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