Northwestern vs. Notre Dame

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

1. Northwestern’s biggest win1962: Northwestern 35, Notre Dame 6by 29 points
2. Notre Dame’s biggest win1976: Notre Dame 48, Northwestern 0by 48 points
3. Upset1935: Northwestern 14, Notre Dame 7Northwestern had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2014: Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40Northwestern had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1995: Northwestern 17, Notre Dame 15Northwestern had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1943: Notre Dame 25, Northwestern 6No. 1 Notre Dame at No. 8 Northwestern
7. Ranked showdown1948: Notre Dame 12, Northwestern 7No. 8 Northwestern at No. 2 Notre Dame
8. Ranked showdown1936: Notre Dame 26, Northwestern 6No. 1 Northwestern at No. 11 Notre Dame

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

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 13, 1901

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  1903 · The Evening statesman, Walla Walla, Wash., Nov 14, 1903

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  1920 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 21, 1920

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  1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 23, 1924

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  1925 · Evening star, Nov 22, 1925

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.

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2018 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Northwestern vs. Illinois119 meetings, Northwestern 55–⁠59–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Wisconsin103 meetings, Northwestern 37–⁠62–⁠4
• Northwestern vs. Minnesota99 meetings, Northwestern 38–⁠56–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Purdue90 meetings, Northwestern 36–⁠53–⁠1
• Notre Dame vs. Navy98 meetings, Notre Dame 84–⁠13–⁠1
• Notre Dame vs. USC96 meetings, Notre Dame 53–⁠38–⁠5
• Notre Dame vs. Purdue90 meetings, Notre Dame 62–⁠26–⁠2
• Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh74 meetings, Notre Dame 52–⁠21–⁠1