Indiana vs. Notre Dame

Indiana and Notre Dame have 29 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Notre Dame leads the series 24–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Notre Dame 9–⁠1, and Notre Dame has won the last 7.

Indiana wins
4
Notre Dame wins
24
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
14 Notre Dame
Current streak
7 Notre Dame
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 9–⁠1
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s3–⁠3–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠6
1930s0–⁠3
1940s0–⁠3
1950s1–⁠5
1990s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Indiana 0, Notre Dame 1; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
17.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Indiana
4–⁠6 Indiana’s record at home
At Notre Dame
18–⁠0–⁠1 Notre Dame’s record at home
Shutouts
12

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Indiana’s biggest win1905: Indiana 22, Notre Dame 5by 17 points
  2. Notre Dame’s biggest win1949: Notre Dame 49, Indiana 6by 43 points
  3. Upset1950: Indiana 20, Notre Dame 7Indiana had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown2024: Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17No. 9 Indiana at No. 3 Notre Dame

Coach against coach

YearsIndianaSeriesNotre Dame
1919–⁠1921Jumbo Stiehm0–⁠3Knute Rockne
1926–⁠1930Pat Page0–⁠4Knute Rockne
1948–⁠1951Clyde Smith1–⁠3Frank Leahy

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Indiana’s side (Stiehm 0–⁠3 against Rockne). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Indiana and Notre Dame, 1899 on13001500170019001900192019401960198020002020

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 The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1901 game: NOTRE DAME WINS THE INDIANA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. Defeats Indiana University I'm n Hard and Fast Game on Cartier Field by Score of Is 90 8. PURDUE ONCE MORE A LOSER DEFEATED BY ILLINOIS IN HARD AND FAST GAME.

    1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 17, 1901

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1902 game: CLOSE RACE FOR VICTORY NoTRE DAME DEFEATS INDIANA BIZ THE SCORE OF IL To 5. Purdue Barely Defeats Case Science schooI-wabash Beats Rose Poly Cuiver-Chicago and other Games. Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.

    1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 26, 1902

  • The The Richmond palladium's story of the 1906 game: Notre Dame Aggregation De- feated Yesterday by the Bloomington Eleven. FINE KICKING CONTEST SPLENDID DEFENSE OF CATHO- Lies WEAkENS IN SECOND HALF AND INDIANA SCORES DETAILS OF GAME.

    1906 · The Richmond palladium, Richmond, Ind., Nov 11, 1906

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1907 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1907 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 3, 1907

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1908 game: NoTRE DAME DEFEATS INDIANA HOOsier University Men Are OUT cIassed from Start.

    1908 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 9, 1908

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.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2024.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 20, 20243Notre Dame 27, 9Indiana 17at Notre DameCFP First Round
Sep 7, 19917Notre Dame 49, Indiana 27at Notre Dame
Sep 27, 19585Notre Dame 18, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Oct 5, 195716Notre Dame 26, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Oct 6, 195617Notre Dame 20, Indiana 6at Notre Dame
Oct 1, 1955Notre Dame 19, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Sep 29, 195114Notre Dame 48, Indiana 6at Notre Dame
Oct 21, 1950Indiana 20, 11Notre Dame 7at Indiana
Sep 24, 1949Notre Dame 49, Indiana 6at Notre Dame
Nov 6, 19481Notre Dame 42, Indiana 6at Indiana
Oct 4, 1941Notre Dame 19, Indiana 6at Notre Dame
Oct 14, 1933Notre Dame 12, Indiana 2at Indiana
Oct 3, 1931Notre Dame 25, Indiana 0at Indiana
Nov 1, 1930Notre Dame 27, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Oct 5, 1929Notre Dame 14, Indiana 0at Indiana
Oct 22, 1927Notre Dame 19, Indiana 6at Indiana
Nov 6, 1926Notre Dame 26, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Nov 4, 1922Notre Dame 27, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Oct 29, 1921Notre Dame 28, Indiana 7at Notre Dame
Nov 13, 1920Notre Dame 13, Indiana 10at Notre Dame
Nov 1, 1919Notre Dame 16, Indiana 3at Notre Dame
Nov 7, 1908Notre Dame 11, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Nov 2, 1907Notre Dame 0, Indiana 0at Notre Dame
Nov 10, 1906Indiana 12, Notre Dame 0at Indiana
Nov 11, 1905Indiana 22, Notre Dame 5at Indiana
Oct 25, 1902Notre Dame 11, Indiana 5at Indiana
Nov 16, 1901Notre Dame 18, Indiana 5at Notre Dame
Oct 25, 1900Indiana 6, Notre Dame 0at Indiana
Oct 23, 1899Notre Dame 17, Indiana 0at Notre Dame

Every game is listed as played on the field.