Let's look at that season.

Would that mean that Kelly's ND teams would have been 8-0 having only allowed SEVEN points the entire season to that point?

Yeah, ND had outscored it's opponents 197-7 in the first 8 games including shutting out Army, Penn State, Georgia Tech and Indiana.

After losing to Carnegie Tech, they went out west and beat USC to finish 9-1.

Ten games. 9-1. Surrendered a season total of 39 pts.

ND defeated three top 10 teams that season, all on the road, and two by shutout.

Yeah. I'll take that. Brian Kelly, if you're listening, I will defend your ass to the death if you do that.