Notre Dame vs. Rice
Notre Dame and Rice first met in 1915 and have played 6 times; Notre Dame leads the series 6–0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Notre Dame 6–0, and Notre Dame has won the last 6. Share
- Notre Dame wins
- 6
- Rice wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1915
- Longest streak
- 6 Notre Dame
- Current streak
- 6 Notre Dame
- Last 10 meetings
- Notre Dame 6–0
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 35.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Notre Dame
- 4–0 Notre Dame’s record at home
- At Rice
- 0–2 Rice’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Notre Dame’s biggest win1915: Notre Dame 55, Rice 2by 53 points
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.
From the newspapers
1915 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 29, 1915
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
| 2026 | NBC | 1.6 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3Notre Dame 52, Rice 0 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Aug 30, 2014 | 17Notre Dame 48, Rice 17 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Nov 5, 1988 | 1Notre Dame 54, Rice 11 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 12, 1974 | 6Notre Dame 10, Rice 3 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 13, 1973 | 9Notre Dame 28, Rice 0 | at Rice | ||
| Nov 27, 1915 | Notre Dame 55, Rice 2 | at Rice |
Every game is listed as played on the field.