Colorado vs. Notre Dame

Colorado and Notre Dame have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1983; Notre Dame leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Notre Dame 3–⁠2, and Colorado has won the last 2.

Colorado wins
2
Notre Dame wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1983
Longest streak
3 Notre Dame
Current streak
2 Colorado
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 3–⁠2
Most recent
1994

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠3
1990s2–⁠0
Both ranked
2 meetings: Colorado 1, Notre Dame 1; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
19.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado
0–⁠1 Colorado’s record at home
At Notre Dame
1–⁠0 Notre Dame’s record at home
Neutral sites
2–⁠1 Colorado first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado’s biggest win1994: Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24by 17 points
  2. Notre Dame’s biggest win1984: Notre Dame 55, Colorado 14by 41 points
  3. Ranked showdown1989: Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6No. 1 Colorado at No. 4 Notre Dame
  4. Ranked showdown1990: Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 1 Colorado

Coach against coach

YearsColoradoSeriesNotre Dame
1989–⁠1994Bill McCartney2–⁠1Lou Holtz

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (McCartney 2–⁠1 against Holtz). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado and Notre Dame, 1983 on1300150017001990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Kordell Stewart1994
Shannon Clavelle1994
Charles Johnson1990
Chris Zorich Notre Dame1990
Raghib Ismail Notre Dame1989
Darian Hagan Colorado1989

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Jan 2, 19954Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24Neutral siteFiesta Bowl
Jan 1, 19911Colorado 10, 5Notre Dame 9Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Jan 1, 19904Notre Dame 21, 1Colorado 6Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Sep 22, 1984Notre Dame 55, Colorado 14at Notre Dame
Oct 1, 1983Notre Dame 27, Colorado 3at Colorado

Every game is listed as played on the field.