Under .500 over the last 3 seasons
Against teams with winning records: Weis 8-19 (.296) Faust 12-23 (.343) Willingham 12-15 (.444) Davie 18-22 (.450)
0 wins against teams finishing in the top 10 of any of the major polls.
1 (1-13) win against teams finishing in the Top 25 (Willingham had 7)
Worst two year stretch in Notre Dame history (10-15)
First coach to lose to Navy since 1963 (twice)
First time in 73 years (the first year of polling) that an unranked Navy team defeated a ranked Notre Dame team
Worst loss to a service academy in 44 years (blown out by Air Force)
First coach in Notre Dame history to lose to an eight-loss team (Syracuse 2008)
0-5 against USC
Average margin of defeat against USC: 19.8 ppg
Losing records to Boston College: 1-2, Michigan: 2-3 and Michigan State: 2-3
Losses by 20 points or more: 8
More shutout losses: 3 (Boston College, USC, Michigan) in four years than
Notre Dame had from 1965-2001
First 9-loss season in school history
First 0-4 start ever
First 0-5 start ever
Has lost to more teams that finished outside the top 50 (MSU 2007, Purdue 2007, GT 2007, Navy 2007, Syracuse 2008) than Willingham, Davie and Faust… combined (5-4)
Last overall offense in the country in 2007
Last overall in yards per play in 2007
Last overall in yards per game in 2007
Lowest average yardage in the history of Notre Dame football in 2007
Worst rushing team in ND history in 2007
Lost to Navy, USC and Michigan in the same year… twice
Set an NCAA record (58) for most sacks allowed in a season in 2007
Notre Dame finished 90th in the country in the 2007 Sagarin ratings… below Richmond, North Dakota State, Delaware, Navy, Florida Atlantic, James Madison and Wofford.
3-16 record since 2007 against teams that finished with a winning record
Only coach in ND history to coach for five years and not score 50 points in a game (56 other teams topped 50 points during Weis’s tenure)
Weis has given up 40+ points in a loss 6 times, 30+ in a loss 19 times
Currently has the 84th ranked defense in the country
Will miss the BCS three straight years
No BCS wins in five years of coaching
confroom1973, 8 months ago | FlagBut still, he should not be fired. He should be allowed to coach until his current contract expires and then be evaluated to see if he should be given another chance.
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