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Notre Dame Football Team History


Notre Dame Fighting Irish
University of Notre Dame
 South Bend, IN
Founded: 1842
Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium
Capacity: 80,225
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach:
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Notre Dame News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1887  
 
Championships
National Championships
1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949
1953, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Conference Championships
  None
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 783-292-36
 Winning Pct. 72.8%
 National Championships 12
 Independent Conference Titles 0
 Other Conference Titles 0
 Conference Record 0-0-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 439-115-11
 Away Record 324-161-25
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 124
 Winning Seasons (#1) 94
 Losing Seasons (#1)11
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (1989)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (2007)
 10 Win Seasons 15
 Most Points Scored in a Game 92 (11/15/1902)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 465 (1991)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 59 (11/11/1944)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 345 (2007)
 Largest Margin of Victory 92 (11/15/1902)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 59 (11/11/1944)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 92 (11/15/1902)
 Last Shutout 9/5/2009
 Last Time Shutout 11/8/2008
 Shutouts All-Time 250
 Been Shutout All-Time 68
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 23 (9/10/1988-11/18/1989)
 Longest Losing  8 (10/1/1960-11/19/1960)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 15-15-0
 Rose 1-0-0
 Cotton 5-2-0
 Orange 2-3-0
 Fiesta 1-3-0
 Sugar 2-2-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  86-62
 1990-99 84-35-2
 1980-89 76-39-2
 1970-79 91-22
 1960-69 62-34-4
 1950-59 64-31-4
 1940-49 82-9-6
 1930-39 66-20-5
 1920-29 83-11-3
Next Game
 9/1/2012 (Sat)  
vs. Navy in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Time: Notre Dame won 56-14 in 2011.
All-Time:
 Notre Dame vs. Navy 72-12-1 85.7% 
 
2012 Season
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Navy
 Sat., Sep. 8  vs. Purdue
 Sat., Sep. 15  @ Michigan State
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Michigan
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. Miami Florida
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Stanford
 Sat., Oct. 20  vs. Brigham Young
 Sat., Oct. 27  @ Oklahoma
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. Pittsburgh
 Sat., Nov. 10  @ Boston College
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Wake Forest
 Sat., Nov. 24  @ Southern California
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Independent  Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Notre Dame & Navy have played 85 games.
Notre Dame has won 72 games.
Navy has won 12 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-12
 10 or more 86-50
 20 or more  80-27
 30 or more 47-10
 40 or more 20-2
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 15-0
 10 or more 71-62
 20 or more 31-57
 30 or more 6-35
 40 or more 0-13
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first Orange Bowl was played between Manhattan College and the University of Miami on New Year's Day in 1935.