Contents Preface: Ode to Charlie and ROV I. First Quarter: Single-Game Firsts 1. Who was the first Notre Dame kicker with five field goals in one game? 2. Who was the first Notre Dame player with two fumble returns for touchdowns in the same game? 3. Who was the first Notre Dame player to record four sacks in a game? 4. What two Notre Dame players were the first 100-yard receiving tandem in a single game? 5. Who was the first Notre Dame player to gain at least 300 all-purpose yards in a game? 6. Who was the first Notre Dame player to average 50 yards a punt in a game? 7.
Who was the first Irish player to record 25 tackles in a game? 8. Who was the first Notre Dame back to rush for 200 yards? 9. Who was the first Irish player to rush the ball 40 times in a game? 10. Who was the first Irish quarterback to throw for 300 yards in a game? 11. Who was the first Notre Dame quarterback to throw for 500 yards in a game? 12A. Who was the first Notre Dame quarterback to notch four rushing touchdowns in a game? 12B. Who was the first Irish quarterback to rush for at least 200 yards in a game? 12C. What was the first tandem of Notre Dame backs to rush for at least 200 yards in the same game? 13.
Who was the first Notre Dame player and running back to have 200 receiving yards in a game? 14. Who was the first Notre Dame wide receiver to account for 200 receiving yards in a game? 15. Who was the first Notre Dame wide receiver with 250 yards in one game? 16. Who scored the first touchdown for Notre Dame? 17. Who kicked the first 50-yard field goal for Notre Dame? 18. Who was the first Notre Dame player to rush for 250 yards in a game? 19A. Who was the first Notre Dame receiver to catch four touchdown passes in a game? 19B. Who was the first Notre Dame quarterback to throw six touchdown passes in a game? 19C.
What was the first time Notre Dame had two receivers with at least 10 catches in a game? 20. Who was the first Notre Dame tight end to record a 100-yard receiving game? 21. Who was the first Notre Dame player to rush for two touchdowns and catch two touchdown passes in the same game? II. Second Quarter: Single-Season Firsts 1.Who was the first Notre Dame player to kick 20 field goals in a season? 2. Who was the first Notre Dame player to score 20 touchdowns in a season? 3. Who was the first Notre Dame player to make 150 tackles in a season? 4. Who was the first Notre Dame player to intercept 10 passes in a season? 5.
Who was the first Notre Dame player to catch 12 TD passes and have 1,200 receiving yards in a season? 6. Who was the first Notre Dame player to catch 100 passes in a season? 7. Who was the first Notre Dame player to rush for 15 TDs in a season? 8. Who was the first Notre Dame player to throw for 20 touchdown passes and 3,000 yards in a season? 9. Who was the first Notre Dame player with a 1,000-yard rushing season? 10. Who was the first Notre Dame player with a 2,000-yard passing season? 11. Who was the first Notre Dame player with a 1,000-yard receiving season? 12. Who was the first Notre Dame player with more than 1,700 all-purpose yards in a season? 13.
Who was the first Notre Dame player with 100 tackles in a season? 14. Which was the first Notre Dame team to receive national championship mention? 15. Which was the first Notre Dame team to receive consensus national championship recognition? 16. Which was the first Notre Dame team to average 500 yards per game? 17. Which was the first Notre Dame team with five punt-return touchdowns in a season? 18. Who was the first Notre Dame player to lead the NCAA in rushing? 19. Who was the first Notre Dame player to lead the NCAA in punt returns? 20. Who was the first Notre Dame player to lead the NCAA in interceptions? 21.
Who was the first Notre Dame player to lead the NCAA in kick scoring? 22. Who was the first Notre Dame player to lead the nation in kickoff returns? 23. Which was the first Notre Dame team to lead the NCAA in total offense? 24. Which was the first Notre Dame team to lead the NCAA in scoring? 25. Which was the first Notre Dame team to average at least 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in the same season? 26.Which was the first Notre Dame team to lead the NCAA in punt returns? 27. Which was the first Notre Dame team to lead the NCAA in kickoff returns? 28. Which was the first Notre Dame team to lead the NCAA in total defense and scoring defense? 29.
Which was the first Notre Dame team to lead the NCAA in rushing defense? 30. Which was the first Notre Dame team to win a bowl game? III. Third Quarter: Career Firsts 1.Who was the first Notre Dame player to rush for 2,500 career yards? 2. Who was the first Notre Dame running back to rush for 3,000 career yards? 3. Who was the first Notre Dame player to rush for 4,000 career yards? 4. Who was the first Notre Dame player to rush for 30 career TDs? 5. Who was the first Notre Dame player to score 50 career touchdowns? 6.
Who was the first Notre Dame running back to average at least 7.0 career yards per rush? 7. Who was the first Notre Dame player to throw for 5,000 career yards? 8. Who was the first Notre Dame player to throw for 10,000 career yards? 9. Who was the first Notre Dame player to throw 50 career TD passes? 10. Who was the first Notre Dame player to complete 60 percent of his career passes (minimum 150 attempts)? 11. Who was the first Notre Dame player to catch 150 career passes? 12. Who was the first Notre Dame tight end to catch 100 career passes? 13.
Who was the first Notre Dame player to catch 25 touchdown passes in a career? 14. Who was the first Notre Dame player to have 2,500 career receiving yards? 15. Who was the first Notre Dame receiver to reach 3,000 yards in a career? 16. Who was the first and only Notre Dame player to have at least 1,000 career yards rushing and 1,000 career yards receiving? 17. Who was the first Notre Dame player to score 300 points? 18. Who was the first Notre Dame player to kick 50 field goals? 19. Who was the first Notre Dame player to make 100 consecutive extra points? 20. Who was the first Notre Dame kicker to score 200 points? 21.
Who was the first Notre Dame player to make 350 career tackles? 22. Who was the first Notre Dame player with 500 career tackles? 23. Who was the first Notre Dame defensive player to record 50 career tackles for loss? 24. Who was the first Notre Dame player with 25 career passes broken up? 25. Who was the first Notre Dame player to make 10 career interceptions? 26. Who was the first Notre Dame player to have 250 career interception return yards? 27. Who was the first Notre Dame player to return three career interceptions for touchdowns? 28. Who was the first Notre Dame player to have 700 career punt-return yards? 29.
Who was the first Notre Dame player to return three punts for touchdowns in a career? 30. Who was the first Notre Dame player with 1,000 career kickoff-return yard 31. Who was the first Notre Dame player to return five career kickoffs for touchdowns? 32. Who was the first Notre Dame player to have 2,000 career combined kick-return yards? 33. Who was the first Notre Dame player with nine career touchdowns on returns? 34. Who was Notre Dame''s initial first-team All-America selection? 35. Who was Notre Dame''s first two-time, first-team All-American? 36. Who was Notre Dame''s first two-time, unanimous first-team All-American? 37.
Who was Notre Dame''s first three-time, first-team All-American? 38. What was the first season Notre Dame played the most difficult schedule in the country, as rated by the NCAA? IV. Fourth Quarter: Coaching Firsts 1.Who was the first Notre Dame coach to beat a ranked and No. 1 team? 2. Who was the first Notre Dame coach to win an overtime game? 3. Who was the first Notre Dame head coach to serve as commissioner of the NFL? 4. Who was the first Notre Dame assistant coach to have the title defensive coordinator? 5.
Who was the first Notre Dame assistant coach to have the title offensive coordinator? 6A. What Notre Dame head football coach was the first to later become head coach of a National Football League team? 6B. Who was the initial first-team All-America Notre Dame player to later become the Notre Dame head coach? 7. Who was the first Notre Dame coach to win a national championship? 8A. Who was the first Notre Dame coach to win an Associated Press national championship? 8B. Who was the first Notre Dame coach to beat five teams ranked in the top.