California vs. Notre Dame

California and Notre Dame have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Notre Dame leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Notre Dame 5–⁠0, and Notre Dame has won the last 5.

California wins
0
Notre Dame wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
5 Notre Dame
Current streak
5 Notre Dame
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 5–⁠0
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠3
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
23.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
0–⁠2 California’s record at home
At Notre Dame
3–⁠0 Notre Dame’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Notre Dame’s biggest win1965: Notre Dame 48, California 6by 42 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of California and Notre Dame, 1959 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 17, 2022Notre Dame 24, California 17at Notre Dame
Sep 23, 19671Notre Dame 41, California 8at Notre Dame
Sep 18, 19653Notre Dame 48, California 6at California
Sep 24, 1960Notre Dame 21, California 7at Notre Dame
Oct 10, 1959Notre Dame 28, California 6at California

Every game is listed as played on the field.