Notre Dame Football Analytics Preview: Duke Blue Devils

James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports After all the recaps and reviews of last season, it is finally time for some Notre Dame Fighting Irish football in 2020. Tomorrow, the Irish will begin life in the ACC by welcoming the Duke Blue Devils to South Bend, a matchup that did not play out well the last time the Blue Devils were in town in 2016 and saw the firing of Brian VanGorder following the game. But last November the Irish travelled to Duke as eight point favorites and exited with a 38-7 win. Instead of a more traditional preview, this will focus on the advanced statistics of both teams’ returning players and their respective performances in 2019. For a primer on the metrics that will be used, please follow this link to our One Foot Down debut article.

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