Punter, Notre Dame, 2009–⁠12

Ben Turk

Number: No. 35
Height: 5′11″
Hometown: Davie, FL

Ben Turk played punter at Notre Dame (2009–⁠12).

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

994

2,607

2,136

2,161

6–⁠68–⁠58–⁠512–⁠1AP 4

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2009	Notre Dame	26	994	38.2	53
2010*	Notre Dame	68	2,607	38.3	56
2011*	Notre Dame	53	2,136	40.3	58
2012*	Notre Dame	53	2,161	40.8	53
Career		200	7,898	39.5	58

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Notre Dame	35	P
2010	Notre Dame	35	P
2011	Notre Dame	35	P
2012	Notre Dame	35	P	5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Notre Dame 13 games, 53 punts, 40.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Navy	W 50–⁠10	2	66	35
Sep 8	vs.Purdue	W 20–⁠17	5	218	53
Sep 15	atMichigan State	W 20–⁠3	8	339	53
Sep 22	vs.Michigan	W 13–⁠6	4	151	49
Oct 6	vs.Miami	W 41–⁠3	1	32	32
Oct 13	vs.Stanford	W 20–⁠13	5	206	46
Oct 20	vs.BYU	W 17–⁠14	4	175	52
Oct 27	atOklahoma	W 30–⁠13	4	163	51
Nov 3	vs.Pittsburgh	W 29–⁠26	5	207	47
Nov 10	atBoston College	W 21–⁠6	3	110	48
Nov 17	vs.Wake Forest	W 38–⁠0	4	147	43
Nov 24	atUSC	W 22–⁠13	3	133	50
Jan 7 ✦	vs.Alabama	L 14–⁠42	5	214	50

2011 Notre Dame 13 games, 53 punts, 40.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.South Florida	L 20–⁠23	5	171	41
Sep 10	atMichigan	L 31–⁠35	4	134	52
Sep 17	vs.Michigan State	W 31–⁠13	4	166	50
Sep 24	atPittsburgh	W 15–⁠12	4	149	47
Oct 1	atPurdue	W 38–⁠10	2	88	46
Oct 8	vs.Air Force	W 59–⁠33	2	75	38
Oct 22	vs.USC	L 17–⁠31	4	168	48
Oct 29	vs.Navy	W 56–⁠14	1	41	41
Nov 5	atWake Forest	W 24–⁠17	3	124	51
Nov 12	vs.Maryland	W 45–⁠21	3	131	58
Nov 19	vs.Boston College	W 16–⁠14	8	352	55
Nov 26	atStanford	L 14–⁠28	6	252	48
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Florida State	L 14–⁠18	7	285	49

2010 Notre Dame 13 games, 68 punts, 38.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.Purdue	W 23–⁠12	3	95	35
Sep 11	vs.Michigan	L 24–⁠28	8	310	47
Sep 18	atMichigan State	L 31–⁠34	5	181	44
Sep 25	vs.Stanford	L 14–⁠37	5	160	46
Oct 2	atBoston College	W 31–⁠13	8	313	53
Oct 9	vs.Pittsburgh	W 23–⁠17	5	233	51
Oct 16	vs.Western Michigan	W 44–⁠20	5	208	50
Oct 23	vs.Navy	L 17–⁠35	1	43	43
Oct 30	vs.Tulsa	L 27–⁠28	8	329	56
Nov 13	vs.Utah	W 28–⁠3	6	216	41
Nov 20	vs.Army	W 27–⁠3	4	135	49
Nov 27	atUSC	W 20–⁠16	6	225	49
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Miami	W 33–⁠17	4	159	45

2009 Notre Dame 6 games, 26 punts, 38.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Oct 3	vs.Washington	W 37–⁠30	2	79	40
Oct 17	vs.USC	L 27–⁠34	5	189	48
Oct 24	vs.Boston College	W 20–⁠16	6	196	38
Oct 31	vs.Washington State	W 40–⁠14	5	166	49
Nov 21	vs.UConn	L 30–⁠33	5	235	50
Nov 28	atStanford	L 38–⁠45	3	129	53

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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