Arizona vs. Notre Dame

Arizona and Notre Dame have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Notre Dame leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Notre Dame 2–⁠1.

Arizona wins
1
Notre Dame wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1941
Longest streak
2 Notre Dame
Current streak
1 Arizona
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 2–⁠1
Most recent
1982

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠1
Average margin
17 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arizona
0–⁠1 Arizona’s record at home
At Notre Dame
1–⁠1 Notre Dame’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona and Notre Dame, 1941 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1941 game: Minnesota, Stanford Again in Fair Way To Win Crowns Navy, Duke, Notre Dame, Tulane, Texas Show Eorly Strength

    1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1941

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 16, 1982Arizona 16, 9Notre Dame 13at Notre Dame
Oct 25, 19804Notre Dame 20, Arizona 3at Arizona
Sep 27, 1941Notre Dame 38, Arizona 7at Notre Dame

Every game is listed as played on the field.