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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: Marcus Freeman
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Notre Dame 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1887  
  2004 - On December 1st, Kent Baer was named interim head coach after head coach Willingham was fired.
  2012 - Forced to vacate all 12 wins and their appearance in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game from the 2012 season, and all 9 wins from the 2013 season.
  2021 - On November 29, Kelly resigned to become the head coach at LSU. Marcus Freeman was named the new head coach.
 
Championships
National Championships
1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947
1949, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Conference Championships
  2020
Division Championships
 
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 948-338-42
 Winning Pct. 74%
 Vacated Wins 21
 Forfeit Wins 0
 Adjusted Record 948-338-42
 Winning Pct. 74%
 National Championships 13
 Conference Titles 0
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 9-0-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 556-133-14
 Away Record 362-183-28
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 136
 Winning Seasons (#1) 116
 Losing Seasons (#1)12
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (2018)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (2007)
 10 Win Seasons 22
 Most Points Scored in a Game 116 (10/5/1912)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 509 (2023)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 59 (11/11/1944)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 379 (2014)
 Largest Margin of Victory 109 (10/5/1912)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 59 (11/11/1944)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 123 (10/5/1912)
 Last Shutout 11/19/2022
 Last Time Shutout 11/8/2008
 Shutouts All-Time 311
 Been Shutout All-Time 75
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 23 (9/10/1988-11/18/1989)
 Longest Losing  8 (10/1/1960-11/19/1960)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 20-19-0
 Rose 1-1-0
 Cotton 5-3-0
 Orange 2-3-0
 Fiesta 1-5-0
 Sugar 2-2-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  40-11
 2010-19  71-37
 2000-09  70-52
 1990-99 84-35
 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
 8/31/2024 (Sat)  
@ Texas A&M in a Non-Conference Game
Last Time: Notre Dame lost 3-24 in 2001.
All-Time:
 Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M 3-2-0 60.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  @ Texas A&M
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Northern Illinois
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Purdue
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Miami Ohio
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Louisville
 Sat., Oct. 5  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Stanford
 Sat., Oct. 19  @ Georgia Tech
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. Navy
 Sat., Nov. 2  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Florida State
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Virginia
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Army
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Southern California
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring0-0
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2024 Independent  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Connecticut 0-0
Massachusetts 0-0
Notre Dame 0-0
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Notre Dame & Navy have played 94 games.
Notre Dame has won 80 games.
Navy has won 13 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-15
 10 or more 181-85
 20 or more  171-50
 30 or more 123-18
 40 or more 68-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 36-0
 10 or more 145-100
 20 or more 71-91
 30 or more 19-60
 40 or more 2-23
 
  
 
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 most points scored in a college football Bowl game is 66, scored by Nebraska against Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.