| Background Sound: "Notre
DameVictory March" MIDI, sequenced by Deacon
Kevin Crowell. Visit his music site with a lot of
beautiful hymns "Christian MIDI Files" ! |
| University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ![]() |
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| Location: | South Bend, IN | |||||||||||||
| Color: | Blue, Gold | |||||||||||||
| Stadium: | Notre Dame Stadium (80,795 / grass) | |||||||||||||
| Famous Fight (School) Songs: | Notre Dame Victory March | |||||||||||||
| Head Coach: | Tyrone Willingham (Michigan St.) | from "College Animated Flags" | ||||||||||||
| All-Time Results /Started: | 796-257-42 (.746) /1887 | |||||||||||||
| Current Results | 5-7 | ![]() |
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| National Poll Champions | (AP): | 8 (1943,1946,1947,1949,1966, 1973,1977 & 1988) |
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| (Coaches): | 3 (1966,1977&1988) | |||||||||||||
| All-Time Bowl Results: | 13-12-0 (.520) | |||||||||||||
| Current Bowl Appearance: | 2002 Gator | |||||||||||||
| Web Links | from "The Helmet Project" | |||||||||||||
| Annual Rivalries | ||||||||||||||
| vs. Southern Cal. | vs. Purdue | vs. Navy* | |||||||||||
| Trophy: Shillelagh | Trophy: Shillelagh | Trophy: --- | |||||||||||
| First meeting: 1926 | First meeting: 1896 | First meeting: 1927 | |||||||||||
| Consecutive since: 1946 | Consecutive since: 1946 | Consecutive since: 1927 | |||||||||||
| Series Record: 42-28-5 | Series Record: 49-24-2 | Series Record: 67-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Current 10 yrs: 4-5-1 | Current 10 yrs: 7-3 | Current 10 yrs: 10-0 | |||||||||||
| '94 | T | 17-17 | T | '94 | W | 39-21 | '94 | W | 58-21 | ||||
| '95 | W | 38-10 | '95 | W | 35-28 | '95 | W | 35-17 | |||||
| '96 | 20-27 | L | '96 | W | 35-0 | '96 | W | 54-27 | |||||
| '97 | 17-20 | L | '97 | 17-28 | L | '97 | W | 21-17 | |||||
| '98 | 0-10 | L | '98 | W | 31-30 | '98 | W | 30-0 | |||||
| '99 | W | 25-24 | '99 | 23-28 | L | '99 | W | 28-24 | |||||
| '00 | W | 38-21 | '00 | W | 23-21 | '00 | W | 45-14 | |||||
| '01 | W | 27-16 | '01 | W | 24-18 | '01 | W | 34-16 | |||||
| '02 | 13-44 | L | '02 | W | 24-17 | '02 | W | 30-23 | |||||
| '03 | 14-45 | L | '03 | 10-23 | L | '03 | W | 27-24 | |||||
Other Great Rivalries
| vs. Air Force | vs. Boston C. | vs. Michigan | vs. Michigan St. | |||||||||||||||
| Trophy: --- | Trophy: Ireland Trophy /Leahy Bowl |
Trophy: --- | Trophy: Megaphone | |||||||||||||||
| First meeting: 1964 | First meeting: 1975 | First meeting: 1887 | First meeting: 1897 | |||||||||||||||
| Consecutive since: 2002 | Consecutive since: 1993 | Consecutive since: 2002 | Consecutive since: 1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Series Record : 21-5-0 | Series Record: 9-6-0 | Series Record: 12-18-1 | Series Record: 42-24-1 | |||||||||||||||
| Current 10 yrs: 4-1 | Current 10 yrs: 5-5 | Current 10 yrs: 2-4 | Current 10 yrs: 2-6 | |||||||||||||||
| '94 | W | 42-30 | '94 | 11-30 | L | '94 | 24-26 | L | '94 | W | 21-20 | |||||||
| '95 | W | 44-14 | '95 | W | 20-10 | |||||||||||||
| '96 | 17-20 | L | '96 | W | 48-21 | |||||||||||||
| '97 | W | 52-20 | '97 | 14-21 | L | '97 | 7-23 | L | ||||||||||
| '98 | W | 31-26 | '98 | W | 36-20 | '98 | 23-45 | L | ||||||||||
| '99 | 29-31 | L | '99 | 22-26 | L | '99 | 13-23 | L | ||||||||||
| '00 | W | 34-31 | '00 | W | 28-16 | '00 | 21-27 | L | ||||||||||
| '01 | 17-21 | L | '01 | 10-17 | L | |||||||||||||
| '02 | W | 21-14 | '02 | 7-14 | L | '02 | W | 25-23 | '02 | W | 21-17 | |||||||
| '03 | 25-27 | L | '03 | 0-38 | L | '03 | 16-22 | L | ||||||||||
| vs. Pittsburgh | vs. Stanford | |||||||
| Trophy: --- | Trophy: --- | |||||||
| First meeting: 1909 | First meeting: 1924 | |||||||
| Consecutive since: 2001 | Consecutive since: 1997 | |||||||
| Series Record: 43-17-1 | Series Record: 12-6-0 | |||||||
| Current 10 yrs: 5-1 | Current 10 yrs: 5-3 | |||||||
| '94 | W | 34-15 | ||||||
| '96 | W | 60-6 | ||||||
| '97 | W | 45-21 | '97 | 15-33 | L | |||
| '98 | W | 35-17 | ||||||
| '99 | 27-37 | L | '99 | 37-40 | L | |||
| '00 | W | 20-14 | ||||||
| '01 | W | 24-7 | '01 | 13-17 | L | |||
| '02 | W | 14-6 | '02 | W | 31-7 | |||
| '03 | W | 20-14 | '03 | W | 57-7 | |||
*Notre Dame-Navy Game was played at Croke Park (Dublin, Ireland)
in '96 (above). Notre Dame also came to Tokyo for fight with
Miami (Fla.) in `79.
Army, Boston College, and Notre Dame are only three Division-IA
colleges that played regular-season games in both Ireland &
Japan.
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