Hawai’i vs. Notre Dame

Hawai’i and Notre Dame have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1991; Notre Dame leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Notre Dame 3–⁠0, and Notre Dame has won the last 3.

Hawai’i wins
0
Notre Dame wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1991
Longest streak
3 Notre Dame
Current streak
3 Notre Dame
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 3–⁠0
Most recent
2008

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s0–⁠2
2000s0–⁠1
Average margin
11.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Hawai’i
0–⁠2 Hawai’i’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Hawai’i first

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 Hawai’i and Notre Dame, 1991 on1300150017001995200020052010201520202025

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

Biggest days

Jimmy Clausen Notre Dame22 of 26, 401 yards, 5 TD2008 Passing
Golden Tate Notre Dame6 catches, 177 yards, 3 TD2008 Receiving

Named most valuable

Jimmy Clausen Notre Dame2008
Golden Tate Notre Dame2008
Aaron Bain Hawai’i2008

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 24, 2008Notre Dame 49, Hawai’i 21Aloha StadiumHawai’i Bowl
Nov 29, 1997Notre Dame 23, Hawai’i 22at Hawai’i
Nov 30, 199118Notre Dame 48, Hawai’i 42at Hawai’i

Every game is listed as played on the field.