Nebraska vs. Notre Dame
Nebraska and Notre Dame have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1915; Nebraska leads the series 8–7–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Nebraska 6–4, and Nebraska has won the last 3. Share
2032 at Nebraska; 2033 at Notre Dame. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Nebraska wins
- 8
- Notre Dame wins
- 7
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1915
- Longest streak
- 3 Notre Dame
- Current streak
- 3 Nebraska
- Last 10 meetings
- Nebraska 6–4
- Most recent
- 2001
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–0 |
- Both ranked
- 3 meetings: Nebraska 3, Notre Dame 0
- Average margin
- 14.1 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nebraska
- 6–4–1 Nebraska’s record at home
- At Notre Dame
- 3–1 Notre Dame’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Nebraska first
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Nebraska’s biggest win1972: Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6by 34 points
- Notre Dame’s biggest win1948: Notre Dame 44, Nebraska 13by 31 points
- Ranked showdown1972: Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6No. 12 Notre Dame at No. 9 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown2001: Nebraska 27, Notre Dame 10No. 17 Notre Dame at No. 5 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown2000: Nebraska 27, Notre Dame 24No. 1 Nebraska at No. 23 Notre Dame
Coach against coach
| Years | Nebraska | Series | Notre Dame |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921–1924 | Fred Dawson | 2–2 | Knute Rockne |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Dawson 2–2 against Rockne). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
| Johnny Rodgers Nebraska | 1972 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1915 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Oct 24, 1915
1916 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Dec 2, 1916
1917 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Oct 22, 1917
1918 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 29, 1918
1919 · Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, Oct 19, 1919
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 twice: 2001, 2000.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Sep 8, 2001 | 5Nebraska 27, 17Notre Dame 10 | at Nebraska | ||
| Sep 9, 2000 | 1Nebraska 27, 23Notre Dame 24 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Jan 1, 1973 | 9Nebraska 40, 12Notre Dame 6 | Neutral site | Orange Bowl | |
| Oct 16, 1948 | 2Notre Dame 44, Nebraska 13 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 18, 1947 | 2Notre Dame 31, Nebraska 0 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Nov 26, 1925 | Nebraska 17, Notre Dame 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 15, 1924 | Notre Dame 34, Nebraska 6 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Nov 10, 1923 | Nebraska 14, Notre Dame 7 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 30, 1922 | Nebraska 14, Notre Dame 6 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 22, 1921 | Notre Dame 7, Nebraska 0 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 16, 1920 | Notre Dame 16, Nebraska 7 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 18, 1919 | Notre Dame 14, Nebraska 9 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 28, 1918 | Nebraska 0, Notre Dame 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 20, 1917 | Nebraska 7, Notre Dame 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 30, 1916 | Notre Dame 20, Nebraska 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 23, 1915 | Nebraska 20, Notre Dame 19 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.