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Notre Dame alum Arike Ogunbowale becomes all-time leading scorer for Dallas Wings

The Notre Dame alum is putting up lots of points in a hurry.

Arike Ogunbowale is now the all-time leading scorer for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings. The Notre Dame alum has 3,972 points after scoring 11 against the New York Liberty in a 99-67 loss Thursday night.

She’s in just her sixth season in the league and reached the mark in game number 193. She passes Deanna “Tweety” Nolan, who needed nine years and 293 games to reach 3,971. Ogunbowale, a guard who played at Notre Dame from 2015 to 2019, got the record on free throws with 4:27 remaining in Thursday’s game.

She needs just 28 points to reach 4,000, and if she does that in her next two games, she will pass Breanna Stewart to be the WNBA player who reaches that mark the fastest.

Stewart needed 196 games to hit that mark.

 

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Notre Dame Football: All-Time Leading Scorers in Program History

Points, points, and more points

Wherever you look these days for sports news its difficult to miss Iowa women’s basketball great Caitlin Clark and here incredible run for the Hawkeyes.  She recently became women’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer in the college ranks and has a chance to track down Pete Maravich to become college basketball’s all-time leading scorer, regardless of gender.

That got our minds running a bit here at Fighting Irish Wire – or at least got us to look up the leading scorers in the history of a few Notre Dame sports.

Geoffrey Clark (no relation to Caitlin, he claims) recently compiled Notre Dame’s all-time top scorers in women’s basketball history.

Today we share with you the 25 all-time leading scorers in the long history of the Notre Dame football program.  Check it out below:

Notre Dame all-time single game receiving leaders

Will any member of the 2022 Notre Dame football team crack this list eventually?

In the over 130 seasons of Notre Dame football there have only been seven players to ever go for 200-plus receiving yards in a single game.

Quick – before you scroll down and see the all-time top ten single same receiving leaders in program history, how many can you guess?

There are some obvious ones from more recent times while there are a few throwbacks during some memorable seasons and one from a championship season as well.

So what are the 10 all-time single game receiving records in Notre Dame football history?

Let’s take a quick walk down memory lane to find out.J

Notre Dame football all-time single game rushing leaders

Who was the best of this bunch?

Notre Dame might not be known as “Running Back U” but that doesn’t mean the Fighting Irish haven’t had their fair share of elite runners over the years.  And those elite runners have had some pretty elite performances, but which Notre Dame running backs had the biggest days of all-time?

We’ve previously looked at the single game passing records for Notre Dame quarterbacks and found that throwing for a ton of yards often doesn’t mean good things for the team.  How does that compare to running the ball extremely well on a given Saturday?

Here are Notre Dame’s top 10 all-time single game rushing leaders.

Notre Dame all-time single game passing leaders

Passing for a lot of yards doesn’t always mean good things.

Notre Dame has had countless memorable performances by quarterbacks over the years, but which quarterbacks had the best single days in Fighting Irish football history?

That answer is debatable because some of the very best statistical performances came in games Notre Dame lost and was trailing the majority of so required throwing to try and mount a comeback. Does that make them the best?

Related: Notre Dame’s long history of struggles in Fiesta Bowl

We’ll leave that debate for you to have as we look back below on the 10 best single-game passing yards performances in the long history of Notre Dame football.

The Longest Runs in the History of Notre Dame Football

What is your favorite run in the long history of Notre Dame football?

Notre Dame has been playing football since 1887 and have had plenty of talented running backs and quarterbacks carry the ball in that time.  Since records began being kept, Notre Dame has had seven different players pull off a run of 90 yards or longer.

Oddly enough, five of those seven 90-plus yard runs have come in the last seven years.

So who holds the record for the longest runs in Notre Dame history?  Check out the answer to that question below and see the actual highlights of a few of the runs:

Bijan Robinson fastest Texas running back to 1,000 yards since Jamaal Charles

Despite only been on campus for 13 games, Bijan Robinson has already etched his name in the Texas record book a couple of times.

When Bijan Robinson stepped foot on campus, the feeling was he would be the next great running back to come out of Austin. His recruiting rating alone was good enough to catch some eyes. Once he stepped on the field, it was known how great he would truly be.

Despite only been on campus for 13 games, Robinson has already etched his name in the Texas record book a couple of times. The sophomore was successful when Tom Herman allowed him to be and he is reaping the benefits of Steve Sarkisian’s scheme thus far.

Saturday against Rice, Robinson rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries. His career total is now up to 1,002 yards on 138 attempts and is the 55th Longhorn to ever accomplish the feat.

To add on, only Jamaal Charles has reached the career 1,000 rushing yard mark as quickly as Robinson. Both did it on carry No. 138 in the nonconference portion of their sophomore season.

Charles’ career ended after three seasons, with 3,328 rushing yards and 36 touchdowns. Robinson will have the opportunity to surpass those numbers if he continues to perform the way he has.

The difference between the two may be in the passing game. With the nature of Sarkisian’s play-calling, Robinson is going to get a few more receptions out of the backfield than Charles did under Mack Brown. The current Texas running back has already matched receiving touchdowns with three and is one pace to finish with more yards as well.

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